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+1 @Mona & @larryB
Assuming that there will continue to be elections run with voters filling out ballots what's the over-under in the prediction markets that these voting sites will be manned by ICE and/or border patrol and/or proud boys and so…
Re: vance - I'm curious about whether or not he has the allegiance of the other knuckleheads in that nothing party or could there be some serious infighting? Would like to see them all take each other out.
To this day I miss living in CA having moved years ago. There's just a vibe there that I don't get in other areas including my home state. If only my income met my wanderlust.
I tend to agree with both @sma3 and @DrVenture. I don't trade my mutual funds either and I like to look for funds going against the grain if I'm going to pay for active management. Doesn't seem to make much sense doing otherwise.
@rono - Here's a little backup help from Prince ' Lets Go Crazy' if you want to give it a go:
Let's go crazy
Let's get nuts
Let's look for the purple banana
'Til they put us in the truck
Let's go
We're all excited
But we don't know why
Maybe it's …
The Borowitz Report, Feb. 2,2026
"WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump announced on Monday that he had successfully completed the first phase of the Kennedy Center’s renovation by removing its audience.
Arguing that a building cannot u…
Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't, we're going to blow a 50-amp fuse"
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'Patriot Warriors' are more like a bunch of sicko's armed and paid to inflict maximum cruelty w/o fear of retribution. I wonder how long they expect that to last or is that the set up?
But only because they are now being outed or at the very least mentioned in the files. Does anyone care to guess how much it will cost them to get the justice they want?
Courtesy of Peter from the Ralston Gallery in Maine. (I was introduced to him through HCR)
"Absent my ability to presently share all that I have to say on this and related matters, I will share a few thoughts from others, observations that pertain …
Finally a bit of good news - Judge orders the release of 5-yr old Liam Ramos and his dad from ICE detention center. I'll believe it when I see it but I am thankful if it's true.
Report
Fred Biery, a United States District Judge for the Western Dis…
" Mr. Saracco’s court date is set for March."
In the meantime can he be held and shifted around to various detention facilities w/o informing any one of his whereabouts? And roughed up and beaten just because? Denied access to legal representation,…
"There are lawmakers who believe “laying low” is the best way to get through the Trump era, Rhoads said. “I believe if we’re going to beat him, we’ve got to fight now.”
and we have a bingo.
That ain't all they can suck. So back to the same ol' same ol' business as usual. I'm willing to bet over half the ICE agents either can't and/or haven't read any of these memos and just go out and about doing whatever they feel like doing, making s…
Well don't I feel like a total dunce. Having followed Bruce Springsteen since he first appeared on the scene I had no idea that the Jersey Girl tune was not his own. I am thoroughly ashamed but I still love that tune.
"Part of the point of all this chaos is to get you to forget the wins of course. However, the people of MN broke this fascist 47 and his goons. It wasn’t the polls, and no — it won’t be forever, but the PEOPLE did something. The PEOPLE pushed back.
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