Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 5:11:55 AM

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FROM LAST NIGHT:

In #14 Alice in Dairyland said: NYC actress fired after rant over Jason Rivera funeral: Streets closed 'for one f------ cop' But it's okay to burn our cities down when some thug is killed by a cop?  Glad to hear she got a lot of backlash over her thoughtless comment.

And should she need the police, they still will be professional and help her.

Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 5:31:51 AM

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vxbush 1/31/2022 6:12:05 AM

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In #2 Kosh's Shadow said: And on a cold morning, I wonder what kind of idiot mounts the thermostat facing a large window that gets the winter morning sun.

Maybe the same guy who put the thermostat that controls three offices in the office with a leaking window? 

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 6:34:01 AM

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In #3 vxbush said: Maybe the same guy who put the thermostat that controls three offices in the office with a leaking window? 

Or the people who mount it on the wall that has the washer/dryer behind it; such that whenever the dryer, in particular, in running, the thermostat "thinks" it's summer. 

Good morning. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 6:37:31 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 6:37:41 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

To be the contrarian here: I do think police overdo it at times with these funerals.   Yes, honor the fallen.  But people are still having to live their lives, get to work and to home, take their kids to school, etc.  There is no need to shut down entire city centers or (as I've seen around here) shut down large sections of major highways. 

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 6:38:44 AM

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In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: I just got spam that said it came from my memory - I guess I forgot I sent it/////

Kind of like the time a few years ago that I got a spam phone call that (putatively) came from... me.  My own number. 

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 6:48:37 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 6:58:25 AM

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In #6 Occasional Reader said: There is no need to shut down entire city centers or (as I've seen around here) shut down large sections of major highways. 

I agree, but the post was quite insensitive and demeaning to the police. The f-word in particular.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 7:26:15 AM

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In #9 Kosh's Shadow said: I agree, but the post was quite insensitive and demeaning to the police. The f-word in particular.

Of course.  And it shows that people like this actress (whoever she was) are incapable or unwilling of exercising enough decency and self-control, to even make a semi-valid point like a grownup.

JCM 1/31/2022 7:30:46 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

Or puts the thermostat on the opposite side of the wall from the water heater.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 7:38:06 AM

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In #11 JCM said: Or puts the thermostat on the opposite side of the wall from the water heater.

OMG LOOK AT ALL THE GLOBAL WARMING!!!! SAVE US, CRAZY ST. GRETA!

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 7:45:22 AM

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In #2 Kosh's Shadow said: I wonder what kind of idiot mounts the thermostat facing a large window that gets the winter morning sun.

An optimist?  I guess I'm a pessimist because we put our remote one in the coldest spot in the yard.  I want to know just how low we can go.

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 7:49:29 AM

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In #6 Occasional Reader said: There is no need to shut down entire city centers or (as I've seen around here) shut down large sections of major highways. 

I don't think that is their intention, at least for a funeral.  They're giving support to the grieving family and trying to show this issue means something to them. 

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 7:55:01 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 14:

From what I understand, several blocks around St. Patrick's Cathedral were closed to traffic for the event.   That's a huge impact on traffic flow in the city.  The other example I referenced above; some years back I was driving northbound a major Maryland state highway; the entire southbound section of the highway was closed to traffic... except for an absolutely enormous police funeral convoy (at least a mile long).   That kind of takeover of public thoroughfares doesn't sit well with me.  

JCM 1/31/2022 8:14:08 AM

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And from Canada

The small fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa who are holding unacceptable views that they are expressing do not represent the views of Canadians who have been there for each other, who know of that following the science and stepping up to protect each other is the best way to continue to ensure our freedoms, our rights, our values, as a country,” Trudeau said Wednesday.

JCM 1/31/2022 8:19:14 AM

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Interesting.

An internal corporate news posting by Dr. Gupta on how vaccines are the most important thing you can do.

The comments are 2 to 1 shredding Dr. Gupta.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 8:27:20 AM

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Reply to JCM in 16:

“ unacceptable views ”

Pretty Pony: RESIGN

you have betrayed your office.

