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when in the name of the flying spaghetti monster did I become the "adult in the rooom"??!!

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@beergeekjoey
beergeekjoey
18 days
every political ad I see this cycle, I think of this phrase: "It's like both are hallucinating what the other believes, and running against that vs. being tethered to reality." from:
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@Raginggrandpa92 @HProtagonista ticket receipt or were gonna have to assume Scotland is no longer there, perhaps covered up by some nameless government agency trying to conceal & exploit your unique ’gift’.
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why is PK Subban wearing his grandmas couch cover on national TV??
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@Karnythia @HNTurtledove the other saddest funniest thing about it is donating the same amount to the school would’ve been legal, just as much of a bribe, & almost as certain to get the little wastrel admitted!!
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@nbcthegoodplace he’s playing 3-D quidditch while the rest of us play checkers.
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@ymmayer @steventobiasz sorry, but legit who doesn't?? 😜
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@shatteredshards @ymmayer @steventobiasz well, it makes you sound precocious, so, yeah.
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@charliejane my wife sent me this a while back. now I can’t read a journal paper title without seeing it. worse, if I ever get it out of my head, you’ve given me another one !!
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@ASFleischman I was in the Navy as an engineer for years & thoroughly indoc’d on heat injury & dehydration before I finally realized that my consistent stomach problems & nausea were from dehydration. a little attention to these issues is probably not a bad idea.
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@the_mjl @nickconfessore it has nothing to do with the vaccines. the evidence has been clear since last summer that there is virtually no risk outdoors unless staying very close for a continuous period of more than ten minutes.
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@greg_doucette @esp1371 hate to break it to you. we generally think we're doing well if we have a plan to eventually migrate off XP, so ...
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5 years
@Pa_Ward1 could watch that goal all day. saw it about 6 times in replay from ever angle on ESPN (I'm in the US), and I just stopped to watch it again in that clip!!
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@beergeekjoey
beergeekjoey
2 years
we do follow the money. you've been fighting for decades to direct as much money as possible to education unions and poorly performing systems rather than to the students. epic fail, folks.
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Iowa Senate Democrats
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Why are out-of-state special interests trying so hard to take over Iowa's education system and implement their private school vouchers? Simple. Follow the money.
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@evanhill in other words, your original comment was utter nonsense.
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5 years
@shatteredshards @ymmayer @steventobiasz it's a word people use to impress other people due to its length and complexity of construct. why??
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2 years
@Noahpinion & it’s wrong. that is emphatically not how engineers are trained. we’re taught to look for functional solutions. there are many right answers. also many wrong answers for some reason you never anticipated.
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@RadioFreeTom thank you. I appreciate it.
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6 years
@Patriots @RobGronkowski you forgot one against @Redskins where he made catch near the right hash, ran to sideline with 2 defenders literally riding him trying to bring him down, hit by a third, planted his right foot just at the chalk, shook all of them off & ran down the line until bumped out. 😂😂😂
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@MitchSchwartz71 @NFL_DougFarrar just backed up 15 min on tivo & watched it 5 times. he used the crown of his helmet as the point of attack. that was banned in the 70s. he used it as a weapon. it hasn't been legal in 4 decades.
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@That_Raw_B @williamadler78 @RoySayWhatNow well, we used to take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the group, but we got bored …
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3 years
@Tigeroovy @PoodleTime can’t have it. it the name of my new cypherpunk band. we specialize in covres.
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2 years
@Michael4Mo @piper4missouri agreed. if only parents could direct billionaires (& all of our) tax dollars as they see fit for their children, rather than how government mandarins & hangers-on desire. obviously we've been listening to the mandarins & hangers-on & it's been failing. maybe try something else??
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beergeekjoey
5 years
read @CrimeADay ’s book, because where else can you read “Some crimes - like importing illegal bee semen - don’t even require proof of criminal intent at all.”?? quick clarification, Mr. C: if it were legal bee semen, is it then legit??
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2 years
@SciGuySpace so it begs the question why we’d be using these decades old engines rather than something new. or this decades old architecture that proved itself a dead end in the 70s. we are going BACKWARD!!
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4 years
@RestingBastard @TRHLofficial @NotMy1stAcct ah. a fool. the whole point is that wearing a mask should allow both of them in the room. and protestors should not be exempted from distancing or wearing a mask. mask wearing is responsible, but arbitrary exemption or enforcement just causes confusion and resistance.
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4 years
@NASASpaceflight 2 weeks is the rule of thumb. maybe a little less if you know the product very well.
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@Stonekettle didn’t expect a Firefly ref from you, Jim. very cool.
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@PeteVandeventer @johndavidfraley @chrissyteigen they’re both such cute little mini-mes!!
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@mattyglesias I was a US Navy surface warfare officer for over 20 years. it doesn’t just seem embarrassing. it’s incredibly embarrassing.
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5 years
anyone else get one of these today?? isn't this a Hatch Act violation?? looks like an official government agency mailing co-opted as campaign propaganda by the incumbent??
