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Hank Kingsley

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  1. 21 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    I am happy to see some videos to the contrary. Everything I recall when Epstein was brought up he got real cagey real quick. 

    Trump randomly brought up Epstein/Clinton at CPAC in 2015. Not even sure he was officially running for President yet. 

     

  2. 6 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

    Very nicely done and cool music.

    Good job.

    Thanks! The song is "Victory Dance" by My Morning Jacket. It's a slow burn, but always pumps me up and the lyrics feel pertinent. My favorite part was syncing up the Arch clips with the 2nd verse, where God (or a higher being) is talking to the main character: 

    Hey there, I'm flying up above
    Lookin' down on the tired earth
    But I can see I can see potential
    Speaking through you, speaking to you
    From all of heavens possibility
    Power, hey do you know how it works?
    Hey do you know that the meek, they shall inherit the earth?
    But you should work, for the self and the family

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  3. 1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    @Hank Kingsley posted on the camp flood thread that taffee has two cousins that were counselors at La junta. No clue how to verify that, but there’s your connection, aggy. 

    The Taaffe family tree and their circle of friends have a lot of history with these summer camps. I can only imagine how many people they know who were deeply affected by this tragedy. 

     

     

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  4. 38 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:

    Look at the totality of the circumstances. Her Abbott and Crenshaw comments. Her comments about MAGA. Her complete disregard for parents' fears. Her empty apology followed by no action on her part at all. Yes, it is a matter of free speech. But speech has consequences as well. 

    One of the little girls who died was the granddaughter of a good friend of mine at UT. He and I played IM sports together, drank together, a great dude. The remains of his granddaughter was not found for 7 days.  Can you imagine the anguish that family went through? I know I certainly can. I had a daughter who died when she was 23 years old. Having a daughter or granddaughter ripped from life leaves a huge hole.

    So, while this tragedy was in its first hours and we did not truly know the extent of the devastation, to have a pediatrician post something like that, and then issue a very empty apology struck a nerve.

    I have been pushing back hard against the incompetent mental health/medical providers for years. This doctor though...

    And yes, there absolutely must be an investigation into this. But, it is going to be turned into a political clownshow by both parties.

    Oh.. and as to the dude who made a reply to the "red, blue, or purple" remark, I an a staunch independent. Did not vote for Trump or Harris, or Biden or Hillary. I tend to vote Republican for criminal court judges and Democrat for civil court judges.

    By the way, I love the cantankerous, surly assholes on here! It's the Old West of the Internet with One Flew Over the Cuckold's Nest mixed in!

    The lady is an idiot and deserved to be fired. Say stupid shit, win stupid prizes. I'm sorry about your friend's granddaughter, a lot of us have been deeply affected by this tragedy and I understand your anger/frustration. 

    That said, I'm not sure why this particular incident fires you up so much. Is it because she's a pediatrician, a job of stature and importance? That's understandable. Could it also be because she's a Democrat, and you expect more out of her? The reality is this type of trollish vitriol has been around for a while.

    I hope you'd feel that same anger (or more?) for the people in actual power who use compassionless words to hurt others who are suffering as well. 

     

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  5. 2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

       They still believe Obama did not have a valid birth certificate. No way that wing of MAGA will ever give up their pedophiles-in-the-pizza-place-basement-drinking-kids’-adrenochrome need to be punished. 

    This is the hope. These people really believed the “Drain the Swamp!”  campaign promise and validated Trump’s candidacy early on. A lot of them are crazy, but they do have a backbone. 

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  6. I think most Americans (including myself) previously ate up the narrative that Israel were the good guys. A lazy assumption based on a lack of knowledge and the US government's staunch support all these years. 

    The reality is the pain and death of this endless Holy War has created extremists everywhere in the region. 

     

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