A goose makes a good guard animal.

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re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

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Who pulls a fire alarm to try to open a door?

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The city of Warsaw just confirmed that demonstration managed to gather about 1 mln people.

1 000 000. https://t.co/qIFf6uveTZ

— Olga Byrska 🇺🇦 (@OByrska) October 1, 2023

For all the good Poland has done for Ukraine, its current government is a bunch of rightwing shitbags who banned abortion and need to be tossed out. Life is complicated.

Slovakia just elected a left wing pro-Putin party in their federal elections, which is bad, but they only received 25% of the total vote and will have to cobble together a fairly broad coalition to form a government, which hopefully will damp down what they can do.

re: #4 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Who pulls a fire alarm to try to open a door?

Not even going to go for the “why” with Bowman here, but, on a lot of commercial buildings with maglocks/electronic door strikes that are tied into an access-controlled building’s fire system (schools, hospitals, retirement homes, etc.), a fire alarm tripping should deactivate them to aid in evacuation and to allow authorities to make entry. In addition to this, any magnetic door holdbacks on interior fire doors should also release, so they can close.

re: #6 ericblair

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For all the good Poland has done for Ukraine, its current government is a bunch of rightwing shitbags who banned abortion and need to be tossed out. Life is complicated.

Slovakia just elected a left wing pro-Putin party in their federal elections, which is bad, but they only received 25% of the total vote and will have to cobble together a fairly broad coalition to form a government, which hopefully will damp down what they can do.

Poland may have right wing fanatics leading them but they do hate Putin with a passion, whereas our right wing loves Putin (except for the Darth Cheney wing of the party).

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re: #7 TedStriker

Not even going to go for the “why” with Bowman here, but, on a lot of commercial buildings with maglocks/electronic door strikes that are tied into an access-controlled building’s fire system (schools, hospitals, retirement homes, etc.), a fire alarm tripping should deactivate them to aid in evacuation and to allow authorities to make entry. In addition to this, any magnetic door holdbacks on interior fire doors should also release, so they can close.

The problem is that it doesn’t just do that. It’s reporting a fire to open a door that you want open. It seems insane to me.

Great stuff from @JohnJHarwood, who should be anchoring a nightly newscast. It’s kind of nuts he isn’t.https://t.co/AVn46DRdXn

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 1, 2023

DeSantis says he would not serve as Trump’s VP https://t.co/lZP5HsGnRy pic.twitter.com/l9bNAJtU95

— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2023

Oh honey,no ones gonna ask you

re: #4 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Who pulls a fire alarm to try to open a door?

Way back in my early data center days. One of the Tape Apes, as we called them thought the EPO (Emergency Power Off) button was an auto door opener off the raised floor.

Yeah, that happened. Large Financial Company to boot. Or should I say “Re-Boot”.

re: #6 ericblair

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For all the good Poland has done for Ukraine, its current government is a bunch of rightwing shitbags who banned abortion and need to be tossed out. Life is complicated.

Slovakia just elected a left wing pro-Putin party in their federal elections, which is bad, but they only received 25% of the total vote and will have to cobble together a fairly broad coalition to form a government, which hopefully will damp down what they can do.

The Pro-Putin populist only got 25% of the vote, but as his party is the largest faction, they “won” the election. And they will still have to form a multi-party coalition if they want to govern.

re: #9 sizzzzlerz

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My relatives in Scotland recently visited the “Death Rabbit” cave near Loch Tay. It is filled with stuffed bunnies and jewelled spheres with crosses on them.

re: #12 Dangerman

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Oh honey,no ones gonna ask you

And of course he’s lying. He would do it in a heartbeat.

Cats.

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re: #1 PhillyPretzel ✅

A goose makes a good guard animal.

The original honky.

re: #12 Dangerman

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Oh honey,no ones gonna ask you

Well he could be a #2 man to a #2 man!

I have been attacked by geese before.

re: #20 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have been attacked by geese before.

Geesus!

re: #20 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have been attacked by geese before.

Geese are just street swans.

re: #22 BigPapa

Geese are just street swans.

Swans can be ill-tempered, too, they nest down on the Rhine and you have to give them a wide berth in the springtime

re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Swans can be ill-tempered, too, they nest down on the Rhine and you have to give them a wide berth in the springtime

Fuck yes. They can bite your finger off, and their wings are strong enough to lift their bodies and therefore strong enough to break your bones. Don’t piss them off.

And yes, they can fly, although they try to avoid it.

Translating Republican dysfunction to “government dysfunction” is not only imprecise, it assists the GOP by echoing their message. pic.twitter.com/f2RISIYUeZ

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) October 1, 2023

re: #25 Dangerman

Well I am now focused on this!

re: #25 Dangerman

Translating Republican dysfunction to “government dysfunction” is not only imprecise, it assists the GOP by echoing their message.

They still insist that shutting down the Federal Government is no big deal because it does nothing useful.

The two parties are the same?

Joe Biden- we should end governing by crisis and keep our word.

Donald Trump- we should shoot shoplifters and execute people who pull fire alarms.

Oooh, Rollercam brakes. 80s.

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re: #29 wrenchwench

Oooh, Rollercam brakes. 80s.

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We used to be a proper country.

So sad. RIP Tim Wakefield pic.twitter.com/zwiaAxxCtp

— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 1, 2023

This is how Tim Wakefield’s teammates felt about him.Just heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/0TvleyV0Va

— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) October 1, 2023

re: #30 goddamnedfrank

We used to be a proper country.

I saw that Waterford Precision Cycles closed down at the end of June. Sad to see another classic steel frame maker disappear.

re: #32 goddamnedfrank

I saw that Waterford Precision Cycles closed down at the end of June. Sad to see another classic steel frame maker disappear.

A Schwinn remnant. Had a Schwinn in the ownership. I forgot his first name.

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Our statement on Matt Gaetz’s threats to remove Speaker McCarthy. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/gRDpDYDzDX

— Congressman Greg Landsman (@RepGregLandsman) October 1, 2023

McCarthy is so bad at lying he caused *CBS News* to do the journalisms https://t.co/Jmh8NiNF0X

— Will’s Media Reform School #DoBetter ⚖️ 🌻 (@bywillpollock) October 1, 2023

re: #36 Dangerman

The weasel even tries the “were you there?” trick.

World, O World – Jacob Collier’s beautiful new choral piece – Sept. 6, 2023

re: #36 Dangerman

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What a schmuck: exactly ONE Democrat out of the whole caucus voted against the CR bill (and that as a protest against the stripping-out of Ukraine aid from a Rep with a big Ukrainian/Ukrainian-American constituency). So if they “tried to do everything they can not to let it pass”, they sure did a piss-poor job of it….

re: #38 Charles Johnson

It’s amazing the way he can expand the sound of his personal voice into an entire choir.

B-17 demo. I think this is about 1/8 scale.

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re: #13 Dave In Austin

Way back in my early data center days. One of the Tape Apes, as we called them thought the EPO (Emergency Power Off) button was an auto door opener off the raised floor.

Yeah, that happened. Large Financial Company to boot. Or should I say “Re-Boot”.

How long ago was this? Because I remember, quite a few years ago (maybe in the later ’00s) where something similar happened at one of our data centers. But I seem to remember the person who did it was a contractor.

Matt Gaetz is burning the GOP down from the inside and I’m here for it.

re: #43 Eclectic Cyborg

I will be ‘relentless’ in seeking to oust Speaker McCarthy: Rep. Matt Gaetz | This Week

re: #44 jaunte

He never had any relent in the first place

Pelosi reacts to Gaetz’s plan to oust McCarthy

Who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/dwk7b5cC0n

— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) October 1, 2023

re: #34 wrenchwench

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I love that picture! Both cat and girl with the same gappy smiles!

re: #29 wrenchwench

Oooh, Rollercam brakes. 80s.

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I think Schwinn’s are pretty universally derided for modern bikes, but damn, those bikes from when I was a kid are beautiful.

Gaetz is just a fart in the wind.

Just discovered there’s a The Boys spinoff - Generation V - in the second episode now. Pretty good so far. Better than Sunday football.

re: #51 darthstar

Episode 3 begins to set things in motion. Jaz Sinclair is terrific.

re: #51 darthstar

Just discovered there’s a The Boys spinoff - Generation V - in the second episode now. Pretty good so far. Better than Sunday football.

Gen V is the second The Boys spinoff; there’s also the anthology The Boys Present: Diabolical.

On the right-hand page of LGF:

Half-Staff Notice: Death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Flag display instructions and a link to President Biden’s proclamation.

bsky.app

I do not like the cobra chicken!

