lucius septimius 7/13/2021 5:30:38 AM

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vxbush 7/13/2021 6:12:36 AM

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In #1 lucius septimius said: Rural Americans Burn Kamala Harris At The Stake For Witchcraft After She Shows Them A Photocopier

Heh. I saw that one earlier. 

Did you actually see the video with her take on this? It was so shockingly bad. 

Kosh's Shadow 7/13/2021 6:20:28 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1:

Secret Service finally decided they should probably do something, so they put out the fire, untied Harris, and took her away on Broom One.

lucius septimius 7/13/2021 6:38:43 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 3:

I've been explaining to the kids what Xerox and Kinkos were.  Even my 22yo has no memory of Kinkos and didn't really understand the business model or why it was even necessary in the first place.

lucius septimius 7/13/2021 6:39:05 AM

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vxbush 7/13/2021 6:42:56 AM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: Secret Service finally decided they should probably do something, so they put out the fire, untied Harris, and took her away on Broom One.

Well, technically it would be Broom Two, right? DOCTOR Jill Biden goes out on Broom One. 

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lucius septimius 7/13/2021 6:44:49 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

It's clear the woman hasn't made a copy for herself in over 30 years.

vxbush 7/13/2021 7:04:39 AM

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In #7 lucius septimius said: It's clear the woman hasn't made a copy for herself in over 30 years.

Is it that, or has she never been in the center of the country? Heck, has she ever been in a city of under 10,000 people? 

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 7:18:45 AM

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Good morning.

Pet peeve, right off the bat:  People on Microsoft Teams (or similar) video/conference calls who say to a participant, "I can't hear you very well, could you please raise the volume?"

That's not how this works. 

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 7:21:23 AM

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In #2 vxbush said: Did you actually see the video with her take on this? It was so shockingly bad. 

Kamala has all the charm of Hillary, but without the cunning. 

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 7:23:24 AM

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In #5 lucius septimius said: If I ever would win the big powerball I'd build a yacht like that.

So you're a teak freak? 

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 7:26:26 AM

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In #4 lucius septimius said: I've been explaining to the kids what Xerox and Kinkos were.  Even my 22yo has no memory of Kinkos and didn't really understand the business model or why it was even necessary in the first place.

Thinking back to my previous life as a law firm associate in the early to mid 90s; it's just amazing how much dead-tree we had to physically shift around.  Tons and tons of the stuff.  

JCM 7/13/2021 7:34:53 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1:

As I commented over at WZ farmers are technically sophisticated. Satellites to monitor crops, GPS for planting and crop care. All kinds of tech for monitoring soil, water and plant conditions. Farmers were among the first adopters of RFID tech for monitoring herds.

She's of the political class. Someone who has never done anything except tell others what to do.

Kosh's Shadow 7/13/2021 7:37:01 AM

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In #12 Occasional Reader said: Thinking back to my previous life as a law firm associate in the early to mid 90s; it's just amazing how much dead-tree we had to physically shift around.  Tons and tons of the stuff.  

When my wife started (around 2000), we'd get boxes of documents. Then it moved to CDs and DVDs. Still some of those, but more gets downloaded via sharefile or dropbox. Over 10 GB for one case a couple of weeks ago, mostly security camera video.

The biggest was a case with many codefendants, and they put all the discovery for all the cases together. Had to supply an external hard drive - 2 TB. I think a lot of it was cell phone dumps from all the codefendants.

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 8:02:52 AM

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In #14 Kosh's Shadow said: cell phone dumps from all the codefendants

Reminds me of this scene.

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 8:23:30 AM

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I am still astonished and saddened when I see parents walking around outdoors, with their small kids wearing masks; even playing in parks, yards from anyone else, in open air - wearing masks.

Little kids growing up being taught to fear the very air that they breath - literally.

What is this doing to them? 

JCM 7/13/2021 8:43:42 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 16:

We went boating last Saturday.

Out in Lake Union people on paddle boards. Dozens of yards from anyone. On a sunny day....... WEARING MASKS.

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 9:05:32 AM

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In #17 JCM said: Out in Lake Union people on paddle boards. Dozens of yards from anyone. On a sunny day....... WEARING MASKS.

Got to stay safe from fish-borne aerosolized pathogens. 

vxbush 7/13/2021 9:19:51 AM

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In #17 JCM said: Out in Lake Union people on paddle boards. Dozens of yards from anyone. On a sunny day....... WEARING MASKS.

I was doing some research over the weekend and noted that the World Health Organization still has, as their standard pandemic plan, the bullet point that masks do not prevent the spread of viruses. And yet, what has the world done? Yeah, the WHO hasn't covered itself in glory, but what is the point in having documentation if no one uses it? 

JCM 7/13/2021 9:26:32 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 19:

I've seen 3 studies that mask make things WORSE.

The virus we know passes through the mask.

The basic theory in the studies a normal breathing, a cough and a sneeze the large particles drop quickly due to gravity.

The masks break the particles into very small aerosolized particles containing viruses which stay airborne much, much longer and subject airflow and spread much farther.

vxbush 7/13/2021 9:32:36 AM

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In #20 JCM said: I've seen 3 studies that mask make things WORSE. The virus we know passes through the mask. The basic theory in the studies a normal breathing, a cough and a sneeze the large particles drop quickly due to gravity. The masks break the particles into very small aerosolized particles containing viruses which stay airborne much, much longer and subject airflow and spread much farther.

That makes sense. PJ Media reported on the group of parents who had the masks of their kids analyzed, and discovered serious pathogens on the masks, such as Legionnaires' diseases. Masks are not the perfect solution in any sense. 

JCM 7/13/2021 1:00:28 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 21:

Everything I've seen is masks effectiveness is for close confined quarters, and short periods.

Meaning a patient with a respiratory infection, and the caregivers wearing a mask while treating and disposing of after each patient contact.

There is no other solid data to support other use cases.

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 1:00:43 PM

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Google "translate" apparently alters Arabic text to take out the jihad-conquest-y parts.

Kosh's Shadow 7/13/2021 2:42:15 PM

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In #23 Occasional Reader said: Google "translate" apparently alters Arabic text to take out the jihad-conquest-y parts.

Probably translates all the "Palestinian" calls to kill Jews into ones about wanting to live in peace.

JCM 7/13/2021 2:54:13 PM

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Can't find a source other than this article.

    "Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers     more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social     media and text messages," Politico reports. 

So gov't will contract with carriers to monitor you online activity...

Also to consider. Why does the gov't need to go to these measures? If they had the evidence wouldn't they present that?

Kosh's Shadow 7/13/2021 3:26:34 PM

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Reply to JCM in 25:

The original Politico article (link)

Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages. The goal is to ensure that people who may have difficulty getting a vaccination because of issues like transportation see those barriers lessened or removed entirely.

JCM 7/13/2021 3:40:24 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 26:

Imagine the howls if Trump proposed this.

Occasional Reader 7/13/2021 4:57:59 PM

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In #24 Kosh's Shadow said: Probably translates all the "Palestinian" calls to kill Jews into ones about wanting to live in peace.

You are not far off.