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COUNTDOWN.....
more than a little tech ignorant. really just a monkey trained to drive... https://www.270towin.com/2020-countdown-clock/
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Coronavirus conspiracies
Does anyone think maybe China started this thing to ruin the west in order to make their rise to number one superpower easier?
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Bill Gates
just wondering what people think about him. someone in another thread said he is an asshole. there are many anti-capitalist around here and you must hate this guy. but why? personally I think he is one of the most outstanding people in the world. He is stepping down as chairman of microsoft to spend all his time working…
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So.... Bill Maher...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgInmHHO0m4 What is his problem. Is he just an old condescending idiot?
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Wildfire Watch/ Drought Watch
For those of us in California, fire and drought are big news. On the way home from a brief trip to the coast I spotted this event in the distance as it just started taking place: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/25/6583474/wildland-fire-burning-in-el-dorado.html The unsettling thing is they say fire season has just begun and…
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When Will Donald Trump Be Quarantined?
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Next President
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we had a President that did nothing like prior Presidents, pissed off the long term political appointees and challenged the status quo? Haven’t our political machines been in place way too long and need some shaking up that would make people in DC nervous? What do you think the DC squatters would…
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Iraq Rocket Attack
US & UK troop among 3 dead. Yikes. https://www.france24.com/en/20200311-us-uk-troops-among-3-dead-in-iraq-rocket-attack-us-official-1
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Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan, Milo and others as Dangerous
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as 'dangerous' https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/facebook-ban-louis-farrakhan-infowars-alex-jones-milo-laura-loomer/index.html
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No Free Speech on American College Campuses
Glad I went to college in the 1990s where there was a diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Speakers with controversial viewpoints were a common occurrence as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNEyUsDprPY
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Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Florida and Tennessee
I saw today that both Florida and Tennessee have pending Anti-LGBTQ legislation. I don't understand what these republican politicians are so afraid of. Tennessee governor says he will sign anti-LGBT adoption bill…
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Are you in favor of giving illegal immigrants free health care?
Here's an anonymous poll to see how we think on this subject. I don't like labels, and liberal to moderate to conservative is not simply black, grey and white so just go with one of the three because we cant have endless categories. This poll was inspired by what mrussel1 said in the Dem Candidates thread: "I mean, here we…
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Something about teacher's pay...
This is awful. Further movement toward becoming Cretin Nation. If we don't both expect our teachers to be highly professional and compensate them accordingly, what can we expect from students? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teacher-pay-gap_us_57b202cee4b0718404123555?section=politics
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On Whiteness
Since this came up recently, and I believe some things are being pretty widely misunderstood, I thought I'd open a thread to talk about "whiteness" as a concept. To get us started, here are a couple of (lengthy) quotes about what it means to treat "whiteness" as something different than (or a least not coextensive with)…
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This weeks Darwin Award winner
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408683,00.html Bangladesh police say a crocodile killed and ate a 25-year-old after he waded into a pond next to a shrine in an attempt to receive the animal’s blessing, news.com.au reported Friday. Inspector Humayun Kabir said Rubel Sheikh and his mother traveled to the Muslim Khan…
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We stand with Quaden! Stop the bullies
Quaden Bayles is an Australian Indigenous 9 year old boy with Dwarfism who gets bullied so much he wants to kill himself. This story has gone viral around the world.. Yarrakka who is Quadens mum didn't know where else to turn but to post it live for help and the love and support from around the world is mind blowing.. stop…
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Bloomberg for President
I'm starting to wonder if he's "the guy." Although I think Biden's baggage (Burisma, etc.) is bullshit, Bloomberg seems to be the perfect counter to tRump right now. I'm torn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=7OOfDF8_TE8&feature=emb_logo
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Family murdered by husband in a car fire in Brisbane
Domestic violence at it's worst😭 RIP Hannah and your 3 beautiful children.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3130002260380923&id=107637365950776
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Zimmerman at it again...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/07/29/george-zimmerman-pompano-pats-florida/13315441/ Zimmerman claimed to be a security guard for this gun store....owner says otherwise see a pattern here?
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Australia on fire🔥😷
As summer hits the battle is getting too much for our firies who have been at it for months now. We have NZ help and now Canada. We need all the support we can get. God help us 😢 this is NSW at the moment. Can barely breathe https://www.facebook.com/226228487518348/posts/1593624627445387/