A Brilliant Solo Concert by Bruce Hornsby - Three Songs at the Current

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This Friday, Aug. 14, Bruce Hornsby releases his new album, “Non-Secure Connections.” The new album is the highly anticipated follow-up to Hornsby’s acclaimed album from last year, “Absolute Zero.” One year ago this week, Hornsby visited our studio to play songs from “Absolute Zero,” and we’re sharing those performances here.

SONGS PERFORMED
0:00 “Cast-Off”
5:55 “White Noise”
9:15 “Country Doctor”

PERSONNEL
Bruce Hornsby – piano, vocals

CREDITS
Video & Photo: Nate Ryan
Audio: Michael DeMark
Production: Derrick Stevens

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266 comments
1
Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:06:30pm

Yeah, The Vote. Get it Out.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:06:45pm

FT

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:07:21pm

GOTV

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:13:07pm

8645110320

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:13:15pm

GUESS WHO????

GOP candidate lies about Mexicans selling ‘tens of thousands’ of US kids into sex slavery

rawstory.com

This week, Madison Cawthorn, a Republican U.S. House candidate for North Carolina who recently spoke at the Republican National Convention, published a video to his supporters falsely claiming that Mexican cartels on the southern national border are kidnapping tens of thousands of U.S. kids and then selling them on “the sex slave market.”

The fact-checkers at The Asheville Citizen-Times called his claim a “discredited” and “debunked” one “promoted by the extremist conspiracy theory movement” known as QAnon. QAnon believers think that a Democrat-run “deep state” is trying to stop Republican President Donald Trump from exposing an international child sex trafficking ring.

In the past, Cawthorn has lied about being accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy before a car crash left him in a wheelchair—the academy actually rejected him before his accident. He also deleted an Instagram post referring to Adolph Hitler as “the führer” (“leader” in German) and calling his visit to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest home in the Alps, a “bucket list” destination.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:13:35pm

I told Mrs. Fish, on 11/04/2020, I will hang my flag outside for the first time in 4 years.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:14:27pm

re: #6 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I told Mrs. Fish, on 11/04/2020, I will hang my flag outside for the first time in 4 years.

Upright or upside-down, depending on the outcome.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:16:06pm

re: #7 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

Upright or upside-down, depending on the outcome.

I have no expectation of hanging it upside down. Joe Biden will win. That is not a prediction, it is simply what must happen. We don’t really have a choice.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:16:40pm

re: #8 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Amen.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:20:43pm

So I guess I’m the asshole of the group. No surprise there.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:21:12pm

re: #10 Amory Blaine

So I guess I’m the asshole of the group. No surprise there.

Mrs. Fish clocked in at like a 2.3 or something. So you’re in good company.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:21:29pm

re: #2 I Would Prefer Not To

Purple. Because dogs don’t have spines.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:22:26pm

I did a thought experiment on the D scale as if I was Trump. Did the 70 questions and went off the scale in every component.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:22:58pm

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steve_davis  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:26:23pm

re: #2 I Would Prefer Not To

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FT

exactly the same amount of pancake mix i needed before my canoe threw a wheel.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:28:29pm

re: #15 steve_davis

exactly the same amount of pancake mix i needed before my canoe threw a wheel.

Did you forget to carry?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:29:39pm

re: #2 I Would Prefer Not To

As much as woodchuck would chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck pancake mix.

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:29:40pm
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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:29:46pm
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b_sharp  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:34:26pm

I redid that dark factor test except this time I took the full test and the reaction test. I got the same score - 1.64 vs 1.63. Seems consistent. I’m apparently a bit greedy and morally disengaged.

I really want to see Trump’s score.

edit: add link.
qst.darkfactor.org

I’d be curious to see other people’s patterns.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:36:33pm
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:38:14pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

I am with them. Right now I am waiting for two packages from amazon that are coming by way of USPS. It is 3:37PM and so far no mail truck. :(

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:40:55pm

re: #20 b_sharp

I redid that dark factor test except this time I took the full test and the reaction test. I got the same score - 1.64 vs 1.63. Seems consistent. I’m apparently a bit greedy and morally disengaged.

I really want to see Trump’s score.

Got a worse score with low Greed, but a big slice of Spite. Must have been my “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit” ballcap.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:41:12pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:43:42pm
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steve_davis  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:44:48pm

re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth

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look, nancy, i think you’re great, but we don’t need you to put out a sternly worded letter of concern. if you ever had the remotest thought that you have the power as a congress to compel people to show up before you, then you need to start subpoenaing people. if they don’t show up, you need to have the sergeant at arms and his deputies haul these people from wherever they are before you. I’m assuming the sergeant at arms has nationwide authority to make arrests.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:46:35pm

From the previous thread:

re: #241 makeitstop

Put real teeth into the Hatch Act. Real consequences, zero tolerance.

I agree with this, but I am curious how this would work if we had it really set up in 2016. Who would enforce it? The same people who make sure Trump submit cabinet appointees?

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:46:54pm

re: #22 PhillyPretzel

I am with them. Right now I am waiting for two packages from amazon that are coming by way of USPS. It is 3:37PM and so far no mail truck. :(

My white flag better get here tomorrow like Amazon promised. It shipped USPS also.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:48:53pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:48:57pm

re: #8 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I have no expectation of hanging it upside down. Joe Biden will win. That is not a prediction, it is simply what must happen. We don’t really have a choice.

Right but we’re up against a Russian disinformation machine, Fox News, The New York Times, Qanon, a crippled postal service and a GOP that gives no shits about breaking laws to disenfranchise voters.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:51:52pm

^^THIS…what Otto said^^
It’s not like Chris is a Republican senator

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:53:26pm

I love playing chess but I wouldn’t play with a set where Republican pieces don’t follow the rules!

2020 Battle for the White House Chess Set 🇺🇸

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makeitstop  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:57:10pm

re: #27 Belafon

From the previous thread:

I agree with this, but I am curious how this would work if we had it really set up in 2016. Who would enforce it? The same people who make sure Trump submit cabinet appointees?

