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Elaine
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I buy things for a living but I’m frugal.
I’m a scientist by education so I think I can cook.
suffering, geopolitical instable.
We can set parameters to get any answer we want then cut out the parameter from our results.
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Chicago late 1986;
Remembering seeing this on MTV and thinking, what is happening in Britain?
We had no knowledge of the puppets here in the US until this video.
And we didn’t call the country, “the UK”, in the eighties either.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was to stop giving power to either R or D.
I request newly formed parties.
And add a few more while we’re on this subject. More than just two.

I guess my request is campaign finance reform and supreme court reform too.

Thanks for being in this little corner of the internet!
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This lovely survey of the NYT reporting (or editing) was refreshing.

It’s relatively that good water you haven’t been getting, making the bad even more noticeable.
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Can one underwriter provide 15 year mortgages only, with proper background checks ? Not for profit is ok by me.
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
oh brother. Foreign state trip I will always think about when something like this pops up is the gaggle of republicans on July 4, 2018 in Moscow dining with Putin.

or, Georgia’s gov in South America (a preview of business before trump got his grimy fingers in it)

gov.georgia.gov/press-releas...
Gov. Kemp and State Delegation to Lead Economic Mission to South America
ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that he and First Lady Marty Kemp will lead an international mission this week to promote economic development opportunities for business leaders in Br...
gov.georgia.gov
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Could you imagine if this was a Jeep?
That (truck) would likely succeed.
The product needs to be top of the game, not the CEO.
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It’s a military contract company.
Space x and Tesla
But does that work? (It doesn’t)
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
Trump administration says it has no plans to fulfill $400 million 'armored Tesla' contract
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a close advise...
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is the best flip flop example. My own problem is use of the term “remember when” pops Chris Farley into mind:

www.techdirt.com/2025/10/15/h...
Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…
You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you re…
www.techdirt.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thinking about this again. The humidifier water smells. Ugh.
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
That door should be locked.
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM