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  1. Pommer

    The refrigerator

    There are food items that I do not keep in the refrigerator: Here’s a partial list: Vinegar Mustard (prepared: yellow, brown, and powdered) Dried spices Ketchup Soy sauce (all varieties) Bullion paste Breads
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    Texas Champions the Rights of the Unborn…Until It Doesn’t

    A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth. This case is pre-Dobbs, wherein Texas fights against a fetus’ status as a pre-born human being.
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    “Little ‘Johnny’?” Not Without Parental Permission! [Florida Man]

    New rule under the DeSantis regime requires written permission by parent/guardian to use a nickname other than their child’s legal name. Loads more paperwork for no apparent reason. Freedom!
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    Fresh atop the IANAL [I am not a lawyer] files: How does our justice system work?

    I’m starting to see a trend in the (seemingly) endless stream of “normal workings of government” being turned into scandal. Not the latest (by any means) but the “Suspicious Activity Reports” that banks are required by law are required fo produce, are now being waved around as “evidence” that...
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    A House Divivded

    [Fair warning: link goes to radical left NPR] On why [Russel Moore, editor Christianity Today] thinks Christianity is in crisis: I shan’t participate much in this thread but it’s always good to see my Christian brethren “share in love” their feelings along these lines.
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    Trouble in Russia?

    The Wall Street Journal is reporting: “Russian authorities stepped up security in Moscow and issued an arrest warrant for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner paramilitary group, on charges of mutiny after he called on his troops to oust the country’s military leadership.”
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    Somebody please reboot the server…

    The site is awful clunky tonight. The ads aren’t loading correctly which futzes with Chrome, which locks up
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    Fresh atop the “free speech” party’s agenda, stifling speech.

    Tennessee Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. Suddenly disrupting a session of the Tennessee House is “serious”.
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    Statement on President Carter’s Health

    Statement on President Carter’s Health Feb. 18, 2023 ATLANTA (Feb. 18, 2023) — After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. He has...
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    Near Miss as FedEx Jet Aborts Landing Allowing Southwest to Depart Austin

    I found out about this on the Chinese spyware known as TikTok, link is to Politico. The TikTok was wild.
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    State of the Union Speech 2023 (reaction)

    I caught the last 20 minutes or so and apart from a couple of slurred words he done pretty good. Where can I watch the rebuttals?
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    Now, I MIGHT be a bit biased, but…

    It seems to me that people who are concerned about what their children and college students are learning in our schools and places of higher education, seem to have ceased to realize that subversive thinking needs to be taught in order for future Republicans to understand why it is bad (other...
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    Unless you want a more “verbose” level of discourse…

    Please make the “Delete Draft” option easier to get to, thank you!
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    Ivana Trump dead at 73, mother of Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Kushner, Eric Trump

    “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City,” the former president wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and...
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    Don’t “Back the Blue” Closer than 96 Inches

    Recordings within 8 feet of police will be illegal in Arizona under new law People will no longer be allowed to take close-range recordings of Arizona police under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday. House Bill 2319, sponsored by state Rep. John Kavanagh, makes it...
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    Oklahoma GOP’s “ Students’ Religious Belief Protection Act” would fine teachers $10K

    From the party of “small government” this gem of a bill: Oklahoma Republican Senator Rob Standridge has introduced a bill that would allow people to sue teachers if they offer an opposing view from the religious beliefs held by students. …the bill forbids school districts to employ a person...
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    Massive Tornados Strike Four States

    Reports of at least 50-100 deaths.
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    Colorado AG Trains Lens on Aurora PD, FD (report)

    There’s Trouble with a capital “T” and that rhymes with “P” and that stands for “police”!
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    Privilege is getting YOUR language on the FEMA page

    The FEMA/Ida (hurricane) page hosts several Public Service Announcements in English and American Sign Language but not for the Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese or if you’d like to watch additional ASL videos. You can see those on the totally not a Government website, [checks notes] YouTube* Swing...
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    Darling not Darling anymore at NRB

    Daniel Darling, senior vice president of communications for the National Religious Broadcasters, was fired Friday (Aug. 27) after refusing to recant his pro-vaccine statements, according to a source authorized to speak for Darling. Cancel culture is “okay” this week.