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  1. Yes, I do realize that and thought I was providing additional detail to your post. Probably just poorly worded, as I was jumping from topics. You’re right, of course, in this one as well. Again, adding to this post, I looked it up and the UK paid Β£20 million to its colonial slaveholders as compensation during the 1830s when the slaves were freed. According to this site, that comes out to roughly Β£32.5 billion today, or roughly $43.7 billion. According to the US Treasury, we spent $5.2 billion on the Civil War, coming out to $103 billion today. We also lost 750,000 souls. Man, it sure would've been a lot cheaper to do the right thing in the first place.
  2. I stopped midway through the second episode because I was getting stressed out and pissed off. Currently, I'm waiting for others to weigh in and let me know if it's worth continuing.
  3. Yikes. I graduated from a small-town Texas HS in 1989. That's a first for me, and there *are* miles and miles of cotton fields as far as the eye can see, starting on the north side of town. Inside-Out Day? Check. Funny socks? Check. Slaves? Yeah, we didn't have that one. Jesus, I think we forget how little still hadn't changed culturally by the time we reached that age.
  4. Thanks. I'm only going off what I've seen published on legit news sites like NYTimes, the AP, etc., by googling that name, which certainly isn't exhaustive. I don't think I've visited the CNN site in quite a while.
  5. I've only seen that name posted in the NY Post, The Economic Times, and a few other Indian sites. Absolutely nothing elsewhere, despite it being repeated in DT. Like I said over there, I found someone by that name on FB who looks like he's roughly the right age, but there's absolutely zero political content that can be seen in public. Just some baby and family photos. If you have a decent source, post it. Edit: Let me also add for those who haven't been over there, the guy has a photograph showing the City of Anna on it, so he's from the Metroplex.
  6. And that, my friends, is how the Overton window keeps shifting reichward.
  7. Btw, I looked for an official source on the shooter's name and came up with bupkis so far, other than the NY Post, The Economic Times, and a bunch of Indian sites, all very questionable. The only credence I'd give to the NY Post would be its ties to the regime.
  8. I'd still like to know where two-thirds of the 1,800 people forced into the concentration camp in the Everglades were disappeared to when it was shut down.
  9. Of all the European empires, I believe it was only the Portuguese who abolished slavery in its colonies after the US. The French, Spanish, English, and Dutch all abolished it well before the US throughout their empires. The fact that they didn't allow that "peculiar institution" in their home countries but "out of sigh, out of mind" in their colonies for a good while longer doesn't negate the fact that they still prohibited it before us.
  10. Found a Facebook account under that name. The guy in the photos looks like he's about that age. Although no location is provided, he posted the photo below of his young daughter about two years ago, which garnered a lot of likes from folks in the Dallas area. Edit: I'll also note that there's absolutely no political content on this profile, but I'm not posting the link to it for obvious reasons.
  11. Sure, yeah, that works too. The point being, your viewership is getting captured by the bean counters regardless.
  12. Out here in the wastelands on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, we got just shy of an inch overnight. #NotNowThis #WellMaybe #FeelsGoodMan
  13. Followed up with the two TikTok chicks. The first hasn't updated yet; probably got raptured and is laughing at all of us who got left behind. The other one posted this last night:
  14. Oh, I'm sure they keep track of what you stream, and that gets captured in whatever calculus they use to measure viewership, as well. For example, I watched the full monologue last night before bed on YouTube. I just checked, and it's now been viewed 9.9 million times in the last 12 hours. They pay attention to that. Further evidence, Kimmel specifically mentioned that folks were going to have to view his show on other platforms, mentioning YouTube specifically, because Sinclair/Nextstar won't air his show.
  15. The front blew through here last night, bringing storms and about an inch of rain. It's an absolutely lovely 67Β°F at the moment with sunny skies and a cool breeze.
  16. Modified quote from the world-famous Waco Christmas lights story.
  17. NE corner on Quordle did me in because of that final letter. Wordle 1,558 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #836 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1339 4️⃣8️⃣ 5️⃣πŸŸ₯ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
  18. In an "every man for himself" world, no single individual can stand up to a powerful corporate entity, to which SCOTUS has bequeathed the rights of a citizen.
  19. Agreed. Simply commenting on the general esthetic of the game on screen. The color combo of the two teams playing really just popped under the lights, or at least I thought so.
  20. Tylenoltism πŸ˜†
  21. I hadn't heard of them before, but after watching that one, I've watched some others. Really, really good stuff. Thanks for the introduction.
  22. That whole Elephant Graveyard video was posted elsewhere by someone a few weeks ago, and it was really great. Highly recommend viewing. Whoever it was, I think I might owe them a Hook'em. Here it is for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
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