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3 years
@Noahpinion communism inevitably ends up looking like fascism. both require a totalitarian form of government.
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3 years
@pastors4txkids please explain how giving families a choice is “corrupt”.
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@mohammedzismail @pinkrocktopus who is that masked singer??
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@BootsChantilly @Stonekettle @bimmerella so commenting on injustice without having “done something” about activities that largely occurred outside our field of influence, or without adequately signaling our ‘wokeness’ about prior injustice is now its own thoughtcrime. got it. #stopit
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4 years
@DougKyed you mean rather than getting called for OPI every time he slapped a defenders hand away so he could reach up & catch??
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2 years
@DougKyed as he should be. that was a TD all day long.
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@Lin_Manuel @HNTurtledove also notable that they’ve taken nothing FROM the USA as he stated. they are us, we are them - can’t take from ourselves!!
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beergeekjoey
5 years
@pinkrocktopus if she meowed like a chain smoker, shouldn’t her name have been Julia Sugarbaker?? Delta Burke was a hoot in the Suzanne role, but Dixie’s growling, purring voice always just grabbed me.
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6 years
@JasonRomano Cody Parkey had the game winning field goal tipped by a defender & nearly got it through anyway. fixed it for you. you’re welcome.
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5 years
@AnnaForFlorida @DeAngelisCorey @AmeliaHammy @EducationFL Anna, if you use "Anna for Florida" as your twitter handle, why do you suddenly insist on a formal title?? or is it just because people started questioning your policy choices??
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@JamesSurowiecki was the vaccine newly developed, require special handling/storage, and limited in supply because production is still ramping up?? no?? well, there you have it.
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beergeekjoey
4 years
"Refusing to vote for Trump wasn't a vote for big, overzealous, and unaccountable government; it was a vote against Trump's version of it." precisely.
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@OrinKerr @lostinacanyon will you post your analysis for students to consider?? 🤣
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2 years
@M_L_Markussen @Stonekettle you should be able to refuse to sell anything on religious grounds as long as you accept your employer firing you for not doing your damn job.
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@Stonekettle well, it’s only for a while & it’ll keep you from biting at the stitches.
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@Asehpe @MostlyOverThere @RadioFreeTom changed what?? the First Amendment?? you can't tell people what to watch. not cool.
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5 years
@chatham58 1) turned his head to left - didn't lower it 2) shoulder to the chest, not the neck. Romo is a buffoon sometimes.
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3 years
@scalzi my son says "get good".
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5 years
@nytopinion no. please read some history. socialism inevitably devolves to totalitarian autocracy. it must be totalitarian to work. complete power will inevitably be exploited by the unscrupulous. it's that simple. to claim otherwise is to ignore reality of the system or ignore human nature.
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@TessaDare got dark in here all of a sudden ...
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@KariByron @MythBusters first of all, even if you were nude, nothing to be ashamed of - it's just the body you were born with. second of all, a bikini is still "full coverage", so nothing to be ashamed of. finally, just plain nothing to be ashamed of - you were excellent on that show.
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@nbcthegoodplace one of the few shows that got the finale spot on. Newhart is the only other that is a the top of my mind.
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@OK_Dumbass @Popehat @SpiroAgnewGhost anyone who grew up in the NYC media market has known about Trump's questionable business dealings since the 19-bleeding-70s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how does he get anyone to work with/for him anymore?? boggles the mind.
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@TRHLofficial pretty clear that they aren’t buying into the scare stories he used to push policy as President, huh??
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@RossTuckerNFL @ProFootballTalk @TheAthleticNFL it's a damn shame. Flores is a stand-up guy. he deserves better than to be hung out to dry by the team owner -- especially when I'd be willing to bet they spun him a line of BS in the hiring process before they started the fire sale.
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Matt Patricia during the draft. pencil behind his right ear. pen in his hand, that he's chewing on. he's the perfect @rpi Engineer!! @Lions #Draft2020
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why the FUCK is @RepDevinNunes calling my parents house in New England (he's from CA) asking to speak "to the man of the house"?? in 20. fucking. 21. @DevinCow
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@mxterzeroTO @jephjacques yup. my strategy will now be to complain until Brun-Clinton-Elliott is a reality & Hanners returns & hooks up with Melon.
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@CrimeADay strangely, “minimum security llama quarantine facility” is the name of my Toto/ska revival cover band
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@senatorshoshana anyone who calls for a donation & states that they’re with the police, rather than the fund or foundation they’re actually representing gets not only a no but a rude one. that type of fundraising is despicable.
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@PutinsLapDog @Stonekettle background checks have quite literally NOTHING to do with impulse control. you are without a clue.
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says the condescending asshat. it matters not where the locale is. what matters is that moneys accumulated for public education should be allocated for education, rather than for subsidizing bureaucratic jobs programs. seems simple, but it plumb evades these folks.
@yarbro
Jeff Yarbro
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You don’t have to be a condescending asshat. You don’t know where Alamo, TN is, don’t know anything about the people who live there, & don’t know anything about the people who teach there. If 1 kid in every grade uses a voucher, he’s probably got to fire a teacher? Wanna pick?
