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Re: Milley took secret action to protect nuclear weapons - 2 days ago

Supposedly the same happened with Nixon after Watergate blew up in his face.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Another Conservative Talk Show Host Bites the Dust - 2 days ago

Quotep8712 None of the A listers die from Covid. They’re all vaccinated. Only the true believer rubes get tossed out like yesterday’s garbage. And some get medi-vac'd to Walter Reed for the best treatment money can't buy.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: I Got A 'Mild' Breakthrough Case. Here's What I Wish I'd Known - 3 days ago

Let's be blunt...the vast majority of breakthrough cases in those already vaccinated won't be so severe.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Tiny G3 Desktop running OS X inside a power outlet - 3 days ago

What country still has ungrounded outlets? That room reminds me of my oldest kid's first dorm room...they put him in a converted (8' x 10') study carrel and charged me for a single room. So I asked him if he wanted a tin cup to rattle against the bars...

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Why I look at labels... - 6 days ago

Quoteztirffritz I suspect the crackdown on “sissy men” is related to the rise of KPop. I thought that a rising kpop band was made up of girls. Turns out that they’re boys. I had no idea. They are at best androgynous and kind of look like David Bowie. On the coal power plant side, China also is about to flip the switch on a Thorium fueled reactor. It’s technology that the US developed i

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Judge says Ohio hospital cannot be forced to use ivermectin - 6 days ago

Ugh, this who thing reminds me of the miracle cure for cancer back in the 1970s "Vitamin B17"

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Why hasn't this vaccine denier been tossed off Twitter? - 6 days ago

Quotevision63 You have to admit, it's baffling how an 86 year old man could just die like that. Andrew Young received his vaccination at that same moment, and he's alive and nearly 90 (a great man). Kennedy shouldn't pain Hank's family with his speculation. No kidding. Here's my favorite retirement calculator: Which notes that given my current age & gender by age 85 I have a 2/3 c

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Why hasn't this vaccine denier been tossed off Twitter? - 6 days ago

RFK, Jr. should be held down & given every COVID vaccine that has so far been developed to see if his theory is correct.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Biden tells Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, H.R. McMaster to resign or else be fired... - 7 days ago

Don't like DCOs?

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: The false economy of buying used appliances… or How I use up all my cuss words this weekend - 9 days ago

There are actually used appliance dealers who inspect/refurbish before the sale. Got a friend a $40 replacement OTR microwave via the above.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: 'mo money, 'mo problems?!.....Hulu raising rates...... - 9 days ago

$1.99/month BF deal is all it's worth to me.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: battery powered heated blankets - anyone have one they like? - 9 days ago

picked up one off a kickstarter...uses a proprietary charger/plug that I've lost...

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: 15,200,000 dead from COVID - with 95% confidence - The Economist - 9 days ago

Quotemacphanatic QuoteSpeedy QuoteWill Collier It's a lot more than that. They're including without any revision China's ludicrous claim of 5,000 deaths. Yup, China knew early on to adjust its all-deaths rate. Anyone who believes anything released by the Peoples Republic of China is gullible. Still zero deaths from COVID-19 in their country, according to the government of the Democratic Pe

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: TV talk?!....1 show ending, 1 renewed, 1 just canceled, 1 actress returns, 1 'ST:TNG' character returns on 'Picard'.... - 9 days ago

QuotePeterB I have such mixed feelings about this show. I think it had such potential, but all wasted, and all because of the hacks who've taken over. The last straw for me was when Spoilers Hide spoiler Now it seems they're scraping the bottom of the barrel with John de Lancie, and though I like Annie Wersching a lot as an actress, I DON

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Re: What if the Coronavirus Crisis Is Just a Trial Run? - 9 days ago

Hey, as long as they're sending me money I don't care how many letters I get from politicians. I'd be happy to get that $1,400/person every month...

