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Re: Elon Musk recommends voting for Republicans in U.S. midterm elections - 4 months ago

“Shared power” means impotence, and nothing of value getting done for the next two years. Musk needs to realize that we’re not dealing with adults here. We’re dealing with politicians.

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Can hardly wait for Nov 14 - 4 months ago

Quotesamintx Will the Great one really announce his campaign? Any bets? “All Praise to the Great One!” (quote and image from Doctor Who, “Planet of the Spiders”)

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: DeSantis Sent by God (new campaign video) - 4 months ago

I liked one of the Twitter responses mentioned in a Huffpost article about this: “This is illiberal, anti-democratic, anti-American, christofascist propaganda. Holy hell.”

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: mattkime - turn off the news - 4 months ago

Mrs Pupp and I voted a few days ago. The poll workers appeared to be trained very well to weed out any potential fraudulent voting. We were made to pull down our masks while the poll workers looked back and forth between our driver’s licenses and our faces for about 15 seconds - back and forth, back and forth. Then they did the same for our signatures for another 15 seconds - back and forth,

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Mother with three kids crying in checkout line - 4 months ago

This is, from the start, a political post which belongs on the other side.

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: A good monologue on saying goodbye to democracy - 4 months ago

What I don’t get is that we have been inundated with anti-fascist anti-Nazi history, books, movies, and TV shows for 80 years. How did it not take?

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Does anyone have a Prince Albert? - 4 months ago

Back when I was building projects from Radio Electronics, occasionally while trying to remove a stubborn IC from its socket, I’d end up with a 14 pin IC embedded in either my thumb or forefinger. That’s as close to a piercing as I’ve ever come. My father had his ears pierced in the late 1920’s as a toddler. Funny to see pierced ears on a 4’8” man in his mid 90’s (he started shr

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Re: U.S. House committee gives Trump until next week to produce documents - 4 months ago

We’re approaching 22 months since this person incited an insurrection, and he’s a week away from announcing another run for the presidency. There is no justice for the obscenely wealthy, who can buy and/or intimidate their way out of any consequences. (edit: replaced the word “bastard” with “person”)

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: teamviewer - 4 months ago

I’ve started using Parsec, since first TeamViewer and now Anydesk decided I’m a business user for accessing my HTPC from my laptop.

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Re: Also: “Not a single Republican has ever said they want to take away your Social Security…” - 4 months ago

The average voter watching Fox suspends disbelief.

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Re: If you can afford it, let's donate! - 4 months ago

My Republican representative, a Trump loyalist and blatant liar, is running unopposed. Sometimes it feels like no amount of money can get a Democrat elected here - just look at how much money was spent trying unsuccessfully to unseat Lindsay Graham. Such is life in the Deep South. I’m thinking of voting for a write-in candidate instead of Rep Timmons. I was thinking of writing in “Liter

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Biden's fault: 'Job openings surged in September' - 4 months ago

“Fake news” “Irrelevant- Brandon has set the price of gas too high” “Job openings are so high because people keep disappearing. I think it’s because the Democruds are kidnapping and eating them.” Now that an alternate fantasy reality exists for half the nation, there’s no amount of good news that will make a difference come voting time. I don’t understand why the Democrat

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Republicans due a big surprise if Oz wins - 4 months ago

QuoteSpeedy What’s worse, a non-white senator or a Muslim senator? Answer: a Democratic senator. Yup, because “at least a Muslim republican ain’t no satan worshipping baby eating democrud.”

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Re: Important Update: Don't feed the trolls - 4 months ago

On an unrelated topic, I hear that Brandon still sucks his thumb and cries for his mother when he wants his dindin. (just being a PITA for giggles. I’m a Biden supporter.)

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Re: How can Fox News be so influential with only 1.5 to 2.1 million viewers? - 4 months ago

In the village where I went to high school, the misinformation gets passed around by mouth at the tractor pulls, monster truck shows, and nudie bars.

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Ugh, flu shot yesterday and I feel yucky today. - 4 months ago

Thank you for protecting not only yourself; but those in contact with you. I hope you feel much better after a good night’s sleep.

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Re: It's been 0 days since Elon Musk last promoted a nutty right wing conspiracy theory on twitter - 4 months ago

QuoteRgrF The original Musk link was to the Santa Monica Observer and would have been seen by about 10 people none of whom would have believed it. Now it's been seen by millions. About that "newspaper": The site "is anything but trustworthy," according to an executive at NewsGuard, a company that uses trained journalists to rate news and information sites. The site ge

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Russia suspends participation in Ukraine grain exports deal (Putin's next move) - 4 months ago

Anyone remember how Saddam Hussain was dragged out of a hole and executed? I don’t know why this just occurred to me right now… I didn’t approve of his execution, and I wouldn’t approve of Putin’s, but if Hussain could be executed, surely Putin could be arrested?

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Re: Important Update: US has 54 States Now - 4 months ago

A man known for making gaffs made one in 2018. Now THAT’s news! Thank you for sharing! Now for a list of Trump’s idiotic ramblings that actually show a lack of common sense, knowledge, and intelligence. I’m going to start with injecting bleach and irradiating the internals with UV light - presumably with a black light shoved up the rectum. Anyone else? I truly believe in ignor

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member voodoopenguin - 4 months ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member riley5108 - 4 months ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: the Kia to long life?!....Kia recalls 71,000 Sportage models over fire risk.... - 4 months ago

Vehicle fires are not fun. There's nothing like watching your '73 VW Beetle burn to the ground, knowing that the floppy disk containing your senior thesis is in the back seat.

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Re: in earnest?!…..Apple earnings announced….beats expectations but…. - 4 months ago

Wow. Some people are pretty specific in what they want from a company.

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Re: Stereoscope photos - 4 months ago

I was left WW-I stereoscopic slides by a great uncle who served abroad during WW1 and WW2. Unfortunately, I don’t have the stomach for war slides, let alone stereoscopic ones.

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Re: 2nd Optical Disk Drive Class Action Lawsuit settlement payments arrived - 4 months ago

I was leery, since the email referred to “disk drives,” but my code was good for $8.45.

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Re: Apple confirms iPhones will feature USB-C charging - 4 months ago

So…my Flir IR camera will become a paperweight, just like my dozen or so 30-pin iPod accessories? Or will an adapter be available?

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Re: So Clarence Thomas, alone, just froze the order requiring Lindsey Graham to testify - 4 months ago

It’s a temporary measure, until the court as a whole can make a decision.

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: National security?!…..Attorney General Merrick Garland holding press conference this afternoon…… - 4 months ago

He'll need to dumb it down a bit. "There's bad @#$%& going down."

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: bank statements - 4 months ago

My wife spends hours every month entering everything into Quicken. She says it's so she can see how much we're spending on groceries, entertainment, etc, but in the 17 years we've been a couple, I've never seen her actually do that. Like Spiff, I just look at the transactions online to be sure all is as it should be. I don't miss Quicken, and I certainly don't miss the checkbook register.

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Re: US annual budget deficit shows biggest drop in history - 5 months ago

To a large section of the population, if it's not out of the mouth of Trump or Carlson, it's fake news and liberal propaganda.

by S. Pupp - 'Friendly' Political Ranting