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Willfully Horn

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  1. It sucks to feel dumb. Navin Johnson didn’t run for ag in the movie, the Jerk, which I had to double check, because that would place DON’T TRUST WHITEY is an understandable context with the name. Not that the warning isn’t currently trenchant. And the ad/image/meme is quite funny. A bit satirical. Possibly effective. Care to shed more light on this image, sir? If this is your work, you have my respect reluctantly, because cynicism is salty and the wounds remain raw.
  2. Because I believe theirs is original work, I respect this Jouquette, and I bristle thinking some might call him/her a grifter. Selling a product the market wants isn’t grifting. It’s capitalism. They sell stuff. Such as: and https://www.jesseduquette.com/
  3. The narrative tracks, and I have no reason to doubt it, other than the Daily Beast’s report found on mediabiasfactcheck. The DB also has a mixed rating, Of course, and full disclosure, I might be placing too much faith in the media bias site. My hot take is that it seems more likely that turnip wants to limit his lawsuit exposure. Creeping on the wives of friends, for all I know, is laudable among the slice of society that support tfg.
  4. Agree. Tangentially, politico deals in fact. I was disappointed to learn times of India has a mixed relationship with fact.
  5. UNZ publishes articles with headings such as “Make Naziism Great Again.” Orwell would not have been surprised by a media outlet using world wide revulsion to Nazis to further Nazi goals, goals such as nationalism, authoritarianism, and the demonization of the marginalized. I don’t care to learn all the nuances that exist between proud supporters of historical nazism, and whatever it is that wants the same things, but is sanguine about using historical opprobrium as a tool. Maybe someone is interested. Let me know your conclusions. https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/to-denazify-ukraine-russia-and-americans-must-denazify-usa/ https://www.unz.com/topic/neo-nazis/
  6. UNZ.com, also known as UNZ review has been rated a far right biased (which is fine) organization with a LOW reputation of factual reporting, (which is the antithesis of fine.) You are a nut. You are also a nut for ignoring that this administration is actively destroying, instead of protecting and defending, our Constitution. But, congrats on being among the vanguard for the normalization of anti-semitism. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-unz-report/
  7. Truth.
  8. Mrs Llama has a better driving record than me. And, yes, my kid’s group was rightfully stopped, and a ticket would have been appropriate. We have taught our daughter traffic stop/police etiquette, so when the query for permission to search was made, she, from the passenger seat, immediately said “no.” The cop asked her why, and she said it was within their rights to refuse. Maybe the cop was actively looking for drugs with every traffic stop, and maybe the automatic refusal and assertion of a right to do so pissed off the cop. To us, speeding itself shouldn’t justify a search, much less a K9 search. And we are angered that an unsuccessful search was followed by a physical search of their persons.
  9. I’d agree with you, but the State of Texas did not treat devastating and deadly flooding with the same balls to the wall energy they muster for an injury sustained while on the job. That isn’t fine.
  10. Because my dad’s mom’s family emigrated from Switzerland, (taking a ship from La Havre to New Orleans, I did some cursory research on their immigration policy. And Swiss born grandparents do not a citizenship make. If I could get past the notion my family left all their history behind for a reason, I’d look further.
  11. 45 in a 35. They say they were slowing down.
  12. More than a half hour ago I learned that refusing to give permission for police to search your car is justification for a K9 search. At least in Fredericksburg. Youngest was a passenger, at that time, on a trip back from NM. Added another 45 minutes to their journey. When all was said and done, the driver was issued a warning, and they were sent on their way. Edited to add that my daughter was physically searched by police.
  13. And you know this how? I tried to parse that statement through another lens, but, I guess I’m not as smart as you. Please explain it to me. Hate? Hate isn’t righteous. (Obviously, not speaking about our Deadhead).
  14. Again, bullshit. And, fuck you. I am no wolf in sheep’s clothes. Small town voting patterns show that some crimes are completely acceptable, while other acts, which break no law, are worthy of scandal and opprobrium. The first category might be CR, except for popos out of control, which is a common DT topic. The second category is best summed up in the phrase culture wars. Edited to point out your choice to invoke the word “clean” proves my point. You use the word to mean acts which meet a given locale’s image of itself.. One example, there are small towns where one’s religion is judged. Certainly, to reach the conclusion that an individual is “clean” involves sustained scrutiny.
  15. Bullshit. Spent my formative years in a typical small town. No one pays closer attention to other people’s business than small town citizens.
  16. Well, alright. I will concede and seek further information for my own edification.
  17. Not Catholic, but attended a Jesuit high school, and was raised Episcopalian. Perhaps this explains my understanding of this situation. Nevertheless, my belief is common enough that AI offered the following to a question about transubstantiation and contransubstantiation: Edited to add the definition of contransubstantiation: Unlike transubstantiation, consubstantiation maintains that the bread and wine do not change their fundamental nature (their substance). They remain bread and wine, even after consecration.
  18. Catholic concessions to alcoholics and celiac sufferers belie the Catholic doctrine that holds wine and bread transform into blood and flesh of Christ. Accordingly, Catholics now say that one need not consume both bread and wine to fully partake in the sacrament.
  19. And this is why electing the dimmest and most servile to cult thought makes not only for the worst leaders, but also the most disastrous.
  20. Your math maths. The other factor is the assumptions underlying how much rainfall is considered a 100, or a 500, year event. If rain falls more heavily (as climate scientists have been saying) in 2025, than it did for the years upon which those benchmarks were established, then those flood plain maps are likely behind the times. I know Austin updated their flood maps maybe seven years ago, give or take. Part of the reason for the update was construction. More impervious cover, more run off. But, the premise that heavier rain falls more frequently was also a part of the matrix.
  21. He will spend most of his speaking time deflecting from the flood.
  22. Sirens are a last line of defense. Agree with you, but add the failure to communicate.
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