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wbpeckham

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Ancient Educator, Warrior, IT (Coding, DBA, Network, Linux) Guru, now mostly retired. @wbpeckham

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@georgetakei Dang! He is GOOD!

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I concur...

wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei there are worse things than pizza and slices. I don't know if you're aware, but there is an apparition out there among people who actually cut pizzas into squares!! But I have heard a rumor that there are even some that go beyond that and eat pizza with a knife and fork! Hard to believe, I know!

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Inquiring minds!

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@georgetakei I believe that Island was named when California was part of Spain. The fort, barracks, and prison were named for the island and later when that was converted to a federal prison the old name continued. I would absolutely support renaming it jailhouse Rock! Although there might be an IP issue with using that name, someone should absolutely check that out! 😁

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Donald Trump tried to steal the election in 2020 and, by all accounts, he and his MAGA minions are going to try again in 2024. But how likely is it that they'll succeed? The good news is that since 2020 we have some new guardrails in place to make it even harder for them to overturn another Biden win. Learn more over at The Big Picture. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-overturn-biden-election-2024

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@georgetakei My worry is less that they will find a way to take away a Biden win, then that they will find a way to put enough cheats in place to make a Trump win even with a minority of the voting population supporting Trump. The cheats that take place before the count may be more significant than any cheats after the count! We need a comprehensive voting Rights act or a constitutional amendment securing voting rights for all citizens and eliminating or negating the impact of the ways of cheating.

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Oops!

wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei that sign, exactly as it is there, perfectly expresses my sentiment when someone comes to my door. Just sayin'

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@georgetakei it's still astonishes me, although they are in the minority, how many people approve of ripping the money out of the public education system! It's not just that the rest of the country needs a strong public education system, so do they!

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Bring it back!

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@georgetakei you can still do that but you pay freight prices for doing it. Basically, it cost too much. I have seen people who were traveling for work send tools and suitcases ahead by Air freight because they were not going to need them before they caught the plane to travel, but they did not need them for closing meetings. It can be done. Most people don't want to $$$$

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I tell Bradder this all the time!

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@georgetakei wait, doesn't this depend on who makes the sandwich?

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Receiving lavish gifts from donors and openly supporting insurrectionists aren't typically behaviors we expect of Supreme Court justices. Yet here we are. With no indication the Court intends to actually police itself, it's long past time for reform. Your move, Congress. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/supreme-court-recusal-reform-alito

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@georgetakei the most conservative side of Congress is not interested in fixing the problems, they don't want to eliminate the corruption, they just want a piece of the action! Maybe we need some really good cops and FBI agents that have retired from public service to enter politics and run for Congress? Or maybe we just need to vote the conservatives that approve of criminality the heck out of office and replace them with anybody better.

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This week on The Big Picture! Joe Biden is showing a tougher side on issues like the border, Netanyahu, Russia, and the press. Is this a smart move or risky with progressives? Tomorrow, Jay Kuo explores the shift. Plus, check out Todd Beeton's take on Supreme Court scandals and Congressional Democrats' push for reform. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-big-picture-june-5

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@georgetakei I don't know if it's risky or not, it would appear to be. What strikes me is the risky or not it may be necessary. The problem is big and he has to do something about it, and the right something requires the Congress to work with him. The problem is we have a dysfunctional Congress that absolutely refuses to take action to address the problem, so it is all left to the administration to do the best it can under its authority. Until we replace enough conservatives members of Congress with people who will actually do the job, the law will not be changed. That is the goal that matters most, we need a liberal president with Congress with at least 60% liberals in each house in order to be sure of not only actually addressing the problem but legislating a proper solution.

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It makes me sizzle!

wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei I discovered a super weapon for dealing with that nemesis, titanium steel kitchen shears!

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Take notes, Bradder.

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@georgetakei dessert had better include ice cream! It at least triples the odds of recovery!

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🧀💛

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@georgetakei My devotion to cheese has nothing to do with the fact that I was a mouseketeer!

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@georgetakei When my youngest son was born I emphasized to my wife that her parents and my parents had no place in the naming: it had to be her choice and mine and we had to agree. Luckily we came to a strong agreement fairly quick, turns out we had great grandparents and great grand aunts and uncles that shared some names and some favorites. Four kids name is a history lesson if you know how to read it right! But we were happy. 😁

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@georgetakei if someone wants to throw a group party, I'm in. But we're going to hash out the payment arrangements ahead of time. I don't drink out, and I am absolutely not on board with providing other people with booze anywhere except at my house or theirs. The thing is, you have to have that discussion up front. When the bill arrives it's a little late!

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@georgetakei I really don't take time to notice what other people are wearing. Heck, I barely knows what I'm wearing!

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We don't need that kind of energy.

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@georgetakei Wasn't "sure" spelled differently last year? I think it was "whatever".

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You have to applaud this level of petty.

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@georgetakei it would be worth the cost to pay a good surveyor to do the quick research and mark the property lines for them. But no, that would be too easy...

