Threadbane
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<p>classical guitar, chess, golf, duplicate bridge, etymology, semantics, yoga, physics, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, Homeric Greek<br />Environmentalist Pothead Luddite Polymath<br />Club of Rome -> Limits To Growth<br />Keeper of Cats.</p>
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Post #4309230
@stux How do you ban Congress from insider trading? Great idea, but there is no mechanism to accomplish that given that Congress passes the laws.
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Post #4309229
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/05/trump-plan-ocean-monitoring-system-concern-scientists The problem here is not Trump, but the Republican legislators in Congress. This is what happens when scientifically ignorant lawyers, psychopathic grifters, and preacher people ignore both the fact that science matters and that Trump’s dismantling of anything that would help us understand or mitigate against climate change is the work of a demented maniac. #climatechange #trump #dementiaDon.
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Post #4309228
@JonChevreau @servelan I doubt that even a small fraction of his base is aware of that he is not supposed to salute. Trump himself thinks he is above social norms of any kind, and really has no concept of good manners, decorum, or respect for tradition. With the mind of a 12 year old, he salutes because it’s all part of the fun.
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Post #4309227
@someguy @kibcol1049 I have said for years that he belongs in an institution for the criminally insane.
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Post #4309226
@joelpomales Reclassify them as the entertainment businesses that they objectively are. If they want to claim non-profit status, let them file the appropriate paperwork. In any case, they should pay the standard property taxes that support fire departments, police, road repairs, garbage collection, et hoc genus omne. Allowing income tax deductions for donations to churches, synagogues, mosques, etc, should definitely stop, since religious businesses don’t have to show that they are charities.
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Post #4309225
@JackTheCat Bummer. I was going to pull for England, but now I hope they get their asses handed to them today. Wonder if there are any other fascists on the team.
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Post #4309224
There should be a way to swap citizenship. Let them deport me and I get his British passport and free transportation to England. I&#39;m stuck here with no way to escape to civilization, my ancestors going back 14 generations to Jamestown. None of these easy ways out with parents born in Italy or Ireland. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/british-born-man-living-in-us-since-age-of-nine-held-by-ice-under-threat-of-deportation
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Post #4309223
#elections #democrats #mikejohnson I haven’t heard any of the political experts on tv discuss what happens if Mike Johnson simply refuses to seat the newly elected Democratic Representatives. I not talking about formal challenges to the elections, just Mike Johnson claiming the elections were rigged and unilaterally decides not to swear them in.