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Lovett or Leave It was amazing!

I would rather surround myself with respectful people whom I disagree with than disrespectful people whom I agree with.

I mixed condiment packets in with the candy this year. Some of the responses:

That’s not candy!
Why is there ketchup in here?
Can I have candy and hot sauce?
My mom has a whole stash of these in the silverware drawer.
Yeah, I got mustard!
Can I have more than one hot sauce?

# hot sauce taken 20

Front page of Street Roots with the headline: M110 shows early successes despite backlash.

As usual, @streetroots.bsky.social does a fantastic job explaining the issues with Measure 110 (which decriminalized small amounts of drugs) and why it shouldn’t be repealed. Insane stat: the number of Black Oregonians arrested for drug possession decreased by 77% since the law took effect! >

If you choose judgment over curiosity then we probably won’t get along.

Numerous verified X accounts are claiming that the Maine mass shootings were a “false flag”

When X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk changed his platform’s verification system, he ushered in a new reality where fringe conspiracy theorists could easily promote false claims about breaking news. That happened again shortly after the deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.

Oh yay, our new House Speaker is an election denier.

Jenna Ellis, Former Trump Lawyer, Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Case Three lawyers indicted with Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results will now cooperate with prosecutors in the racketeering case.

⚖️ And then there were four.

Jenna Ellis becomes the 4th Fulton County defendant to plead guilty & 2nd to plead guilty to a felony. Same sentence as Chesebro: No jail, 5 years probation, 100 hours community service, written apology & cooperation, including testimony.

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/u...

Blame Canada

Glad to be put out of our collective misery. This season sucked. #RCTID

It’s Missouri. Of course they did.

No matter what they do, historically marginalized groups will always be held to a double standard when they have to defend themselves from oppression.

The issue with the IRS is that it’s chronically underfunded by the sorts of people who are anti-tax, so it hasn’t had the resources to properly investigate rich tax cheats, corporate tax cheats, and tax exempt orgs. Hopefully this is proof that more funding = equity in enforcement

Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro have now both flipped. Keep it coming.

Jim Jordan loses a third Speaker vote and gets fewer votes each time. He should take the hint but he won’t.

This remains posted on the RNC twitter feed

Finally got to see The Dandy Warhols last night 🎸

EAFC24 Ultimate Team has been pure fun this year. I attribute this to playing to the objectives, avoiding competitive play, and not getting attached to outcomes. Just keep collecting cool player items and building fun squads. ⚽️ 🎮

The thing about self-defense in a life-or-death situation is that you can’t tell people that there is a right or wrong way to do it. They won’t hear it. They are in crisis mode and will respond accordingly.

Today’s SBC did not disappoint.

TOTW Upgrade SBC pays off again

Another awesome ST/LW in today’s SBC. Gonna put her at LW, with Foundations Baltimore at RW, and EVO Lacazette at ST.

LFG!!!

Some clouds in Central Oregon

More goodies from today’s SBCs.

Fantastic view of the eclipse in Central Oregon

Pics!

Is that fiber optic?

For people that have been enslaved, run out of their homes, persecuted, & hunted for their entire history… For a nation that has every bordering nation attacking it since it was founded… Israel is responding exactly as we should expect.

I’m not saying it’s right. I’m just saying it was inevitable.

I’ve been eyeing this one from Netgear.