Roy #EatTheRich Pardee
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Well that's an interesting dynamic...
A quarter of the votes Trump got in 2020 in GA, FL, NC and SC came from counties that are now federal disaster areas. Take away the votes in NC in those places and Trump loses the state four years ago.
But you know--also I believe the children are our future, and so forth.
LOL--workplace mentoring program registration form: "Why do you want to be a mentor?"
Umm... b/c it's apparently a requirement of my job?
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John Amos dead at 84.
Starred in Coming to America and TV sitcom Good Times.
More good stuff from Marcotte.
(for some reason this puts me in mind of the scene from Tombstone w/Billy Bob Thornton as a faroe dealer, bitching up a storm)
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If anyone has a passable route out of lake lure Carolina, message me please. Asking for a friend. Ty
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Happy 100th birthday Jimmy Carter
To me, and many people my age, this single act, taught us all that President Carter put morals above politics.
On Jan. 21, 1977, President Jimmy Carter, in his first full day in office, fulfilled a campaign promise by granting unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands of men who had evaded the draft during the Vietnam War by fleeing the country or by failing to register with their Selective Service boards.
oh cool--employer is matching donations to hurricane relief charities...
So... Hamas is in Lebanon now?
Are all Arabs 'Hamas'? Is that the key to understanding Netanyahu's behavior?
say what you want about ms-teams--it is quite good at screening out the sound of barking dogs
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JFC, some of the quotes in this article could come straight from Goebbels and the 3rd Reich:
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mass-deportation-plan-explained
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Has anyone heard from @altamaha ?
Still reading this, but damn, it's powerful.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/caroline-giuliani-trump-kamala-harris
Woah--didn't see this coming.
(at least temporary) Good news everyone!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/georgia-abortion-ban-overturned
"Strip away the idiosyncrasies that have distorted the mainstream perspective on Trump himself, and what is left is the ugly face of a radicalizing reactionary movement fueled by ethno-religious nationalism – and the grievance-driven authoritarian desires of rightwing elites."
Zimmer's always good, but this is excellent:
How Project 2025 Became Toxic and Exposed the Right’s Toxicity
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/how-project-2025-became-toxic-and
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Mike Legeros on Facebook covers all things NC Fire. Pamlico, on the coast, are among the departments that have sent firefighters to help with rescue and recovery.
Roy #EatTheRich Pardee
Visionary. Patriot. Family man. Data Wrangler extraordinaire. And so modest! Animal lover. Antifascist. Democracy enthusiast. #DogsOfCoSo #CatsOfCoSo
Joined Aug 2018