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This is exactly it, because many kids don't understand how much money it takes to live on account of they don't pay rent, buy groceries, etc.

Tweet screenshot by @moflatley Text: Dear Indiana, for the "Ahem" File. You just tried to lock kids down on social media, but working children to death is ok? It's all about consistency & this isn't when it comes to protecting kids. Accompanying article: the same one we’re talking about here.

Sorry for the Twitter screenshot but at least it’s proof I don’t have the app on my phone.

Nicely done, @mosy48.bsky.social

Truly this is a metaphor for the ages.

I would settle for even one Democrat saying hey, maybe we shouldn’t fund them with tens of millions of tax dollars if they’re not going to do the thing that we fund them to do.

This risks making my old man sound like he might not suck. Trust me, he really did. It does, however, make it even more odd how super racist he was.

Mother’s father: owned the only movie theater in his small town, was the mayor.

Father’s father: the only doctor on a First Nations reserve in northern Canada.

Speaking of NCMEC, don’t waste any energy waiting for them to condemn this.

This is the exact thing I predicted when quitting NCMEC. I hate when I’m correct.

I believe every part of this story except for all the words used to tell it.

This seems to be coming up a lot right now, so I'll copy-paste.

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Not sure I share the sentiment about Nazis in the military, but I think definitely there would be some "that ink is METAL, what is it?" from any other meatheads.

But zero chance none of his friends has ever seen it, because he is absolutely the kind of meathead who walks around the barbecue shirtless. To say nothing of his wife.

Not every single ship will get blown up.

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Well, that doesn't seem good.

The most charitable interpretation is that he's the kind of dingus who gets a tattoo at the place on the casino floor at Mandalay Bay to commemorate the good times everyone had at Bachelor Party Weekend.

As I point out a lot in connection with this doofus, I know exactly no one with a tattoo who can't tell you exactly what it is and what it means to them. I find it completely implausible that this guy is the one person who has never asked and has never once had someone ask him what that symbol is.

Exactly my reaction.

Even more, a group of people who will see Donald Trump issue and EO and say "yeah, doesn't affect me buddy".

For those seeking context: a friend who is a very active NC Dem tells me that Berger is the Senate Majority Leader in NC and really sucks. Page is a local sheriff and super Trumpy, so there's no good guy here, but we like to see Berger lose.

The only even quasi-positive spin I’ve figured out for this is that maybe he’s just got the judgment of a guy who gets a tattoo in Vegas at the place on the casino floor at Mandalay Bay to commemorate Bachelor Party Weekend. Exactly the kind of person who should be a US Senator.

I assumed you meant that, but still think you’re correct that Trump will issue an EO against the ABA also because it’s not like he understands anything.

Probably.

I say this as a “people can like what they like” person myself.

Dunkin Deez Nutz

I admire the way you think that will matter to them.

But! The ABA has no role in anything. It’s a voluntary organization with as much role in attorney licensure as the James Beard Association does in getting health permits to open a restaurant. Will that actually matter to Trump? Of course not.

Every 4 years, like a cursed cicada.

These are of course questions only for the Anglos. For good French-speakers we can substitute making a tourtière and rabid partisanship for the Montreal Canadiens as the litmus tests.

A Lightning Round has been added: how do you feel about Wayne Gretzky and William Shatner?

I admire your optimism that Sanders won’t run again. It’s coming up on time for him to start pretending he’s willing to slum it and become a Democrat if the Party will just put him in charge.