An Indian man after his first contact with a Canada goose.

Also, Cyriak does such wonderfully weird stuff.

Trump: “Imprison” Bowman For Pulling Fire Alarm

There is a nice picture of the signs at the door. They say “Push until alarm sounds (3 sec). Door will unlock in 30 seconds.” With a fire alarm to the left.

It is kinda easy to see someone in a hurry to get to a vote could misread the sign, look for an alarm to sound and pulled the fire alarm. Don’t think he has the same mens rea as the 1-6 insurrectionists.

re: #49 Unabogie

I think Schwinn’s are pretty universally derided for modern bikes, but damn, those bikes from when I was a kid are beautiful.

I had 2 stingrays, a Varsity, and a Continental. I loved each and every one and were my daily drivers in elementary, junior high, high school, and college. They were heavy, didn’t have the best components, but they were build solid, and rode forever.

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I would have loved to see a video of the Schwalbe in flight.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Got An Update: It’s Bunk

Looks like we may have to stop using this. The statistics do not look good that its basic premise is correct. It has a problem with auto-correlation And it missed that the more education one has, the BETTER one is at properly evaluating one’s abilities.

But, dammit, it should be right ;-)

re: #53 TedStriker

Laser Baby’s Day Out was sweet, action packed, and gory all at once. A real throwback to the days when cartoons didn’t have to be ‘educational’.

re: #58 sizzzzlerz

I had 2 stingrays, a Varsity, and a Continental. I loved each and every one and were my daily drivers in elementary, junior high, high school, and college. They were heavy, didn’t have the best components, but they were build solid, and rode forever.

I loved Schwins when I was riding to the lab for graduate school. Because no one would steal them. I had a wonderful, expensive French bike that I loved. Then someone went up 3 flights of stairs with bolt cutters to steal it. So I bought a Schwin with the insurance money (yep my renter’s insurance covered the robbery) and never had any worries. Wish I had kept it but it was so heavy.

re: #58 sizzzzlerz

Made me go look, the brand is still around and still very much in that mode though the do make electric bikes too now. Sell em through Dicks:

dickssportinggoods.com

If could afford one, I’d be tempted!

re: #47 gocart mozart

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Per Jeff Tiedrich:

Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker has a hot new opinion that she can’t wait to share with you. look, Donald Trump may be a megalomaniacal moron who dreams of becoming America’s Dictator For Life, but at least he knows how to dress.
excuse me? on what planet does the guy who wears cheap shapeless suits and a shithole tie that goes down to his fucking knees know how to dress?


…wait a minute — Kathleen Parker. hey, where have we heard that name before? oh yeah, she’s the author of this war crime, published four days before the 2016 election.

Opinion Calm down. We’ll be fine no matter who wins. By Kathleen
Parker

say what you want about Kathleen Parker, at least the woman knows how to be wrong.

re: #64 BeachDem

DT knows how to dress? I will take John Fetterman and his hoodies any day over DT.

re: #58 sizzzzlerz

I had 2 stingrays, a Varsity, and a Continental. I loved each and every one and were my daily drivers in elementary, junior high, high school, and college. They were heavy, didn’t have the best components, but they were build solid, and rode forever.

I had a Western Auto 10-speed that was a tank. Through the woods, jumping ramps, I put it through hell.

re: #64 BeachDem

Ah Kathleen Parker a high priestess of GOP Stenography!

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matty may be in some trouble…

Is Gaetz secretly an agent for the Democratic Party? No one else is doing as much to undermine, weaken and cripple the House GOP

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) October 1, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend: ‘Liberal women tend to be the ugliest women’

RSBN host Brian Glenn, who is dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), explained that he sees liberal women as “the ugliest women.”

nope. not gonna paste any more of the ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream that came out of his mouth.

But I will say that he and her are a match made in The Twilight Zone.

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re: #64 BeachDem

dis guy?

Slurring his words, Trump starts riffing about how he would rather be electrocuted to death than be eaten by a shark. pic.twitter.com/yqPrxWRzN3

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2023

re: #71 Dangerman

Sharks would get indigestion if they munched on Trump.

re: #71 Dangerman

Hmm. It sounds like his normal speech.

re: #67 Joe Bacon ✅

Ah Kathleen Parker a high priestess of GOP Stenography!

