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Re: Yet another variant coming - 6 weeks ago

QuoteNewtonMP2100 .....at this point, 99.9% of people are acting like 'this is over' and doing everything 'back to normal'.....if another more dangerous variant arrives....we are sunk again..... I think we'll be worse than sunk again. Being an election year I don't think anyone in a political leadership role will do what is right and re-institute mask mandates, testing, social distancing, lockd

by Sam3 - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Poll: Where do you find yourself at this stage of the Pandemic? - 6 weeks ago

Masked depending on social distancing. If a store or place has only a few customers and I can mostly stay away from them, I'll forego the mask, if I go to a Costco or Meijer, automatic mask. My Physical Therapy place still requres masks. Outdoors, maskless.

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Re: Favorite New(ish) Song? - 6 weeks ago

Caroline Jones has become a favorite of mine, especially this song: Mean Mary is another artist that I'm really digging:

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Re: When will you get your next booster? - 7 weeks ago

I will probably wait until there is an uptick in cases in our area. I don't want to have waning protection when the spike hits, which would happen if the booster is administered too early.

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Re: Disney Slaps down DeSantis and the GOP for "Don't Say Gay" law. - 7 weeks ago

What about Mission Barbecue? They advertise that they support the troops, as well as police and firefighters. Anyone know if they are radicalized to the Reactionary... err... Conservative cause? (They do have good food.)

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Re: FDA expected to authorize a second Covid booster shot next week- NBC - 7 weeks ago

QuoteAmmo Some scientists believe the term “booster” is outdated because it implies the initial series of 2 shots served a different purpose than subsequent doses. What now appears to be more accurate is that fighting COVID long term may require a continuous series of shots administered at regular intervals, the first 2 shots being no different than any of the others. This may sound like

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Re: Hillary tribute to Madeleine - 7 weeks ago

QuoteAugust West nYTimes , there is a paywall. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.

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Re: Political? What will you be doing on Xmas Eve (9 months from now)? - 7 weeks ago

QuoteRacer X maneuvering my partner out of her Christmas stockings? Ooo, La LA!!

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Re: Quick, call Fox! "Russia accuses Hunter Biden of 'funding Ukrainian biological weapons labs'" - 7 weeks ago

QuoteTed King Photoshopped I guess: Shot in a studio, on a movie set. Yelensky is an actor, doncha know!

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Re: Listening to Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings on NPR - 7 weeks ago

QuoteFritz Desi Lydic Foxsplains: Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson That was hilarious! Thanks!

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Re: American granted political asylum in Belarus - 7 weeks ago

Quotecbelt3 He will have fun once Belarus gets it's legitimate leadership back and ditches Russia. Then he can move over to Hungary. He'd like Viktor Orban, Trump lite.

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Re: Republicans are trying to kill Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination with child-porn slander. Here's the inside scoop on that... - 8 weeks ago

But what do Sikkema and Manchin think? That's all that matters. You know all of the QPubs are going to vote against her.

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Re: Tell your conservative friends... - 2 months ago

Quotekj Quotedeckeda The generalizations are borne from observing Trump’s behavior, quotes, actions, and those of his supporters since at least 2016. Trust me when I say that the two harmless knuckleheads are indeed prime examples of democracy being dismantled by those who seek to normalize them downplaying the displayed threat. What percentage of people who are anti-abortion are pro Russi

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Re: Text last night from a Ukrainian friend - 2 months ago

Now you know how my parents, and my wife's parents, and countless other Latvians who fled Latvia during World War 2 and were refugees, felt about all Russians.

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Re: I just remembered that the US tried to stay with DST in the 70s and people hated it - 2 months ago

Or how about this... looking at the map that MAVIC supplied, how about redrawing the timezones to where they should logically be? That would put Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee in the Central time zone. This would probably satisfy the needs of the evening sun people in the Midwest as it would align better with the UTC meridians. OK, maybe Ohio would remain Eastern, as it would

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Re: Zelensky’s address to Congress - 2 months ago

The video he showed was powerful and sad and horrifying. I'm glad that NBC showed the whole thing,including the bodies, dressed in regular street clothes, on the street , the bodies of the children, the blood, the anguish. People need to see that, not be sheltered from it. Americans need to see the true horror of war.

