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$5,630,859,000,000: Federal Spending Has Already Set Annual Record; Deficit at Record $2,807,295,000,000 It's cute how everyone is arguing aver who will win the "most important election in history" while meanwhile.... tick tock tick tock

More like rats in a sewer. Peas on a pod are pleasant. Useful. Nutritious. Rats are not good for much.

Two Beluga Whales Set Free After Nearly A Decade In Captivity Look at that face!

Chula Vista Boy Gets Hero's Treatment After Final Chemo Infusion

Man opens sanctuary for abused farm animals: 'You can't be depressed here'

Ex-soldier biking nearly 400 miles to raise cash for emotional support dogs for veterans

Sailor Braves Waves to Save Crew of Burning Ship

OK, this is pretty good: Alabama High School Principal Makes 'Can't Touch This' Parody About Returning To School

For dinner I made buttermilk biscuits from scratch. Kind of a pain but totally worth it. Two were enjoyed with strawberry preserves from my garden last spring and black coffee. Two more come breakfast time with more coffee and a little drizzle of honey

I just realized in my entire house there are only two pictures on the wall. I repainted a few years ago and only put two back up. I don't think that was a conscious choice. Maybe an unconscious one. One is this: I love that pic. The other is a picture of Tommy & I at a Redbirds game Bark at the Park night. This place is very.... plain. Maybe that's why I'm feeling so down lately. Plus I've laet this place maybe six times since March. Maybe it's just cabin fever. Need to visit art.com and cheer this place up a bit!

Not someone I'd want in the White House but no worse than the other options. Just another s--t covered rat in a sewer full of them. I have one hope that I cling to regarding this election: No matter who wins as long as Congress stays divided. Or at least as long as the President and congress are different parties. We'll be fine then. Well, at least our destruction won't be hastened.

Oh I am quite cynical about the actions and motivations of individuals as well. But, it's far easier to protect yourself from people than "the people". A wolf by himself is a problem. A pack of wolves is a BIG problem

Suppose I stepped in s--t and tracked it all over you house. So you kick me out. I'm gone but does that remove the stains and the smell?

HA! I always knew you were a closet cynic! How could you not be? "For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow." Ecclesiastes 1:18 NKJV

Trump Teases a Gettysburg Convention Speech. NO! Goddamn it you DO NOT do this! First of all you don't use government assets and property to campaign for a job. It's against the law. Second of all, no here. Especially not here. It's not a stage, it's not a prop, doing this cheapens it. If he goes through with this all of the low things he's done this will be one of the lowest. And it will sully the office even more than he already has.

Protesters assault and attempt to murder WI Police Officer Who didn't see this coming?

I just LOVE it when problems solve themselves!

More in that vein

It's the right way to do education... just make sure your charges know the real world will be MUCH less forgiving!

OK, I know I told Gromnir no more memes.... that pledge lasted just 17 hours

Anyone else having a hard time taking this season seriously?

When it comes to your vehicle, the "rights" you have are limited. There is no "right" to drive. It's a privilege that comes with conditions. Drivers license, seat belts, having insurance, not doing it three sheets in the wind, etc are examples of those conditions. I have never argued the state does not have the authority to make me wear a seat belt... or else. I think they should not. Not can not. Whether they actually have the power to compel mask wearing in public is a bit more gray. But put that aside for a moment. The argument I have been trying to make is not CAN NOT rather SHOULD NOT. At least not so broadly.

@Gromnir I never said they have the RIGHT to go without. I said it's not the government's place to tell them they must. Not the same thing. And I'm socially graceless enough to tell someone to back the f--k up in as many words. But, that's me. @Bartimaeus It's no one's personal fault they got sick. It may well be someone else's fault, namely maskless d-bag. Especially since we wear masks to protect other folks, not ourselves. That said despite Grom's insistence the maskless and socially careless cannot be avoided I simply disagree that is the case. They can be avoided and should be. It is not blaming the victim for pointing out there steps that can reduce your chances of being a victim. Saying that does not make me unsympathetic to people who get sick. Like you said, it would not be my fault I was dead on Chelsea Ave, but if i'd had the sense not to do it it would not have happened. As for the state, yesterday I went to Walgreens, Kroger, and Lowes. Every one of them had a sign saying, in effect, no mask = no entry/service. IMO that is more effective than the police in Michigan arresting (or citing I don't remember) a man fishing alone. If the governments of the cities and states had placed the burden on places like stores, buildings, etc saying "thou shalt require thy customers and employees to wear masks" I'd have less of a problem with it. I have yet to see a credible news story about the police molesting someone for being unmasked in their car alone or in their home. There is enough rumor of it. That much smoke there is a fire somewhere. But I HAVE seen stories where people alone in parks, walking on the sidewalk alone, etc have been. There is a line that gets crossed here. BTW guys as you know I have had a personal experience with a drunk driver. So I am 100% with Gromnir on not relying on the personal responsibility of drunks. It is an activity where harm to others is likely so no objections to state prosecutions on that. If that traps me in something of a contradiction here then so be it.