How the House uses their powers of Inherent Contempt is entirely up to the House.

I believe the Sergeant at Arms would handle any apprehension.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:00:45pm
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:02:09pm

re: #34 Dread Pirate Ron

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Yet he thinks he did a great job.

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b_sharp  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:12:36pm

Who killed the thread?

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A Mom Anon  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:12:42pm

Cleo had a tough day barking at my husband and a friend digging up a leaking pipe in front of the house. Cheaper than a plumber. Cleo would also like you to know that Trump is big butthead.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:13:22pm

re: #36 b_sharp

Who killed the thread?

[Quietly wipes off the knife and puts it in the drawer.]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, Officer.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:14:45pm

Who killed the thread?

I found the guilty parties!

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b_sharp  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:17:30pm

re: #39 🌹UOJB!

Who killed the thread?

I found the guilty parties!

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Family photo from 2000.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:23:49pm

I’ve been busy in the kitchen.
Made a batch of broccoli slaw and now there’s a skillet of shaved beef, sweet onion and garlic simmering in some low sodium Dale’s. The beef will eventually be topped with smoked provolone and served on onion rolls.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:25:01pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:30:04pm
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:31:39pm

re: #36 b_sharp

Who killed the thread?

It was her

MiB

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:31:57pm

made me snerk

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Ming5000  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:32:11pm

re: #6 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I told Mrs. Fish, on 11/04/2020, I will hang my flag outside for the first time in 4 years.

This is a great point.
I hate how the R’s fetishize the American flag. If I see an event with way too many flags I know that it is a right wing group. Of course, you also see the Gadson flags, Trump flags.
John James, senate candidate in Michigan, now has “United We Stand” on his yard signs. The R’s want to ruin that phrase too, as a way to snidely say All Lives Matter.

So, yes, I too will hang my flag outside on 11/04/2020.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:36:33pm

oh…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:36:37pm

re: #46 Ming5000

This is a great point.
I hate how the R’s fetishize the American flag. If I see an event with way too many flags I know that it is a right wing group. Of course, you also see the Gadson flags, Trump flags.
John James, senate candidate in Michigan, now has “United We Stand” on his yard signs. The R’s want to ruin that phrase too, as a way to snidely say All Lives Matter.

So, yes, I too will hang my flag outside on 11/04/2020.

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There’s a business/residence nearby with two giant Trump/Pence 2020 signs on either side of the driveway. To no one’s surprise, he also has like 6 American flags posted around the doors to his business. It pisses me off every time I drive by.

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ckkatz  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:40:26pm

Not particularly knowledgeable in the undercurrents of “Teh Twitters”. But I afaict this is true.:

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garzooma  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:42:37pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

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With everything going on don’t forget that this week saw the first direct confrontation between regular US and Russian ground forces ever with seven Americans injured when Russians rammed their vehicle.

Also the first confrontation where they posted a video just to mock us.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:43:18pm

re: #48 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

There’s a business/residence nearby with two giant Trump/Pence 2020 signs on either side of the driveway. To no one’s surprise, he also has like 6 American flags posted around the doors to his business. It pisses me off every time I drive by.

HAHAHAHA!
There’s a trucking company on the highway here that has exactly that. Laura remnants flipped and twisted the trump banner last night and the little American flags are a bit shredded. It all looked so pathetically stupid before the storm, now it just looks like the trash it is.
Funny how the Kentucky DOT doesn’t have a problem with that crap on the highway fence like it does for the farmers market.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:43:20pm

re: #48 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The other day I drove past a house in a very wealthy part of town. There was an American Flag flying in front of it and right below that a TRUMP 2020 flag…in the yard was a groundskeeping crew that appeared to be entirely Latino. I wonder how those guys feel about their client…

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ckkatz  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:43:51pm

re: #48 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I generally view Trump signs as despicable indicators. As there is an infinite supply of despicable and a limited supply of me, I try to avoid those sign-owners where-ever possible.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:44:27pm

Well the local postman just delivered by cell phone case. Now I am waiting for my 36” light fixture.

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Ming5000  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:44:28pm

re: #48 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

There’s a business/residence nearby with two giant Trump/Pence 2020 signs on either side of the driveway. To no one’s surprise, he also has like 6 American flags posted around the doors to his business. It pisses me off every time I drive by.

I do love when businesses self identify though.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:44:56pm

re: #49 ckkatz

Not particularly knowledgeable in the undercurrents of “Teh Twitters”. But I afaict this is true.:

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I was following Hoarse before, appears I’m automatically following the new account now.

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Florida Panhandler  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:46:07pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

We have now reached the point in this country where a racist President and his racist followers want Russia to defeat us in combat under the theory that this will somehow make Russia stronger and advance White Supremacism.

Let’s talk about that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:48:29pm
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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:50:37pm

re: #58 Eclectic Cyborg

“check out the damage”

Pain tourism.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:52:00pm

re: #59 jaunte

Pain tourism.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:53:28pm
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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:54:35pm

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

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made me snerk

Reminds me of this 70s Sweet song…

Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen - Disco 20.03.1978 (OFFICIAL)

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:56:00pm

re: #46 Ming5000

This is a great point.
I hate how the R’s fetishize the American flag. If I see an event with way too many flags I know that it is a right wing group. Of course, you also see the Gadson flags, Trump flags.
John James, senate candidate in Michigan, now has “United We Stand” on his yard signs. The R’s want to ruin that phrase too, as a way to snidely say All Lives Matter.

So, yes, I too will hang my flag outside on 11/04/2020.

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John James is an asshole.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:59:19pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:02:17pm

re: #20 b_sharp

I redid that dark factor test except this time I took the full test and the reaction test. I got the same score - 1.64 vs 1.63. Seems consistent. I’m apparently a bit greedy and morally disengaged.

I really want to see Trump’s score.

……

I’d be curious to see other people’s patterns.

