Recent content by davidmc1158

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    Loathed phrases/terms

    For whatever reason, the phrase "at the end of the day" just gets under my skin. I don't know why, but I instinctively just find it annoying.
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    Share some things that make you smile!

    Just because there are times for some general immaturity. . . .
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    Out of Context Quotes

    "Art is how we decorate space, and music is how we decorate time."
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    Share some things that make you smile!

    Because I needed a little joy and chaos in my day, I decided you all did as well.
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    It's ok to be angry about capitalism

    While what Facebook has done is certainly unethical, it doesn't violate the Free Speech clause of the U.S. constitution because it is neither a government-owned company or a public utility. The first amendment only applies to governmental censorship, not to the actions of private companies...
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    US 2024 Presidential Election

    I have a slightly different take on the cease-fire. Firstly, there really isn’t as much Biden could have done legally that people want him to be able to do. The House of Representatives, not the President, sets spending in their bills. Once passed, those spending outlines are not really optional...
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    Funny events in anti-woke world

    Just for the record, Congress delegated their tariff powers to the Executive Branch decades ago. The PoTUS has the unilateral power to enact tariffs if they are done in a targeted fashion. While Trump cannot simply enact a single "whatever% tariff# across the board, the law as it stands DOES...
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    Choo choo! All aboard the Complain Train!

    Anything Christmas-y that appears before the day after Thanksgiving is an abomination unto the powers of the universe and needs to be smited, preferably with an old-school lightning strike. On a different note, less of a complaint and more of a sad acknowledgement, the number of...
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    What have you learned today?

    TIL that about roughly 40% of all the medical saline used in the United States was produced in the Carolinas and that Hurricane Helene shut that plant down. Estimates are that it's going to take around 6 to 8 months before they are back up to full production. In the meantime, my hospital has...
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    2nd Assassination attempt against Donald Trump is less successful than the first

    It not only appears that there really wasn't another attempt to assassinate Trump, and not only that the individual was actually a Trump supporter who simply just showed up armed (because, of course, a REAL patriot is always armed), but that the Mr. Miller is a sovereign citizen who had homemade...
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    Share some things that make you smile!

    Yes, this is pointless. Yes, it is silly. I do not care because it still makes me smile.
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    What have you learned today?

    Well, obviously this is a fake. The pyramids came with all parts included and they are still standing after all these years. No way they're an IKEA build.
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    US 2024 Presidential Election

    Trump and his cronies are the living embodiments of projection. Every time they have accused someone else of criminal activity, lying or similar, it has turned out they they, themselves were actually doing those things. With his "lapses" and the reports from psychologists making it very clear...
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    Some good music.

    So I guess you could say, the music has come full circle? I'll just show myself out . . . .