Bernel
July 20, 2021, 3:47pm
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vernonbird:
Oh, the usual.
Of courset they will lie an cheat. I just hope they do it at their own primary. Something like this:
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jimp
July 20, 2021, 6:00pm
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"“It’s not that I want to,” Trump pointed out. "The country needs it. "
Oh, the noble sacrifices he is willing to make for us. We are mot worthy.
My crocodiles just burst into tears.
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Sure they will.
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From what I hear, he’s telling his friends that he already won in 2024 AND 2028. /s
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If he gets another term and the constitution’s not going to be worth the paper it’s printed on. Which is really old parchment and so probably worth something, but still.
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elliotk:
paper it’s printed on
Or the parchment it’s written on
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no, but I have read this.
Some land-crabs of the West Indies and North America combine in large swarms in order to travel to the sea and to deposit therein their spawn; and each such migration implies concert, co-operation, and mutual support. As to the big Molucca crab (Limulus), I was struck (in 1882, at the Brighton Aquarium) with the extent of mutual assistance which these clumsy animals are capable of bestowing upon a comrade in case of need. One of them had fallen upon its back in a corner of the tank, and its heavy saucepan-like carapace prevented it from returning to its natural position, the more so as there was in the corner an iron bar which rendered the task still more difficult. Its comrades came to the rescue, and for one hour’s time I watched how they endeavoured to help their fellow-prisoner. They came two at once, pushed their friend from beneath, and after strenuous efforts succeeded in lifting it upright; but then the iron bar would prevent them from achieving the work of rescue, and the crab would again heavily fall upon its back. After many attempts, one of the helpers would go in the depth of the tank and bring two other crabs, which would begin with fresh forces the same pushing and lifting of their helpless comrade. We stayed in the Aquarium for more than two hours, and, when leaving, we again came to cast a glance upon the tank: the work of rescue still continued! Since I saw that, I cannot refuse credit to the observation quoted by Dr. Erasmus Darwin—namely, that “the common crab during the moulting season stations as sentinel an unmoulted or hard-shelled individual to prevent marine enemies from injuring moulted individuals in their unprotected state.”
Peter Kropotkin - Mutual Aid A Factor of Evolution
In the battle between crabs and Republicans, my money is on the crabs.
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system
July 24, 2021, 4:20pm
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