There is no way to get a valid score.
1. Trump doesn’t read so he couldn’t take the test.
2. Trump has 0 attention span so if someone read the questions he would abandon the test after the first question. After all, not a single question contains his name.
3. He lies about everything, and that would include his responses.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:02:58pm

JFC

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:04:35pm

Lre: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

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The Presidency has been for sale under this administration.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:06:22pm

More is my answer how much corruption that we don’t know about with these guys.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:06:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:10:23pm
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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:10:56pm

re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth

Check eBay.
You know how to check sold items?
Do it.
On a piece of fucking paper?
10 grand.
So fucking lazy couldn’t even sign rolls of paper fucking towels.
Good luck Loosiana. You need it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:13:49pm

re: #71 nines09

Check eBay.
You know how to check sold items?
Do it.
On a piece of fucking paper?
10 grand.
So fucking lazy couldn’t even sign rolls of paper fucking towels.
Good luck Loosiana. You need it.

my first thought is that 10 grand is a transaction reportable to the IRS.
Better pay the taxes on that…

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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:13:49pm

re: #67 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

The nation has been sold

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:14:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:16:01pm

thread starts with this:

ends with this:

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:18:01pm

I got the 36” fixture. It is bright. It lights up both the tiny kitchen and the adjoining dining room.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:19:07pm
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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:19:10pm

re: #76 PhillyPretzel
LED?

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:21:13pm

re: #78 nines09

No. It is a GE fluorescent. This is the description from amazon:
amazon.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:24:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:29:15pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:29:40pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:32:13pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:34:05pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“terrorists are armed and intending to murder”

yep, pretty much describes Rittenhouse and guys like him.

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:34:26pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

Bad meme: Top dude in green shirt got knocked out after swinging a sword around.

Bottom dude ‘defended himself’ by committing murder. Now he needs defending, not the kind of defending you can do with a gun.

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Citizen K  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:47:52pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:47:55pm

lolololololol

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:49:08pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

lolololololol

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I can’t believe I visited that link. That was a mistake. I feel dirty now.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:49:54pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

lolololololol

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:51:01pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

lolololololol

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Okay, I’ll bite.

Why are a bunch of Democratic mayors supporting Trump?

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:51:11pm

re: #33 makeitstop

How the House uses their powers of Inherent Contempt is entirely up to the House.

I believe the Sergeant at Arms would handle any apprehension.

The House could enforce you must show up, they can’t enforce laws. That’s the executive branch’s job.

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Cheechako  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:51:58pm

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:52:13pm

re: #91 Belafon

The House could enforce you must show up, they can’t enforce laws. That’s the executive branch’s job.

And since the Executive branch is useless these days…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:52:38pm

re: #92 Cheechako

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I relate to this on too many levels.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:54:29pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:55:31pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:57:17pm

re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth

We all made fun of Jim Hoft and his “orbital bone fracture” x-ray but now this shit has gone mainstream.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:57:19pm

Time to ignore that gay Tory Catholic who shoved “The Bell Curve” down people’s throats…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:02:33pm

re: #98 Eric The Fruit Bat

Time to ignore that gay Tory Catholic who shoved “The Bell Curve” down people’s throats…

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The thing of it is, once we vote the fascists out, the liberals will institute policies that will make the peaceful protests go away. And once the peaceful protests go away, the rioters and vigilantes will have no excuse.

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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:08:16pm

re: #79 PhillyPretzel

Ok. I went with LED everywhere. No bulbs, no ballast, no hum. I had shit blow up on me.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:14:33pm

re: #100 nines09

I understand. That was my original idea but at the time money was tight so I got 2 smaller tubes for under cabinets. And now I got the 36” for the so-called breakfast bar. It is a counter between the tiny kitchen and the dining room.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:16:17pm

re: #99 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The thing of it is, once we vote the fascists out, the liberals will institute policies that will make the peaceful protests go away.

My older brother spent a good chunk of his working life as part of the Silent Service, then later acting as a interface with the Australian government on dealing with mating US submarine gear with Australia’s Collins class submarines.

During our last conversation, he flat out old me I wasn’t watching the right news sources, and then praised Trump for all of his fuck-ups which he considered as wins.

He made a very fatal mistake - he stated that he had purchased a revolver and was thinking about getting a 18-gauge shotgun. Once I relayed that to my mother, she has decided that in no way will she visit my older brother and his wife.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:16:55pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:18:13pm

re: #101 PhillyPretzel

I understand. That was my original idea but at the time money was tight so I got 2 smaller tubes for under cabinets. And now I got the 36” for the so-called breakfast bar. It is a counter between the tiny kitchen and the dining room.

Tech has developed to the point that LED is dropping in price, and when the flourescent blows, you will have a good chance to replace just the tubes with LED equivalents.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:19:09pm

re: #104 Decatur Deb

Tech has developed to the point that LED is dropping in price, and when the flourescent blows, you will have a good chance to replace just the tubes with LED equivalents.

I’ve replaced most of the incandescents in my home with LED. They’ve proven to be a sound investment. I don’t have any tube lights, though, all screw-type bulbs.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:20:33pm

re: #104 Decatur Deb

True but for right now my fluorescent tubes are lighting up the kitchen and dining room. And when I need to replace them LED’s will be at the top of the list.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:22:25pm

re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg

Okay, I’ll bite.

Why are a bunch of Democratic mayors supporting Trump?

I don’t know, but I’ll take a stab at it based on the rantings of Richard Painter. Northern Minnesota is home to some pristine areas and mining companies are salivating about opening mines there. Probably few jobs there now (I think that’s pretty far north of the meat plants). The mines would likely corrupt the environment and even drinking water, but of course Trump wants the mines. Speculation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:22:36pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:25:43pm

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Why would he? The kid is popular among his rabid hateful base.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:32:04pm

re: #98 Eric The Fruit Bat

Sullivan isn’t against disorder, he’s in favor of it from the top down.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:32:13pm

re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg

You can see how the early version are experiments in getting away with it, and the later versions adjust the tactic.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:34:06pm

FWIW, lottery sales appear to slowly be recovering. Don’t know what that means, other than people may be feeling a bit more comfortable with their discretionary spending.

