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My grandfather served some prison time over the general strike in San Francisco.

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I do not know why the most sane feminist place I know on the Internet asks this hater to publish.

His take on Feinstein was disqualifying.

He is such an odious sexist troll.

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Interesting take; I hadn't heard that before. Link?

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Go and read his response to her death. It is really truly hateful.

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OT: I thought this was the OT, because I am so done already. I did eat lasagna and feel a little better? Pro tip, but fat is a side effect

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You mean energy reserve.

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Yes, like a lasagna beluga

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Lasagna with beluga?

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"What's all this I hear about big sugar beets?"

- Emily Latella

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Every school in this country should have a high school course on U.S. labor history.

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NC's legislature eliminated one course (of two previously required) on US History.

They replaced it with a required "personal finance" course that explains the US capitalist system, personal finance, and loans. And says absolutely nothing, of course, about worker rights, unions, and anything beyond GOP talking points on "trickle down" theory.

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Useful but not a substitute

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That's practically Creationism for Economics!

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That sounds like one'a them communizms...

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Yes, that's why I withheld 'should require'! Although it should be required but, as you point out, thems comminizmx.

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OT: birb just took a bike ride.

Is all sweaty.

Like this, but on bike.

https://youtu.be/NmMMHuzDtG0?si=lQiYB8USJY96klI3

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man if we ever needed an Open Thread today is the day.

Well, one of the days anyway.

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As we say in Australia; 'When see a scab, picket!'

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Thank you, again, Mr Loomis for more labor education.

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sugar cane is another one of those crops nobody likes to work with. so, obviously, insult must be added to injury.

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Fine I guess we will all have to eat bakers chocolate, and drink sour leonaid.

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Leninade, because commies.

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No one in history ever described him as sweet

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Mix sour lemon and baking chocolate and sell it as a boner aid

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When life gives you lemons, just eat 'em.

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Wait a minute - maybe there's something wrong with them! Why else would you get lemons for free? Are they cursed? Diseased?

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I usually just go looking for vodka.

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Plastic fruit makes plastic juice, to coin a Hooperism.

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Good one I swear by. Get those $6 pressers

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