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Old 01-03-2023, 08:27 AM
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Am I the only one who looked at that picture and tried to actually compose a sentence using only those words and it actually came out realistic?
...and here's why that's a good thing.
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Old 01-03-2023, 03:02 PM
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If they could mail-in votes for the speaker, this would be over already...
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Old 01-04-2023, 10:32 AM
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(A whole bunch of young, dead athletes.)

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Old 01-04-2023, 10:50 AM
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I guarantee you they were all alive before they got the shot.
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
I guarantee you they were all alive before they got the shot.

The dead can vote and receive stimulus checks, why not vaccinate them as well?
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Old 01-04-2023, 12:44 PM
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https://time.com/6242197/cop15-biodi...-plan-adopted/

Countries Adopt Plan to Protect 30% of Land and Water by 2030

Rich nations committed to pay an estimated $30 billion a year by 2030 to poorer nations

Countries have also agreed to fair and equitable benefit-sharing from the utilization of digital sequence information on genetic resources - which involves using genes in living organisms to create new products.
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There's an article in the Washington Post right now which is titled "Coinbase to pay $100 million over lax money laundering safeguards."

Reading the article doesn't really add a whole lot of new info, it's mostly right there in the headline.

Now, in all seriousness, isn't money laundering one of the primary uses for cryptocurrency exchanges? I mean, maybe it's second to defrauding investors, but it's definitely up there at the top of the list.

Asking crypto exchanges to self-police for money laundering activities seems a bit like asking Chrysler to self-police for producing shitty cars. It's kind of their whole business model, and if you take that away, what have you got left?
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comprehensive list of the downsides to having the House vote for a Speaker over and over again:
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Kevin McCarthy needs to challenge Hakeem Jeffries to a duel.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Kevin McCarthy needs to challenge Hakeem Jeffries to a duel.
Bro are you openly calling for violence against an African American congressthey/them?
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Bro are you openly calling for violence against an African American congressthey/them?
Yes.
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maxine could vote for him...
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Seems Reasonable To Me--Matt Gaetz Discusses McCarthy
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TIL Islamic terrorists do not represent Islam.

“He knew what he was doing. He knew why he was doing it and he thought he would die in the attack,” Thomas Galati, the department’s chief of intelligence and counterterrorism, was quoted as having told ABC News in an interview. “He did yell out ‘Allahu Akbar.'”

“He is not representing, you know, the Islamic religion but rather, you know, a very, very small percentage of people that get radicalized,” Galati added.

The suspect, 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, faces charges of attempted murder of a police officer.
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and the media would have you believe these people are the radicals for suggesting popular things like *checks notes* term limits and, like, actually reading bills before voting on them....

I think the republic is in grave danger.
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They've spent more timing voting on McCarthy than they did reading the 1.7billion omnibus.

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