lucius septimius 10/22/2020 5:38:15 AM

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vxbush 10/22/2020 5:59:04 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1:

Ew. Not the way I wanted to start my day! In my case, there's a meeting at 2:00 that I don't have on my schedule. Did someone intentionally not invite me or did I decline a meeting? Waiting to find out. 

vxbush 10/22/2020 6:10:17 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 10/22/2020 6:29:54 AM

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In #3 vxbush said: I think the best one is, "Vice President, do you know what day it is?"

I don't know what day it is, or if it's dark or fair

Somehow that's just the way it is, and I don't really care

I go to this or that place, I act alive and well

My head is just a hat-place, my breast an empty shell

And I've a faded dream to sell...

vxbush 10/22/2020 6:50:14 AM

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Joe Biden's earliest days in the Senate as revealed in a 1974 interview: crass and venal, using his office for monetary gain.

Oh, yeah, he's as clean as the driven snow. 

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 6:51:05 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4:

++++

vxbush 10/22/2020 6:57:11 AM

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doppelganglander 10/22/2020 6:58:35 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

I had a meeting scheduled for 9:30 and almost missed it. I scrambled to log in, only to find it had been canceled. So I've got coffee, anyway.

vxbush 10/22/2020 7:05:50 AM

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In #8 doppelganglander said: I had a meeting scheduled for 9:30 and almost missed it. I scrambled to log in, only to find it had been canceled. So I've got coffee, anyway.

Turns out my meeting was mislabeled--it was a different team, not mine. So I'm working on building new computers for the ever-continuing process of replacing machines. 

buzzsawmonkey 10/22/2020 7:26:03 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

Thanks, OR.

Regarding your comment last night, it appears that I've been misinformed for years on the translation of "Cosi fan Tutte."  Is my face red!

lucius septimius 10/22/2020 7:45:42 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10:

Colloquially it means "Dames -- they's all the same."

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 7:54:39 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10:

Well, Mozart was engaging in cultural appropriation anyway.

JCM 10/22/2020 7:59:22 AM

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Portland sees more burglary calls, slower response times as officers decline

Regarding response times, there are a lot of factors to consider. What is happening City-wide and within the precincts and how many officers are available at any given time is important. Also, if it is a call involving an imminent life safety risk versus a “cold” call where the crime already occurred and there is not an identified current public safety risk. PPB responds to calls as quickly as we are able with the resources we have. It is false to assume PPB is not responding and in fact, we have even recently captured a burglar in the act. We recognize our local businesses are struggling enough with COVID and all of the other challenges 2020 has brought and being the victim of a burglary is an additional stressor we do not want any of our business community members to experience.

Recently released information from the city showed at least 70 officers from Patrol Officers to Captains have left the department this year with the city is stuck in a hiring freeze amid the pandemic.

vxbush 10/22/2020 8:07:59 AM

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turn 10/22/2020 8:16:14 AM

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In #13 JCM said: PPB responds to calls as quickly as we are able with the resources we have.

And once those resources are exhausted, there’re be no response at all. That’s “progress” to the progressives, a way of redistributing wealth through theft! ~spit~

turn 10/22/2020 8:23:24 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 14:

His foundation is nothing more than a racket!

During its brief three-year history, the Biden Foundation raised nearly $10 million but less than ten percent was awarded to other charities—and half of that meager sum was donated to another Biden-run nonprofit.

vxbush 10/22/2020 8:46:44 AM

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In #16 turn said: His foundation is nothing more than a racket!

We thought Hillary Clinton was the outlier in her racket, but it looks like this is standard operating procedure in Washington. Let the buyer beware. 

vxbush 10/22/2020 8:49:28 AM

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And then we have the Republicans in New Hampshire being told their houses will be burned to the ground if they vote for Trump. 

This level of insanity is simply incredible. Where are the police? Where are the National Guard? 

doppelganglander 10/22/2020 9:03:52 AM

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Reply to turn in 16:

Amateurs. They could have learned a lot from the Clintons. 

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 9:39:28 AM

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Hunter Biden email confirmed as genuine, and that Joe Biden knew about the deals

Tony Bobulinski, who was listed as the recipient of an email published by the New York Post that appeared to detail a business arrangement involving a Chinese company and members of the Biden family, has confirmed that the email is "genuine" and provided more information regarding the Bidens' role in the deal.

The email includes a note that “Hunter has some office expectations he will elaborate.” A proposed equity split references “20” for “H” and “10 held by H for the big guy?” with no further details.

"The reference to 'the Big Guy' in the much publicized May 13, 2017 email is in fact a reference to Joe Biden," Bobulinski said in a statement to Fox News.

Bobulinski said he is the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, which he explained "was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family." He said he was brought on as CEO by Hunter Biden and James Gilliar, who was listed as the sender of the email.

Bobulinski went on to say he does not believe Joe Biden's past claim that he and Hunter did not discuss his son Hunter's business, claiming that Hunter "frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various potential deals."

So now that this has been confirmed, Twitter will unblock it, right?////////////

So, will the Democrats keep Biden as the figurehead until after the election and then decide he is incapable of fulfilling the office, and remove him, or remove him as a candidate before the election? I think they'll wait.

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 9:40:32 AM

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In #18 vxbush said: And then we have the Republicans in New Hampshire being told their houses will be burned to the ground if they vote for Trump.  This level of insanity is simply incredible. Where are the police? Where are the National Guard? 

The letters say "If Trump doesn't concede"

They'll really go batshit if when he wins.

JCM 10/22/2020 9:58:34 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 21:

I read it as he'd better concede regardless of the elections results.... or else.

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 9:59:04 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 14:

well, they are called “the *Biden* charities“, after all, it’s truth in advertising! 

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 10:07:37 AM

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So I just had some idiot pull up to the curb and yell at me to "put a mask on!".

I was sitting outside at the time.

Eating lunch.

I told him what I thought he should do; I don't think he liked my advice. 

JCM 10/22/2020 10:16:03 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 24:

Did you say "Go Fauci Yourself"?

turn 10/22/2020 10:22:34 AM

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In #24 Occasional Reader said: I told him what I thought he should do; I don't think he liked my advice. 

I trust that included a middle finger gesture! lol I know I couldn’t have resisted. Also, I doubt that would have happened if you were of a select ethnic group. The nerve of such people!

turn 10/22/2020 10:23:33 AM

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In #25 JCM said: Did you say "Go Fauci Yourself"?

Ha! Perfect come back!

doppelganglander 10/22/2020 10:33:59 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 20:

Don't be silly. Lesley Stahl says it can't be verified.

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 10:35:14 AM

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In #25 JCM said: Did you say "Go Fauci Yourself"?

Heh.

No.  To elaborate; I was sitting in a public space eating my lunch.  He pulled up, and said "put a mask on! Or get the hell out of here!  My wife is coming out of that building!  [pointing to a doorway that's easily 15 feet from where I'm sitting]

I replied: "That's not a very nice thing to say to people.  If I were you, I wouldn't say that again." 

And that was that.  His wife then appeared, she got in the vehicle, he angrily put it in reverse, and nearly hit the car behind him.  Quite a guy, that Karen.

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 10:36:03 AM

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In #28 doppelganglander said: Lesley Stahl says it can't be verified.

And Adam Schiff says "we know" this is all a Russian disinformation op.  So.. that's settled. 

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 10:43:10 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 29:

Addendum: And after Mr. Mask Karen angrily drove away, an elderly woman, with what I'm deem to be some variation of an anglophone West African accent, who was waiting on the corner, turned to me shaking her head in wonder.  "America... I don't know what's happening to this country," she said.  I agreed.

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 10:47:16 AM

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In #30 Occasional Reader said: And Adam Schiff says "we know" this is all a Russian disinformation op.  So.. that's settled. 

The FBI already said it isn't Russian disinformation. But then, who can trust the FIB?

turn 10/22/2020 11:13:12 AM

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In #30 Occasional Reader said: And Adam Schiff says "we know" this is all a Russian disinformation op.  So.. that's settled. 