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@SecurityAmar @desolatesights @RepKatieHill fax is no longer ‘private’ line. that’s from when everything was circuit switched. you’d have a dedicated connection because that’s how the system worked. that was a LONG time ago.
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@ezlazar @FTB_Vids_YT slap to the head was all that prevented a TD. not sure if it met the definition of the rule, but it seemed ... not right. the pass wasn't defended - the receiver was abused.
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@TheMandyMoore @thecherness please clearly state one ‘gun safety’ law that would have prevented this without establishing a police state and complete prohibition. what nonsense.
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@2pfly @StephenGutowski you keep assuming that these cops count as “good guys with guns”. doesn’t look that way from where I’m sitting.
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@CrimeADay got any hacks for mac??
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@MollyQuinn93 & for the record:
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5 years
Chucky costume for dog? Take my money, please. #horror #horrorfans
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hmmm. shouldn't Hugos celebrate best writing, not irrelevancies like sex, gender, orientation, or politics …
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Hugo Awards celebrate women in sci-fi, send Rabid Puppies to the doghouse.
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@BooMan23 @JoshuaHol it is the awareness of & consideration of that thought process that kept us there that long, even though our vital national interests were satisfied within months. it was a fool’s errand, but an understandable one.
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5 years
@JamesSACorey oh. ok. [hides Avasarala and zombie Amos romance fanfic under matress]
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4 years
@pinkrocktopus shouldn’t the headline be catchier?? Lady Slings the Blue
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@mtracey “something must be done. this is something.” 🤡
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@Dan78697489 @robbysoave @benshapiro sorry, incorrect. that honor goes to @DHSgov . very close, though.
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@Stonekettle a shot rings out! a maid screams! suddenly, a pirate ship appears on the horizon.
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@ndjomo76 I like Munchak a lot, & don’t want this to be seen as speaking against him. he’s one of the best. that said, your article leaves a lot to be desired. this is the problem with stats. they don’t mean anything alone, & trying to let them speak for themselves is a fool’s errand.
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@carlquintanilla @FranciscoJVill1 I’ve said it before, & I’ll say it again: if I ever get my hands on a time machine, my FIRST stop will be Vegas to see the Rat Pack in their prime. I’m thinking perhaps The Sands. killing Hitler can wait. Rat Pack first.
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@radleybalko I used to say that. then I looked a little deeper & found out how arbitrary, pointless, baseless, & yes, racist, our immigration quotas & ‘controls’ really are …
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@StephenGutowski @GonzoEcon it's not a "buy-back". the NZ government never owned those firearms. it is confiscation with token remuneration. words mean things - please use the correct ones.
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@glentonrich @marika_gal1 @sevvychu @ExpanseOnPrime is that what Drummer brought to Ashford & he had her “hold until he got back”?? looks like the bottle, but I couldn’t read the label.
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@eat_dc @timcarman does the cocktail involve nyquil & chicken?? just wondering about that colour.
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@Pattieod @pettydredful @Stonekettle she “actuallied” @ him for commenting. apparently his main crime was inadequate wokeness signaling, so basically she was just being a pedantic dick. her past tweets do not play into this.
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@RepThomasMassie @nickgillespie @TPCarney what about earned benefits that derive from deferred income?? i.e., VA & TRICARE health benefits?? you counting those as ‘entitlements’?? how about my @USNavy retired pay?? there’s an unpleasant tendency to mix earned benefits & unearned entitlements …
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@THOTCrime @koaleszenz all other discussions aside, in what modern context are property rights anything but one of the most basic rights??!!
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4 years
@patspulpit natural mistake for the zebras - they are blind in front of themselves, so they called the block that way too.
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@DinoInShaw @ideasimprove no such thing. a proper martini is always made with gin.
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2 years
@TRHLofficial @Timcast also same crowd that talks about lowering voting age to 16. odd, that. almost like their principles are malleable depending on what they’re trying to sell.
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@NickDesideri @cher be nice if she’d be a little more equal opportunity & bash Clinton, Obama, & Trump while she’s at it. Iraq was not our only recent unnecessary military activity.
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beergeekjoey
8 months
ummm. if they're trying to manipulate votes, why would you defend them??
@elaineversic
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Absolutely horrendous. Leave superintendents alone.
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2 years
@ezlazar ridiculous overturn. hands under the ball & controlled. he moved it when on his back after already breaking the plane of the goal. that was a TD.
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beergeekjoey
7 years
reminder, NO. Bernie & Gary unelectable, & Hillary just as dishonest, crony-capitalist, secretive, inept, autocratic, & corrupt as Trump.
@scalzi
John Scalzi
7 years
Reminder: We could have had a competent president.
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@radleybalko & if they find the pill away from the bottle, they'll claim you were breaking up a batch to sell individually, and you won't even be able to show the script label. I used to carry my prescription meds in snack size ziplocs, one for each day of travel. warned not to by LE buddy.
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