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  1. heron

    President Biden thread

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

    Yup - anything to distract from the fact that the skeksis-in-chief stole not only US secrets but the secrets of our allies. Why? I’m beginning to suspect the worst. Kind of shines a whole new light...
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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

    The difference is one of magnitude rather than motivation and rationale. Trump’s big lie just takes the con to its logical
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

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

    Speaking of nurses and politics … happy Labor
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

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

    Me, too. I think “love or fear” is a false dichotomy. Both can exist in the same heart at the same time and will inform our political views whether we like it or
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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

    I’ve been seeing references to calling a constitutional convention for a couple of months now. It bears
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

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

    Speaking of taking pot shots, the political threads tend to attract users who enjoy a good snarkfest but add little to the substance of a discussion. I wonder if any of them will post on this
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

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

    Davey … my life experience isn’t
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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

    Voter fraud has been a problem in search of a solution ever since a Black man was elected president. I think it significant that the proposed solutions all tend to inhibit voting by democrats and...
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

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

    For me, it’s personal preference. I look at the “what’s new” on the nursing side (the “yellow side” to us old fahts) at least once a day. Even after filtering for nurses only, 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

    And if you believe that, I gotta bridge you might be interested in. Trump never helped anyone but himself ever in his life. I have no problem with a serious news organization “going...
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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

    I think that evangelicals set their feet on that path back when Falwell and his Moral Majority decided to go political and hooked up with the Republican Party. After 40 years of preaching the culture...
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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

    Yeah … one commentator speculated that most, if not all charges would be dismissed because of the way the law was written. Kind of reminds me of the drug testing for welfare recipients debacle...
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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

    Pumpkin as coracle … Cinderella meets Mark
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    Let’s not outrun the evidence,
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    Well … that was fun, but back to the thread. I’m really nervous about those empty folders. I’m hoping it’s just a matter of lousy housekeeping. I mostly try not to think about it...
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    I figure trashing production values is a fairlyd innocuous opportunity to indulge in a little
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    Or a stage shaped like a Waffen-SS
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    At least there wasn’t a golden escalator … or am I thinking of that statue at CPAC a while
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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

    Right - not to mention some very shady billing. We’ll never know how much he raked in for himself as CEO of HCA - he pled the fifth something like 75 times while being deposed during the...
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    “Megaphile”? Does that have something to do with
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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

    Yes, they did. Climate change, however, tends to intensify and increase the frequency of weather-related disasters. A quick explanation of the role that planetary warming probably had on this...
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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

    Not likely - they were designated secret for a reason. Even the agents reviewing the files had to get security
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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

    Not horrifying enough, apparently, to justify limiting the selling of new gas-powered cars in one
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    This very same court blocked the privilege argument over the National Archives releasing certain materials to the Jan. 6 committee. A short precis of that case is available at...
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    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    Maybe so. The Dodd decision, IMV, was the radical right Christians calling in a political marker. This, on the other hand, has more to do with personal loyalty to trump … a different...