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12 hours ago, heron said:

Yep. Southie = South Boston. One of the ethnic urban neighborhoods in Boston. Pretty much working class Irish Catholic, famous for breeding Whitey Bulger and the bussing protests back in the sixties.

Most old cities have similar neighborhoods. They are kind of a social tree ring, reflecting the immigration patterns at that particular place.

I thought that two of my favorite movies reflected the realities of South Boston very well:  The Departed and Mystic River.  Both great movies made by directors who grew up there.

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19 minutes ago, Hoosier_RN said:

If I believe everything I've heard from the media about Trump and his clan, then I have to believe the Biden stories from his own daughter, or the emails and voicemails ala Hunter and Joe. That's just as bad, as he's supposed to be a level above. That being said, I don't believe everything about either (or any politician for that matter), but I do believe that where there's smoke, there fire

I wasn't referring to Trump's family, nor do I think TMB was. I am talking about gerrymandering, manipulating voting procedures, and allowing state legislators choose presidents instead of voters. 

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28 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

My ancient representative just died from old age while in office... paving the way for a renewed political career for Sarah Palin. She needs long term employment. 

At least you have Murkowski. For now. 

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1 hour ago, toomuchbaloney said:

One cannot escape bias but they can avoid accuracy and reliability by feeding their own bias rather than simply looking for facts and evidence. 

https://3.143.62.133/

Have you heard of Ad Fontes media comparison before?

No, but will look into 

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8 hours ago, chare said:

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds

I said a few weeks ago in regards to the Jan 6 hearings that Democrats might be careful what they wish for, as that I think it's time for Republicans to move on from Trump,  and I believe many others do too.

They just might be clearing the path for someone less polarizing and more palatable who has a better chance of winning.

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Whitey was a bank robber if I’m correct? All that I have ever known as his legacy remains is he preferred to be sent to Alcatraz for the fear of getting placed on death Rowe! I’m never expert on made men but I have seen and heard why he was looked up to and had such large following?

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7 hours ago, Hoosier_RN said:

If I believe everything I've heard from the media about Trump and his clan, then I have to believe the Biden stories from his own daughter, or the emails and voicemails ala Hunter and Joe. That's just as bad, as he's supposed to be a level above. That being said, I don't believe everything about either (or any politician for that matter), but I do believe that where there's smoke, there fire

Y’see, this is where we disagree. While I think that Hunter Biden is probably a fairly dim-witted tycoon wannabe, he was never hired on as a high level advisor to the president, complete with security clearance and significant influence over presidential decisions.

I agree that nepotism is non-partisan, but Trump took it to a whole new level. Conflating  the two scenarios creates a false equivalence and I think that’s dishonest.

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1 hour ago, MEDFET said:

Whitey was a bank robber if I’m correct? All that I have ever known as his legacy remains is he preferred to be sent to Alcatraz for the fear of getting placed on death Rowe! I’m never expert on made men but I have seen and heard why he was looked up to and had such large following?

Whitey Bulger was a career criminal and gangster, kind of an Irish godfather. His brother was a lifelong Massachusetts politician and president of the University of Massachusetts. Google the name … fascinating. I think they were democrats.

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1 hour ago, heron said:

Y’see, this is where we disagree. While I think that Hunter Biden is probably a fairly dim-witted tycoon wannabe, he was never hired on as a high level advisor to the president, complete with security clearance and significant influence over presidential decisions.

I agree that nepotism is non-partisan, but Trump took it to a whole new level. Conflating  the two scenarios creates a false equivalence and I think that’s dishonest.

Some of us think that Hunter making a career of selling access and influence to a US Senator, and then VP, is pretty serious.  As a citizen, more concerned about Joe's parr in it, than Hunter.

So is Presidential candidate using the US govt to create a hoax to in effect, attempt to overturn a US election.

I could go on..

Y'see...It is amusing when y'all try to claim your guys aren't as bad as our guys.

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I don't claim to have any "guys"; just my husband. And we pretty much have no good opinions about any politicians. I read a lot, but rather than championing any view, I smh at most everything in the news. It's mostly a battle of the lesser evils, which can change at any moment, depending on what the world is going through. I vote, but hate to, because I have little confidence in political integrity. OH WELL!

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1 hour ago, Beerman said:

Some of us think that Hunter making a career of selling access and influence to a US Senator, and then VP, is pretty serious.  As a citizen, more concerned about Joe's parr in it, than Hunter.

So is Presidential candidate using the US govt to create a hoax to in effect, attempt to overturn a US election.

I could go on..

Y'see...It is amusing when y'all try to claim your guys aren't as bad as our guys.

What was "Joe's part"?  You should be specific because there is specific evidence that the previous republican president tried to overthrow the government with the assistance of some elected and appointed republican "leaders". 

You should also elaborate on the candidate who used the government to create a hoax... are you talking about staging the military on the southern border just before an election to push a partisan immigration message? Or maybe you are referencing the presidential and cabinet level bit of theater in front of the church in 2020?

It's alarming, not amusing, that people think that Trump is "run of the mill" dishonest when there's so much evidence that his corrupt authoritarian disinterest in laws is unprecedented... especially in a presidency.

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Back to Boston...living in CA has its pros and cons but we don’t fear marathons being bombed by thrill seekers. We get enough of GSW but seriously we are correcting issues like combatting opiate addictions when my sister lived through similar experiences during her tour of Afghanistan ?? she described scenes vividly where soldiers were taking the leaves and putting rt smack on top of wounds out in combat fast forward today we see movies like Apple TV to here now as in Cherry. Which is a true story however embellished I see so many communities in New England complaining about this Opiate crisis but even with this sequester the money isn’t helping the problem what do you think will fix this? Or is there really a problem iris that is Embellished 

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