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Judge says Ohio hospital cannot be forced to use ivermectin - 9 days ago

IIRC, from in vitro studies it looks like one would need 100x the normal human "anti-parasite" dose to have any effect on the COVID virus, which would trash your liver as per the post above.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: What if the Coronavirus Crisis Is Just a Trial Run? - 11 days ago

Soon enough we'll have some easily spread virus at least as deadly as the one depicted in Contagion.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Taliban declare China their 'principal partner' - 11 days ago

QuoteAmmo I’m sure each country has the other’s best interest at heart. There is no honor among thieves. They'll recycle any ChiCom payments into weapons purchases for Chinese Muslims.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Here is what I don’t understand about the Texas law - 11 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac HIPA doesn't shield "criminal" activity. Example: a psychiatrist MUST report to authorities, a patient who is a danger to the public. If the "law" classifies an abortion as illegal, it cannot be held to be privileged information. Caveat; I'm not a lawyer, this is just my understanding of HIPA. The Texas law doesn't even attempt to do that...it only

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Who should be the next Bond, James Bond? - 14 days ago

Elba

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Re: Need quick advice: replacement oil for a generator - 14 days ago

Quotetenders Ethanol-free fuel is not available everywhere. Can't get it in NYC or the nearby suburbs, for example. To avoid problems with ethanol fuel, always store the engine completely dry of fuel: run it dry using fuel that contains the recommended dose of StaBil. Then drain anything left in the carb. Nothing might be left in the carb. It's worth consulting the parts diagram to determine h

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Re: running on empty?!....report today says Social Security will run out sooner than expected, by 2034..... - 14 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Again, just an actuarial placeholder. On a cash basis, whenever a trust fund security is redeemed in a particular year to help pay that year's SS benefits: 1. either taxes have to be collected to pay for it or 2. the funds must be borrowed by selling marketable securities (T-bills, notes, bonds) in the open market. So additional debt is sold in the open market.

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Re: I'm really tired of leaking batteries - 14 days ago

QuoteSpiff So… what is the consensus on the best rechargeable AA and AAA batteries? Asking for a friend… yeah. eneloop

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Re: running on empty?!....report today says Social Security will run out sooner than expected, by 2034..... - 15 days ago

Quotespace-time if they raise the income limit, they should also raise the benefits. person A makes 100k per year and ends up with 1k/month person B names 300k per year, pays 3x more into SS, they should get 3k/month when they retire. Given "bend points" SS doesn't work like the above...high income earners already lose out. Nothing will change even if the wage cap is removed.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: running on empty?!....report today says Social Security will run out sooner than expected, by 2034..... - 15 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop QuotePaul F. QuoteLemon Drop Yep. Fixable problem. Definitely not a ponzi scheme,, but it does make assumptions about population and wage growth that may not hold up. So we will adjust. Relax. Those paying in the future fund those that will be retiring first... It's the very textbook definition of a Ponzi scheme... But, yes, it is fixable. It was a stupid way to structure i

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: I'm really tired of leaking batteries - 15 days ago

Quotebtfc I’ve gone to rechargeable and Energizer Ultimate Lithiums. I’ve never had the lithiums leak. Only way to go for anything that's not a throw-away.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Delta… is in decline? - 15 days ago

Lets all stop this pussyfooting around & go for broke. I want my Krippin Virus, or Trixie, or maybe Human Cortico-Deficiency Virus Surely there's a Chinese lab working to weaponize something similar?

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Woman wins court fight: Animal dewormer to be given to spouse who has COVID-19 - 15 days ago

Again, he's been on a ventilator nearly two months now & all the family will say about his condition is that he's still alive. Throw the kitchen sink in there, but the only way he's leaving the hospital is through the morgue.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: "Moderna vaccine creates twice as many antibodies as Pfizer: research" - 16 days ago

So what? I doubt I have any measurable antibodies to polio at this point.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Ohio judge orders hospital to give ivermectin to covid patient after wife sues - 16 days ago

Might as well try Laetril as well...

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting