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Pedestrians too. Your post is spot on with the dangers on the road for all types of cycles, but in addition, the EVs are quiet and with inattentive drivers at the helm, it makes a bad situation worse. I don't think I can wear any more lights and reflective gear than I do (and this is day or night) and yet the number of close calls when having the right of way and in a zebra crossing has gotten to the point where I'm considering a head cam. The common refrain for drivers is "I didn't see them, officer" when in reality it is "I wasn't looking, officer." Drivers are taught not to admit fault, but the dead tell no tales...
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Accurate. As the river of words flows rapidly across the smooth brain, occasionally one or two words of flotsam get caught in the lone wrinkle and stick there. BIDEN'S FAULT is just one of those phrases. Perhaps later, that one may get dislodged and replaced with something slightly longer such as LOCK HER UP.
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You can also picture Kim Jong-un or one of the DPRK spokespersons with every tweet or quote and it's rather unsettling with how well it fits. 100 days in.
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The above 3 quotes are in reference to the fed agents' raid in OKC and I agree with the sentiment that we can expect more of this. Whether or not we will see or hear of this in the future is going to get interesting. The feds are taking the phones with them, and as we know, the cell phone and it's ability to video has been an occasional governor to the actions of the police state. As this regime wants to empower the ability of local, county, and state officials, who rarely violate civil rights ( 🙄 ), being unleashed to grab people and possessions, it will finally garner those local officers the "respect" they believe they deserve. (If you've ever watched the YT channels of the civil rights attorneys who discuss violations and retaliations by officers, one can quickly see that 'feeling disrespected' drives a lot of bad officer behavior.) However, now the thing (cameras) that is holding the behavior somewhat in check is in the hands of the one who wielded the stick. The media is not completely neutered (yet) but w/o video it is a helluva lot easier to dispute claims. It won't matter if it is mistaken identity or you don't look like me, or you're not from around here are you, or anything other reason capricious or truly illegal -- the government has provided them the protection and they serve them, not you. That's the protect and serve part and what it really means in a regime that is not a democracy. Heaven help the family that has weapons. Odds are they will all be killed, adults and children alike, and no govt official will ever be punished. (thanks SCOTUS). Think about it for a minute. This woman probably had identification and other ways those 20 (TWENTY!!!!) officers could check authenticity either before or after the warrant was served and they didn't bother because she and hers don't matter. Do any lives matter? Don't answer that.
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
Tuesday update on measles: 663 cases, an increase of 17 since Friday. Lamar County numbers have been creeping upward. -
Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
Mexico has issued a U.S. travel warning due to the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas and elsewhere. With testing, the health authorities in Mexico linked cases in a border state in Mexico (560) to the west Texas outbreak. Last year, the entire country had 7 cases. -
Maybe boosting/aiding his investment in Slate or Blue Origin? Might be a two birds, one stone gambit. Reduce Elmo's troubling Tesla fiasco attention and give them something to divert eyes away from the tariff fiasco. In the meantime.... As I go on rambling walks, I pass by homes and apartments that range from very low SES to many million dollar lots. I've got my eye on a hoarder house where the resident has been stockpiling rolls of toilet paper that have now taken up the entire back of an old Chevy (old enough to have a metal topper so the interior is visible). My only archaeological experience is from a freshman level elective, but if one looks at the layers I believe it is COVID era. Since the paper is still in plastic, I'm somewhat confident that any hoarding pathogens haven't contaminated it.
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We may no longer have a Free and Fair Press, Mr President but we sure as hell have the most rigorous and free comma usage I have ever seen.
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Project Loony, if the simulation has any sense of humor at all. *Here is a wiki article about the original Project Loon for those unaware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_LLC Brief excerpt:
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Poor guy. No Oakleys, no truck for his selfie and he can't even afford a full size chimney. Sucks to his assmar. -
The section on AI when combined with data plus integrated location tracking, etc. It's beyond invasive. So many services require users to use devices with apps installed which furthers the ability of the government and oligarchical corps to monitor and control the populace. Women of child bearing age were already concerned about menstrual cycle trackers and were deleting them but that likely will not matter. Panic voting, panic buying, The remark about soft authoritarianism that you don't see coming is spot on.
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Jean Reno is such a solid actor; that's one of his good ones. Still crack up at his role in the much lighter-hearted French Kiss with Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan.
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SIAP. I considered putting this in the Elon thread, but he is only one of many who favor this manipulation: Read the entire thread for more. This type of neurotargeting is very effective, although people dismiss it as something to which they are not susceptible. But that isn't true. It has worked on voters in past elections, it worked on citizens during the pandemic, and with the information silos where many reside it will keep growing. Here's the rest of it, spoilered for length:
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