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april 23, 2020. only two years? HA! Good Fun!

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What to know about the latest student loan forgiveness waiver is gonna be a bit painful for those who defaulted somewhere along the ways, "Consumer advocates are disappointed in this exception because of the 4.4 million people who have been in repayment on their loans for more than 20 years, roughly half are in default. Advocates argue that these people need the most help and have experienced the most harm from a broken repayment system." am recognizing is political difficult to get support for a plan which subsidizes perceived deadbeats. heck, we got people on these boards getting all frothy 'cause o' school lunch programs, so imagine the pushback on student loans being forgiven if the the borrower defaulted at some point. that said, it would appear the folks most in need is gonna be the ones unable to avail themselves o' loan forgiveness. HA! Good Fun! ps am gonna admit we took a long time to repay our loans (didn't need undergrad or grad, but for law school we took max dollar amount possible) but the reason we stretched out repayment is 'cause, curious enough, all those student loan accounts helped our credit rating. we purposeful avoided consolidation, so instead o' having to manage a bunch o' credit cards we didn't want or need, we had a bunch o' different student loan accounts, which perhaps ironic bolstered our credit rating. 'course when we payed off our loans, we went from low 800s to 750ish almost overnight. didn't take us the 25 years to repay needed to avail self o' post grad/professional loan forgiveness, but am suspecting a few o' our contemporaries is still paying.

we almost never went to costco save for gasoline pre pandemic, but we bought a whole lotta fuel as we had a noteworthy daily commute, so the membership were worth it. with retirement and the pandemic, our fuel consumption dropped dramatic. however, during the worst spikes o' the pandemic we frequented costco with a certain amount o' regularity as our neighbors for whom we did shop always wanted costco specific groceries and supplies. not a complete loss as we discovered kirkland brand extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar is excellent. am understanding costco prize for select brands o' booze is also excellent, but as we don't partake, that is less o' a draw. regardless, on a whim we bought a spice rack which claimed to provide free refills for five years... cost us $29.50. we assumed the quality would be dreck, but given how much spice/herbs we go through, for thirty bucks the gamble were negligible. there is negatives. refills is not complete free as there is a delivery charge which means it only makes sense to order refills in batches o' 4, 10, 20, 35, etc. for all intents and purposes, if am ordering 4, is a buy one and get three free deal. not a fan o' their garlic powder. terrible. also, takes 'bout five days to receive a shipment, so if you need tomorrow, is not gonna work. once we did receive oregeno when we had in fact ordered cayenne pepper, but a replacement were sent immediate after we made an email complaint. as one might expect, weight o' refills varies considerable depending on the herb/spice, but the refills appear designed to fill the 3oz (fluid) spice jars which come with the rack... save for bay leaves. am gonna admit am impressed with their bay leaves, but is no way the leaves they send via refills is fitting in a 3oz jar; would have nothing but leaf fragments, and indeed, in the original spice rack we got a jar full o' useless bay leaf scraps which were promptly replaced but only after we took a picture to prove the condition matched our complaint. annoyed. general quality exceeds mccormick or even morton & bassett, save for the aforementioned garlic powder which am wondering if it were nothing but cellulose filler. ordinarily when we use cayenne pepper in a recipe, we double the amount described. am not doubling cayenne with the orii stuff. sinus clearing, but in a good way. few complaints so far. our order history says am averaging four refills a month, so am spending $6.25 on "free" refills monthly. even so, it feels like a decent deal but only 'cause we use so much spice. am mentioning if anybody happens to see the spice rack go on sale at costco and they is curious. HA! Good Fun!

along with absence o' gore, the most oft offered explanations for why falling deaths o' villains is so common in disney movies is as you describe. as such the hero's hands remain clean while the villain falls to death due to pride/hubris/whatever. compare the aforementioned hunchback of notre dame climax from disney to source material or most film versions. in the novel, and not disney, quasimodo hurls frollo to his death. ff to 37:15 HA! Good Fun!

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nothing really 'bout the 80s (or 90s) which set it apart. coulda' added jack nicholson's joker and sean bean from his bond film for 80s and 90s, but if we get 70s and 00s you are gonna have a similar list o' notables. however, am suspecting the obvious answer as to why is 'cause it is a common nightmare scenario. only 'bout a bazillion links, yes? show dramatic falling is a straight shot to the id or somesuch. director is gonna get an emotional response which resonates with many in spite o' fact nobody in the audience has actual experienced such a death themselves. HA! Good Fun!

