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Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 11, 2019 2:09:08 GMT -6
New week, new scandals. What's it going to be this time?
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Post by JukEboX on Mar 11, 2019 5:24:58 GMT -6
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Post by cakewench on Mar 11, 2019 5:32:14 GMT -6
Apparently a heartbeat bill passed committee in the Georgia state legislature.
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Post by JukEboX on Mar 11, 2019 5:41:52 GMT -6
And Jeanine Pirro continues to be a deplorable racist to rile up the base. And of course she makes light of Rep Omar's hijab, pretty much calling her a Sharia Law pusher on live television but when Fox "corrects her" she doesn't apologize, or walk anything back on LIVE TV, she puts out a probably greatly unread tweet. I hate those whole system. Fire her ass! Fox News rebukes Jeanine Pirro after she questioned Ilhan Omar's hijabP.S. Jeanine; stop trying to make "Demon Rats" (demo-c-rats) a think. It's not happening.  |
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Post by JukEboX on Mar 11, 2019 6:18:59 GMT -6
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Post by JukEboX on Mar 11, 2019 6:22:05 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Mar 11, 2019 8:15:43 GMT -6
I'm feeling uninspired. But I'm here  NPR has an imaginative story about climate change being reversed in 2050. I'm trying to feel hopeful that someone can even imagine that as a possibility. |
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Post by notblanche on Mar 11, 2019 8:45:17 GMT -6
My contribution: Today is National Napping Day.
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Post by cakewench on Mar 11, 2019 8:53:49 GMT -6
2020 Dem convention will be in Milwaukee. MH and I were there a few years ago on one of our baseball stadium vacations. Absolutely loved it, and not just because we were buzzed most of the day from our brewery tour.  |
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Post by notblanche on Mar 11, 2019 8:58:50 GMT -6
I watched the Tim Apple clip yesterday and I couldn't stop laughing. It was funny on Twitter but even funnier coming out of his mouth.
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Post by notblanche on Mar 11, 2019 9:00:28 GMT -6
One of the victims in the Ethiopian Airlines crash was a Georgetown Law student.
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Post by oreobitsy on Mar 11, 2019 9:12:39 GMT -6
2020 Dem convention will be in Milwaukee. MH and I were there a few years ago on one of our baseball stadium vacations. Absolutely loved it, and not just because we were buzzed most of the day from our brewery tour. I lived in Milwaukee for some years after college. There are a lot of hidden gems there and I'm excited for it to be on a national stage. |
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Post by fatpony on Mar 11, 2019 9:17:10 GMT -6
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Post by Ls2012 on Mar 11, 2019 9:24:11 GMT -6
My contribution: Today is National Napping Day. This is my new favorite day. |
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Post by notblanche on Mar 11, 2019 9:30:03 GMT -6
That's amazing, fatpony. I want to go to there. |
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 11, 2019 9:44:06 GMT -6
There is a scheduled White House briefing today
I’m home with a sick kid so I hopefully can live-blog. She’s awfully clingy for an 8 year old on the tail end of this though
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Post by cakewench on Mar 11, 2019 10:00:46 GMT -6
Trump's budget sucks, calls for $800B cuts from Medicare. Among other things.
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Post by jaygee on Mar 11, 2019 10:15:34 GMT -6
Trump's budget sucks, calls for $800B cuts from Medicare. Among other things. Well fuck this. I wonder if the plan is to make Medicare awful so Medicare for All sounds less appealing. |
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Post by jaygee on Mar 11, 2019 10:16:32 GMT -6
I watched the Tim Apple clip yesterday and I couldn't stop laughing. It was funny on Twitter but even funnier coming out of his mouth. It’s the story that keeps giving. Now he is saying he said Tim Apple to save time. He was shortening Tim Cook from Apple. The guy just cannot act like a normal human and laugh at a funny mistake. |
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Post by richard on Mar 11, 2019 10:28:38 GMT -6
Hi all! I’m back from a long weekend vacation, staying home today to get my shit together.
Tucker Carlson is a human bag of shit. That is all.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 10:48:12 GMT -6
Trump's budget sucks, calls for $800B cuts from Medicare. Among other things. Well fuck this. I wonder if the plan is to make Medicare awful so Medicare for All sounds less appealing. My parents just retired so this makes me super angry/nervous. |
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Post by cakewench on Mar 11, 2019 10:52:58 GMT -6
New app lets conservatives mark restaurants as safe spaces for Trump supporters:
And liberals are the snowflakes. OK.
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Post by greykitty on Mar 11, 2019 11:08:41 GMT -6
Granted, the Trump budget is probably DOA, but - may be an opportunity for Democrats to strengthen/reinforce appeal to seniors (which is a group that really comes out to vote, year after year).
I really think that while Medicare for All in some form is no doubt appealing and I hope the logistics can be worked out, threaten Medicare for seniors and it's touching a third rail. I do think Democrats have to be very cognizant to reaching out not only beyond the coasts and the very progressive side of the party, but to all age groups. Assuming we want to win in 2020.
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Post by jaygee on Mar 11, 2019 11:09:54 GMT -6
I know it's very early, but the Ethiopia Air crash, in conjunction with the Lion Air crash a few months ago, raises so many questions about the safety and training for the new 737 MAX 8's. I China is grounding the plane. I’m definitely worried. |
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Post by ladybrienne on Mar 11, 2019 11:18:06 GMT -6
Tucker Carlson can suck my unwashed undercarriage.
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Post by ladybrienne on Mar 11, 2019 11:20:31 GMT -6
Also I have been deep in a West Wing re-watch lately.
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Post by byjove on Mar 11, 2019 11:29:25 GMT -6
I know it's very early, but the Ethiopia Air crash, in conjunction with the Lion Air crash a few months ago, raises so many questions about the safety and training for the new 737 MAX 8's. I China is grounding the plane. I’m definitely worried. It's definitely not good. I was reading something that it could be related a wind/angle sensor at the front of the plane that may not be correctly interrupting take off and trying to over compensate by directing the nose of the plane down-putting it into stall/nose dive. They really haven't come to any conclusions from the Lion Air crash yet though. Just absolutely terrifying. |
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Post by elle on Mar 11, 2019 11:45:20 GMT -6
I know it's very early, but the Ethiopia Air crash, in conjunction with the Lion Air crash a few months ago, raises so many questions about the safety and training for the new 737 MAX 8's. I China is grounding the plane. I’m definitely worried. And we are doing...nothing? |
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 11, 2019 12:05:59 GMT -6
China is grounding the plane. I’m definitely worried. And we are doing...nothing? American Delta and Southwest have grounded theirs |
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Post by FlightView on Mar 11, 2019 12:18:13 GMT -6
The FAA urged Boeing to create a fix for the 737-Max 8 and 9 aircraft because to put it simply, the nose pitches downward dramatically. So, Boeing did create a fix even though they wanted to provide additional training. The fix, which is called MCAS (movement characteristics augmentation system) prompted the FAA to run an emergency advisory circular, which means operators have to comply with the fix within 3 days.
The MCAS is what is suspected of causing the accidents in my aviation circle.
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