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  1. So how much money does United HC, BCBS, AETNA, etc need to pump into his crypto scam until he turns around & decides the insurance companies are great for everyone?
  2. Well, he already described him as a "cool guy," a "great person," and "awesome" so I think we can safely determine the BIL is NOT Lincoln Riley.
  3. And last Saturday afternoon at a local sports bar two MAGATs--one in a Turning Point FREEDOM t-shirt--applauded the Noem/ICE embarrassment of a commercial & when they got a few WTF looks from other patrons began loudly proclaiming the awesomeness of dotard, and how the only presidents that MIGHT possibly rank above him--and in it was debatable at this point--were Washington and Lincoln. And they were being serious.
  4. Welp. Cross him off the playlist for good.
  5. Doink!
  6. Nice run after contact!
  7. Oh how many of you are ready for the Thanksgiving conversations that begin "you know, your grandmother Pearl was 13 when she married your grandfather Enos who was 15 and had already been working at the dairy for 3 years. She was 14 when your uncle Frank was born. That's just how things were then"?
  8. Hegseth will be along any minute to call them DEI promotions & not real life taking warriors like his own drunken self.
  9. Is this Miller, Vance & the truly evil part of the GQP's chance to move on Trump? They see his increased dementia and failing health on a daily basis. Last week's election results portends a potential bloodbath for the midterms. Maybe their play is to let the files come out and then read the tea leaves. They can make a tepid attempt to play all the hits like "fake news", "political hit job", "Bill was there", etc. , but if the rats begin to leave the ship would they seize the opportunity to get Vance in office in the hopes he can temper a Blue Wave next November while giving him a 3ish year chance to build towards the 2028 race?
  10. The good news: we don't have to go to the Hill Country for a family Thanksgiving & will miss the aggy BIL's first attempt at a sober holiday ever. The bad news: well, there really isn't any. It might be just the two of us at home unless my sister or a couple friends decide to stop by. We could use a quiet, drama-free long weekend.
  11. Not a fucking chance. I don't even know if I'm aware of that story & have just assumed the random reference to liquid smoke is a nod to it being universally understood as atrocious.
  12. Jesus, talk about a blast from the past. I think Heart Like a Wheel was on Showtime 3X a day for all of 1985.
  13. Cross posting from the Gordo thread re: the new book Gales of November. He does a great job explaining the history of the Fitz, the importance of the Great Lakes shipping channel, the engineering behind the Soo locks...hell, he even finds a way to make taconite interesting. Data & safety wonks will appreciate the explanation of the Plimsoll line & freeboard limits--and how frequently these critical safety limits were tested, skirted & broken for the almighty dollar--and how dangerous those waters were given the technology of the time. Obviously it's the stories of the sailors & the families that pull us in. Captain Mc Sorley making his final sail ever before retiring, and using the extra bonus money from another record haul to help cover his chronically ill wife's medical expenses. The officers & mates he'd spent decades sailing with who were also going to retire. And the youngsters, waiting to finish the season & take their hot rod on a cross country trip before the responsibilities of an unexpected pregnancy truly set in.
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