Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 8:35:05 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 8:48:02 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said:  It’s always the same: “We lost that election, therefore DEMOCRACY IS BROKEN.”

Did you tell him "Elections have consequences"?

lucius septimius 1/19/2020 8:52:48 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said: “We lost that election, therefore DEMOCRACY IS BROKEN.”

It's telling that their "solution" is always to deny their enemies the vote.

buzzsawmonkey 1/19/2020 9:03:52 AM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: It's telling that their "solution" is always to deny their enemies the vote.

I would have said "opponents," or "adversaries," but the kind of behavior they're engaging in does indeed create "enemies" where mere opponents or adversaries existed before.

Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 9:26:51 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 3:

When they say “democracy is broken, we have to FIX it”, they mean “fix” in the marked-card sense.

PaladinPhil 1/19/2020 9:33:54 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5:

I think the better analogy is using the veterinarian term of Fix. As in render impotent.

buzzsawmonkey 1/19/2020 9:34:56 AM

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There is a controversy in Germany over whether or not to remove a "Judensau" sculpture dating from 1300 from the town church of Wittenberg.

Is the sculpture "antisemitic?" Of course. Should it be removed? Of course not; it should be left there as a marker of past history.

buzzsawmonkey 1/19/2020 9:36:13 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5: Reply to PaladinPhil in 6:

Candy mint! Breath mint!  STOP---you're both right!

JCM 1/19/2020 9:51:37 AM

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Senator proposes bill to breach locks, remove Seattle City Light dams

The proposal recommends undoing all the water way controls in and around Seattle. All the drinking water reservoir dams and power generation dams.

Seattle libs want to remove the dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers which would impact 3 States or more. So this would do the same to Seattle.

Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 9:59:50 AM

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In #7 buzzsawmonkey said: There is a controversy in Germany over whether or not to remove a "Judensau" sculpture dating from 1300 from the town church of Wittenberg. Is the sculpture "antisemitic?" Of course. Should it be removed? Of course not; it should be left there as a marker of past history.

Of course it should be left in place, preferably with a description explaining how medieval Christianity viewed Jews, and how that set the foundation for the Shoah.

In Boston, it turns out Faneuil, who paid for the historic building Faneuil Hall, was involved in the slave trade. There was a discussion about renaming the building. I liked the idea of a (black) artist, to put up a sculpture of a slave auction with an explanation. Something that would help people learn history. He dropped the idea when various organizations pushed back against the idea. Not white supremacist or Confederate organizations, but the NAACP.

JCM 1/19/2020 10:17:14 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 1/19/2020 10:17:15 AM

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In #10 Kosh's Shadow said: In Boston, it turns out Faneuil, who paid for the historic building Faneuil Hall, was involved in the slave trade. There was a discussion about renaming the building. I liked the idea of a (black) artist, to put up a sculpture of a slave auction with an explanation. Something that would help people learn history. He dropped the idea when various organizations pushed back against the idea. Not white supremacist or Confederate organizations, but the NAACP.

They could just have this on endless tape loop in the lobby: Bid 'Em In

Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 10:20:04 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

There are fine people on both sides...

Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 10:24:23 AM

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Reply to JCM in 9:

Too bad those RAF Dambuster guys aren’t around any more, they could do the job in a jiffy.

doppelganglander 1/19/2020 10:49:47 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

Just like the Confederate statues. Put up a plaque putting history in context and/or add another statue honoring a black hero. Don't try to erase history. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 11:47:09 AM

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In #14 Occasional Reader said: Too bad those RAF Dambuster guys aren’t around any more, they could do the job in a jiffy.

They need a song:

Who ya gonna call?
DAMBUSTERS!

Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 12:26:13 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 16:

I blew up the thread

Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 1:44:35 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 17:

You blew it up! Dam you! 

/but don’t Hoover up all the dam puns

buzzsawmonkey 1/19/2020 1:55:41 PM

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In #18 Occasional Reader said: but don’t Hoover up all the dam puns

I am sorry.  My Hoover-craft is filled with eels.

Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 2:05:47 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 19:

Fine, as long as you realize that I’m not like some sort of great big Chinese laborer in charge of bringing you dam puns; I’m not your grand coolie.

Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 2:11:52 PM

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In #18 Occasional Reader said: /but don’t Hoover up all the dam puns

it just might make me Boulder

buzzsawmonkey 1/19/2020 2:12:30 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 20:

It's my understanding that the Chinese will be bringing to Broadway their version of a classic American musical; "Dam Yangtzes."

Occasional Reader 1/19/2020 2:22:11 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 22:

Yep, and the Chinese are also trying to boost their cuisine and talk down the rival food from Thailand, insinuating the latter often causes diarrhea, with the slogan “eat Thai; poo”.

/still a dam pun, mais peut etre un peut trop recherché

Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 2:32:47 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 20:

Aswan punner to another, we need to open the sluices on this pun thread.

Kosh's Shadow 1/19/2020 2:35:14 PM

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In #23 Occasional Reader said: Yep, and the Chinese are also trying to boost their cuisine and talk down the rival food from Thailand, insinuating the latter often causes diarrhea, with the slogan “eat Thai; poo”.

That's what happens when Three Gorges on too much food