I wouldn’t even give her that much credit. She’s just a southern belle who thinks she has her finger on the pulse of things (Give me Celia Riverbark any day)

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edit—and teach me to spell Celia’s name correctly Rive N bark)

re: #71 Dangerman

dis guy?

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Be still my heart (and by that I mean, don’t make my hatred for the creep cause my heart rate to accelerate)

re: #64 BeachDem

Per Jeff Tiedrich:

Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker has a hot new opinion that she can’t wait to share with you. look, Donald Trump may be a megalomaniacal moron who dreams of becoming America’s Dictator For Life, but at least he knows how to dress.
excuse me? on what planet does the guy who wears cheap shapeless suits and a shithole tie that goes down to his fucking knees know how to dress?

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Trump’s look is not my fault, says White House tailor as he insists he doesn’t know where President got his poorly fitted state banquet attire from - while Savile Row expert reveals: ‘It’s wrong in every way!’
*Ismet Dil’s company has provided outfits to American Presidents for a century.
*Mr Dil, 69, tailor at Scogna Formal Wear, said he did not recognise Trump’s suit
*Patrick Murphy, from Savile Row tailor Davies and Son, said ‘everything you can imagine’ was wrong with suit .

re: #60 silverdolphin

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Got An Update: It’s Bunk

Looks like we may have to stop using this. The statistics do not look good that its basic premise is correct. It has a problem with auto-correlation And it missed that the more education one has, the BETTER one is at properly evaluating one’s abilities.

But, dammit, it should be right ;-)

Well, my education is crap, so I’m doomed.

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Trump’s look is not my fault, says White House tailor as he insists he doesn’t know where President got his poorly fitted state banquet attire from - while Savile Row expert reveals: ‘It’s wrong in every way!’
*Ismet Dil’s company has provided outfits to American Presidents for a century.
*Mr Dil, 69, tailor at Scogna Formal Wear, said he did not recognise Trump’s suit
*Patrick Murphy, from Savile Row tailor Davies and Son, said ‘everything you can imagine’ was wrong with suit .

And from the same trip—Melanie in her butt-hugging skirt, and the yam in another of his finely fitted suits.

re: #79 BeachDem

The lady in the periwinkle blue looks terrific. Opps. That’s the Queen. She always looks good.

How well they dress is pretty damn low on my list of things to judge a politician or office-seeker on.

Re that mothra animation last thread

Totally not a cult. As I’ve mentioned, I
met Winston Churchill face to face, though my face was very small at the time (age 6). It was a thrill and something to ponder as I grow old, but it was nowhere close to being the best day of my life.

Woman at Trump rally in Iowa today is asked about seeing Trump: “I’ll probably start crying. I’m going to start crying now. When he comes out on stage and I can see him face-to-face, it’s going to be the best day of my life. I love that man.” pic.twitter.com/1uZ10TvQRP

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2023

My brother from the Chicago area called me from the Minneapolis area because his (adult) daughter got doored yesterday and her boyfriend needs help taking care of her. She’s immobilized with a broken leg that’s scheduled for a cast on Thursday. He now knows the term DZBL. She’s taking a nap.

When he called, I had just walked in from a trip to buy bike parts.

re: #58 sizzzzlerz

I had 2 stingrays, a Varsity, and a Continental. I loved each and every one and were my daily drivers in elementary, junior high, high school, and college. They were heavy, didn’t have the best components, but they were build solid, and rode forever.

I had a Schwinn three-speed when I was thirteen which my mother bought, but my grandmother took it away from me and sold it.

My mother then bought a Schwinn tandem bicycle for my sister and me to ride together, but my grandmother took that away and sold it, too. (Did I mention I didn’t like my grandmother very much?)

After my great-grandmother died, I inherited her Schwinn adult tricycle. It had sat in her garage for a long time, so I took it to a local bicycle shop and had it refurbished (which cost a bunch of money). It was stolen from me during my homeless period.

I have owned no other bicycles.

Slurring his words, Trump starts riffing about how he would rather be electrocuted to death than be eaten by a shark. pic.twitter.com/yqPrxWRzN3

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2023

If this was some guy in a bar four drinks in who was screeching this at you while he had a glass of rum in his hand, it would fit perfectly.

Trump is not well, but his cult of whackos do not give a shit.

