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Retired software engineer, wanted to be a symphony musician but didn't make the cut. Love my dog, my spouse, my children, and my UU community (not in that order.)

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No U.S. states had a record cold winter. Nine had a record hot one Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat

Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat

13.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 605 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 24
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This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

13.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 14851 πŸ” 3172 πŸ’¬ 462 πŸ“Œ 238

Who knew Cramer was as bad at telling the past as he is at telling the future?

12.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Iranian and Chinese-flagged tankers are coming through now..."

Uh huh. And why do you think that is? Any OTHERS transiting now? Pathetic, not a lie but....

12.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big difference between having to go to a casino or OTB to place bets on games, and having a casino in your pocket with 5,000 different prop bet possibilities per day. This is the path to ruination and it is disgusting that our government is supporting it. That goes for taxation via lotteries, too!

12.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œthis just proves MJ would average 50 in today’s NBA!” my friend if you dropped Michael Jordan into the 2026 NBA his career would last exactly one day after he found out about FanDuel

11.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 2971 πŸ” 434 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 18

Way back when it started, we tried The Rookie for a while, but had to stop watching because the Copaganda and weapons fetish was too sickening

12.03.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 5713 πŸ” 1315 πŸ’¬ 294 πŸ“Œ 66

β€œI got a better AG this time, she agrees with everything I sayβ€œ

11.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I understand what "debater's imperative" means, I don't understand why it applies in this case. In this interview, was she required for the sake of debate to defend a dumb proposition that she doesn't believe in?

11.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?

BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!

K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?

B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up

10.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 7077 πŸ” 1698 πŸ’¬ 587 πŸ“Œ 514
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It was demented even after zooming out and hearing a longer clip of what he said in context. I still don't know what he was trying to say.

10.03.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"It's gender-based, about females, inherent discrimination"
"So, a documentary about women is DEI?"
"No"
"How is that different"
"It's about Jewish culture"

Oh, okay, we see you now.

09.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There was never any allegation that Hunter Biden was profiting from corrupt deals with the US government, only foreign companies, and never at this scale.

09.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gallup Poll (3/5/26):

Do you approve of $8 gas

No: 99%
Yes: 1%

Do you approve of Donald Trump's $8 gas policy

No: 46.6%
Yes: 38.9%
Unsure: 14.5%

09.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 1500 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 32

In January, the inflation rate in a year was expected to be 2.3%

Today, the inflation rate a year from now is expected to be 4.5% β€” or just about *double* what the forecast said a few weeks ago

09.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 415 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 14

Still crazy that the president’s lawyer spent two days with Ghislaine Maxwell, she β€œcleared” him of wrongdoing and was almost immediately transferred to a more pleasant prison and nobody in the administration will explain it and the media acts like two large dots are just impossible to connect.

09.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 5818 πŸ” 1338 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 17

He never met a fraudster he didn't like.

08.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump moves to undo tax rule that Biden said would bring in $100 billion The Biden administration said large partnerships were illegally avoiding hundreds of billions in taxes. Trump says they shouldn’t have to report the transactions.

Trump administration signals that it will reverse a rule meant to cut down on $100 billion of tax dodging by businesses. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

08.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 326 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 12

The "bad guys" aren't the ones "marching through the world". That's just what Hitler thought.

08.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I reflexively block all flat-taxers (and flat-earthers)

07.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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For the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.

In fact, 16 other states tax LOW-WAGE earners MORE than California taxes our HIGH-WAGE earners.

The evidence is clear, and the numbers don't lie.

07.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 2278 πŸ” 790 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 35
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The Invisible Siege: How Insurance Markets, Not Missiles, Closed the Strait of Hormuz And Why the Disruption Will Last Four to Sixteen Months Longer Than Any Model on Wall Street Currently Prices

A convincing case that Trump has screwed up shipping for a good long time. It is beyond my ability to evaluate the assumptions, but Trump/Hegseth didn't think of any of this.

The Invisible Siege: How Insurance Markets, Not Missiles, Closed the Strait of Hormuz
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...

07.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not even one *life* that's worth more than 26--it's 40 year old remains.

07.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 6465 πŸ” 4054 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 278

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

07.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 3162 πŸ” 1218 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 34

I don't buy it. Bondi has too much corrupt history with him and knows where the bodies are buried. She's got leverage.

07.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The Ugly American: A Biography of Donald Trump"

07.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATE: Sunny, a U.S. citizen, is on her way home after being shipped across state lines overnight.

How the hell did this happen?

Press conference tomorrow at Broadview, where we will hear Sunny’s side of the story. More details soon.

07.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 6659 πŸ” 2255 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 101