The only item in my local grocery store which is still missing are the chlorine based kitchen/bath cleaners. Chlorine bleach in bottles is available, but the cleaner mixes are still absent, along with other sanitizing cleaners normally found in that aisle.

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Jack Burton  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:34:34pm

re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If only she could, oh I don’t know… subpoena them or something. I’m sure bitching about it on Twitter is going to help.

/

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William Lewis  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:35:36pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

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1984? I was 20 that summer and would have been ecstatic to date a woman that beautiful. Sigh… Would now too, for that matter ;)

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:35:49pm

re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

FWIW, lottery sales appear to slowly be recovering. Don’t know what that means, other than people may be feeling a bit more comfortable with their discretionary spending.

The only item in my local grocery store which is still missing are the chlorine based kitchen/bath cleaners. Chlorine bleach in bottles is available, but the cleaner mixes are still absent, along with other sanitizing cleaners normally found in that aisle.

Disinfecting wipes are the only things I’ve had a hard time locating.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:36:40pm
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:38:18pm

re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It is almost the same thing here in Philly. You cannot find Lysol spray or even those Clorox wipes. In place of the disinfectants there is a large selection of off brand hand sanitizers.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:39:22pm

Snopes has created an interactive state-by-state guide to the mess that is mail voting regulation. (Caution—the various states are still in flux.)

snopes.com

Sorry about all the ads, but Snopes has to eat, too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:44:56pm

re: #118 Decatur Deb

put in our absentee ballot requests at the Kentucky SoS portal on Monday.
Easy peasy

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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:45:48pm

re: #101 PhillyPretzel

Yes I understand. Prices have dropped quite a bit in my humble opinion on LED though.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:46:18pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

put in our absentee ballot requests at the Kentucky SoS portal on Monday.
Easy peasy

I filed for both primary and general ballots at the same time. (Have I mentioned Minnesota is awesome?) They will mail them as soon as they are made up. MN also has a handy portal to track the status of your ballot and verify it gets counted.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:48:29pm
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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:49:17pm

re: #105 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

You can replace any fluorescent fixture with an LED equivalent if you do your home work.
Figure in the lifetime and savings and it’s a win.
The wattage numbers can be confusing, do your homework and it’s good.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:50:27pm

re: #123 nines09

I agree. It is a good idea and in my case I am saving up money for something else.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:51:20pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:51:37pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

put in our absentee ballot requests at the Kentucky SoS portal on Monday.
Easy peasy

I’m working through our new League of Women Voters to get the word and application forms out. That’s where the Snopes link came from. Alabama is a deliberate mess, and most of our votes will be in person. Tuesday we’ll set up a mostly-unmanned table at the first of our functioning libraries.

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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:52:46pm

re: #124 PhillyPretzel

Yes. I replaced a light in my kitchen over my range a few years back. Two tube fluorescent to LED. To fit that space, and size, I paid through the nose.
Much cheaper now.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:54:42pm
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piratedan  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:55:05pm

re: #122 jaunte

the fact is its a public service, not a business enterprise… treating it as such is disingenuous, but that’s kind of par for the course with the GOP.

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Cheechako  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:55:21pm

re: #121 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I filed for both primary and general ballots at the same time. (Have I mentioned Minnesota is awesome?) They will mail them as soon as they are made up. MN also has a handy portal to track the status of your ballot and verify it gets counted.

Same for Alaska. Took less than 5 minutes to request both Primary and General Election mail in ballots on line. We also have the tracking ability on line from the State SoS office.

The ballot does require a witness signature and lists examples of who is a “qualifying witness”. I called the mail in office and was told that a spouse qualifies. The ballot language is not very clear about this issue.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:57:24pm

re: #130 Cheechako

Same for Alaska. Took less than 5 minutes to request both Primary and General Election mail in ballots on line. We also have the tracking ability on line from the State SoS office.

The ballot does require a witness signature and lists examples of who is a “qualifying witness”. I called the mail in office and was told that a spouse qualifies. The ballot language is not very clear about this issue.

Minnesota’s is pretty clear: Any registered Minnesota voter can witness. Our primary ballots actually had the witness requirement waived; I wonder if they’ll do the same with the general. Not that it matters, since we are both registered to vote and are voting for the first time in almost a decade. (In my defense, in 2008 I had just gotten married, and in 2016 I was with Mrs. Fish in the hospital from her legendary car accident. I did vote for Obama in 2012.)

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:57:41pm

re: #130 Cheechako

PA has that option too. But I am willing to see what other methods of voting are going to be used. And also since I am a Republican I would probably get a Republican ballot and not a Democratic one.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:02:20pm
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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:03:31pm

Suburban Trump supporters are going to town looking for trouble.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:05:09pm

re: #134 jaunte

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Suburban Trump supporters are going to town looking for trouble.

It looks like they’re gathering for a public lynching.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:05:20pm

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Cheechako  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:06:19pm

re: #132 PhillyPretzel

PA has that option too. But I am willing to see what other methods of voting are going to be used. And also since I am a Republican I would probably get a Republican ballot and not a Democratic one.

For the Primary Alaska sends you the ballot for the party for which you are registered in.
The Republican Primary is closed to registered Republicans only. All others get the generic Democrat ballot which will include Independent candidates. The winning contenders for the Democrats (House and Senate) are both registered Independents.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:14:45pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:23:09pm

No, what’s chilling is that they think it’s just fine and they want to sign up for it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:25:44pm

re: #138 jaunte

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we were at Kroger this morning.

everyone was wearing a mask, but some were wearing them on their chins or below their noses.

I made a point of coughing loudly right next to them.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:27:27pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

we were at Kroger this morning.

everyone was wearing a mask, but some were wearing them on their chins or below their noses.

