doppelganglander 9/21/2020 5:11:52 PM

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As bad as you think Biden's dementia is, it's probably worse (if this is in fact true).

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 5:22:00 PM

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In #1 doppelganglander said: As bad as you think Biden's dementia is, it's probably worse (if this is in fact true).

I think it is true and they already have written up motions to remove him as president, dated a day or so after the inauguration, due to incompetence.

We need debates. Admittedly, debating Biden will be handicapped abuse, but it is necessary.

doppelganglander 9/21/2020 5:36:41 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 2:

They're going to claim he tested positive for COVID to keep him in the basement until November 4th.

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 5:56:26 PM

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In #3 doppelganglander said: They're going to claim he tested positive for COVID to keep him in the basement until November 4th.

OK, debate via zoom. Even with a teleprompter he'll screw up.

I feel sorry for him, actually. He should be off enjoying his retirement, Instead, the Dems found he was the closest to sane candidate they had. Waiting for the movie, Sense and Senility

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:00:40 PM

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Oh, and the Republicans need to bring back the ad of granny being pushed over the cliff-

(link to full article)

Biden adviser Ezekiel Emanuel wants to reverse the Trump administration’s intention to offer the vaccine to those over 65 ahead of the general population. People over 65 are at the highest risk from COVID-19. But in a new piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Emanuel argues the elderly shouldn’t be given priority because they don’t have as long to live anyway.

Fellow adviser Emanuel, sometimes known as Dr. Death because of his controversial views on the elderly, does the cruel calculation that an 80-year-old man can expect to live only eight years more, so why make vaccinating him a priority?

You don’t want people who think like that calling the shots when lives are at stake.

doppelganglander 9/21/2020 6:04:44 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

That guy is a ghoul.

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:08:45 PM

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So some of the gimmick of Hamilton is they have POC playing white guys. WHITEFACE! CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!

If they can play whites, then whites can play blacks, right?///////

midwestgak 9/21/2020 6:09:05 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 3:

And have a relapse of the virus over and over until 'all the votes' are counted, contested in the courts, contested again, and again until, frankly I have no idea if a landslide victory is possible when our current courts are the de facto decider.

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:10:01 PM

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In #6 doppelganglander said: That guy is a ghoul.

He's probably going to be Biden's doctor should (G-d forbid) he be elected

midwestgak 9/21/2020 6:15:16 PM

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In #8 midwestgak said: when our current courts are the de facto decider.

Or a mayor in Pennsylvania can extend the election count to November 6th.

midwestgak 9/21/2020 6:22:00 PM

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In #10 midwestgak said:

Oops. Governor

doppelganglander 9/21/2020 6:28:36 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 8:

We need a landslide. It's not impossible. The shocking thing will be how many votes he gets in blue states like California. He won't win them, but it will be a lot closer than people think. I am very tired of this bullshit about him not winning the popular vote, as if that matters.

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:37:35 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 12:

I think Trump will get a large, if not majority, black vote. Most want the police. They know the alternative is for their neighborhoods to be run by gangs

lucius septimius 9/21/2020 6:37:36 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:39:34 PM

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In #14 lucius septimius said: Youngest boy started reading LOTR tonight.  A few years later than I did, but I'm not complaining.

But will he make a hobbit of it?

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:47:06 PM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: But will he make a hobbit of it?

Some people never get into LOTR or even the Hobbit. When they read it, they find it to drag on

buzzsawmonkey 9/21/2020 6:47:23 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:48:50 PM

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All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are oft saved from the frost

From the ashes a fire shall be woken!
A light from the shadows shall sing!
Renewed shall be blade that was broken!
The crownless shall once more be king!

(from memory. Ah, Olorin I was called in the west that is no more)

buzzsawmonkey 9/21/2020 6:51:00 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

I got nasty hobbits

They’re on a quest with me

Got to throw away the Ring to

Keep Middle Earth free

Trying to avoid the gaze of

Mordor’s evil lord

Only friend I really trust is

This old Elvish sword—

Come on now, fellows!

Bilbo wrote a song to sing

Maybe that’s why they call us the

Fellowship of the Ring…

buzzsawmonkey 9/21/2020 6:52:21 PM

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Each person in the Shire is something towards to aspire

You're getting to be a hobbit with me

Let me symbolically praise the English yeomanry

You're getting to be a hobbit with me

I used to think that your appetite just meant you liked to eat

But now I must admit that I delight in your furry feet

It began as a fling, but I must make you my Halfling

As devoted as was Frodo's Sam Gamgee

You must slake my desire that's as big as all the Shire

You're getting to be a hobbit with me

No doubt about it

You're getting to be a hobbit with me

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:52:30 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

Or, if you prefer:

Barbisol was Twodor's king
Whose foes his mighty blade did sting
Until one day it got all rusted
And Sorhed's parry left it busted

Thus gloried Twodor came to nothing
Out of the king was beat the stuffing
And thus we live in fear of Fordor
'Till Krona's back in working order

Against the True King Sorhed's workin'
So keep your cards close to your jerkin
'Cause fortune plays a mournful tune
For those whose campaigns peak too soon

--Bored of the Rings

buzzsawmonkey 9/21/2020 6:55:01 PM

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It's just your jive Tolkein

Monumental works

Jive Tolkein

With elves, dwarves and orcs

Jive Tolkein

Adventure and mirth

Jive Tolkein

Set in Middle Earth...

