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Getting Ridiculous

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I was tempted to get them and substitute some of the normal creamers in the cafeteria. But, there are a handful of alcohol abstaining folks who may have fallen prey to that gambit.

Never mind that was what stopped me and not the ā€œwhole drinking at workā€ thing. (Which is forbidden by policy)

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Well, I was thinking of doing this for Christmas, but I’ve changed my mind:

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What do you see as objectionable within the article?

The ā€œsore losersā€ bit only ever seems to be applied by the press to one party’s electoral losses, though it’s complete assholery, regardless. I didn’t complain when Republicans flipped out and protested Obama winning before he’d done a thing. Neither did the press. I did made fun of them for making ridiculous claims, but I wouldn’t complain if that was what was happening here.

Worse, it’s more of the same ā€œboth-sidesā€ BS that has made me hate the press for ever so very long now. Giving moral equivalence to white supremacists and those opposed to white supremacists legitimizes white supremacists - fuck that, fuck the author for going there, and fuck the editor for letting that pass. I’m not certainly not going to reward that with a subscription.

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Every newspaper has arsehole columnists, though. Always have. Lots of op-eds are written to be deliberately contrary to the readership.


I am going to subscribe to some news sources. The WaPo is most likely on the list, because it does do a lot of good journalism. So’s the Graun, and I loathe a lot of their columnists.

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That is true. I have a lot of qualms with paying a paper that prints a middle finger to my face while carrying water for white supremacists:

After I cool down I may still subscribe for the reporting (the WaPo was one of the few beacons of light in a dark election) and just write off the columnists, but Jesus H that’s not a great way to bring in readers.

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Silly libtard, that never happened. Nor did Trump and his ilk threaten to riot if he lost. Nor are they being anything but inclusive and magnanimous. It’s all in our heads, silly. /s

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This is wonderful! It seems you can even make and share designs online: http://www.pancakebot.com/.
The future really is … incomprehensible.

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I think am happy knowing this exists

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So the new Lego Batman Minifigs are kinda awesome.

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It’s like those Home Transformation shows that redo a house over a weekend and then you learn that it all fell down after the cameras left.

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If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my bunk.

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Apparently Dollywood is on fire.

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I heard that on my local NPR station yesterday. :frowning:

It’s really a beautiful part of Tennessee, tourist stuff aside.

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And now Dolly is raising money for families in the area, because she’s an awesome human being:

Direct link:

http://dollywoodfoundation.org/

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Some more info on this:

A rare bit of good news from this year of shite…

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Indiana’s is ā€œhow do you Google?ā€.

Yup, sounds about right.

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Made me tear up…

Hope that there are some lawsuits against the over-aggressive enforcers…

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This brought me all sorts of happiness…

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