I made a point of coughing loudly right next to them.

At our church, masks are required*. The * is because we don’t really enforce it, people take them off during the service, and even before/afterwards when they’re mingling many of them wear them below their noses. It frustrates the hell out of me, but all I do is keep my mask fully on at all times and try to set a good example.

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piratedan  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:28:25pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

I have to say its rather disappointing to find out that so many of our fellow citizens think concepts like fairness, honesty and hard work are for suckers…

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Cheechako  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:28:26pm

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:29:06pm

re: #141 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

That is me. I keep my mask on covering my mouth and nose when I am outside of my house.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:31:40pm

re: #144 PhillyPretzel

That is me. I keep my mask on covering my mouth and nose when I am outside of my house.

I do when I’m going into any indoor space. My best friend still refuses to wear a mask into the local gas station. I’m torn - I want to call the state, but I like that gas station and I don’t want to get them in trouble because he’s a dumbass.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:32:31pm

re: #142 piratedan

I have to say its rather disappointing to find out that so many of our fellow citizens think concepts like fairness, honesty and hard work are for suckers…

And they elected the person who least represents those traits.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:32:39pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:33:39pm

he’s still an asshole

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:33:57pm
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Jack Burton  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:34:12pm

re: #144 PhillyPretzel

That is me. I keep my mask on covering my mouth and nose when I am outside of my house.

Unless I have to immediately drive some where right after I wake up and need to caffeinate*, I wear my mask from the minute I walk out the door until I’m back and finished putting away the groceries or whatever and immediately wash my hands and arms if they weren’t covered.

*Leave mask off while driving initially to finish my Coke Zero (because I don’t drink coffee), but once I get somewhere it’s on for the duration.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:36:07pm
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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:38:51pm

Brilliant

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:40:34pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

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he’s still an asshole

“I’m sorry my bigotry didn’t go over well.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:42:49pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:44:33pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:44:45pm

Chef Andres really deserves the Noble Peace Prize

and he will put the prize money to very good use

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:46:37pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chef Jose Andres is to be saluted. He is the one who should get a medal or some sort of proclamation for all the work he has done and taking care of people who need it.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:52:00pm

re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chef Andres really deserves the Noble Peace Prize

and he will put the prize money to very good use

And then he needs to be Sainted by the Church if you believe that kind of thing. The Man is selfless.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:53:48pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:55:34pm

re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh my God, I actually teared up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:02:30pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:05:15pm

hi

Extremely local news: My Internet service is not yet fixed. I waited all day at home, no tech.

It is briefly up now.

I called CenturyLink, they told me they’ve rescheduled for September 2. They didn’t bother to tell me while I was waiting all day at home though.

I was -uh- angry.

I’m going to take a look at that dark tendencies test talked about in the last thread. Reading the article, I have questions (for example, saying you’re willing to suffer harm yourself to see someone “get what they deserve isn’t really very nuanced: For example, being willing to testify in court against a popular person accused of a serious crime might indeed cause me some harm to see that person “get what he deserves” but doesn’t weigh that against the further harm that person might cause).

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:05:41pm

Don’t know who she is but I heart here. 28 tweets that make the case for not having anything to do with trump.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:06:21pm
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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:07:12pm

This administration has designated those of us it intends to be non-persons, and the minions are carrying out its orders.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:09:07pm

re: #163 I Would Prefer Not To

This is terrifying.

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plansbandc  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:10:11pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

Many people have been saying this for awhile now.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:13:30pm

re: #164 jaunte

Can USPS be sued for this?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:17:03pm

jeebus, what a fucking suckup

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:18:16pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:19:58pm

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’ve been trying to figure out what the hell trump is wearing. it’s so weird.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:20:09pm

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

I wonder how many pens he sold on Ebay.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:22:17pm
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i(m)p(each)sos  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:22:24pm

re: #172 jaunte

I wonder how many pens he sold on Ebay.

I bet not as many as Stonekettle.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:23:10pm
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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:24:13pm
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danarchy  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:25:49pm

re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’ve been trying to figure out what the hell trump is wearing. it’s so weird.

It’s just a windbreaker with a white inner lining that is blending into the white polo shirt he is wearing under it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:27:01pm

re: #177 danarchy

It’s just a windbreaker with a white inner lining that is blending into the white polo shirt he is wearing under it.

still looks weird

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:29:50pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:30:32pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:32:11pm

Okay I took the test. I guess I’m not a sociopath or something.

Test Result link

Score 1.43
Rank: 4th percentile

My Dark Canvas

I’ll have to ask my mother the clinical psychologist about this.

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danarchy  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:33:44pm

re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth

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This is a very pedantic of me, but “How much cities” …

It’s like nails on a chalkboard.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:39:10pm

re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth

Virginia MN, pop. 8,712
Chisholm MN, pop. 4,976
Ely MN, pop. 3,460
Two Harbors MN, pop. 3,745
Eveleth MN, pop. 3,718
Babbitt MN, pop. 1,475

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Kilroy was here  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:39:36pm

re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maybe he should have gone to an umbrella academy…

(ducks)

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:39:59pm

re: #181 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Okay I took the test. I guess I’m not a sociopath or something.

Test Result link

Score 1.43
Rank: 4th percentile

[Embedded content]

I’ll have to ask my mother the clinical psychologist about this.

