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"Xitter" — with the "X" pronounced as in "Xi Jinping" (Mandarin/Pinyin pronunciation).

Belated happy birthday, or happy belated birthday, or maybe early happy birthday for 2024.

Yeah, Ford doesn't make Econolines anymore, only stupid furriner Transits.

Oh, well...sic Transit gloria mundi...



Birthday?

Yeah, I guess that happened.

(Again.)

Ehhhh...77...enough is enough, don'cha think?

Oh well, thanks anyway!

Driving to and from Lansing MI in the last couple of days I bought regular unleaded for $2.99⁹ in Michigan and saw other places (in northern Indiana) where it was selling for as little as $2.89⁹.

Israel's two wars One is bloody but justified, the other is lower-key and wrong MATTHEW YGLESIAS NOV 2, 2023 [/size] [...] One problem, I think, is that while Israel is waging a just war in Gaza, they are in parallel waging an unjust war in the West Bank. This second war is much less spectacular, m...

They didn't do it properly. Done properly, the threat is over because there is nobody left to carry it out. Interesting that you have to reach back to 146 BCE in order to find an example of "done properly". (BTW, Carthage was rebuilt as a Roman city and became quite prosperous, then survived as an ...

Not sure I'd ever believe anything from ol' Mr. "Flood the Zone With Shit".

Of course, this leaves open the question Can an election be STOLLEN?

Inquiring chefs want to know.

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:41 pm

liberty wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:37 pm

Elections should be designed in such a way they can’t be stolen.

They are.

And until just a few years ago every candidate for POTUS, and every major US political party, acknowledged that fact.

https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-the-only-thing-that-stops-a-bad-guy-with-a-gun-is-a-good-guy-with-a-gun-wayne-lapierre-58-77-09.jpg Correction, Mr. LaPierre: The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good suicidal guy with a gun. BTW, My oldest daughter is a teacher in an el...

I accidentally drank a bottle of invisible ink last night. I’m in the hospital now, waiting to be seen.

Interesting essay on the Palestinian "Right of Return" and the difference between supporting " The Palestinian Cause " vs. supporting " The Palestinian People ": Zeroing-in on the refugee question is particularly important if we’re concerned about the state of Arab public opinion. Guyer writes that...

Here some people who apparently wouldn't mind sharing their own fortunes with strangers on the internet:

If a bear wears shoes and socks he still has bear feet.