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Post by Merge on Nov 17, 2024 22:51:06 GMT
Truth Social users bagging on Bluesky users for their "echo chamber" is pretty ironic.
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Post by Merge on Nov 17, 2024 22:45:37 GMT
Trump told him to stand back and stand by.
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Post by Merge on Nov 17, 2024 19:16:11 GMT
Tempting. I wonder if they allow dogs.
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Post by Merge on Nov 17, 2024 16:14:43 GMT
Oh their little cheeks! Just beautiful.
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Post by Merge on Nov 17, 2024 14:51:48 GMT
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Post by Merge on Nov 17, 2024 0:39:36 GMT
So far my DH is getting a book about the history of the guitar in America and a set of fancy playing cards. I'm also looking for a guitar-shaped cribbage board that I like.
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Post by Merge on Nov 16, 2024 18:27:19 GMT
It's possible someone hacked your account and turned on the 2FA, putting in a different phone number for codes.
Can you have someone else view your profile from their account to see if it's doing anything weird?
My experience, unfortunately, was that when I was hacked and the hacker had changed over the identifying info on my account, I had no way to prove I was the account owner. You can't get ahold of anyone at Meta to ask. I was never able to recover that account and had to start a new one. Sorry.
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Post by Merge on Nov 16, 2024 17:59:26 GMT
The problem with our new HHS director is not just his fringe beliefs. It's the fact that the parts of his agenda that make sense will never be supported by a government opposed to putting any regulatory burdens on its donors. Neither will they support any adjustment of farm subsidies that disadvantages corporate farms or giants like Monsanto. So instead of actually doing any good, he will simply have a bully pulpit for spreading his whackadoodle opinions on vaccines. www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/15/nx-s1-5191947/trump-rfk-health-hhs |
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Post by Merge on Nov 16, 2024 17:16:13 GMT
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Post by Merge on Nov 16, 2024 15:15:44 GMT
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Post by Merge on Nov 16, 2024 14:56:54 GMT
I said no, only because I think it will be Vance who does it after Trump leaves office (i'm assuming that will happen before his 4 years are up).
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Post by Merge on Nov 15, 2024 17:37:23 GMT
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Post by Merge on Nov 15, 2024 2:56:29 GMT
Five people here (so far) don't understand how tariffs work.
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Post by Merge on Nov 15, 2024 1:52:57 GMT
We're going to Toronto the week before Christmas. DH has been but the rest of us haven't. We're excited to do the Christmas Market.
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 23:56:33 GMT
She obviously does not want to listen. I did call her ignorant, and it wasn't meant [totally] as an insult. but man-o-man... the lack of critical thinking! the pretzel knot-tying to say diametrically opposing statements from one post to the next, and truly believe that you did NOT just contradict yourself?!? honestly! ...I can't do it any more. WILLFULLY IGNORANT. LOW-INFORMATION. Textbook definition. eta: I am not going to respond to her posts any more. I suggest none of you do so, either. Yes, I need to step away from this nonsense. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:51:07 GMT
Unsurprisingly, Trump plans to nominate anti-vax conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy, Jr. to be head of HHS. The mind boggles.
(As a side note, I get the strong impression that MAGA or "MAHA" thinks that if Kennedy is in charge and waves his magic wand over the food and drug supply, they'll all be thin and jacked with no effort whatsoever.)
ETA: another note - This filling of government positions with Trump's ultra-loyalists rather than the best and most qualified people IS Project 2025 in action. Don't tell me that isn't his plan.