You egomaniac, you.///

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i(m)p(each)sos  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:41:30pm

re: #183 jaunte

Virginia MN, pop. 8,712
Chisholm MN, pop. 4,976
Ely MN, pop. 3,460
Two Harbors MN, pop. 3,745
Eveleth MN, pop. 3,718
Babbitt MN, pop. 1,475

And the largest city in the Iron Range, Hibbing? Don’t see its mayor, a Democrat, there…

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:42:31pm

“Trump Lands Major Endorsements”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:43:48pm

re: #186 i(m)p(each)sos

And the largest city in the Iron Range, Hibbing? Don’t see its mayor, a Democrat, there…

Those “Democratic” mayors are probably dissatisfied with St. Paul’s attempts to stop the coronavirus pandemic, which has an outsize impact on small towns and small businesses.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:47:40pm

re: #184 Kilroy was here

Maybe he should have gone to an umbrella academy…

(ducks)

Mary Poppins School of Effective Umbrella Deployment

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Kilroy was here  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:49:14pm

Don’t make fun of a MTSEUD grad

THE ORIGINAL Scary ‘Mary Poppins’ Recut Trailer

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:49:47pm

re: #184 Kilroy was here

Maybe he should have gone to an umbrella academy…

(ducks)

I hear they’re into ornithology these days.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:52:59pm

re: #183 jaunte

Virginia MN, pop. 8,712
Chisholm MN, pop. 4,976
Ely MN, pop. 3,460
Two Harbors MN, pop. 3,745
Eveleth MN, pop. 3,718
Babbitt MN, pop. 1,475

Less people than your average NYC high rise.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:54:52pm

re: #192 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Less people than your average NYC high rise.

we have more cows

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:54:54pm

re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg

The other day I drove past a house in a very wealthy part of town. There was an American Flag flying in front of it and right below that a TRUMP 2020 flag…in the yard was a groundskeeping crew that appeared to be entirely Latino. I wonder how those guys feel about their client…

In my town there are only four people who fly any sort of flag (besides the Post Office and the village).

I fly an American flag and a Gold Star banner.
The hub of the VA nurse who lives across the street just put up a flagpole with an American flag and a Marine Corps flag (he’s retired from the Marines). He asked me if it was okay after he put it up. I noted his Marines flag is larger than the US flag, which violates the Flag Code.
The chairwoman of the village board has a US flag.
The person who lives three doors down from my mailbox has a Trump flag.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:56:41pm
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:56:41pm

I still find it odd that DT cannot handle an umbrella. When it is raining at work I usually carry a 68” vented umbrella that looks similar to what DT is using. Now the fact that I am under five feet in height and weigh about 100 pounds I have no problem with my umbrella I even close it up and “spin it” to put the velcro bands in place and put it into its sling. This is the umbrella I have:
amazon.com

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:58:21pm

re: #192 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Typical Trump puffery to describe six small town mayoral endorsements as MAJOR.

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SerialUpDinger  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:01:03pm

Flickr

Santa Monica Mountains - Fruits ready to be enjoyed.




Wish the fruits had a little more fruit and lot less pit!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:03:39pm

re: #197 jaunte

Typical Trump puffery to describe six small town mayoral endorsements as MAJOR.

owning the libs…

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:04:23pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

These condos are going fast, you need to make a decision today!

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:04:36pm

re: #190 Kilroy was here

Don’t make fun of a MTSEUD grad

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I have never seen Mary Poppins but I did hear its music in school almost constantly from the time it came out until I graduated and escaped to the Army a few years later.

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Interesting Times  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:08:22pm

So this is interesting - take a look at the percentage saying the US did a “good job” handling the pandemic. I do believe that’s now the ceiling for GOP support (remember, trump “won” the electoral college with ~46% of the vote. Mitt Romney got 47% in 2012).

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:09:53pm

Racial tensions escalating, southwest Louisiana and south eastern Texas destroyed by a hurricane, a pandemic that has killed almost 200 000 people and this is what he’s focusing on:

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:12:56pm

re: #183 jaunte

The housing subdivision I live in has over 1800 people: nextdoor.com

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:13:32pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:16:55pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

The only thing coming out of this is it will make more atheists.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:21:05pm

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plansbandc  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:27:04pm

Mike Love in a pic with the fat orange tyrant. Not the least bit surprising.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:27:56pm

re: #106 PhillyPretzel

True but for right now my fluorescent tubes are lighting up the kitchen and dining room. And when I need to replace them LED’s will be at the top of the list.

Are there LED tube-style lamps which will fit into a fluorescent overhead light? It wouldn’t be saving money to me to rewire my kitchen and living room.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:29:18pm

re: #110 jaunte

Sullivan isn’t against disorder, he’s in favor of it from the top down.

Disorder: Blacks sitting at lunch counters or drinking from the “wrong” water fountain.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:30:56pm

re: #117 PhillyPretzel

It is almost the same thing here in Philly. You cannot find Lysol spray or even those Clorox wipes. In place of the disinfectants there is a large selection of off brand hand sanitizers.

We’re still pretty much out of every sort of disinfectant cleaner or wipe other than chlorine bleach, and even that can be hard to find.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:32:31pm

re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’ve been able to find spray bleach pretty easily so I use that with paper towels instead of wipes.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:32:42pm

re: #121 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I filed for both primary and general ballots at the same time. (Have I mentioned Minnesota is awesome?) They will mail them as soon as they are made up. MN also has a handy portal to track the status of your ballot and verify it gets counted.

Nebraska also has such a portal to track your ballot from the moment it’s mailed to you until the moment it’s counted. I don’t have to worry about requesting mail ballots though since they are required here.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:39:06pm

Better round up that Asian fifth column and concentrate them somewhere.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:43:13pm

re: #214 jaunte

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Better round up that Asian fifth column and concentrate them somewhere.

Yeah, because we did that once and it worked out SO well for the white people who made that decision.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:44:37pm

re: #215 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

After they recycle the civil war, they recycle the yellow peril.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:45:58pm

Since yesterday, the Aristocrat Fire southeast of Chadron has grown from 4 to 400 acres.

The Hubbard’s Gap fire in Banner County is shown as 100% contained and has grown to 4,000 acres.

Alliance Public Schools announce a coronavirus case in the elementary school.

2020 kind of sucks around here.

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danarchy  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:53:07pm

re: #215 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Yeah, because we did that once and it worked out SO well for the white people who made that decision.

Did FDR pay any sort of price for that?

