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Shawn Fein is a socialist party, so close enough.

I mean Sinn Fein. Dammit.

An IRA reallllllly means something different in the US and in Ireland.

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Ta, Dok. Solidarity forever.

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I was laughing pretty good reading the DOJ press release, then I rushed over here to laugh some more, but you haven't written it up yet!

I CANNOT WAIT!

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/congressman-george-santos-charged-conspiracy-wire-fraud-false-statements-0

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Since I don't watch FOX "News," can anyone tell me if they're already claiming that Santos is a Democrat?

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Those people working for EDNY, do they ever sleep? I bet attorneys at most of the rest of the District Courts in the US just HATE those EDNY guys for showing them up, because we know god damn well that public corruption is not some exotic growth only known to luxuriate in three out of NYC's five Burroughs. C'mon, you slackers- look at what some genuinely hard working people can accomplish if they raise their sights up from railroading petty street criminals and go after the big fish. Where there are Republicans, there you will find corruption and plenty of it, just as sure as you'll find centipedes and pillbugs if you lift a rotten branch off the ground.

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Oct 11, 2023·edited Oct 11, 2023

I mean, c'mon George. Republican grift is stealing money LEGALLY. LEGALLY! SCOTUS basically lets you do it. Did you not get the memo?

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Ho-lee shit. Illegally charging his donors' credit cards? Piece of work doesn't begin to describe this guy.

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I'm glad I'm not the only being driven crazy by that name, Shawn Fein. His parents had to have done that on purpose.

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Imagine if they'd gone with Sean.

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So is buying a vehicle that gets 12 miles to the gallon an “own the libs” zinger? I has a confuse.

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The rich are too fatty. I'll eat them only if they've been made into cracklins. Then it will be non-non time.

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Rich women tend not to be fat. It's a whole thing in the US.

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Slow cook for a long time then.

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or just use them for stock

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OT: I’m at SFO, waiting for my flight home. Having lunch for a lot less than $78.

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Shawn Fain is the "My T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt" guy.

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The UAW seems to have lit a fuse in my union's ass. My union rep was all over the store today, letting everyone know contract talks start tomorrow, and we will be kept informed about the progress. Normally we find out after the fact, but since the union president already stated a strike is sitting right in the middle of the table, shit is being taken seriously this time.

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My union is organizing picketing while negotiations occur. I hope they win us some better pay.

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Good luck!!!! I hope you get big raises.

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This is what hope smells like. I'd almost forgot

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Good story. This could have been done without the "killing it" headline, today of all days, however.

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So, what's going in the SILENT House today??? (no speaker, get it?)

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That last sentence was pure perfection

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Oops, maybe the UAW knows something we don't when it comes to EVs. https://jalopnik.com/building-evs-may-actually-require-more-workers-1850915427

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he is still not a political party in Northern Ireland, so could you please stop asking him what he thought of “Derry Girls.”

Sister Michael has entered the chat

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Sinn Fein?????

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How about Jerry Addams?

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Some guy from Sinn Féin on line two, and dang, his watch sure ticks loudly.

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HANG UP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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everybody get off the bus!

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your avatar matches that comment perfectly, gave me a giggle

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the avi is my sprit animal.

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The More You Know ...

1 US gallon = 3.78541 liters

1 liter of petrol in the UK, average = 156.9p (£1.57)

1 US gallon of petrol in the UK = 593.9p (£5.93)

UK price for 1 US gallon of gas = $7.29

Start with that price.

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Here's hoping that soon a response might be "What is this gasoline of which you speak?"

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