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:35:06 GMT
You are bad at math. Trump has just over 50% of the popular vote, not 2/3 of it. And I've never been of the opinion that just because most people do something, that makes it a perfectly OK thing to do. A majority of Germans voted for Hitler, after all. Don't they look silly now. I'm sure we on the right would be saying the same if kalama was elected.... I'm sure you would, but you wouldn't have any evidence for doing so. Not that that stops you from making any ridiculous claim you want. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:32:19 GMT
So you think that somebody who does what Gaetz's Republican colleagues have reported him doing is an appropriate choice to lead the Department of Justice? So you think that Brent Kavanaugh actually raped someone when he was in college??? Yes, or attempted to. The only thing he's sorry about is that his victim spoke out. Now it's your turn to answer my question. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:31:56 GMT
You voted for one to be president. Shame on you lady. so did 2/3 of the country.... You are bad at math. Trump has just over 50% of the popular vote, not 2/3 of it. And only, what, 60% of the country actually voted? So that's 50% of that 60%. More like one third of the country. And I've never been of the opinion that just because most people do something, that makes it a perfectly OK thing to do. A majority of Germans voted for Hitler, after all. Don't they look silly now. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:29:00 GMT
The lie is that most or even many of these immigrants are also criminals. I don't know what "Straight Arrow News" is, but apparently they (and you) missed all the discussion when this report was released. Criminal immigrants on ICE's non-detained docket are simply not being detained by ICE. That doesn't mean that they're roaming the streets. Often it means they're being detained by one of the states or even in federal prison, serving their sentence.www.borderreport.com/immigration/explainer-how-immigrants-end-up-on-ices-non-detained-docket/And you may not be talking about deporting the human beings who have been here and contributing for 20 years, but Trump most assuredly is. Wow!!! You mean that there are illegals that are in federal prison for committing CRIMES??? It's almost like you get it now... but only almost!!  As opposed to wandering the streets just waiting to be picked up by ICE, as you and Trump have implied. Of course. I wonder how the for-profit prison owners who looooove Trump will feel if he reduces their profit by deporting criminals mid-sentence. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:22:17 GMT
Kitchenaid. Also red. It's at least 20 years old and still going strong.
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:20:57 GMT
There was just a Republican Congressman on CNN in an older interview saying that Gaetz showed them videos of him having sex with young girls and he talked about taking large amounts of ED meds and crushing it up in order to go all night. It’s pretty gross that you stand up for these disgusting men. They have no place being in the government at all. That includes Trump. we have differing opinions So you think that somebody who does what Gaetz's Republican colleagues have reported him doing is an appropriate choice to lead the Department of Justice? |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:19:38 GMT
we have differing opinions We sure do. We can start with the fact that I don’t idolize men who rape and take advantage of women. Btw, his sexual misconduct is not the only problem with Gaetz being named AG. We could mention that his only experience with the federal judiciary is being investigated in a sex trafficking case. And he's barely practiced law at all. Went to a third-tier law school. And the entire House hates him the way the whole Senate hates Ted Cruz. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:18:25 GMT
That's what the hearings are for. I'm fine with whatever they decide. So then ... might be credible info after all, hm? |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:14:18 GMT
I doubt there is one person here who has a problem with Trump rounding up and deporting criminals, murderers and rapists. The problem most of us see is that in his quest to have the biggest deportation of millions, the biggest in our history, (words that he himself has actually spoken, repeatedly) is that others who aren't rapists and murderers, who aren't even here illegally, may be caught up in the dragnet. Do you really think there are millions of murderers and rapists here from Mexico? That sounds like Fox News rhetoric. And unrelated...somewhere else, you said you are happy with the people Trump is nominating to important positions. So you are okay with Matt Gaetz, who is being investigated for sex trafficking, being our attorney general? And lets be real--it's been out there for years that he has sex with underage girls, so it's not just a recent development put out by "the left." So you only have a problem with rapists if they are brown people, I guess? It's okay to have one as the highest ranking attorney in the land since he's a Trumper. Got it. WAS... In September 2022, after more than two years of investigating Gaetz, prosecutors recommended that no charges be filed against the Florida congressman.
The Washington Post reported at the time that prosecutors had concerns about the credibility of two key witnesses and worried that they wouldn't be able to secure a conviction against Gaetz if they brought charges.