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Interesting Times  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:53:33pm

“Be Best”

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Weaselone  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:54:02pm

re: #214 jaunte

This conspiracy theory… I mean, let’s pretend it’s true and China developed it as a weapon and released it. That would mean the orange piece of shit occupying the White House failed to defend us against it and still isn’t taking a deliberate attack against this country seriously.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:54:48pm

re: #218 danarchy

Did FDR pay any sort of price for that?

Thousands of Americans did.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:55:31pm

re: #220 Weaselone

Yes, it’s just as sloppy and filled with holes as all of his other excuses.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:00:51pm

re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

FWIW, lottery sales appear to slowly be recovering. Don’t know what that means, other than people may be feeling a bit more comfortable with their discretionary spending.

The only item in my local grocery store which is still missing are the chlorine based kitchen/bath cleaners. Chlorine bleach in bottles is available, but the cleaner mixes are still absent, along with other sanitizing cleaners normally found in that aisle.

Well, I checked out Costco, Target and the supermarkets today and still missing from the shelves are Lysol spray and disinfectant wipes.

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sagehen  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:01:05pm

re: #220 Weaselone

This conspiracy theory… I mean, let’s pretend it’s true and China developed it as a weapon and released it. That would mean the orange piece of shit occupying the White House failed to defend us against it and still isn’t taking a deliberate attack against this country seriously.

If China had “genetically engineered” this virus… people of European ancestry would have higher lethality than black and hispanic and indigenous peoples.

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(((Archangel1)))  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:02:18pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:03:17pm

re: #209 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Are there LED tube-style lamps which will fit into a fluorescent overhead light? It wouldn’t be saving money to me to rewire my kitchen and living room.

Certainly or probably. (Depends on how standard/weird the tube size is.)

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danarchy  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:04:19pm

re: #223 🌹UOJB!

Well, I checked out Costco, Target and the supermarkets today and still missing from the shelves are Lysol spray and disinfectant wipes.

I saw some sort of release from chlorox a couple weeks ago saying that disinfecting wipes would be in short supply into 2021.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:05:32pm

re: #209 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Are there LED tube-style lamps which will fit into a fluorescent overhead light? It wouldn’t be saving money to me to rewire my kitchen and living room.

If your fixture is less than ten years old, you should be able to find some that fit.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:07:04pm

re: #37 A Mom Anon

CLEO!

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:07:33pm

re: #228 Belafon

If your fixture is less than ten years old, you should be able to find some that fit.

The LEDs might require the electronic ballast rather than the old potted ballast with a “starter”. Even that rewire is sort of cheap and DIY simple.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:14:48pm

re: #163 I Would Prefer Not To

That was such a righteous twitter thread. Had to look her up and follow her account on Instagram.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:23:08pm

re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg

@DNI_Ratcliffe doing a great job!

Sounds like Dan Ratcliffe needs to update his résume.

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:24:42pm

re: #86 Citizen K

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There’s a trope amongst too many people in that discussion that the Seargent-At-Arms has these extensive police powers that span the nation. Like he’s Batman.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:25:30pm

California Highway 154, Las Padres Forest North of Santa Barbara

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ckkatz  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:30:48pm

re: #209 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Are there LED tube-style lamps which will fit into a fluorescent overhead light? It wouldn’t be saving money to me to rewire my kitchen and living room.

Yes, that is what I did some years back. I did some research about what was needed and what was nice and would make things more efficient, but not required. Then I went to CostCo and bought there. Mostly because if I screwed up, they were most likely willing to accept LED flourescent replacement bulbs as returns. I pretty much just put them in the old fixture and they have been working for about 5 years now.

The old flourescents were faded and failing. Their LED replacements were much brighter (iirc, twice as bright) and have an ‘official lifespan’ that is much longer. They were also much more expensive than the fluorescents.

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Rightwingconspirator  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:34:16pm

re: #235 ckkatz

Yes, that is what I did some years back. I did some research about what was needed and what was nice and would make things more efficient, but not required. Then I went to CostCo and bought there. Mostly because if I screwed up, they were most likely willing to accept LED flourescent replacement bulbs as returns. I pretty much just put them in the old fixture and they have been working for about 5 years now.

The old flourescents were faded and failing. Their LED replacements were much brighter (iirc, twice as bright) and have an ‘official lifespan’ that is much longer. They were also much more expensive than the fluorescents.

We did a 16 bulb conversion for the Wifes indoor greenhouse for Orchids. 4 bulbs x 4 36” long fixtures. Our electric bill took a dive

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:34:35pm

re: #223 🌹UOJB!

I scored one can of Target brand wipes. They’re limiting it to one. We won’t see Lysol until next year, they’ve been saying.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:38:40pm

re: #228 Belafon

If your fixture is less than ten years old, you should be able to find some that fit.

My fixtures are new, following rewiring of my house after the two tornadoes.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:40:58pm

re: #202 Interesting Times

That 47% of Americans believe Trump did a good job handling Covid-19 is frightening. He couldn’t have mishandled it worse than he has. During the RNC, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans from the Coronavirus was completely ignored. He won’t even do something easy like encouraging mark wearing.

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ckkatz  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:43:05pm

re: #223 🌹UOJB!

Well, I checked out Costco, Target and the supermarkets today and still missing from the shelves are Lysol spray and disinfectant wipes.

On occasion Costco (at least in the Va area) has had pallets of Chlorox wipes as well as Kirkland Quaternary Ammonium wipes) Usually they have a staff person there handing out one per customer. It might be useful to ask about the next likely shipment at the location you are shopping.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:43:17pm

The governor twists arms to force open public schools (except for a few which defied him), but of course won’t take responsibility for the fallout (because he’s a conservative).

174 Nebraska school districts vulnerable to COVID-19 lawsuits (Omaha World-Herald)

A new worry faces Nebraska school districts that reopened their buildings to students this fall.

What if someone sues, claiming their son or daughter caught COVID-19 because of a district’s negligence?

