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Aaw, Mom.

“I am sincerely, very, very sorry for breaking your window, and dumping all your garbage cans, and slashing your tires, and burning a gigantic flaming penis into your lawn, and spray painting “Mr. McGregor is a dooty head!” across the front of your house, and feeding your dog Ex-Lax.” “Geez Mom, can I go now?” …

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Neo Liberalism is NOT Centrism

Irma Won’t “Wake Up” Climate Change-Denying Republicans. Their Whole Ideology Is on the Line. by Naomi Klein, The Intercept 2017-09-11 Trump’s timing is even more revealing for what it shows about what’s really driving climate change denial on the right. It’s not a rejection of the science, but a rejection of the consequences of the …

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So, you have a credit card?

Credit cards are important parts of so many people’s lives and they are their main way of paying for items, bills, and fees. In fact, one of the first thing immigrants do after arriving in the country is think about where they can apply to get a credit card that will let them both pay …

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You Oughta Know

That’s everyone. Every single person we know. The whole city. Can’t be. But it is. It’s gone. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things but even Snopes thinks it’s about you Dave Coulier. And you should be ashamed of that, but not as ashamed as you should be of this- Whatever happened …

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Oh wait, HE’S UP AGAAAAAAIN!

  Perhaps you’ve been puzzled by stories like this- There’s one Obamacare repeal bill left standing. Here’s what’s in it. By Kim Soffen, Washington Post Sept. 6, 2017 After a dramatic series of failed Senate votes in July, there’s one repeal-and-replace plan for the Affordable Care Act left standing. Trump is pushing for a vote, …

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Not Funny

Never said I was. Obnoxious, that was more like it.

10:45 am

 

Solidarity Forever

A DocuDharma and The Stars Hollow Gazette tradition. Solidarity Forever When the union’s inspiration through the workers’ blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one For the Union makes us strong Chorus Solidarity forever, solidarity forever Solidarity …

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Modern Times

I am an Anarcho-Syndicalist, someone who believes in Government by the Populace (democracy) with power devolved to the smallest granularity capable of exercising it except in the case of individual rights which are universal and must be strictly enforced. I have little sympathy for organized Capital or the wealthy. I am a registered member of …

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Sucky Blogging Ahead!

  Today is another travel day and to the extent that there is any content at all I’ll have written it yesterday because I need to pack up my laptop. Additionally I feel a spasm coming on where I use the opportunity of a semi-decluttered desk to install my new liquid cooling setup (and who …

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Two Stories From Hell

One is kind of funny, the other not so much. You see, my friends, I have been to Hell and back. When I say it’s hotter (or colder) than Hell I know whereof I speak, I can even show you the current temperature. Mayor of Hell, Michigan declares heterosexuality illegal, impeached immediately by Gabriel Bell, …

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Net Neutrality Activism!

  We’ve got less than 24 hours left to protect net neutrality by Trevor Timm, The Guardian Wednesday 30 August 2017 Giant corporations shouldn’t dictate how we use the internet. Most people agree with that principle, and that’s why the Federal Communications Commission passed the incredibly popular net neutrality rules in 2015. The Trump administration’s …

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