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Re: Look at this insanity re: Marjorie Taylor Greene - Yesterday

I need at least a couple words of description before I click on something like that.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: EBay sale over the 4th - 2 days ago

anything worth buying? These item specific ebay offers rarely scratch an itch for me.

by mattkime - Tips and Deals

Re: Pretty cool video about CVT (continuously variable transmission) - 2 days ago

This is my kind of youtube content. Also, not a fan of CVTs. Drove a couple when car shopping...its fine if you go slow and easy but if you want responsiveness you'll be disappointed.

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Re: How do you split costs for carpooling? - 2 days ago

QuotedavesterAAA says that depreciation for an average car is about $310/month over a 5 year ownership. Based on this, my 5 year old car with 55k miles is worth about $4k. KBB says its worth about $20k.

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Re: Practice run in Wisconsin as the republican legislature and Supreme Court conspire to keep republicans in power long after elections... - 2 days ago

Don't apologize, its worth reposting.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: How do you split costs for carpooling? - 2 days ago

What is his additional cost over driving on his own? It’s probably just the added time / hassle that matters to him. Your $150 starting point works out to about $10/day. IMO it would be nice to tie the money to something more specific.

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Re: "GA SENATE RACE: WARNOCK OPENS UP 10 POINT LEAD OVER WALKER, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY GEORGIA POLL FINDS; KEMP AND ABRAMS LOCKED IN DEAD HEAT IN GOVERNOR’S RACE" - 3 days ago

QuotergG We have waaaaaaaaay too many counties, like 153 or some damn thing. It gives the sparsely populated rural areas of the state far too much representation in the legislature. just an accident of history, I'm sure

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Why do we have toes? - 3 days ago

They're just tiny sausages for kitties to chew on when you're trying to sleep.

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Re: USC and UCLA join Big 10 - 3 days ago

IMO they should be forced to change the name of the conference when the number of teams changes.

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Re: SCOTUS saves the day .... again. - 4 days ago

IMO, the bit thats most concerning about this is that - at least to me - it sounds like it should have been thrown out due to lack of standing.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: "GA SENATE RACE: WARNOCK OPENS UP 10 POINT LEAD OVER WALKER, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY GEORGIA POLL FINDS; KEMP AND ABRAMS LOCKED IN DEAD HEAT IN GOVERNOR’S RACE" - 4 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Georgia is such an interesting state because it is so perfectly purple in terms of the evenly split electorate, yet it has a super MAGA governor. Good to see Warnock ahead, but anything can happen... Wisconsin is similar - state is evenly divided yet the republicans are all some flavor of maga. We don't see much dark maga...they just seem to edge toward senility (looking at

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: MLB looking at robot umpires - 4 days ago

robots are our future

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Re: Biden stands down on Roe decision - 5 days ago

There's no enough info to make sense of anything here. We can discuss this when there's a complete story.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: I did a bad, bad thing... And need strong, strong glue. - 5 days ago

How many gallon flush is that toilet?

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Re: glass for a shelf - 5 days ago

Try calling a custom glass shop.

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Re: Supreme Court rules school district cannot prohibit high school football coach's prayers on field - 5 days ago

Slate's Amicus podcast reviews - And so Gorsuch, as he so often does in opinions, reflects an almost pathological certainty in his own rightness, an inability to believe that something he perceives to be true might in. Can’t be true and bulldozes over the facts of this case blows past the photographic evidence to simply present his own account of how this case came to be in capital letters.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: How did you develop your liberal view of the world? - 5 days ago

A healthy skepticism of authority, end of story.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: A Diagnosis Brings C.T.E. Into American Pro Soccer - 5 days ago

>I watch my kids and their peers play and hope that there are not too many headers during any game. For the most part (as far as I know), risk of concussion from heading is quite low. The risk is much greater from collisions or taking a blindside ball to the head.

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ug, apple leather iphone case isn't very good - 6 days ago

Managed to drop my phone on pavement the other day and found my apple leather case to be lacking. Thankfully the device is still largely in good condition but class is a bit chipped at the edges. got this guy instead - seems like a nice balance between bulk and protection.

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Re: Router died . . . - 6 days ago

Its true, it seems that routers more frequently die by slowly going flakey, requiring increasingly frequent resets.

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Re: Why can't an EV soiund like an ICE? - 6 days ago

I'm not really convinced that EVs make zero noise. Tires make a fair amount of sound.

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Re: Router died . . . - 6 days ago

Might have been a failed power supply. No, I don’t have a spare. If my router died I’d check to see if neighbors had a spare.

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Re: Buy a car far away from home, drive it back home? - 7 days ago

Are you buying from a dealership or an individual? I bought a vehicle in DC while living in NY on my way to WI. All I remember is that it wasn't a big deal and I saved myself at least $4k buying this way.

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Re: Why can't an EV soiund like an ICE? - 7 days ago

If you're going to make an EV sound like an ICE, make it a two stroke engine.

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Re: Supreme Court rules school district cannot prohibit high school football coach's prayers on field - 7 days ago

QuoteMr DowntownIt's an actual court case with an actual written factual record. First, I'm happy to take back a lot of what I said if he was indeed praying by himself. That said, its not uncommon for the court to be brought one case, rule on a slightly different one, and apply the result to the initial case. Its called ignoring evidence.* * The best example of this FEC vs Ted Cruz. The

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Need to add Freon to a closed system Fridge system in Church Vending Machine - 7 days ago

QuoteMicromanWill make some calls to local Refrig Repair Shops Good call. The AC in my car seems weak and I looked into playing home mechanic. Sometimes it works, but I might as well pay a little extra and be assured that I'm not leaking refrigerant.

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Re: Supreme Court rules school district cannot prohibit high school football coach's prayers on field - 7 days ago

QuoteMr Downtown Huh? The prayers were not offered as part of his teaching or coaching. I wish more people coached, as I do. While on the field with my players - and until the last player has left or gone home - I'm a coach. The final whistle of the game doesn't turn me into a bystander with no relevance to the players. They still look up to me and I still serve as a role model and it take

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Supreme Court rules school district cannot prohibit high school football coach's prayers on field - 7 days ago

QuoteMr Downtown The Free Exercise Clause allows him to practice it even where others could see him. right...but not while acting in his official capacity as an employee of the state, which seems to have been overlooked by the court.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Supreme Court rules school district cannot prohibit high school football coach's prayers on field - 7 days ago

QuoteAcerIt is a gray area, to be sure, but our country has a history of erring on the side of allowing expression in gray area cases. Not when it comes to those employed by the government and acting within their duties.

by mattkime - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Supreme Court rules school district cannot prohibit high school football coach's prayers on field - 7 days ago

>Again, I invite you to imagine that this case is happening in suburban Detroit, and it's a Muslim soccer coach who begins using an unoccupied classroom to pray during lunch hour. Why are analogies so hard to construct? Place the muslim soccer coach at the half field line after the game. So much of the argument that he should be allowed to continue seems to rest on the idea that the 50 y

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