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  1. 9 hours ago, Satchel said:

    Somebody help me understand how DEI causes injury to those in the dominant culture college campuses in Texas? 

    Whitey doesn’t like seeing black people being treated equally. They especially don’t like running into black people who are smarter than they are. They really, really, really get freaked out about the possibility of getting beat out for the affections of a white woman by a black man. 

  2. Have we learned nothing? Don’t believe a word Trump says. If he gets back into office, he’ll enact a national ban to secure the loyalty of the hardline extremists he needs to keep him in power for the rest of his life. Don’t fall for his lies.

    It’s amazing that anyone still takes the shit he says seriously. 

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  3. 5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Wonder if he will magically become anti Trump again now

    No. He won’t. Because Trump may or may not have any kompromat over him. If he does, it’s not that Lindsey’s gay, it’s about some little boy(s) he’s diddled. But it could just be that Lindsey has a craven lust for being close to power. He’s like the cheerleader who just wants to date the captain of the football team. The starting QB. It’s about status in a world that parallels the social dynamics of high school. 

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  4. That Dark Star > Sugar Mag > Caution is so badass. The Dark Star turns very Sugar Mag-ish for quite awhile before they make the segue. And the segue is really smooth. So is the segue from Sugar Mag into Caution. Phil starts playing it during the closing climax of Sunshine Daydream and Billy picks it up then off they go. That whole suite is pretty, well, sweet. Seriously, though, the jam from Dark Star into Sugar Magnolia is special.

    I left for home a little after totality, while the eclipse was still going on, and threw on disc 3. The Dark Star played while things were still a little shadowy and I was still buzzing over what I’d just seen (emotionally, not chemically), then by SSDD the eclipse was over and I was grooving in full sunlight. It was pretty sweet.

    I listened to Dark Side of the Moon yesterday to get ramped up for the event. This isn’t the Dead but it’s Dead family and it fits too.

     

  5. 11 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

    Man, that was fucking incredible. We ended up on the shore of Richland-Chambers lake at a public boat ramp park and there were only 3 other cars out there to see the eclipse. The clouds started to break on the way out there and by the time we started to notice it getting darker it was pretty much clear. We had ~3:30 of totality pretty much unobscured, so I'm very glad we decided to take the kids out of school and still go for it.

    Thank you to the people on this thread for saying 99% isn't in the same ballpark as 100%. Taking the glasses off and observing totality withe naked eyes is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. We could've stayed home and seen 98% coverage, but... ain't no fucking ballpark, ain't even the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport.

    No traffic at all going or coming. Got back home around 4pm and the heavens opened up about 4:15. I'm feeling so damn lucky that everything came together like it did and that we got to experience it as a family.

    Yep, I listened to a guy on NPR a month or so ago talking about how you should do whatever you can to get in the path of totality, and as deep into it as you can get. He emphasized how precious it is and how you should try to get as much time in totality as possible. He was right.

    I could’ve stayed home, gone to the northernmost part of Dublin and seen 1:23 of totality. I could’ve stopped in Delaware and seen 2:35 of totality. Instead I drove on to Marion and got 3:34 of totality. Every extra second of jaw-dropping wonder was worth it. I’m so lucky that I could leave a little after noon and be back around 5:00. 

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  6. Home, home again. (I like to be here when I can.)

    Traffic was worse on the way home than it was on the way there but I took the “scenic route” on the way home. Bad idea. (It was scenic, though.) What a successful day. Congrats to everyone who got to see it. I feel very fortunate to have finally gotten to see a total solar eclipse. I doubt I’ll ever see another. Truly remarkable. 

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  7. I made it to Marion, OH by about 1:30. Stopped at a Speedway to relieve myself. I was heading toward the fairgrounds but then I was passing by Harding High School and noticed an almost empty parking lot with these two ladies parked and sitting in their chairs. There are only a few other cars in the lot. I’m counting 9 total not including mine. It’ll probably fill up more by eclipse time but I got a good spot close to the exit for easy getaway. Eclipse glasses passed the test. I’m ready to go.

    Here are my neighbors:

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  8. 10 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I’ve sleep walked through this whole thing. Easiest way to safely view the eclipse with common household items? 

    Maybe this has been covered, but if you don’t want to stand under a tree, you can make a pinhole camera of sorts. Punch a small hole in a piece of heavy stock paper or cardboard and let the sun project through that onto a sheet of paper and watch the eclipse that way. If you’re in the path of totality, you can look up when the sun is completely covered. Watching just the corona is safe and I’m betting it will be pretty fucking awesome. Just look away again as soon as the sun peaks out. 

  9. 11 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I’m going to tape a filter over mine and do a time lapse.  Or if it’s just clouds I’ll take the filter off and maybe have some cool looking clouds. 

    I’m going to leave the photography to the professionals and just watch the eclipse. I heard someone on tv yesterday say watch your first eclipse, photograph your second one, so if you’ve been through this before then have at it. But the guy said he’s seen people so busy looking at their cameras that they miss the eclipse and then don’t even get a good photo.

    I am considering just turning on the video on my phone and pointing it randomly at the crowd to document their reactions while we all watch. Hopefully we’ll get clear skies. The forecast everywhere I look is partly cloudy. It’s clear right now. 

  10. 2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Kaley Cuoco is your second choice in that group? Fascinating…

    Some surlyites base everything on breast size alone. 

  11. 3 hours ago, Underdog said:

    I know the preferred choice is him dropping dead before the election but how sweet would it be for him to be in prison after another Biden ass kicking and him seeing a viral recording of Pete Davidson plowing Melania & Ivanka to orgasmic bliss?

    What’s happened to Pete Davidson that he’d ever settle for those skanks? Make it Michael Cohen. Or better yet, Hunter Biden.

    I see atomheartbevo had the same thought. 

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  12. 2 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:


    Having a relatively normal human person in office means they work with others and follow direction, even as simple as an Easter Bunny photo op.

    “wait for the First Lady to be ready and when we cue you, please join the bunnies on the balcony. Then just wave to the crowd.”

    Now do that 10,000 more times, sometimes with meetings with foreign adversaries and intelligence briefings. Having Trump wing being President, like a strange uncle visiting for Christmas is not optimal.

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  13. 12 hours ago, ScottS said:

    Went with a frozen pizza for dinner.  Pulled it out of the oven and cut it into 8 pieces.  Turns out the amount of Cholula left in the bottle was only enough for 7 slices.  Managed to push through the pain and consume the last piece.

    Get some crushed dried peppers to put on your pizza. 

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