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  1. heron

    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    Well, it didn’t work to overturn the election. Maybe this’ll be another step too
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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 - it’s kind of a Hail Mary pass, isn’t it? The evidence obtained with the warrant is pretty bad for trump. Getting it thrown out because of a bad warrant that “violates” exec privilege is...
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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 heard one commentator remark this morning that trump might be planning to run the executive privilege question all the way up to the SJC as a reason to throw out the
  4. heron

    FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

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

    I’m afraid that watching this unfold is one of my guilty pleasures in life. The DOJ is letting trump prosecute himself! Better than “Law and Order”. I worry for the federal judge,...
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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

    You must live really far away - your talking points are out of
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    President Biden thread

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

    Got it - you have no point … just recycled bile. Leftover Qanon fantasies and a growing emphasis on BDE … anyone noticed just how Mediaographic the magaphile party line has
  7. heron

    President Biden thread

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

    What’s your
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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 market? There hasn’t been a free automotive or energy market since the first taxpayer subsidies for oil companies in the early 1900s. Prices for fossil fuels are artificially low - and that’s...
  9. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    Of course it’s terrible … what would you propose instead? Aside from used car dealers and EV makers, almost no one gets direct benefit from such a move. The only direct effect is the...
  10. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    Well - we’re long past the point of being able to stop climate change or even to mitigate it with a minimum of disruption or pain. We have managed to lie and consume ourselves into a mass...
  11. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    These are frightening times, for sure. However, after fifty years of misinformation and obstruction from the petrochemical industries (Big Oil knew in the early seventies that androgenic climate...
  12. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    Troubling, yes. So was the “investigation” of Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated. Federal law enforcement has a lot to answer for. However, I’m not willing to totally discredit all the...
  13. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    Of course the fear is real - I’m one of the people they are fixin’ to kill. All the well-intentioned advice over on the yellow side on the subject of bullying is being tested these
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    President Biden thread

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

    Rut roh - it’s the welfare queen dichotomy. Yes … anyone looking at taking on debt needs to take responsibility for their own bad choices. Given what we know about the maturation of 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

    ?bummer! So here’s a question: how much current commercial tech is based, in whole or in part, on R&D paid for by NASA? Wikipedia has an article titled “NASA Spinoffs” that might...
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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

    Helter Skelter redux? It seems like this particular plot has been making the rounds on the fringes for
  17. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    I saw the first moon landing on tv. I continue to be a shameless romantic on the subject of space exploration. Looks like someone figured out that it might be good to know the way outta
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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

    Speaking of CRT, DeSantis signed a Florida state law that makes upsetting white people illegal. Applies both to public schools and at places of employment. It’s tied up in the federal court right...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Ahh - the durable Republican majority guy. Interesting … He seems quite willing to toss trump under the bus now that he can’t serve as a useful idiot anymore. So … who’s next?
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    President Biden thread

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

    Yes - this whole discussion over the theoretical difference between PPP and student loan forgiveness is a snapshot of the conservative nanny state 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

    ???Texas has a new law that public schools must display privately donated posters with the phrase “In God We Trust”. The law includes the requirement that the poster must include the statement,...
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    President Biden thread

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

    Yes, among other things. I really do recommend the book. Baker is a liberal and an economist who believes firmly in free market capitalism. It should be a fast read … the audiobook runs only six...
  23. heron

    Don’t Bogart that joint …

    heron posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I am old enough to be legitimately called an old hippie. Serendipitously, recreational cannabis became legal in my state the day after I retired. It started me thinking … Should reefer be...
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    Don’t Bogart that joint …

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

    My late partner worked at the real Alice’s Restaurant in Stockbridge for a couple of years. Alice is still alive and I have some of her artwork hanging in my kitchen. The radio still plays the...
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    Don’t Bogart that joint …

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

    Agreed - I think all drugs need to be decriminalized (not legalized). Think of the money that would be freed up for, say, addiction treatment, LEO training, community policing and education,...