An insurance company that helps cover major claims for 174 Nebraska school districts and educational service units has made it clear that it won’t pay claims this school year related to communicable diseases like COVID-19.

That has some district officials wondering how they would pay for a huge court award if sued because someone got sick or died.

Some are hoping that Congress will provide schools with liability protection during the pandemic, but Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye to eye on the issue.

(more)

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calochortus  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:44:31pm

You guys do realize that now you have me thinking about repairing/replacing the fluorescent undercabinet lights in the the apartment attached to our house ( where my Mom lived before she died.) One of the lights buzzes something fierce, and I suspect installing a new ballast would be a PITA. (I suppose I’d have to take the light down to do it anyway as it is in a very awkward place to work.) Not worth hiring an electrician because no one actually lives there now and those lights are rarely on.

I really don’t need an electrical project right now. Or do I?

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:45:31pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:46:35pm

re: #243 jaunte

I like their style.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:47:53pm

Watch out for road ragers, Portland.

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Kilroy was here  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:49:28pm

I wonder if Portland still has its “Cruising” laws like it did when I was a kid. Great why to get them to pull them all over after the third circuit .

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:54:05pm

re: #243 jaunte

Lots of stupid in that thread, including praise for the terrorist in Kenosha which should be reported as promoting violence to Twitter, so the libertarian fascists who run the site can ignore it.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:54:06pm

The #portland hashtag is full of rightwingers or trolls pretending to be, claiming cities across America are flaming trash heaps.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:54:31pm

re: #242 calochortus

You guys do realize that now you have me thinking about repairing/replacing the fluorescent undercabinet lights in the the apartment attached to our house ( where my Mom lived before she died.) One of the lights buzzes something fierce, and I suspect installing a new ballast would be a PITA. (I suppose I’d have to take the light down to do it anyway as it is in a very awkward place to work.) Not worth hiring an electrician because no one actually lives there now and those lights are rarely on.

I really don’t need an electrical project right now. Or do I?

As to whether you need one, that’s up to you. As to the problem, I’m glad we’ve reached the stage where LEDs are cheap, because they’re so much easier to work with.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:55:46pm

re: #248 jaunte

The #portland hashtag is full of rightwingers or trolls pretending to be, claiming cities across America are flaming trash heaps.

I love it when flyover country doesn’t have any idea what cities are like. :)

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:58:06pm

re: #250 Belafon

Another popular myth is that Portland has been “burned to the ground.”

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calochortus  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:58:16pm

re: #249 Belafon

As to whether you need one, that’s up to you. As to the problem, I’m glad we’ve reached the stage where LEDs are cheap, because they’re so much easier to work with.

Yeah, we’re all about the LEDs. Of course, we still have a bunch of fluorescent bulbs-both compact and tubes, and for the most part, I’m happy to let them go until they die a natural death.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:59:27pm
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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:02:41pm

We were watching the new Phineas and Ferb movie, and I was scanning IMDB, and came across the picture of Alyson Stoner, who does the voice of Isabella. She’s been acting since she was six. And I know I don’t know everything about her, but I’m hoping she is getting help. This is a picture from a few years ago:

This is her pinned tweet:

And this is her IMDB picture:

And she might have everything under control now, but wow.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:06:35pm

re: #242 calochortus

You could try bypassing the ballasts if you’re comfortable with rewriting. It doesn’t appear to be too difficult.

HOW TO CONVERT FLUORESCENT TO LED (ALL STEPS)

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:08:01pm
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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:18:21pm
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calochortus  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:19:15pm

re: #255 GlutenFreeJesus

You could try bypassing the ballasts if you’re comfortable with rewriting. It doesn’t appear to be too difficult.

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Video

Interesting. I will consider it. I’m comfortable with very light electrical work. Mostly I’m good at looking at what is there, and replacing it with something new but essentially the same. Light fixtures, wall outlets and switches. That sort of thing.
I’m pretty good at following instructions, but I’d never try to add a new electrical line or anything like that.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:20:30pm

re: #239 Patricia Kayden

That 47% of Americans believe Trump did a good job handling Covid-19 is frightening. He couldn’t have mishandled it worse than he has. During the RNC, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans from the Coronavirus was completely ignored. He won’t even do something easy like encouraging mark wearing.

It is troubling that 47% of Americans are so delusional to think that Trump did a good job — unless some of those are people who think their blue state governors did a good job. The question didn’t seem to mention Trump — but only how the country handled it.

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b_sharp  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:22:04pm

re: #258 calochortus

Interesting. I will consider it. I’m comfortable with very light electrical work. Mostly I’m good at looking at what is there, and replacing it with something new but essentially the same. Light fixtures, wall outlets and switches. That sort of thing.
I’m pretty good at following instructions, but I’d never try to add a new electrical line or anything like that.

Rule #1: Do not use your tongue to check for current.

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calochortus  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:24:05pm

re: #260 b_sharp

Rule #1: Do not use your tongue to check for current.

Aww, that’s my favorite way-right after using the little tester and then touching the line with the back of my hand.

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BlueSpotinAL  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:27:02pm

re: #260 b_sharp

Rule #1: Do not use your tongue to check for current.

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stpaulbear  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:28:38pm

re: #257 jaunte

“I wonder how downtown residents feel about this caravan (sound on to better understand)”

I worked in an architectural office that was on the second story above a street that was used as a standard parade route through downtown St. Paul (Fifth Street). One day one of the architect suggested that they get rid of all of their brick samples by tossing them out the windows rather than confetti during the next parade. I liked his sense of humor. I’d really want to join in for a Trumper parade.

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calochortus  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:38:16pm

I’m out for the evening.
Hasta mañana, Lizards

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cat-tikvah  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:45:56pm

re: #132 PhillyPretzel

As you probably know, PA has closed primaries so you can only vote for the candidates of the party in which you’re registered (which only includes D’s and R’s, no independents).
In the general election of course you can vote for anyone on the ballot, regardless of your party affiliation.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:08:01pm

[moved by me to the next thread]


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