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:57:05 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:57:25 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:58:10 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 6:59:26 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 25:

(Skipping a few comics here)

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:00:34 PM

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Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 7:12:29 PM

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What if the Fellowship of the Ring had been equipped with tactical nuclear weapons (and delivery systems)?

Huh?

It would have been a different story then, tellya whut! 

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 7:13:42 PM

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Say, remember back when Trump recognizing the capital of Israel as, well, the capital of Israel, was going to engulf the Middle East in total war?

Good times. 

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:16:31 PM

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This is indeed a queer river, said Bromosel, as the water lapped at his thighs.

--bored of the rings

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:17:19 PM

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In #28 Occasional Reader said: What if the Fellowship of the Ring had been equipped with tactical nuclear weapons (and delivery systems)?

Unless Soros Sauron had them, too

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:18:53 PM

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In #29 Occasional Reader said: Say, remember back when Trump recognizing the capital of Israel as, well, the capital of Israel, was going to engulf the Middle East in total war?

You do have to admit Obama had a part in the peace deals -- by letting the Gulf states know Israel was the only military power they could rely on against Iran,

He out-Chamberlained Chamberlain

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:20:10 PM

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In #32 Kosh's Shadow said:

Obama going to the bathroom - piss in our time!

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:24:39 PM

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In #32 Kosh's Shadow said: He out-Chamberlained Chamberlain

In #33 Kosh's Shadow said: Obama going to the bathroom - piss in our time!

Chamberlain or chamberpot:?

midwestgak 9/21/2020 7:31:49 PM

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In #31 Kosh's Shadow said: What if the Fellowship of the Ring had been equipped with tactical nuclear weapons

Or this . . .

From the 1920s through to the 1950s Atomic energy was terrifically fashionable. Radium was used in everything from beauty and cosmetics, to household cleaning products (see the photo below of the Radium hand cleaner which ‘takes off everything but the skin’ – yikes!).

So, why were people so keen to use radioactive products in every aspect of their daily lives?  Radiation was meant to ‘energize’ the skin and make it more youthful (it gives a whole new meaning to having a glowing complexion doesn’t it?).

Luckily Radium was pretty expensive so only tiny amounts were generally used in these beauty products. It was still radioactive though, and still caused cancer.

One of the most first mainstream brands of radioactive beauty treatments was Tho-Radia, a French line of skin creams, cosmetics and toothpaste which contained both thorium chloride and radium bromide (hence the name).

doppelganglander 9/21/2020 7:34:23 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 14:

It's remarkable to get kids to read anything these days.

JCM 9/21/2020 7:35:25 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 35:

My favorite....

doppelganglander 9/21/2020 7:40:38 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 35:

My daughter's high school put on a play called Radium Girls. (She was the stage manager.) It's based on the true stories of young women who painted watch dials with glow-in-the-dark, radioactive paint. They would wet the tip of the brush with their tongue, so lots of them developed cancer of the mouth. The company knew it was dangerous but denied them any compensation when they became ill. Some of the girls sued, but they lost in court, IIRC.

JCM 9/21/2020 7:42:28 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 38:

Landmark cases in worker safety. To late for the girls, but resulted in major safety improvements.

midwestgak 9/21/2020 7:49:19 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 38: 

Yes, that was referred to in the article.  But didn't Copy/Paste the entire thing.

I have been forbidden (kindly suggested to that I should Copy/Paste articles rather link them - and rightly so.  I have no idea the havoc it can cause)

Thanks {Kosh}.

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 7:54:12 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 40:
To paste, right-click and select "Paste as plain text"

midwestgak 9/21/2020 8:02:09 PM

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Reply to JCM in 37:
oh, just ore.  Phew.  Radium only becomes dangerous after processing, right? And those containers are, well, they look safe and strong and stackable.  Perhaps in wooden boxes easily loaded onto trains that traverse the nation. 

midwestgak 9/21/2020 8:09:54 PM

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In #41 Kosh's Shadow said: right-click and select "Paste as plain text"

How is that done with a touch pad?

Kosh's Shadow 9/21/2020 8:31:31 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 43:

It depends on the device. Computers have a right button under the touchpad. Maybe a long tap (hold) or a double tap?

Going to bed now, but tomorrow, let me know what kind of device. I have Android devices

@PBJ3 9/21/2020 10:10:34 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 34:

LOL