heron ASN, RN

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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Hmm ... new marching orders, I see. As for your question, why wouldn't she, if she's got the
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Are you familiar with the concept of false
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Willful ignorance? How very
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It's an old story: an elder refusing to acknowledge progressive loss of function. Possibly enabled by health practitioners insisting that his disability is transient or treatable (my money is still on...
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    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Unfortunate especially if you like clean groundwater, if there's even any left. Did you know that an ancient war tactic is fouling the enemy's
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Get a
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Re: collusion with Russia. Has the complete Mueller Report been released, or are we still going with Bill Barr's version? As for the laptop, since HB never worked for the government in any...
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    QED
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    This almost sounds disingenuous. There's a long-standing pattern of detours into squabbles over the validity of any particular source. Those debates tend to turn into long, boring snarkfests that...
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I've been following the trump trials and associated legal maneuvering (Biden-ghazi, the new Georgia law that might fire Fani Willis, 14th Amendment lawsuit, Congressional Republicans' dog and pony...
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    January 6 Select Committee

    heron replied to nursej22's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Interesting. There was a time when we had a fair number of usernames posting uncharacteristic comments. They inspired a game I enjoy when AN gets too boring: Spot the
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    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    That's rich, being lectured about "hate" after all the damage done to this country since the inception of the Southern Strategy, Gingrich's "contract with America" and Rove's "durable Republican...
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    January 6 Select Committee

    heron replied to nursej22's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Most of the bots seem to have wandered off to greener pastures. 'Bye, Feliicia. Meanwhile - the Committee's work is still paying off. Too bad the congressional magadonians flounced off into...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Addendum to my previous post: The discussion referred to above, which took place in the local gay newspaper, got quite ridiculous. I stopped following it when some idiot argued that celibates...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You three guys sound like a bunch of Second Wave dykes back in the 70's, arguing about what kind sex act is more politically
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Meanwhile, this post is for Beerman, who found my response to Tweety's report of a homophobic homicide so hilarious. Re climate change and behavior:...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Ummm ... no. I don't speak for TMB, but as a registered independent, I believe that elections are not a beauty contest. My vote depends on the candidates' previous performance in office,...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Plus, it keeps us from looking over
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    With climate effects becoming increasingly dangerous, I expect the aggression to get worse. Being queer now carries a death penalty in Uganda. Stay
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Let us never forget the centuries of religious warfare in Europe that inspired our founding fathers to establish a government that "shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion."...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Gonna have to respectfully disagree that we are less ignorant now than in times gone by. In fact, a case could be made that we are more ignorant than our ancestors. The only difference is that...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    "Now what?" I think they should leave the man alone to grieve in
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Well - those folks are certainly are good at monetizing the hate, but I don't think they created the problem. Populations have behaved the same way since we communicated with body language and loud...
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    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Just out of curiosity, is Texas one of those red states that takes more federal money than it pays in federal taxes? Gonna look it up as soon as I finish my