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“Yes, and” not “well, actually...”Seattle area. - he/him
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The issue is you telling other people what to do at their local protest rather than focusing on your own action at protests. And I’m assuming here you have local protests you’re going to, because if you’re telling people what to do at their local protest as a non-protestor that’s worse.
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Anywhere in the world. My second great-grandfather was the only child of 5 siblings in Finland to survive the period 1852-1861. His mother died in 1862. Then a half-sister died in 1871 as an infant. All of fevers of various kinds.
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You can also choose which flag to bring to your local protest. And engage with other local people and see where that gets you. It’s not at all helpful to second-guess people at protests while you sit at home not doing a damn thing.
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When you show up to your own local protest you are free to bring a US flag. Otherwise, your opinion isn’t helpful. Criticize the administration or the police if you feel the need to nitpick.
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Yeah, good point. There have long been people like this motivated by crunchy Mother Earth vibes and others motivated by American white evangelical religious purity but with Trump and RFK their once-divergent politics have converged
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They make “western medicine” the enemy when they should be angry at unregulated capitalism.
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Why are people drawn to it in the US in particular? Because for-profit health care means that the overall system has no interest in the health of individuals, just profits and maintaining enough healthy workers to pay premiums. So people seek alternatives and snake oil is right there.
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The “wellness” movement is a eugenics movement. It believes that illness, disability, mental illness, and neurodivergence is the result of impure ways of living and being. You can fix things with the power of positive thinking and diet and excercise, so if you still have problems it’s your fault.
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Similar age. In retrospect Jesse Jackson for all his faults might have been a better nominee than Dukakis, a bland technocrat who seemed electable until the GOP campaign cut him to pieces. Clinton was a reaction to that loss, and he won the election, great speeches—I didn’t vote for him in 1996
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Nirvana, December 1988, followed by Coffin Break, and DOA headlining.
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@repdelbene.bsky.social a helpful suggestion
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static.pbslearningmedia.org/media/collec...
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According to this, nigiri sushi is toast.
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Granted, Russ has always had trouble throwing short over the middle because he can’t see without a ladder, but he nearly always is accurate if he sees his target in time.
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You can see a couple of his bad passes in this Senior Bowl video, which also shows 3 sacks (mostly not his fault) and a few promising plays too: youtu.be/xsptk1i73Es?...
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Russ could reliably throw accurate short and middle-range passes. Milroe seems to be on target 60% of the time and completely missing the rest of the time, which accounts for a high number of bad throws to wide open receivers and lots of interceptions. But maybe he’ll learn quickly.
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Milroe has at least a season or two before we’ll know if he’s starter material, so there’s no way Sam Darnold loses the job unless Drew Lock somehow outplays him.
Best realistic case is Darnold has two Geno-ish years and then Milroe takes over and is the next Lamar Jackson.
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The full video is really cool
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Took this picture 4/5 at the Seattle Center
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dems should be proposing something along the lines of Repeal All The Fucked Up Trump Shit Act not this focus group stuff
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Over. 10 wins. Same defense, less offensive talent, but better OC/scheme. I would expect a similar result.
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Not even that. Impeachment requires only a simple majority in the House. Right now, 4 Republicans.
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Well, two days. But still.
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I’ll point out the Iraq demonstration they list is for New York only. If you look at the article for the 15/16 February 2003 protests the total worldwide was 6-10 million. Bigger than anything at the time except Earth Day in 1970. And still probably #2 for a single day.
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How can they all be so bad? It's really quite the accomplishment to find 18 people each somehow less qualified than the one before.
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Oh it would still be worth it but I can't help but start thinking about West Wing-style moves to improve things. Like Republicans defecting in the House to join with Republicans to appoint some moderate as Speaker, then impeach JD first so that Speaker becomes next in line.
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Oh I guess the ALT button is there in the lower-right but it's next to other text so my brain just totally missed it.