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What’s going on in that hed gif? Of course I will tell you :)

https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/atlas-a-guy-who-held-up-the-celestial

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Can't find where to send story tips.... Please advise. Kbretsch at that damn gmail.com

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The gif od Trump as Atlas shaking down the world before getting flattened by the Dance of the Hours hippos made me smile. Thanks.

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Hard (not hard) to believe Radley Balko came up with another example of asshole judges making our "justice" "system" look like a Monty Python skit only with the cruelty dialed up to eleven.

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I highly encourage everyone to read The Split. It's good! But it's also annoying! Waiting a week between chapters is not the Dickensian future I want for myself. But it's good!

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I did look at the toilet paper and may order some but I still have a bunch from when my husband thought we were almost out and bought a case. OMG, I am sure I told him we had a lot, he just didn't know where I had it stashed.

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I don't want to read The Split because I prefer my fiction to be a little less like reality

eggplant parm is my go-to at Italian restaurants, 'cause I'm the only one who likes it. How well they do it is usually a pretty good bellwether on the restaurant's quality, too.

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"James Carville" Why are we giving attention to this relic from a bygone century?

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fe-male babadookial ways --❣️

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fe-male babadookial ways --❣️

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Jon Stewart was ON FIRE last night. I highly recommend this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMinX6t1Zk

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Fuck. Crooked Texas AG Ken Paxton gets off the hook in his felony securities fraud trial. No admission of guilt. 10 hours of remedial law education. 100 hours of community service. Has to pat restitution to those he defrauded.

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If money wins elections, the Democrats are in GREAT shape!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rncs-fundraising-hole-is-even-deeper-than-it-looks?ref=home?ref=home

It’s no secret that the Republican National Committee is in dire financial straits. But what’s less known is just how bad that situation really is...

...However, a close examination of the RNC’s recent financial statements reveals that those numbers are hiding some holes. A lot of the RNC’s recent fundraising—millions of dollars of it—is unusable for political spending. Instead, that money can only support a limited range of activities.

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lol, Tesla is going to force buyers to take a "FSD" demo ride at delivery of new cars.

Rumor is they are also going to do that after service appointments. Maybe a hoax, but if thats real, I'm going to have some fun with it.

Give me my car back, or I report it stolen. Oh, you want to take me hostage in my own car? lol

Oh, and yeah, "FSD" is no where near ready for prime time. It tries to crash every 1-20 miles. Average USA drivers crash every 200k miles. Really good drivers go 5-10 times that (basically never crash).

They have some work to do before its safe.

https://electrek.co/2024/03/25/elon-musk-mandates-tesla-install-demo-full-self-driving-beta-every-new-delivery/

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I'm late to the party, so if the "American Effuent" has already been said, apologies.

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