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Re: I have a bad feeling about the Virginia governor vote today. - 6 months ago

Racist backlash plus Democrats running an unexciting candidate. In a twist, the new Lt. Gov.-elect is a Black woman who ran Trump's reelection bid in VA. She's the first woman to win statewide in the commonwealth.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member testcase - 7 months ago

Happy happy, testcase!!

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So, my Mom died - 7 months ago

I posted a fuller message on the other side, but since I spent a lot of time 'politically ranting' on MRF I wanted to post a link here too.

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So, my Mom died - 7 months ago

I've been away from the forum for a while. Originally it was because a house search had consumed my time, and my partner and I were spending every spare moment finding our new home. Eventually, we did, and we closed in mid-August and moved into our new house on Aug. 31st. However, by the time that came to pass we were consumed by something very different. Just days before we closed on the hous

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Re: iPhone Screen Protector, is a successful reapply possible? - 12 months ago

Quotemacphanatic I've done so with some protectors and been successful. On others, it didn't work so well. Try lifting a corner or short edge and using a credit card or similar to press the protector down. This should eliminate bubbles. The question is whether or not one of the corners will fully seat.

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Re: the comeback kid?!....the world needs a good comeback story -> Kevin Spacey making a comeback..... - 1 year ago

Gross. Also, no thanks.

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Re: Have my first M1 Apple product! - 1 year ago

M1PadLeader!!

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Re: Bought SSD from Amazon…. They sent 2! - 1 year ago

I pity the warehouse employee who has that on their record!

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Re: New M(1)acs in da house! - 1 year ago

QuoteDennis R Dennis S gave you a coupon too? Lol Congratulations!!! QuoteDennis R QuoteBo Leader! But I want to hear more about the Dennis S Costco coupon program! It was me Dennis R not Dennis S. Costco sent out $100 off $500 or more to certain people. I don’t know how they chose. I wasn’t going to use it so I offered it up on the forum and rjmacs claimed it and put it towards his

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New M(1)acs in da house! - 1 year ago

Posting from my new (refurb) M1 MBA Retina 8-core GPU w/16GB/1TB! Purchased direct from Apple, subsidized by some leftover gift card credit from 2020. Added a Kensington Privacy Screen to protect the display, as my last MBP (Early 2013) ended up with a seriously splotched and uncleanable screen from years of transport with display against keyboard. The MBP had increasingly glitchy video issues, a

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Re: All COVID-19 Discussion GOES HERE - 1 year ago

As of last Thursday, I am fully immunized (Pfizer). Still wearing masks indoors outside the home, but feel much more comfortable in public spaces these days.

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Re: Happy Anniversary MR Forum members DinerDave & Mrs. DinerDave - 1 year ago

Belated happy happy, DinerDave & Mrs. DinerDave!! Hope the 38th year is the best yet!!

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member lost in space - 1 year ago

Belated happy happy, lost in space!! Hope it was a great one!!

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Re: longing for adventure?!....you can now get AppleCare+ with 'Apple TV' but Apple just made a change..... - 1 year ago

Sounds like these AppleCare policies are rarely used, if they're extending an extra year for no $$.

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Re: Costco $100 off online - 1 year ago

QuoteDennis R Heard from beneficiary: It worked!! Picking up a new Mini with 8GB RAM/512GB SSD this afternoon. Thanks a hundred!

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Re: TP-Link Archer A7 AC1750 Wireless Gigabit Router (Refurbished) $30 - 1 year ago

It's a great (if older) router - definitely worth $30 if you're running on something older. Works great with RE220 extenders in a mesh-network capacity, in my experience.

