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Oh well.
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If that $51 trillion excess had been evenly distributed between every single American, we would each have around $150k each if my math is correct. If divided by # of American households, it's around $400k per household. The mind reels.
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Was a Democrat for 40 years. Went unaffiliated last year after the megadonors and party "leaders" pulled a coup.
My money's on "morons," because: timeline is effed and money rules the day.
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We will all lose because of these people. Ffs. I hate this timeline.
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I'll take his money and his publicity for anti-MAGA causes, but that doesn't mean we have to buy his shitty products - privately or via taxpayer funds.
Let's have him set up a good decade of restitution first, then maybe we can talk...
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ROI is good, no complaints. We made the house more efficient after the installation, hence the surplus. However, our cars are old, and I have bought my last ICE vehicle, so the situation is likely to change soon.
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"I'm sorry if you were offended."
And amazingly, it got worse from there.
Truly, these are the very worst people. And Americans keep electing them to represent them.
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I guess it's a good thing for presidents that there's no enforcement then.
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Nailed it. Also, I think we've all met completely unreachable and unreasonable people in our life. That's Chase, and it makes him even more chilling to watch as an adult because -as you said - you know there is NO appeal to his humanity. He has none.
Now I need to watch this serial again lol.
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Couldn't agree more. Recent non-blockbuster recs: Ghostlight, Bottoms, I Saw the TV Glow, After Yang
I try to see indie films in the theater to support the artists.
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TIL my favorite Mini Cooper is actually not a Mini Cooper at all. 😆🤷♂️
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I was just thinking I needed to look him up and see him in something else because honestly, I think he's one of THE best Doctor Who villains - so cold, dismissive, unreachable. Exactly the opposite of villains I never got into (e.g., The Master, with the penchant for melodrama).
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Just waiting for Noem to claim these kids are really MS-13.
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Oh, and The Face of Evil is my #1 in all of Who. Continues to be relevant on so many levels. I guess the really great writers tap into that immortal magic.
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Wow. That's fantastic! I still need to see Star Cops. It's on my watchlist. I should move it up!
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The arguments I've heard: Dr's use of a gun, filler in eps 3-6, Chase is one-dimensional. But I loved it. "YOU WANT ME TO DIE!" I mean, holy crap, as a kid? Watching someone FORCE someone else to be taken over? HORRIFIC! The first two episodes are a master class, and I found Chase totally chilling.
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Long Live Chris Boucher.
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It really was firing on all cylinders. Whodunit, creepy robots, excellent model work, fantastic acting, compelling characters, and introduced the "uncanny valley" notion to a western audience before it became widely known.
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I know people give this story a bit of grief, but it honestly terrified me as a kid. Still one of my favorites, along with The Face of Evil and The Robots of Death. But poor Scorby - perhaps one of the most useless henchmen in Doctor Who history. 😆
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These are only the ones we're hearing about. I'm sure there are some we don't know about, and some the administration doesn't even know of. We are in unprecedented times.
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WTF even is this timeline?
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10.5M banked? Yikes! Wish I could add more panels. 1:1 here too. Came in handy when we rented an EV for a month (deer hit our Suby). Was nice using some of our banked sunshine.
Priced out mini-splits here but was going to be over $30K. Would love to. My dad has them in NH and uses them all winter.
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Yes, I stand corrected. I was thinking of the surplus I generate - it's April through June when I have the biggest surplus. But my generation is, indeed, highest in June, July, August.
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Yup. And Americans are just fine with it all. We're pretty cooked.
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Clearly AI. His fingers aren't that large IRL.
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Other countries are doing what makes the most economic sense, even as it also benefits their local climates and citizens' lungs.
Meanwhile, we are doubling down on stupid. Spending more money for a worse outcome is what we seem to do best here.
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I'll take the win, but this is easier to do in March and April when solar generation is at its max prior to national heat setting in.
I used to love looking at these "planned online / retired" figures. Wonder how much longer we'll have them?
Most encouraging for the last year is BESS deployment.
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Have Floridian convicts that have served their time had their ability to vote restored?
GOP legislatures don't care about the will of the voters.
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And yet all over today are headlines about how the "right track / wrong track" is showing Americans are generally happy with what's going on right now.
It's sickening.
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He looks like a marionette.
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Yup. Anyone who isn't bracing themselves for what comes next is new to this timeline.
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Exactly. These chaos agents aren't just going to roll over. Let's not go dancing in the end zone just yet.
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And on January 6th as he was speaking, I said "it's great knowing that even though he's saying all these things, he's completely impotent now."
Never tempt fate - the zombie hand always rises from the earth at the end of the movie.
This ain't over. Not by a long shot. Chaos agents gonna chaos.
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I hoped I would never see a press secretary worse than Kayleigh McEnany or Sarah Huckabee.
And yet here we are.
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Not to mention a comms rep talking about education but who doesn't know when to use "fewer" instead of "less."
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I've also been calling and/or emailing corporate for companies when they double down on DEI (like Costco recently did) to encourage/thank them.
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I've only run into this with Long Islanders who think their pizza is the best. I guess if you like leathery crust, too much bitter sauce, and not enough cheese.
There used to be a spot on the corner of 6th Ave and 9th street that had the best pizza ever. Wasn't your typical NY slice, though.
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Thank you so much for your empathy. I know even amidst all this that there are good people fighting for justice, and recognize how privileged I am.
Wishing you the best as well, and the best for all of us.
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And even putting in rules/forces that SHOULD objectively be appropriate for both sides will be viewed by the right as "excessive," or "showing favoritism toward progressives."
When they can't skew things in their favor, they game the refs and call it favoritism toward the other side.
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I have, unfortunately, given in to a certain amount of nihilism. I know it's unhealthy and unhelpful. IF we get past this, blowback from the GOP & donors toward any attempt at accountability will dissolve any efforts. Also, Americans are not history-literate and still don't see the dangers.
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We stopped in Cracker Barrel in PA to use the facilities and they had bins with new vinyl LP's in them! I almost bought a Greatest Hits ABBA, but we were in a rush and the line was a dozen folks deep. Still, it was cool to see!
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I think most Americans are too stupid to understand what "sequestration" means here.
Which is, of course, part of the GOP plan.