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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 Iā€™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 partyā€™s electoral losses, though itā€™s complete assholery, regardless. I didnā€™t complain when Republicans flipped out and protested Obama winning before heā€™d done a thing. Neither did the press. I did made fun of them for making ridiculous claims, but I wouldnā€™t complain if that was what was happening here.

Worse, itā€™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. Iā€™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. Soā€™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 thatā€™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. Itā€™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 ā€¦ 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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Itā€™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, Iā€™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:

Itā€™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 sheā€™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 shiteā€¦

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Indianaā€™s is ā€œhow do you Google?ā€.

Yup, sounds about right.

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Made me tear upā€¦

Hope that there are some lawsuits against the over-aggressive enforcersā€¦

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This brought me all sorts of happinessā€¦

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