1 2 and from 2000s there were no shortage o' such 3 ' course gollum goes out similar. we used death o' saruman in rotk 'cause is homage to christopher lee's death scene from sins of dracula (1970). peter jackson is a serious horror film nerd, so no accident. regardless, is a whole lotta disney films which do the villain falling to death starting from seven dwarfs and continuing through the decades and is no shortage o' imitators.... though admitted, pretty much every hunchback of notre dame film is gonna have such a scene, and there has been at least ten going back to 1911(?). HA! Good Fun! ps (edit): obvious king kong (33,76, 05) will be the most famous use o' the literal fall o' the antagonist, but we tend to not put kong in the villain role 'though "bad guys" works.

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puns, eh? well then, am gonna suggest nato may sweden the deal before they is finnished. and that effort at pun should last us another six months. HA! Good Fun!

another unfortunate and predictable side-effect o' the pandemic, other than inflation, has been the rise o' rat aggressiveness and even cannibalism. warning: the following clip may be too disturbing for sensitive viewers is exactly the kinda thing which shoulda' been anticipated, though perhaps some good may come from this if enough o' the filthy rodents destroy each other. HA! Good Fun!

gołąbki/cabbage rolls is kinda ubiquitous eastern european with all kinda small variations depending on region and the babushka from whom one learned the recipe, but is near universal delicious in spite o' simplicity. gonna admit we never use canned stewed tomatoes. have never made cabbage roll soup, but soup is not terribly hard and is having fundamental steps. if we were gonna make a cabbage roll soup, sans the rolls, we would likely do something similar to lc but replace the stewed tomatoes (though is a personal thing as we can't recall the last time we used stewed tomatoes) with whole tomatoes we hand crush to an extreme degree (in a non metallic bowl) or perhaps take a stick blender to the tomatoes and puree, add a bunch o' marjoram, black pepper and cooked rice to ingredients she already mentions. maybe add a bit o' stock. probable avoid the jalapeno. finish with the aforementioned sour cream and dill your significant other prefers. since is a soup, am gonna go more heavy on tomatoes and more stingy on rice and meat. anticipated steps: in a dutch oven sweat the onions in olive oil and/or butter then add garlic, salt and spices and cook for a minute. add in the cabbage and dehydrate to desired amount. meat(s), tomatoes, rice and stock goes in the pot, bring to near boil and then reduce to simmer and cook for thirty minutes to an hour. would also recommend adding a whole carrot, quartered. fish the carrot out at end o' cooking. is natural sugars in the carrot which is gonna cut the acidity o' the tomatoes w/o altering the flavour o' the soup. can always stick blender the soup if you want it smoother than what you got. serve with the sour cream and dill. am suspecting your wife and in-laws would enjoy the result, or perhaps they would wonder why you were too lazy to make cabbage rolls and as such the experiment would be an utter fail. if you are genuine curious, we could trial and error a bit and come up with a cabbage roll soup recipe with specific ingredients, quantities and steps... give us a month as am just finished with our easter feast for visiting family and am kinda cooked out and also lacking refrigerator space as is filled with leftovers. HA! Good Fun!

and o' more relevance is fact what is being described in the forbes article ain't actual crt in any meaningful sense. mentioned earlier how well intentioned libs is making the situation worse by attempting pushback by embracing the talking point and slipshod vernacular o' the gop bloggers who made crt a thing. am gonna note how a linked study in the forbes article refers to crp and not crt. culturally relevant pedagogy http://lmcreadinglist.pbworks.com/f/Ladson-Billings (1995).pdf am gonna admit the methodology described by gloria ladson-billings shows just how limited were the study conducted, but we did find interesting how the great bulk o' scholarly work tended to focus on explaining minority failure as 'posed to identifying common elements o' minority success, and ladson-billings were coming at the problem from the more novel direction. regardless, for the crp efforts from ladson-billings, class size is not a relevant factor so much as is finding a culturally responsive approach. competent teachers who were able speak to engage their minority students showed success, if those educators in fact believed in the educability o' their students. the sfusd program looks to be an effort to systematic apply a few o' the lessons gleaned from crp research as 'posed to needing rely on individual competent teachers capable o' overcoming cultural communication obstacles developing their own schemes to promote learning o' historically disenfranchised groups. HA! Good Fun! ps didn't make clear, but creating a crp enlightened curriculum does not instant transform crp into crt.

the tucker carlson vid offered by kp cuts off before it gets to the best/worst part: testicle tanning. edit: am seeing is subscription, so will offer a small portion, for educational purposes The second season of the Fox News host’s docuseries is trending thanks to a trailer for the episode, “The End of Men.” The series promises to offer solutions to the “problem” of declining masculinity, with one promo video showing ripped bare-chested men flipping truck tires, chopping wood, and shooting machine guns in an ultimate display of Crossfit allegiance. But Tuck outdid himself with one segment in particular on testicular tanning — a practice so ludicrous it might be the one time everyone can agree with Kid Rock. As with many outlandish health claims supported by no evidence, the notion that low-level laser therapy will increase testosterone and fertility is not new. Red light therapy — or as the Hungarian scientists named it in 1967, photobiomodulation — is experiencing a renaissance in potential treatments for muscle recovery, depression, and wound healing, topics regularly discussed on far right wellness podcasts with affiliate links to massage guns and infrared saunas. Which naturally led some men to strip naked and point the light at their balls. ... Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism people throw around "fascism" often w/o thinking what it means. that said, am o' the opinion the naked appeal to toxic masculinity by tuck is gonna satisfy at least one o' umberto eco's factors. HA! Good Fun!

