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The only hard cut in this instance should be the spinal columns of a few Senators.

My baby is having her first birthday this weekend. Incredible. I can't believe it's been a year.

Don’t care, not clicking any links

Would it really be all that hard of a cut to make?

I need to do that snip too we're too old for more than one baby. Thankfully it's the cutest most precious baby ever.

That, and while 4 weeks of paid leave ain't enough and should be higher, right now we have unpaid leave only. Perfect doesn't have to be the enemy of advancing a good cause and having something there. Many programs that progressives cherish were not in fully-formed when they began. But what you're saying is likely falling on deaf ears. As it stands, I may have to abandon this thread. It's reading more and more like reactions from left-wing pundits and what some members' Twitter feeds look like, and regular stories on it aren't shared or discussed. And since everything is negative, everybody who broke after 2016 is going down a toilet bowl of emotions, so every 10th post is somebody talking about the end of everything. Maybe it'll improve. Or not, I've kind of given up on that front.

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I understand the impulse, and I've got plenty of problems with the ACA, but something is still better than nothing, both in a political sense and in a real practical one. Even a severely scaled back bill would do some real good, and I'd rather the message in the next election cycle be "here's what we got so far, elect more democrats and we can do more."

There's a reason why in a medical emergency one of the first steps in the CPR/first aid process is to single someone out and tell them specifically to call 911. Just shout "someone call 911!" Leads to no one calling 911.

As someone who's been watching foreign content for a long time particularly from Asia, the Korean to English writing doesn't even register or bother me any more. The languages are so different that you almost expect that something that sounds ok in Korean will probably sound hokey when translated to English and spoken by an english speaker. Not something that bothers me in the least any more but I guess if you don't watch a lot of this stuff it would. Watching old Jackie Chan movies from Hong Kong with English dubs was unintentionally hilarious sometimes.

RTC bus driver strike ends; negotiations continue between union and Keolis WWW.RGJ.COM The second transit strike ends as the RTC Washoe contractor and union return to the negotiating table. RTC services will be free for one month. Took the bus this morning home.

Well, all of their units can immediately embark, sooo...

Luckily they're highly emulate-able!

New season starts this Sunday. I love when a new season of Curb appears out of nowhere.

2017 VA polling had the race close too, then Northam won by 9 points.

Dumbassery is not contained to just red states.

Yeah, I'm going the other way and saying that the Dodgers are only a 50 win team in any division that isn't the dreadful NL West.

I'm shocked. SHOCKED! Sometimes being a pessimistic meme is less fun than just rooting for your team. lol

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They are now keeping an eye out on a possible new Delta Variant in the U.K.

A particular problem when coming up against a tightened labor market where wages could increase at a rate faster than the subsidies can accommodate

I’ll let you know. Shouldn’t be a long read.

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I've found other ways to vent since my doom posting can easily overwhelm this board

It doesn't seem like anything has really changed since Senator Manchin said he wouldn't go above 1.5 trillion dollars. I skip all the outrage tweets and I'm in better mental health because of it. I'm most disappointed that the climate provisions are being gutted. A carbon tax is even supported by some oil companies.

Well, some of us--who aren't wordsmiths like you and Twin--share your thoughts but we just don't post them. We like reading them though. Don't abandon the thread.

Looks fucking terrible.

Yup. Leave it alone. Don't pass anything. All these weakened versions allow the GOP more easily shut it down ala ACA

it depends. when i get into a squad with no comms, i bounce. you absolutely need to communicate in this game. you also really need to work with your squad. this game does not work as a lone wolf. it becomes a walking simulator and youll spend 10 minutes getting up to the frontline and get killed instantly, just to have to wait 40 seconds to respawn all the way back at HQ. The squad dynamic of this game is amazing too. Every member literally needs to play a roll. The squad leader communicates with command and other squad leaders (which is not heard by the rest of the squad). so they are taking direction from the commander. they also place down garrisons or outposts (which are spawn points). they can call in supply drops, air support or radar to the commander as well The support member needs to provide supplies to the squad leader so they can build the spawn points Rifleman can provide ammo to the squad if youre holding down a point. also just an all-round infantryman role. Engineer can build nodes (munition, fuel, barricades, etc). they also have access to AP and AT mines, which is key when fortifying an objective. Medic - obv. can revive down team members and heal them Anti-tank - self-explanatory for those pesky tanks that are wreaking havoc on the team Assault - usually first in or used for scouting a head since they have both grenades and smoke Honestly, this game is what Battlefield should be like. Take the fast-paced arcadey gameplay of BF with the squad-based gameplay of HLL. Add in the BF destruction and overall polish and you have a masterpiece.

Charge all those people under whatever Samaritan law you can (yeah, yeah, I know that's not how those laws work, despite Seinfeld). I get not directly intervening...PERHAPS (depending on circumstances, especially if it's 1:1)...but not even calling 911? Fuck those people.

I think for a lot of people COVID helped them see how shitty their companies and employers really were. For the longest time, people felt like they were in indentured service to wherever they worked, but when companies started to cut back and cut off staff, that staff began to realize how insignificant they were, and like most instances of having to find other sources of income to survive, they did, and now they don't need those oppressive companies any longer. Sure, there are a lot more factors involved, but I think that has a lot to do with it as well.

According to two different pregnancy tests, my wife is pregnant with our third. When s/he is born I'm getting snipped.

Depends. Sekiro was just a code. Darksouls 3 & 2 and Deathloop where all real discs. Cyberpunk was 3 (or 2) audio discs. Yes, but there are meatballs in the bag.

This is so obscure but the person that immediately popped in my head was Sam Kinison.

I really don't see the point in "existential dread" as we all already know that ourselves and everyone/everything that we care about is finite. Because of this knowledge, what is there to actually dread?

Canadian MPs must be vaccinated to enter Parliament:

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In that clip, he looked ok but watch the rest of the podcast. Whole lot of misinformation coming from Rogan. And he was high as a kite clearly.

Kiwis are killing it

You mean your ex-girlfriend, right?

The voices behind Biden's falling polls - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Voters in Georgia give voice to the disappointment that lies behind the president’s diminished approval ratings.