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Conserve the Land, Pay the Bills, Let the People go Free
You can't make this shit up
October 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I was wondering how long it would take them to regret the plane decision, or if it was a bribe for Iranian action in the first place

www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Several explosions heard over Qatar capital Doha, Reuters witness says
Sounds of several explosions were heard over Qatari capital Doha, a Reuters witness said on Monday, following Tehran’s threats to retaliate against the U.S.’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
www.reuters.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I got Jenkins (60%), Simpson (56%), and Perkins (52%) as top 3 for wildly different reasons. Sheffield and Barlow were 48%.
Feel like some of the questions I wanted to select multiple answers for without much difference between which i think is more important. No one stands out based on this quiz
Detroit Meet Your Mayor Quiz
Sift through Detroit’s mayoral candidates before the 2025 primary and choose the best fit for you — take Outlier Media’s Meet Your Mayor quiz.
projects.outliermedia.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I only use the word retard in a political context.
This is the sort of functional retardation that only someone who massively cuts national science funding can come up with.
These bad idea mongers are holding us back at a societal level, and should be called what they are: retards.
I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?
June 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sitting republican senator calling a Trump obsessed killer a Marxist provides opportunity to flip the whole "Marxism evil" script on them.
June 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
At this point holding a mirror up to the administration is just providing them a new surface to rail a line off of
June 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
when your 25th rank is based on being 9th in "potential"

protest yesterday went well, larger crowds, need to bring more envelopes
Map shows US states with best—and worst—economies
Incorporating dozens of metrics into its analysis, WalletHub created a ranking of the strongest economies in the U.S.
www.newsweek.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The researchers surveyed approximately 330 acres. However, they have yet to map the entire site because it extends beyond the edge of where they surveyed. They estimate that they surveyed approximately 40% of the site"
Archaeologists uncover massive 1,000-year-old Native American fields in Northern Michigan that defy limits of farming
With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place for farming. But a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence of intensive far...
phys.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
had a convo with my 1st Uncle yesterday where he spent the first 80% talking about how he hates freeloaders, before admitting at his government job he hasn't been paying union dues for 28 years...
Opinion: True conservatives have vanished
Vice President JD Vance, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2025, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, …
www.thegazette.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
preparing for hyperinflation after the economic meltdown at the institutional level, good call, when do we start printing $1000s and $10,000s?
Treasury Department set to phase out the penny
The Treasury Department said it placed its final order for penny blanks this month as the U.S. moves to end production of the 1-cent coin.
www.cbsnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Just sayin'
May 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Well this is dysfunctional.

"Some have inquired about buying the birds for meat, but, as a no-kill shelter and SPCA, those were refused."

"the vast majority were Freedom Ranger chicks."
Shipment of thousands of chicks left in USPS truck. Overwhelmed shelter needs help adopting them
About 12,000 chicks were abandoned within a USPS truck at a Delaware mail distribution center for three days.
www.cbsnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The goumis are bloomy
These were the best mistake ever
Supposed to be honey berries from stark bros, the first set failed, and the second set were mislabeled goumis berries, which have done quite well, and are delicious.
I called to get them IDed when I realized years later - they comped the order
May 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Many many years ago I inoculated this here raft of logs with some form of oyster that field and forest said worked on this tree I needed to take down. Squirrels annihilated the raft the next spring and I thought it was a failure for years since I hadn't seen a mushroom... until now
May 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of those
"90% sure an event is cancelled because it's outside and lightly raining,
but nothing online says it's cancelled,
so you go there to find it is cancelled,
then head to the bank so the trip's not completely wasted,
only to discover the ATM is out of order"
days
May 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
pulling all the tricks to try to get me to update to Windows 11
Microsoft drops a law firm that appeased Trump, hires firm that’s fighting Trump
Law firms that struck deals with the White House thought it’d protect their bottom line. What if their assumptions were wrong?
www.msnbc.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
When you've been getting bodied by a flood the field strategy for years, and are sitting here whining about each other flooding the field

"They're oligarchs" "no, they're billionaires"
"more sit ins" "no, more rallies"

Doesn't matter
Flood that field, plant some rice, feed all the different people
"This is a self-own": House Democrat's rogue Trump impeachment push sets off internal furor
"It seems self-serving and not a genuine effort to reign in the president," said one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In minor hobby side content news,

My 3rd Annual May Day Bundle is out on DMSGuild
Very happy about all my comrades that joined in
Pleased with the cover even though the colors adjusted on export
Slowly learning affinity
May Day 2025! Deep Discount [BUNDLE] - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
Are you feeling lucky this May Day? Enjoy 7 Adventurers League Legal adventures From 7 Authors For $7 Spanning all 4 tie
www.dmsguild.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I asked my rep why Maddock isn't being sent to remedial driving school
for parking even more poorly
than Hegseth on a toss-the-chip morning
Michigan lawmaker penalized after covering Republican colleague's car in plastic wrap
State Rep. Julie Brixie has been barred from speaking on the House floor and had her parking spot moved as a result of the stunt.
www.nbcnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Hey I tariffed you, and this is crazy,
but here's my number, so call me, maybe?

Good luck today Canadians
Treasury Secretary Suggests Trade Agreement With China Still Far Away: 'Maybe They'll Call Me One Day'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China is stand to lose more than the U.S. if the trade war continues its course, calling the situation "unsustainable" for Beijing
www.latintimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
American Riverbend clove currant doesn't produce all that well but zero hassle
April 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Guess blue's the new tan

Wonder how long "Russia Bad" sticks this time.
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If dems are offended about supporting primary challengers monetarily, they should create better limits to spending in their primaries, not complain about people wanting a robust primary system.
The same people that ran with the narrative Biden/Harris lost because of no primary react, not reflect.
April 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
hmmm...
MCC again? Or staying out of public at Selfridge? Long odds are the closed Ford plant in Romeo they claim will reopen because of tariffs.
I'm guessing its in MI-10 not -9 to counter all the anti-John James heat going on - 2 empty town halls in 1 week.
Trump to mark 100th day in office with Michigan rally
Trump will visit roughly three weeks after he met with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Oval Office.
www.nbcnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Nanking is buzzing, get me some cherries bees
April 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM