vxbush 4/29/2021 5:22:24 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 6:00:44 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

I believe the back two are hidden, one behind the part along the side of the table and the other behind the milk jug.

vxbush 4/29/2021 6:08:46 AM

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In #2 Kosh's Shadow said: I believe the back two are hidden, one behind the part along the side of the table and the other behind the milk jug.

You may be right, but it might be more accurate to call it a carafe, which has either orange juice or something that looks like apple juice or tea in it. I don't see any milk in the picture. 

buzzsawmonkey 4/29/2021 6:18:33 AM

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We do not live in a republic any more, nor do we live in a democracy.  

We live in a malarchy.

Occasional Reader 4/29/2021 6:24:45 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4:

And or, in a hypocracy. 

buzzsawmonkey 4/29/2021 6:29:40 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5:

I've used that one, too---but given Biden's love for the word "malarkey," "malarchy" increasingly seems le mot juste.

vxbush 4/29/2021 6:34:21 AM

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In Illinois as the COVID situation ramped up, Pritzker divided the state into 5 regions and said restrictions in each region would be based on the metrics of number cases, number of positive tests, etc. Well, we've been doing very well as a state--I would argue the numbers are about as close to normal as we can get--and yet now the governor has announced a "bridge" phrase before we can go back to normal. 

This is a bit ridiculous. They already set up a clear plan for mitigation protocols last year. According to those protocols, we should be fully open. We've met the criteria. But apparently that much freedom is too much for the governor, despite Texas and Florida being completely open and not seeing any increases in cases. 

What makes it more annoying is when the new standard says "While regulations are rolled back gradually, Illinoisans should continue following the public health guidelines that have kept us safe during the pandemic, like wearing a mask in public and social distancing." That makes it sound like the bridge rollback is going to be continuing for months and months. There's a lot of "the state could" language in the announcement as opposed to "the state will". 

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 6:58:43 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

On the deck right side of the table looks like a milk jug

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 7:00:05 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4:

++++++

And note that being a Trump supporter may result in the FBI raiding your house.

vxbush 4/29/2021 7:35:31 AM

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In #8 Kosh's Shadow said: On the deck right side of the table looks like a milk jug

What I'm seeing looks exactly like the carafe on the table itself. 

JCM 4/29/2021 7:41:36 AM

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Speech review.

He was coherent for 80% of it, media claims best presidential speech EVAH!

vxbush 4/29/2021 7:43:19 AM

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In #11 JCM said: Speech review. He was coherent for 80% of it, media claims best presidential speech EVAH!

I didn't watch it. I just can't watch the tongue bath. 

doppelganglander 4/29/2021 7:53:09 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 12:

I didn't see it either, but apparently at one point he said Americans shouldn't have to choose between a job and a paycheck.

Uhhhhh...

lucius septimius 4/29/2021 8:11:02 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 13:

And that the "we" in We the People means the government.

JCM 4/29/2021 8:13:41 AM

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Reply to JCM in 11:

I didn't either.

doppelganglander 4/29/2021 8:22:04 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 14:

I missed that little gem.

The hate for Tim Scott is unbelievable. I'm shocked (though I shouldn't be) at the number of white liberals who think it's okay to call him Uncle Tom, or the oh so clever Uncle Tim. Not one in ten of them could explain where it comes from.

JCM 4/29/2021 8:50:09 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 16:

The cognitive dissonance, the lack of self awareness is astounding.

Occasional Reader 4/29/2021 8:50:42 AM

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In #10 vxbush said: In #8 Kosh's Shadow said: On the deck right side of the table looks like a milk jug What I'm seeing looks exactly like the carafe on the table itself. 

I say it's a globular cluster. 

Occasional Reader 4/29/2021 8:52:29 AM

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In #11 JCM said: media claims best presidential speech EVAH!

You've heard of Churchill?  Lincoln?  Cicero?

Morons!

Joe Biden is the greatest orator of all time. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 9:03:36 AM

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In #19 Occasional Reader said: Joe Biden is the greatest orator of all time. 

I understand he was good at saying how good paddles were - an oar rater.

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 9:44:44 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 20:

I scuttled the thread

Occasional Reader 4/29/2021 9:55:01 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 21:

Report to the Principal's office for a paddling. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 10:11:38 AM

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In #22 Occasional Reader said: Report to the Principal's office for a paddling. 

Shouldn't that be Headmaster? Oar Captain, who is Master of a ship?

Occasional Reader 4/29/2021 10:15:34 AM

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So, pretty much everything is getting much more expensive; because Bidenomics is awesome.

lucius septimius 4/29/2021 10:32:46 AM

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vxbush 4/29/2021 10:55:15 AM

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In #25 lucius septimius said: Inclusivity Win: 'Uno' To Be Renamed 'Unx'

For a minute there, I almost believed that was a real headline. It probably will be in 3 months. 

lucius septimius 4/29/2021 12:42:05 PM

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lucius septimius 4/29/2021 12:43:32 PM

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In #26 vxbush said: It probably will be in 3 months. 

I apologize in advance for being so insensitive.

vxbush 4/29/2021 1:11:45 PM

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In #28 lucius septimius said: I apologize in advance for being so insensitive.

I can't see it. YouTube is putting up a blocking page. 

lucius septimius 4/29/2021 1:14:50 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 29:

That's odd 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDrZpuGp6aA&ab_channel=VHSfx

vxbush 4/29/2021 1:27:32 PM

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In #30 lucius septimius said: Reply to vxbush in 29: That's odd  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDrZpuGp6aA&ab_channel=VHSfx

I'm seeing this: 

Sorry for the interruption. We have been receiving a large volume of requests from your network.
To continue with your YouTube experience, please fill out the form below.

lucius septimius 4/29/2021 1:37:37 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 31:

Now that is really strange -- I"ve never seen that.  I'm certainly not getting that on my end.

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 2:27:14 PM

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In #31 vxbush said: Sorry for the interruption. We have been receiving a large volume of requests from your network. To continue with your YouTube experience, please fill out the form below.

If you are at home, turn off modem (cable or dsl) for at least a minute to get a new IP address. You might have gotten one being overused to request videos. If at work, some number of people are trying to use youtube and it is throttling the connection.

That's all I could find on it

vxbush 4/29/2021 2:43:54 PM

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In #33 Kosh's Shadow said: If you are at home, turn off modem (cable or dsl) for at least a minute to get a new IP address. You might have gotten one being overused to request videos. If at work, some number of people are trying to use youtube and it is throttling the connection. That's all I could find on it

I'm at work, so no way to really do that without jumping through a bunch of hoops. Frankly, I'm not that worried about it. I rarely use YouTube. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 3:00:26 PM

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In #34 vxbush said: I'm at work, so no way to really do that without jumping through a bunch of hoops. Frankly, I'm not that worried about it. I rarely use YouTube. 

Some people at work are using youtube heavily, it seems. 

Alice in Dairyland 4/29/2021 3:36:19 PM

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In #26 vxbush said: For a minute there, I almost believed that was a real headline.

Good thing you mentioned that, I did believe it until I saw your comment and went back to check the link origin.  Nothing is too bizarre to be true now days.  And here I thought my old Uno card game with going to suddenly become really valuable on eBay.  Oh well, I still have all my Dr Suess books from when I was just a child.

Kosh's Shadow 4/29/2021 4:04:26 PM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 36:

I wish I had the books I learned to read from. I had an aunt who was a 2nd grade teacher, and she got obsolete readers the school was getting rid of, probably from the 20's-30's.

I had my parents point to the words as they read to me, and could read before I was in kindergarten. I was beyond the Dr. Seuss books by the time I remember them coming out. I could read the entire Dick and Jane books in the time it took the class to read one chapter.

Of course, in today's woke world, by the time kids learn to read in 3rd grade or so, they'll be reading "See Jane's Dick"