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  • The dictator protection program

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    Jeez, somebody make the brat stand in the corner.
  • Not the most attractive dish I’ve ever made

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    Does look like it was already eaten once. But tasty is tasty.
  • Ambroxol and Parkinson's dementia

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    THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Will send that to Bob
  • Field trip! For Andy, at least

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    Very probably. Also hoping to see this tapestry soon: https://aucklandproject.org/support-us/donate/help-us-save-henry-viiis-lost-tapestry/
  • Lithuanian space tech

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  • Rain event in Chicago last night

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    You can also purchase a NOAA weather radio to receive alerts. It’s affordable, doesn’t rely on cell service, and will wake you up in the event of an emergency overnight. https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/stories/tuesdays-chicago-flooding-a-one-in-500-year-event-heres-what-that-means/3785773/ We had a tornado warning in the middle of the night some years ago and the alert on our phones didn't wake us up. The town didn't sound the sirens because of some screw-up. Nothing happened in our town but there was significant damage not very far away. I think I'm going to buy a NOAA radio. Cheap insurance.
  • Best analysis I have seen on the big bill.

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    Rural and working-class areas receive proportionally smaller benefits despite often supporting the policies politically. Yup. It doesn't pay to be ignorant. Supporters acknowledge the high costs but argue pro-growth policies will create prosperity that makes the debt manageable. Supply-side advocates believe tax cuts will generate enough additional growth to ultimately resolve fiscal imbalances through higher tax revenues from a larger economy. Does "trickle down" ring a bell for these fantasizers? We know from experience that prosperity is not the bottom line for corporations. Profits is the name of the game. Public understanding of the bill has been shaped by media coverage that focuses heavily on political process rather than policy substance. This reflects broader problems in how complex legislation gets presented to voters. Yup. The MSM is failing its duty. The combination of these effects would create a more manufacturing-oriented, fossil fuel-dependent economy with less universal healthcare coverage. Whether this represents progress or regression depends largely on one’s political and economic philosophy. I guess that's what it boils down to. The reliance on omnibus procedures and party-line voting represents a departure from deliberative processes that historically characterized congressional decision-making. A big problem that bears repeating over and over again.
  • Chisels made in USA

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    Congratulations on your getting really good tools! I hope they prompt you to pick up a new hobby, do some really good work and enjoy the process!
  • Mottled Pluot

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    @AndyD I’m sure you can. The taste and texture are very much like a plum but sweeter.
  • FLW house #1

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    with all that oak woodwork the interior is more Craftsman than Prairie, yet the owners put 1940s/50s furniture in there. It is definitely NOT midcentury modern. I think they are confused. Having said that, I love the kitchen, especially the aqua tiled backsplash over the stove. Lovely house. Just needs more privacy from the neighbors.
  • Impact of immigration policy

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    Jermaine Thomas, whose very citizenship was once the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case a decade ago, was forcibly removed from the United States last week and deported to Jamaica-a nation he had never seen-leaving him unequivocally stateless. Thomas, born on a U.S. Army base in Germany to a U.S. citizen father who served nearly two decades in the military, now faces a desolate future without a recognized nationality. "I'm looking out the window on the plane, and I'm hoping the plane crashes and I die," Thomas confided to The Chronicle from a hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, to his despair. He was reportedly shackled at his wrists and ankles during the journey to this unfamiliar land. According to court documents, Thomas is not a citizen of Germany, where he was born in 1986, nor of the United States, despite his father's extensive service. He also holds no citizenship in Jamaica, his father's birth country. Thomas's perplexing status stems from his birth abroad to a military parent, a legal grey area that led to his case reaching the nation's highest court. The complexities of his origins ultimately led to his expulsion from the country he had known mainly, despite his father's sacrifice. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/son-of-u-s-soldier-left-without-citizenship-deported-to-jamaica/ar-AA1HBiTO?ocid=TSHDHP
  • I think you guys will like this house

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    I also like the colors in the bedrooms.
  • Greetings from SFO!

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    I’ve never seen this before. It’s a “Nona Auralia”. Apparently you can make stovetop sourdough bread in it. https://images.app.goo.gl/Fnypx I envision making bread while camping, maybe even over a fire!
  • MAHA

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    Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees. He even thanked Mom’s Meals for sending taxpayer-funded meals “without additives” to the homes of sick or elderly Americans. The spreads include chicken bacon ranch pasta for dinner and French toast sticks with fruit or ham patties. “This is really one of the solutions for making our country healthy again,” Kennedy said in the video, posted to his official health secretary account, after he toured the company’s Oklahoma facility last week. But an Associated Press review of Mom’s Meals menu, including the ingredients and nutrition labels, shows that the company’s offerings are the type of heat-and-eat, ultraprocessed foods that Kennedy routinely criticizes for making people sick. The meals contain chemical additives that would render them impossible to recreate at home in your kitchen, said Marion Nestle, a nutritionist at New York University and food policy expert, who reviewed the menu for The AP. Many menu items are high in sodium, and some are high in sugar or saturated fats, she said. https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-ultraprocessed-foods-diet-maha-trump-018a808efcf059eadfab2f8fc93fad4d
  • Ringo at 85

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    He cannot be 24! I am 24!!
  • Who killed Jimmy Hoffa?

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    In my mind I see Geraldo at Al Capone’s vault.
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  • LOLcritters

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  • FLW house #3

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    Very interesting. Not like a "cookie cutter house" Not for me as its low and dark, but I love red oak and the bookshelves are fab
  • A pretty little camp

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    @wtg said in A pretty little camp: That’s a sweet house and I love the property. The stream is to die for. Propane refrigerator. Interesting! the camp i was caretaking in Maine years ago had a propane refrigerator and propane wall sconces for lighting. i loved how quiet it was. once you've lived off grid the electric noises in a conventional home can drive you bats.