jerry-gr.bsky.social
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Barney's not available. You gonna do it?
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Fascism invites this sort of thing. When truth leaves the room, authority steps in.
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-Ergo, third party, No corporate money, no donations by anyone who makes more than $250,000. I'd be the first to vote for that. I'd be the first $25 donation too.
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So Jenni, who exactly is going to arrest the police? The national guard?
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Advice? We don't need no stinkin' advice.
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He threatened to abduct a governor. No matter the context, it's criminal.
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"Strength through fear"??? If that were true, we would be hearing "Hey Vlad, withdraw or they're in Nato." War would be over in a week.
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Quite easy for you to say. You're not there.
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Press: Make Ill Douchebag answer the question of why call them up now and not Jan. 6, 2021!!
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My time as a classroom teacher has taught me the rule: proximity increases control.
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Americans may be poorly educated for a variety of reasons, but they are very well-propagandized. The anti-tax, pro-gas/coal, anti-science, pro-gun, and just plain preposterous conspiracies have left large groups of voters not knowing who or what to believe in. Thus, nonvoters.
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If it's dirty, then spend some of that tariff money and clean it up.
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Ask yourself, with all the outreaches and all the registration drives, why did they never register? They had plenty of easy, easy chances, yet they didn't. They thought they had nothing to vote for. Trump gave them that.
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Who's paying you?
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Why didn't they register and vote? Could it be that they couldn't reconcile between what they want and the choices before them? Or maybe they just were too lazy to do the research required to think for themselves?
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It's not the D's message. It's not the economy. It's certainly not Trump himself. I think maybe we just simply overestimate our ability to resist bias?
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Did you think that hate and racism was just going to disappear that easily?
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I have a co-worker, who has a side business which competes with a Chinese company, told me he voted for Trump because of the tariffs, but he "didn't care about all that other stuff". To my detriment, I didn't tell him that "that other stuff" includes a lot of really, really bad things for us all.
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So where would we be if Harris had gotten a few more votes? Would the war in Ukraine be settled now? If we had continued to arm Ukraine, would Putin eventually run out of men and missiles? I think we would be a lot closer than the right is willing to admit.
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Those dead Ukrainians he is talking about, they are on Trump's hands. He thinks personal relationships are all it takes to manage world politics. He is wrong, and so were we to have believed in him. This should be America's line in the soil.
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Mundus sine Caesaribus
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But this free airplane is a great deal!
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...as is your bitching and moaning about his bitching and moaning... and so on...
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"new era"= government-sponsored grift and extortion.
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I taught school for 35 years. How many times do you reckon my name has been "mentioned in negative context?"
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You would have them walk out on the street and shake their fist at the missiles and drones? Go ahead- you first.
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Ah, the wringing of hands. That'll do it.
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440 cubic inch (7.2L) V8 got about 10-12 mpg and very primitive emission controls. Hope you're bringing gas money. 700 miles = 70 gallons @ 3.25/gallon = $230. With what you're spending on gas you can rent a newer car, keep Michigan's air cleaner, and have just as many plugs.
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"I don’t understand why anyone would decide to transition into a STUPID woman." Who are you to call anyone stupid? And what of those who transition into SMART women?
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Time to develop a "Milk Safety Testing Kit", using... science.
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It isn't a "phenomenon" at any level, Ivan. If a high school or college teacher attends the same demonstration as his or her students, it's by choice, not by invitation.
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In 35 years I have been invited to childrens' soccer games, music recitals, birthday parties, afternoon fishing expeditions, track meets, etc., etc. I have never once myself or seen another teacher invite a student to a political demonstration of any kind.
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I don't see why. Palestinians/jews, Ukrainian/Russian, Christian/Muslim, on and on. There will always be land and culture disputes, i.e., there will always be politics. That is good and as it should be. Teachers' task is to encourage students to think for themselves.
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The longer a person teaches (35 years in my case), the more I am struck by the fact that there is no such thing as neutral. Politics and religion will always be tribal.
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There is no "bringing politics into the classroom", because politics are already there, even in primary grades. Teaching is a matter of "parting the waters" through the prejudices that students already have.
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Fluoride, in small, metered amounts, improves tooth enamel. Scientists knew this before it was introduced in Grand Rapids water for the first time in 1945. No cities in our nation allow the amount of fluoride that could produce the effects that Kennedy is talking about. This is a con job.
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I live in Grand Rapids, near a high school. Taught 35 years in public schools. Sometimes a job requires a split second decision which may have lifesaving or lifetaking consequences. We need to revisit the legal concept of "qualified immunity". These incidents show the need.
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Miller would just be another self-loathing jew if he wasn't elevated by his boss. No racism, no anti-DEI, no deportations. That's the key. Vote blue.
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This is something you are taught from a young age.
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Those third graders wearing masks then are in middle school today - because they wore masks in third grade.
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Well, not exactly nothing. In 2018 Trump was hesitant to pay homage to Putin's Russia because he did not wish to show any indication that they helped him get elected. Today he has no such inhibitions, thanks to all you yahoos who believed his lies and voted for him.
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Gentle readers, I give you government by pissing match.
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I have learned to disregard any statement that begins with "everybody knows...". Especially from this guy.
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Do what the other side did for 60 of the last 125 years; whatever you can to delay, obstruct, derail would be good for America.
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A deal with a man who cannot be trusted is no deal at all.