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re: #70 Joe Bacon ✅

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend: ‘Liberal women tend to be the ugliest women’

RSBN host Brian Glenn, who is dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), explained that he sees liberal women as “the ugliest women.”

nope. not gonna paste any more of the ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream that came out of his mouth.

But I will say that he and her are a match made in The Twilight Zone.

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Conservative staffers upon arriving in DC: Why won’t any liberal women date us? (A whinge heard after every election.)

Conservatives have this idea (taught to them by their conservative faith) that all liberal women are round-heeled slatterns, who only exist to jump in the sack with as many men as possible.

All of it is projection.

re: #84 wrenchwench

My brother from the Chicago area called me from the Minneapolis area because his (adult) daughter got doored yesterday and her boyfriend needs help taking care of her. She’s immobilized with a broken leg that’s scheduled for a cast on Thursday. He now knows the term DZBL. She’s taking a nap.

When he called, I had just walked in from a trip to buy bike parts.

I’m sorry that happened. There are a helluva lotta clueless car and pickup truck drivers who don’t think to look behind them before opening a door and downing a pedestrian, bicyclist, motorcyclist, or even another car.

re: #63 William Lewis

Made me go look, the brand is still around and still very much in that mode though the do make electric bikes too now. Sell em through Dicks:

dickssportinggoods.com

If could afford one, I’d be tempted!

Schwinn now belongs to Pacific Cycle, which owns all the WalMart brands. All the bike shop brands make electric bikes. It’s the only part of the market that’s growing.

I went to a new shop yesterday that only sells electric bikes. The guy running the place told me that there are many crappy electric bikes out there, and they will be showing up cheap at garage sales. He said quality of new ones is going up, weight and prices are coming down. He had a sub-40 pounder for just over a thousand dollars.

Hotel Lobbyist Predicts The End Times If They Help Homeless https://t.co/fiUwL2sM57

— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) September 30, 2023

Whatever happened to “help Americans first, not Ukrainians?”

re: #70 Joe Bacon ✅

Is this the guy who is alleged to be a Democrat and guy who went with her to the Denver theatre production for their exhibitionism?

re: #92 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Is this the guy who is alleged to be a Democrat and guy who went with her to the Denver theatre production for their exhibitionism?

No, I’m mixing up my wingnuts. That was Lauren Bobbert.

re: #66 Eventual Carrion

I had a Western Auto 10-speed that was a tank. Through the woods, jumping ramps, I put it through hell.

Raleigh made a lot of weird brands. That could be one of them.

No Halloween is complete without…

AN UNCLE FESTER LAMP!

And don’t forget…

COUSIN ITT!

Off to inflate another property and get a loan…

— Memo Castillo 🇺🇦 (@Gmanc95Castillo) October 1, 2023

re: #97 Captain Ron

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If Trump passes GO does he pick up $200 to help pay that fine?

re: #98 Joe Bacon ✅

If Trump passes GO does he pick up $200 to help pay that fine?

In the Trump game you pass Social Media and grift a few million to not pay lawyers with.

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As Fats Domino sang…Ain’t That A Shame…

Trump lawyer laments reputation as ‘crazy conspiracy theorist’ after pushing election claims

Christina Bobb, an attorney for Donald Trump, said she is now treated as a “crazy conspiracy theorist” because she pushed claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.

While hosting an RSBN broadcast on Sunday, Bobb said her problems began while working as an OAN anchor.

“So, like, for example, when I was covering the Arizona audit, I got accused of being, you know, far right, crazy conspiracy theorist, she’s covering the Arizona audit,” Bobb revealed. “If you go back and watch my coverage, I was telling you what was happening every day. And when I, when I was guessing or speculating, I would say I was like, this is what I think is going to happen based on what we’re seeing today.

“But that pegged me as far crazy conspiracy theorist, when I was just reporting the facts,” she complained.

In 2021, The Arizona Republic’s Bill Goodykoontz called Bobb’s coverage “deceptive and dangerous” because she was also working with the Arizona Senate and conducting fundraising.

“You can call One America News Network host Christina Bobb’s role in the Arizona audit of the 2020 election a lot of things: shady, irresponsible, harmful,” Goodykoontz wrote. “Just don’t call it journalism.”

Call it…Presstitution…

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re: #71 Dangerman

I’d rather choose Cake or Death.

re: #98 Joe Bacon ✅

If Trump passes GO does he pick up $200 to help pay that fine?

.. moved by me ..

.. moved by me ..