Re: Reuters: US intelligence report on Jamal Khashoggi's death expected to single out Saudi crown prince - Yesterday

If only Biden owned a posh hotel in Washington, DC, then the Saudis might be able to buy more support from him.

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

QuoteRgrF Never checked, gas was 24-28¢ gal. Mileage was never an object, that ride was my Datemobile. My 18 year old ride was a '59 Ford with a 352 and a huge 4 barrel carb. I think my mileage was close to single digits because I had a heavy foot. But money was tight for me, so I had to limit my range. Cool cruiser. I'm sure the girls liked it.

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

QuoteRgrF The mark was discontinued over a decade ago. That's right, it went just after Oldsmobile. Olds 98 convertible - my ride when I was an 18 year old. What kind of mileage did you get?

Re: Perdue rules out 2022 Senate bid against Warnock - 2 days ago

Quoterjmacs vision63 nailed it. There are voter suppression laws being passed in dozens of states RIGHT NOW to reverse Democratic wins in 2020. I heard a pundit say that after the election the Republicans had a choice of trying to grow the size of their coalition to win more political races or they could suppress the vote of people who aren't voting for them. It's pretty obvious that they chose

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

Questions about cultural appropriation are tricky. We are a pluralistic society that has appropriated cultural elements of many cultures to make a mutt culture. But I think that there are unique features of black American and native American culture that should be especially respected because of the history of brutal repression of those peoples and their cultures if a substantial number of black

"TikTok users spread conspiracy that Texas snow was manufactured by the government" - 3 days ago

QuoteViral videos by TikTok users purportedly in Texas have falsely claimed that the snow from the deadly winter storm that hit the state this month is fake and was created by the U.S. government. The clips on the popular video platform show users holding up a lighter, match or hairdryer to snowball. In some videos, the snow appears to burn or get smaller without dripping any water, Busine

Re: Suffolk University/USA TODAY Poll of Trump voters - 3 days ago

I just realized that the poll I cited in the OP is the same poll Ombligo posted about earlier. Duh, sorry. I should have just posted the OP in that thread.

Re: Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to block Manhattan prosecutors from getting tax records - 3 days ago

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Re: Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to block Manhattan prosecutors from getting tax records - 3 days ago

"The Supreme Court never should have let this 'fishing expedition' happen, but they did." Methinks that the minimalism (relative to normal Trump) of this comment about the SC belies an emotional volcano of anger he feels toward the disloyal lieutenants he appointed to the Court.

Re: Suffolk University/USA TODAY Poll of Trump voters - 3 days ago

Quotelost in space See post down page: Cambridge University: people with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks. Think there's a connection? It can be tricky to ferret out cause and effect when other significant factors also play a role. For example, I think a big part of what drives the thinking of a lot of Trump voters is white culture (especially Christian) tribalism where the

Suffolk University/USA TODAY Poll of Trump voters - 3 days ago

Probably most here have seen the polls that show a majority (usually well over 50%) of Trump voters would vote for Trump even if he left the Republican Party (which means those Republicans who don't support him would have to be the one's leaving, not Trump). But this poll has some other questions I think are revealing about Trump voters: QuoteTrump voters are prepared to punish those who c

Re: OK, I'm lazily speculating here about Texas electricity... - 5 days ago

My guess is that they chose the variable rate provider because most of the time it was cheaper. Some might have been lulled into thinking it wasn't that risky because Texas is such a huge producer of energy. And some of them probably thought that the state would have had enough sense to make sure that the production system wouldn't freeze up (an investment most other states have made).

Re: CPAC to host Traitor Trump - 5 days ago

It's going to be an anti-lib fest. Trump will give them plenty of red meat - including slams against Biden. But is rallying around hating the libs and trying to stop them dirty socialists from doing their dirty deeds enough to keep the Republican Party together? If Trump uses CPAC to also attack his "enemies" within the Party - like McConnell now - then he could unravel the anti-lib uni

Re: Flags ordered to half mast for Limbaugh - 5 days ago

QuoteSteveO QuoteS. Pupp He was, after all, a Medal of Freedom winner. Our country is weird. Any award given by 45* doesn't count. But you're right on the second part. I like the "*" thing. Maybe any award he gave should have an asterisk next to it. Sort of like if the NFL played most or all of a season with scrubs because of a player strike. Any records of that season would hav

Re: Biden rejects emergency aid for poorly run Republican states - 5 days ago

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Re: Another kind of blackout in Oz - 5 days ago

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Re: Another kind of blackout in Oz - 5 days ago

Seems like there is a synergy between the internet platform corporate giants and news corporations but the platforms are getting too much of the value created. So it seems fair for the news corporations to get a bigger share but I sure don't want large corporate news organizations to like Murdock's to be able to swing deals that smaller news organizations can't. I don't know how that it would be

Re: Republican assault on broadband access continues - 5 days ago

Reminds me of the first cable TV provider I had - it was owned by the small city we lived in at the time. They sold it to a private outfit that charged more and provided a few more channels that I had no interest in watching - like Home Shopping Network stuff. And then that outfit sold out to a bigger outfit and they charged more and I don't think they even increased the number of useless channel

Re: Biden rejects emergency aid for poorly run Republican states - 5 days ago

Quotehal QuoteTed King QuoteAcer One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty (Proverbs 11:24). A book of fairy tales where you can always find a fairly tale to fit the narrative you want to tell. Sorry Acer, I guess I'm in sort of an acerbic mood today - I don't mean to aim my acerbicness at you personally. somehow saying 'stories' seems less

Re: Biden rejects emergency aid for poorly run Republican states - 6 days ago

QuoteAcer One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty (Proverbs 11:24). A book of fairy tales where you can always find a fairly tale to fit the narrative you want to tell. Sorry Acer, I guess I'm in sort of an acerbic mood today - I don't mean to aim my acerbicness at you personally.

Re: Covid Got me the Job. - 6 days ago

Congratulations!

Re: ‘ Deep in the heart of Texas’ collapsing power grid ‘ - 7 days ago

oops - wrong thread

Re: While his state freezes, Ted Cruz and family head to Cancun - 7 days ago

QuoteSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has offered a stunning explanation for flying out to Cancun on Wednesday night as his home state literally froze to death: I was being a “good dad.” “With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends,” he said in a statement issued on Thursday afternoon. “Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flyin

Re: New law in Australia reqs tech companies to pay content creators when content is shared - GOOG and FB react very differently - 8 days ago

What groups are in favor of that law there?

Re: Rick Perry is still the stupidest man in Texas - 8 days ago

QuoteSteve G. I'll leave it to GOP serving aces like Gaetz and Gohmert and Greene to suggest the Texas use Jewish Space Lasers to thaw the pipes.

Re: Staying on brand: Gov. Abbott blames power outages on Dems - 8 days ago

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Re: Staying on brand: Gov. Abbott blames power outages on Dems - 8 days ago

QuoteGGD Will Biden pay them a visit and toss out batteries to the crowd?

Re: More Texas - if you call Colorado City home... - 9 days ago

ex-mayor Another noble rugged individualist culture canceled.

What the House is doing about the Covid Stimulus Bill - 9 days ago

QuoteOn Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told lawmakers to prepare to work through Feb. 26 and into the ensuing weekend in order to pass the relief bill. House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries will hold calls this week with members of committees putting together the legislation, NBC News reported. House panels have advanced major parts of the bill, which the Budget

Re: Trumpie bear comes out of hibernation swinging for Mitch's head - 9 days ago