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 8:30:08 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 8:44:34 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 19:
Then there is this guy (way down in the article)

Unfortunately, not everyone was feeling the spirit of paying tribute to the life of the officer who was murdered during a cowardly ambush. One New York City public school teacher took to Instagram and posted a suggestion that someone might want to take a vehicle and plow into the sea of police officers. Christopher Flanigan, a math teacher in Brooklyn, received an immediate response and is probably wishing he’d kept his opinions to himself about now.

Should be fired immediately. Incitement to violence is not protected speech

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 8:57:10 AM

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In #20 Kosh's Shadow said: Incitement to violence is not protected speech

Depends on the speech and the speaker...

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 8:58:54 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 20:

Wonder if he spent the holidays at Waukesha attending the Christmas parade.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 9:18:35 AM

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In #19 Alice in Dairyland said: You and I, although on the same planet, live in different worlds. 

Uh, really, Alice?  This doesn't seem like a bit of hyperbole, given the subject matter? 

"My idea of a traffic jam is three cars ahead of me at the car wash."

Um, okay.   So now, imagine that, and raise it to an exponent, or two, or three.

" I can understand how this inconveniences you

I wrote absolutely nothing about me being inconvenienced. 

"I also understand these people wanting to express their feelings

Feelings?  That's it?  That's the criterion? 

"Maybe if these processions were announced in advance, people could plan their lives around them. 

I'm sure they were announced in advance.  What I'm talking about here is a question of scale.   And if, for instance, you're trying to get your sick child from your home on the east side to the pediatrician on the west side, it's kind of hard to just "plan around" the whole area between those two points being shut down.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 9:19:20 AM

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In #20 Kosh's Shadow said: Should be fired immediately.

He was, at least according to a post on this at Insty. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 9:36:25 AM

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Those eeeevil Japanese trying to spread COVID misinformation

Anti-parasite drug Ivermectin shows an “antiviral effect” against omicron and other COVID variants according to research released Monday by Japanese pharmaceutical giant Kowa.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 9:42:51 AM

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JCM 1/31/2022 9:47:20 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 25:

Fauci's own NIH has said the same thing.

Conclusions:

Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally.

JCM 1/31/2022 9:53:27 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 26:

What is so sad is all of it was obvious going into a Biden presidency.

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 9:54:31 AM

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Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 10:00:16 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 23:

I am sorry if you feel I am criticizing you, I am not.  We are from very different worlds though.  I would never survive in yours and I don't think you would be very happy living in mine, although I love mine and I'm sure you love yours.  I just try to show life from this side of the prism (like my car wash comment).

I am merely expressing my opinion on this.  I appreciate your side of view too though.  You show me a side of life I am not familiar with and it is a learning experience for me.  I value the input of all the commenters here; they remind me I live in a world beyond on own backyard.    

Occasional Reader 1/31/2022 10:12:25 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 30:

Got it.  Sorry that I misunderstood you.

buzzsawmonkey 1/31/2022 10:38:30 AM

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In #30 Alice in Dairyland said: I value the input of all the commenters here; they remind me I live in a world beyond on own backyard.    

Back in Your Own Backyard.

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 12:41:51 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 32:

How appropriate.  I am most comfortable in my own backyard, but it does me good to get out of it once in a while (or at least peek through the fence occasionally).  I do share her sentiment though. 

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 12:56:46 PM

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Whoopi Goldberg: The Holocaust Had Nothing to Do With Race (Ace of Spades)

Well, I'm glad she's cleared that up.///

And to think, some people take her seriously, they even consider The View as a news source.

Alice in Dairyland 1/31/2022 1:11:27 PM

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Looks like the Canadian truckers have shut the US border down.  Maybe now they can go to work on the southern border for us too.  Wish Phil or Kenneth would chime in on this.

Just a heads up, but it sounds like they are planning a convoy/protest from California to DC.  I don't know when it's planned for though.

doppelganglander 1/31/2022 1:41:54 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 26:

Incredibly depressing and all true. I think the pushback is well underway but we have a long way to go.

lucius septimius 1/31/2022 4:49:48 PM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 34:

Yeah, who cares, as she said, what "white people" do to other "white people."

Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 5:11:34 PM

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I still think someone needs to make an opera about the Nuremburg trials, using Wagner's The Mastersingers of Nuremburg as a model.

The Master Racists of Nuremburg

Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 5:23:17 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 1/31/2022 6:45:31 PM

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