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Re: 'Taxation without representation - American-stye' - 1 year ago

Quotesekker QuoteAcer D.C. as a politics-free unit was an interesting idea for the time. But turns out it sucks. Was supposed to be 3 blocks, not an entire city. Cite? The federal district was created as a 10-mile square parcel taken from sections of Maryland and Virginia. Virginia requested retrocession of Alexandria, the area west of the Potomac River, when it became clear that enslaveme

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Re: MI lawmaker likes to drink and drive - 1 year ago

Quotedeckeda He’s 26. It’s his 3rd term, and so, term-limited. He needs to be gone NOW. Third 2 year term at 26. Is state legislator what Michiganders do when they can't pick a grad school program? Sheesh.

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Re: Insane AZ GOP: 'Maricopa County delivering ballots, machines to fairgrounds for audit' (of 2020 ELECTION!) - 1 year ago

They will keep counting until we redefine how numbers work.

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Re: data breach at GiveSendGo "Christian" crowdfunding site reveals donors - 1 year ago

QuoteSam3 QuoteTed King QuoteSteveO I saw that article the other day on the Rittenhouse stuff. Just incredible. And yeah - one higher up basically said "Yeah that employee should not have used his work address for this donation. " Must admit I was surprised to see the quote above from the Va. cop saying that other clown doesn't speak for us. That is heartening. You LEOs who are o

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Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - 1 year ago

Quotekj I'm going to continue to shop at Home Depot because I don't care what they didn't say. I can't think of a single company I've bought things from that put out a statement condemning the treatment of Native Americans, and you know, I'm going to keep buying what I need. Silence is complicity, so probably 99.99 percent of all companies are complicit with the poor treatment of Native America

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Re: I'M FULLY VACCINATED! - 1 year ago

Congrats! (Not to be that guy, but as others here have implied, you were fully vaccinated two weeks ago. You're *fully immunized now....) *Full immunization means that the vaccination has (statistically) achieved its maximum effectiveness against infection, not that you are fully protected against infection, of course.

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Re: Remember Kyle Rittenhouse? - 1 year ago

Cry me a river.

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Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - 1 year ago

Quotekj Quotehal QuoteDeusxMac Quotekj Whatever happened to the liberal value of persuasion? There’s your problem. persuasion is for liberals, MAGAs STAND THEIR GROUND! That's my point. Liberals don't seem to want to persuade much anymore. They want to force people to believe the way they do. "Force" how, exactly?

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Re: Closing arguments in Chauvin case - 1 year ago

QuoteRAMd®d 1) Peremptory only works if they ask the right questions and there's usually a limit to the number they can do. A peremptory ("no cause") challenge wouldn't be needed in a case like this. Such a potential juror could be dismissed for cause, without using a peremptory challenge. Someone could lie to get past the screening and voir dire, but there's no way the quest

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Re: GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY per NPR - 1 year ago

QuoteC(-)ris QuoteLemon Drop QuoteTed King A lot of trials of police officers charged with injuring or killing someone involve the juries being asked to make the judgment that in a few quick seconds or less that an officer made the wrong decision to fire their weapon. There's a good chance the officer who shot 13 year old Adam Toledo in Chicago won't face any charges, but if he does the jury will

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Re: Closing arguments in Chauvin case - 1 year ago

QuotePeterB Quoterjmacs QuotePeterB QuoteDeusxMac QuotePeterB The empathy I was referring to was that the defense kept using the "what would a 'reasonable officer' do in that situation", and if any of the jurors have LEOs in their family, that argument might hold some sway. I would suspect that any potential juror with an LEO "in their family" would have been rejected from b

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Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - 1 year ago

Quotemattkime I'd like to help - which hardware store has liberal values? Ever shop locally owned?

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Re: Are police specifically targeting female legislators of color? - 1 year ago

Quotesekker QuoteLemon Drop Quotecbelt3 Quotesekker When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization. I would be interested in studies about that. Neighborhood personal relationships are important, but institutional racism is so deep that living there won't help, IMHO. And there a

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Archaeologists find the home of Harriet Tubman's father - 1 year ago

The good news is that researchers have located the homesite where Harriet Tubman spent time as a child and young woman. The troubling news is that due to continuing sea-level rise, the site may be underwater in a decade.

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