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Re: Ms. Understood?!....Disney unveils 'Ms. Marvel' [ TV series ] trailer.... - 2 months ago

Marvel's version of Stargirl. )

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Re: Any music that's like Celtic meets The Beach Boys? - 2 months ago

The Drovers. A Chicago based celtic rock-folk band who were featured in the film "Blink". The Boys and the Babies Book of Songs Juliette-The Tantrum If you are OK going a bit outside of Irish and including Scottish, Capercaillie is an enjoyable band. Altan Gaelic Storm (they were in the film Titanic) If you want some quieter, more New Agey music, Da

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Re: Isn’t Winter Almost Over? - 2 months ago

West Michigan is looking at chilly temps this weekend, a high of 22 Saturday, but then it looks like spring may take and hold, as all of next week will be in the 50's and maybe some 60's. But then again, this is Michigan.

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Re: Found the song - 2 months ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! To OP: Sorry, but I would have never guessed "The Breakup Song" from "pom papapa pom". You're right, though -- great song. My favorite from them, in fact. One of my favorite songs. Especially from that era. I used to play it on my college radio show as often as I could get away with it. Check out this acoustic version from 11 years ago:

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Re: Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend - 2 months ago

What's batshit crazy about Jackson Browne??

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Re: Video Editing for a newbie... (also, anyone here experiment running macOS in virtual environment on PC?) - 2 months ago

Your 2017 Macbook Air will be fine,and since it comes with iMovie, you're all set. I would strongly suggest getting an external drive to put your video files on, use that for editing. Video files consume a lot of space, and you will fill up that 1TB Air SSD quickly. It's also a pain to transfer projects from one drive to another, you may miss something and then if you need to re-edit, you can fin

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Re: can't touch this?!....Amazon closing all physical bookstores / locations.... - 2 months ago

In my experience at our local Apple store, about half the store is filled with Genius appointments. The store would be a lot emptier if not for the complementary tech support.

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Re: One Time... At Bandcamp... - 2 months ago

If I were an artist there, I'd be worried. Who does that leave that are still artist-friendly? Soundcloud and Magnatune are the only two that I can think of.

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Re: My experience with Ukraine - 2 months ago

Sunday I received an email from Skylum, the makers of Luminar. They are a Ukranian company and have asked for help for Ukraine. The email starts off with: "We are literally writing this email from our hiding places - bomb shelters and basements..." And then goes on with the rest, with mentioning this (remember, this was Sunday) "This bloody Russian war has already taken t

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Re: ‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes - 2 months ago

Are companies like Apple going to leave Russia, as Fiona recommends? Will it require a boycott of Apple (and other companies doing business in Russia? Are we willing to do that?

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Re: Some ice storm images shot from the road... - 2 months ago

QuoteOmbligo One of my students just accepted a scholarship to the University of Northern Michigan. That is in Marquette, on Lake Superior in the Upper Penisula. Today;s high was 15 degrees with a 5mph breeze making it feel like 10 degrees. She grew up in mid-Florida, never lived anywhere else. I looked at her and laughed when she told me. She hasn't a clue what she is getting into. My daugh

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Re: Ukraine war has started. - 2 months ago

Quotepdq QuoteAcer He must have a copy of the same Speechwriting for Dictators book that Kim Jong-Un uses. I found it positively Trumpian: Quote” best not make any more threats to the United States,” Trump said… “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen …They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.�

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Re: Terror trucks heading to DC - 2 months ago

I first heard about the convoy protest yesterday from a tweet by the Embassy of Latvia to the USA. If foreign embassies are warning people who need their services about the disruption that is planned, you know that things are getting out of hand.

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Re: “ This durability test reveals the OnePlus 10 Pro is a folding phone after all “ - 2 months ago

Quotejdc this was impressive to me: -- jump to 4 minutes in to get to the test Well, the iPhone 12 Pro Max can be bent. My daughter has proof: This is what happens when teenagers keep their phone in their back pocket and subsequently slip on ice and fall on their tushie.

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