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albacore

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June 5, 2020

Vigilantes....

Vigilantes.... well, actually, when you keep somebody somewhere against their will, that's kidnapping, but we'll let that go, because.... well... Freedom! Murika!

If these folks had only been armed.... they could have shot their way out of this thing. You know... good guys with guns.

JHC! We're gonna see more of this.


"A multi-racial family who tried to go camping in Forks, Washington were allegedly harassed and threatened by locals who accused them of being antifa members coming to riot. The Spokane family of four told Clallam County sheriff’s deputies that seven or eight carloads of people confronted them in a parking lot on Wednesday when they stopped to buy camping supplies. The family assured the group they were not antifa members but were just camping.

At least four cars, some of which appeared to have people carrying semi-automatic rifles, followed the family as they drove to the campsite. As they pitched a tent, the family reported hearing gunshots and power saws. They decided to leave but found trees had been cut down to block the road out. Four local high-school students ended up calling police and using chainsaws to help clear the roadway for the family, the sheriff’s department said in a statement. A criminal investigation is underway."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/spokane-family-harassed-and-trapped-in-fork-washington-campsite-after-being-accused-of-being-antifa?source=facebook&via=desktop&fbclid=IwAR3vteyFdxYAxf3qWieUsmx87Kam-MhBjWSGbq6-2SwWLFX8lliL9x8ncf0

May 12, 2020

I just went to 538...

trump's approval rate is 43.5%
His disapproval rate is 51.5%

WTF! I mean WTFF!

Virtually unchanged.

You mean to tell me that 43.5% of Murikans are actually approving that creature?

If Biden wins... and there is no certainty there... we STILL have to deal with that 43.5%.

And the aftermath of the virus... or the aftermath of the second - or third - wave of virus.

And the various economic disasters that are hitting us.

For the first time in my 60 years of following our history and politics, I fear for the survival of the country.

May 7, 2020

Boycotting Costco over masks? I'm so exhausted by all the stupid these past three years.

"Costco will soon require shoppers to wear masks in its stores. And some members of the warehouse chain are not pleased with the policy change.

"Adios #Costco! Won't be renewing my membership!" a Twitter user said on Tuesday in response to the new policy. "I REFUSE to mask up for the low IQ mob that's falling for the propaganda, not to mention the health risks by restricting oxygen!"


https://www.businessinsider.com/people-boycott-costco-for-requiring-them-to-wear-masks-stores-2020-5?op=1&fbclid=IwAR2d-G_21AOBn1HH9egZAfiwA7pvgiStoYDtuZ_alBDJeccz7HCz-vNaGuM

April 19, 2020

Did trump actually say....

"If I hadn’t been elected, the world would be over now.”

A normally reliable source said he heard it on TeeVee during a recent trump-dump.

I can't find it, but....

Anybody hear it or have a source?

March 31, 2020

Can somebody with a stronger stomach than mine keep me/us apprised...

..of what trump is blathering at the update currently on TV?

March 5, 2020

Ukraine...

I can find this nowhere else, and the source is a little sketchy, but has anybody heard of this buildup occurring?

"Russia deployed nearly 90,000 troops, 1,100 tanks, 2,500 armored fighting vehicles, 1,600 artillery and missile systems, 340 combat aircraft and other weapons and equipment on the border with Ukraine.
"In total, about 87,000-90,000 servicepersons (in particular, more than 35,000 members of the 1st and the 2nd army corps) of the Armed Forces of Russia are stationed along the state border of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk regions and Crimea. There are also 1,100 tanks, 2,500 armored fighting vehicles, 1,600 artillery and missile systems, 340 combat aircraft, 240 combat helicopters, more than 50 ships/boats and 6 submarines,"

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/2888352-russia-pulls-90000-troops-1100-tanks-hundreds-of-planes-to-border-with-ukraine.html

February 22, 2020

I use a bluetooth wireless mouse....

Today, for no apparent reason, as long as I have Bluetooth enabled, my internet connection is slow to non-existent.
Bluetooth on... nothing. No mail.. no internet.
Bluetooth off... fast everything.
This is new. I've been using the Bluetooth mouse at many different networks with no problem.
What did I do? Or... what did the computer gods do to me?

January 16, 2020

So... who will the Repubs run in 2020..?

I am heartened in my belief that he won't serve out his term by the Parnas interview. I don't have to believe Parnas...I just want his charges and evidence investigated at the Benghazi level of intensity.

Pence seems implicated, and the Dems will eat him alive in the campaign...smearing trump all over him.

Who will the Repubs run? My guess is Romney.

I hope there are people in the party thinking of ways to stop Romney. Or whoever.

January 8, 2020

On CNN just now...6pm Pacific

El Douche is going to "speak to the nation" soon.
Somebody start a thread... I don't have the stomach to watch/listen to him

December 22, 2019

Repubs are purging voting rolls....

What can people in those states do to:
A) find out if they have been purged.
b) get back on the rolls.

I live in WA state, and we don't seem to have any of that, but then, we are a blue state.

Can somebody clue me in?

https://news.yahoo.com/us-voting-rights-republicans-purge-163720617.html

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