I caught part of Trump’s rally in PA yesterday and he called Schiff a “watermelon head”. That cracked me up, but the image will be stuck in my mind every time I see him now.

turn 10/22/2020 11:21:38 AM

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doppelganglander 10/22/2020 11:26:35 AM

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doppelganglander 10/22/2020 11:27:28 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 36:

Ah, screw it. Inserting links and images doesn't work right on my phone.

vxbush 10/22/2020 11:35:24 AM

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Well, this PDF is making the rounds as an in-depth article on Joe and Hunter's connections to China. The group that created this document is called Typhoon Investigations, of which I can find nothing. 

But there are a lot of details in that document. 

turn 10/22/2020 11:46:13 AM

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In #37 doppelganglander said: Ah, screw it. Inserting links and images doesn't work right on my phone.

You did well! Its quite a trick to get images to turn out decent here. I had to try, them cancel, several times on my iPhone to post that image. I was surprised it even turned out. It didn’t take much effort to find that Schiff watermelon image on the net though, I guess the meme is spreading.

@PBJ3 10/22/2020 11:55:49 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 37:

It looks fine on my laptop.

doppelganglander 10/22/2020 12:32:30 PM

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Reply to @PBJ3 in 40:

Reply to turn in 39:

Excellent, thanks.

turn 10/22/2020 2:47:56 PM

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And now for something different, watch the short video of a robotic arm sampling an astroid ... far out!

LINK

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 3:37:41 PM

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Those emails that supposedly had "the Proud Boys" threatening voters? Even though the Lincoln project (of RINOS) linked to them, the emails have been connected with Iran.

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 3:39:48 PM

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We haven't been discussing the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, and so far, the MSM is largely ignoring it.

The area sounds like the name of a place in  a Lovecraft story. The Horror that Came to Nagorno-Karabakh

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 3:40:50 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 41:

Images don't always display right on phones due to the small displays. It looks fine here.

turn 10/22/2020 3:42:52 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 43:

How many Democrats are now going to conclude the Proud Boys must be working in conjunction with Iran, all for the benefit of Trump? Too many would be my guess.

turn 10/22/2020 3:45:18 PM

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In #44 Kosh's Shadow said: We haven't been discussing the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

To be quite honest, I wasn’t even aware of this ... sigh

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 3:51:55 PM

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In #47 turn said: In #44 Kosh's Shadow said: We haven't been discussing the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh To be quite honest, I wasn’t even aware of this ... sigh

I have seen nothing in the US media; only the Jerusalem Post

Link to latest

It is an area left as part of Azerbaijan that has a lot of Armenians. They started fighting about it recently, after about 25 years. I think Turkey is egging them on (and turkey eggs are large). Israel is caught in the middle, as usual.

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 3:56:23 PM

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Erdogan is trying to rebuild the Ottoman Empire.

To take an obscure Lovecraft novel title, this is his Dream-Quest of Nagorno-Karabakh

turn 10/22/2020 3:57:49 PM

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Reply to turn in 47:

~snip~

The July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes^[a] began on 12 July 2020 between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Initial clashes occurred near Movses in Tavush Province of Armenia,^[35] and Ağdam in Tovuz District of Azerbaijan a ...

LINK

I've obviously been too consumed with all of the other events of 2020 😕

Kosh's Shadow 10/22/2020 3:58:05 PM

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The moderators of tonight's debate have set out the rules.

If Trump mentions Hunter Biden, a 5 minute mute penalty.

If Biden starts to babble, he gets muted. Trump is also muted

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turn 10/22/2020 4:00:27 PM

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In #48 Kosh's Shadow said: I have seen nothing in the US media; only the Jerusalem Post

If there was coverage I must have missed it ...

turn 10/22/2020 4:01:57 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 51:

lol, sounds about right for “fair and balanced” these days.

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 4:53:56 PM

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In #51 Kosh's Shadow said: If Biden starts to babble, he gets muted

No, they mute him *and* dub him with a Winston Churchill speech.

Occasional Reader 10/22/2020 4:59:47 PM

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