By: schrodinger's cat
@DougJ:Are you back home from your travels? I am most probably going to be in Rochester next weekend.
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@Villago Delenda Est: Yeah, I agree that they’re true believers…. But one of their primary goals is to convince the mushy middle by sounding quasi-reasonable… Just made much much harder by this...
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@geg6: Forgotten in the generational cutoff (I’m 55) thing is that a lot of Boomer families were actually Boomer/Joneser families and even beyond. My oldest brother is 71(a Silent) and my baby brother...
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@beltane: I want to say “Nah, we’re not Bolshevik, it’s not in our blood.” Some guy here made a compelling argument a week or two ago, though, that a lot of revolutions happen not because people revolt...
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@smintheus: it’s actually an old hippie saying, slightly bastardized, from the 60s. there’s a chemistry-class version of it too: “If you’re not a part of the solution, you’re a part of the precipitate.”
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@Violet: Either they don’t know, or they don’t care, or they’re counting on the Democrats and other non-madmen to protect their welfare while everyone else’s is gutted.
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@schrodinger’s cat: Yes, I’m back…I won’t be here next weekend, though. Too bad.
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@schrodinger’s cat: BTW I am wondering what demographic finds Ryan attractive, as a straight woman, I find him vaguely creepy, he reminds of the annoying teacher’s pet in school. To paraphrase the...
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@DougJ: That’s too bad, may be next time. @Calouste: You nailed it! Great Krugthulu is great.
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@schrodinger’s cat: Definitely next time. I’m gone a lot in the summer but I’m usually around otherwise. Are you from Rochester?
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@IowaOldLady: balloon juice: come for the song lyric/poem headlines, stay for the snark
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@DougJ: No, but a very good friend of mine lives there, so I visit often (once a year). I was last there in December of 2010.
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@PattyP: Nothing personal. I did start out by saying no offense, but, my god, what a horrible image.
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