Five months later, in February 2023, the department formally closed the investigation.Geez, talk about disinformation/misinformation...You should probably get your timeline right... Sounds about as credible as the Brett Kavanaugh shitshow.... Hmmm, Texas Republican John Cornyn sure seems to think there might be valuable and pertinent information in the Republican-controlled House's ethics investigation into Gaetz, coming up to Gaetz's AG hearing. www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-senator-cornyn-absolutely-wants-see-matt-gaetz-ethics-report-2024-11-14/ |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 20:09:06 GMT
Thousands out of 11 million? Seems like a pretty low amount statistically. Those same stats will tell you that undoc immigrants commit fewer violent crimes per capita than our native born citizens. It’s a narrow view to believe that we don’t need these immigrants as much as they need us, or that differences in culture, skin color, or language are disqualifying. Whether you personally hold this view or not, a lot of people in Trump’s orbit are simply opposed to any immigration of people with brown skin. And they’ve told you lies about murderers and rapists (and inflated numbers) to get you to vote for them. And of course, you don’t have to be a genie or even very smart to realize that removing millions of people from our workforce is bad for the economy. I think you can see that, so now you have to backpedal and say oh, that isn’t what Trump is going to do. But that’s exactly what he has said he is going to do. Statistically, its not that low. And even 100 criminals, rapists and murderers is 100 too many. And they’ve told you lies about murderers and rapists (and inflated numbers) to get you to vote for them. It's not lies. Again, I am not referring to the illegals that have been here for 20 years and are working and paying into the system. And Trump said he was focusing on the criminals, rapists and murderers first. The lie is that most or even many of these immigrants are also criminals. I don't know what "Straight Arrow News" is, but apparently they (and you) missed all the discussion when this report was released. Criminal immigrants on ICE's non-detained docket are simply not being detained by ICE. That doesn't mean that they're roaming the streets. Often it means they're being detained by one of the states or even in federal prison, serving their sentence. www.borderreport.com/immigration/explainer-how-immigrants-end-up-on-ices-non-detained-docket/And you may not be talking about deporting the human beings who have been here and contributing for 20 years, but Trump most assuredly is. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 19:32:59 GMT
He is $2 BILLION in debt. Guess where that money went? I'm guessing that you are referring to his bullshit court cases. She was referring to CAMPAIGN spending. There's a difference. And quite a large one, by the way. Weird, because Trump’s been totally fine using his campaign contributions to pay his legal fees. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 19:22:02 GMT
Why do you believe that many, many, many of them are rapists and criminals? There is literally no data to suggest that. BTW, I’m all in favor of Americans first. I just don’t hold your narrow view of who qualifies to be an American. Would you agree that the US will suffer a huge economic blow if Trump carries out his stated plans to deport millions of non-criminal immigrants? There is literally all kinds of data to show how many are in the United States right now I can’t link at this moment, but all you have to do is Google it and the first five that come up will tell you how many are here. And there are literally thousands. So now it’s a narrow view to have the opinion that people that are here illegally don’t qualify to be an American? I think that’s pretty much just common sense. Because I’m not a mind, reader, or a genie I have no idea if the US will suffer a huge economic blow. They could they could not I don’t know and you don’t either. Thousands out of 11 million? Seems like a pretty low amount statistically. Those same stats will tell you that undoc immigrants commit fewer violent crimes per capita than our native born citizens. It’s a narrow view to believe that we don’t need these immigrants as much as they need us, or that differences in culture, skin color, or language are disqualifying. Whether you personally hold this view or not, a lot of people in Trump’s orbit are simply opposed to any immigration of people with brown skin. And they’ve told you lies about murderers and rapists (and inflated numbers) to get you to vote for them. And of course, you don’t have to be a genie or even very smart to realize that removing millions of people from our workforce is bad for the economy. I think you can see that, so now you have to backpedal and say oh, that isn’t what Trump is going to do. But that’s exactly what he has said he is going to do. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 19:11:57 GMT
I’m on Bluesky and Threads. Still holding onto my Twitter account as I do my best to follow my favorite people from there on the other two platforms. Then I will delete my account.
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2024 19:07:12 GMT
Why do you ask loaded questions when you’ve been shown to be wrong about something? Why do you consider that a loaded question? From the way that you are arguing, you seem to be against it. Numbers really aren't the issue here. The fact is that there are people in this country illegally and many, many of them NEED to be deported. Those would be the murderers, rapists and criminals. And THOSE are the ones I am focused on. And you should be too. Why do you believe that many, many, many of them are rapists and criminals? There is literally no data to suggest that. BTW, I’m all in favor of Americans first. I just don’t hold your narrow view of who qualifies to be an American. Would you agree that the US will suffer a huge economic blow if Trump carries out his stated plans to deport millions of non-criminal immigrants? |
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