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@georgetakei I'm not interested in and do not want to see this movie, but I am liking this director a lot!

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Using this!

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@georgetakei who's been reading my emails?

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Wait, hold on...🚑

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@georgetakei That is a perfect hook, you really want to know the rest of the story!

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👌🤣

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@georgetakei before I use super glue for very much I always make sure that I have some acetone based nail polish remover or technical acetone on hand. I don't normally keep her store it, but it's just the thing to dissolve that super glue.

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Just to be clear...

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@georgetakei A sparrow eats about 30% of its body weight per day on average. Just sayin'

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Oh SNAP!

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@georgetakei might it be because that was already taken? 🤪

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wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei Does he not understand that contempt of court is a crime and that he's been found guilty of 10 counts, and those were just the ones before closing arguments!

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Brilliant.

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@georgetakei I find that there's a certain point of exhaustion I can get to we're having a warm tummy overrides all caffeine. At that point a hot coffee is quite capable of putting me right out, and the snore decibels maybe high enough to be painful.

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@georgetakei This is now making me wonder how many store sign size dwellings we can put on an acre of land. Of course, if we were building them for people to live in that would mean they would need plumbing and electricity rather than a long extension cord to a single outlet.... But maybe we've been making this all way too complicated for a long long time!

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@georgetakei he been Wooped!!!

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@georgetakei I am not sure that the judge can issue a guide order on anyone who is not directly involved in the trial. That said, if prosecutors can find evidence that Trump and the senator discussed this.... That would be an example of the defendant violating the gag order by inciting someone else to speak for him. We can only hope that someone is investigating...

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@georgetakei I had no clue who these brothers were and had to look it up.

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In 2020, Donald Trump won North Carolina by just 1.3%, his smallest margin of victory in any state. And while the 2024 polls don’t currently show Joe Biden holding Trump to such a slim margin this year, let alone winning the state, there are reasons to think North Carolina is going to be ground zero in the 2024 fight against GOP extremism. And that could mean a Joe Biden victory in the end. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/biden-north-carolina-reverse-coattails

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@georgetakei I think Joe Biden is in a lot of trouble right now. There are many people who don't see a Biden win in the next election as win for America. But that is balanced against the 92% of America that sees a trump win as a loss for America and the world! I am among a smaller percentage that think Biden has done an absolutely amazing job and approve of him very much. I don't believe there is anyone of any age that is a better choice for that office. But there are a whole lot of worst choices and avoiding those make sense even to those who don't admire Joe Biden as much as I do.

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Fair point!

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@georgetakei trying desperately not to imagine french fried beets!

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@georgetakei I do not enjoy rap. I am not a fan of any rapper. That said this is an admirable and very enlightened kind of thing to do. The team is having a problem and someone stood up and addressed that problem who had the resources to do so without jumping through a lot of hoops. All of a sudden without wanting to hear any of the music I am a fan!

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Are you able to keep up with all the lingo?

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@georgetakei I was a teenager in the late 1960s, so I still make up a new slang word of my own every week. Drives my kids crazy! 😁😜

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@georgetakei you know this is the first thing he said that I don't have to question her look up. I just believe him on this!

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Don't tell the bagel police!

wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei What is this "run out of bagels" thing? Don't you make your own bagels? Don't you make enough?

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It's worth a shot!

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@georgetakei yeah my problem is my body convincing me that the couch is really bed!

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Hard agree.

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@georgetakei I made 365 internet friends. I am retired now...

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@georgetakei It might be useful to claim being slightly drunk. We forgive our artists a few drinks easier than we forgive having them attack police officers!

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@georgetakei somebody needs a new school board!

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wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei Depending upon context "gravel walkway" can be either a place or a thing, so they were not wrong and the point is not to make it easy to win the bonus round. It would kind of make you feel bad though....

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Would you tell this person to move their coat, or just deal with it?

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@georgetakei well I'm on the old white guy so I would ask them, but if other people weren't my advice I told him to ask the steward or stewardess to talk to them about it.

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@georgetakei GOOD!

GOD!

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@georgetakei you can't lose it if you never had it!

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@georgetakei Explaining carefully yet loudly exactly what the wrong thing to do is, and then maintaining that it is your policy to do exactly that thing, is the most Republican thing I have heard today! It used to mean more and better to be Republican! Today the GOP ain't So Grand!

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Wouldn't that be nice?

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@georgetakei is complimentary catering a thing? If not, why not?

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Please tell me this isn't an actual thing 🤢

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@georgetakei Oh.. Ah.. Yum? You try the soft shelled cicada recipe first!

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Got it?

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@georgetakei I have heard it said that English is a strange language. English is not a strange language! English is a creole made up of 47 (at last count) languages several of which are strange and none of which combine naturally in a way that lends itself to rules. English is a pirate language. It's his other languages from a distance, sails down the wind to fire a shot across their bow, that steals odd words and grammatical structures and sales away claiming them as its own.

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