the russian propaganda version is... weird. HA! Good Fun!

edit: irv pankey played on the rams ol as a left tackle for a decade, but for most o' that time he played opposite o' jackie slater (rt). is understandable few save hardcore rams fans recall his name.

going for irony again, eh? whatever. some folks never get tired o' being wrong. while am able to block bruce posts, when another boardie quotes bruce, we will see those quoted portions. such limitations on blocking is a flaw in the system, similar to the inability to block mods. that said am admitted pleasant surprised by the absence o' your reflexive qq, clown and deflection schtick. you deserve a cookie as positive reinforcement, even if is a predictable off-topic adventure. HA! Good Fun!

same. is why w/o specific examples o' how cross -curriculum is being taught and in the absence o' any data regarding relative effectiveness o' traditional and insular teaching v. cross-curriculum, am thinking it is the course o' wisdom to avoid positing conclusions we cannot support with anything more tangible than gut reactions... but am quirky that way. HA! Good Fun! ps and again, is a distraction from the imaginary bogeyman the gop is using to frighten working class whites, tucker carlson viewers and bruce.

as usual, @Hurlsnot would prove a better resource, but... How to make cross-curricular teaching part of your plan just a rando interweb link, but cross-curricular is not new, though is likely unknown to more than a few o' us who did matriculate decades past. teach history & math or english & physics as complimentary as 'posed to insular is having more than a few educational proponents. is a tendency for us older folks to respond to newfangled ideas as wasteful and unnecessary, and perhaps curmudgeons such as gd is correct. nevertheless, am not feeling particular threatened if material which would ordinarily be taught in a 1980s social studies class, such as the underground rail road or the triangle shirtwaist factory fire, managed to be incorporated into science or math lessons. our background most assured is not education, so am not suggesting cross-curricular is a good approach. however, am suspecting cross-curricular explains some o' the more ludicrous claims from the current gop regarding indoctrination via math and science textbooks. HA! Good Fun! ps it's monumental stoopid to debate what the florida gop and other red state legislatures might be aggrieved concerning the teaching o' *add scary abbreviation du jour here*. w/o concrete examples, is ridiculous to imagine the phantoms being imagined into existence and then defend or vanquish such manifestations. that said, whenever presented with concrete examples, as the fox article we has mentioned previous in this thread, so far we has seen nothing to support gop fears.

couldn't helped but be reminded o' a recent video. obvious this is kinda tongue-in-cheek, and perhaps too soon for some, but am thinking your comment 'bout target audiences is what is essential. we chuckle at the vid we link, but a handful o' obsidian posters is gonna reflexive whataboutism or worse, they is gonna outright identify with z... whatever z is. viewing propaganda dispassionate, particular fascist propaganda, is never gonna fully explain its success. what made those pre-war rallies work is they were bypassing reasonable and rational. too many dismissed a fringey and extreme movement seeming led by a funny little caricature o' a man 'cause they were looking at the rallies and marches rational and reasonable. focus on trump and what trump says is a mistake. the crowd cheered, and the crowds kept growing. am betting you watch trump rallies and marvel at how willful obtuse must be those cheering and supporting, but you ain't the target audience. current gop has realized that thanks to the almost unique US republican scheme, they got a formula which succeeds with a populist who is only speaking to 20-30% o' the US population. putin is extreme popular in russia, far more popular than is trump in the US, and some o' that approval is justified. russians were freezing and starving during the 1990s, while western nations were ignoring the suffering. after ww2, japan and germany were rebuilt with the aid o' a whole lotta western money. after the cold war the carcass o' the soviet union were seen as a source o' potential plunder by domestic gangsters as well as foreign multinationals. putin may be a bad guy, but he did save a whole lotta russians and they will never abandon him. period. add to this a kinda endemic russian conspiracy theory mentality coupled with (understandable if not reasonable) NATO/western fear, loathing and envy such that no source other than state tv/media is gonna be believed, and the current russian propaganda which looks transparent silly to you or Gromnir is widely accepted by russians. ... and 'cause the predictable whataboutism responses will derail the thread, am gonna observe how am actual looking forward to the new thor movie, and will make this a legit segue by observing how we were one o' the folks who saw merit in taika waititi's jojo rabitt. am believing the writer o' the recent hawkeye tv show co-wrote new thor with taika waititi, so that is also a plus for us. HA! Good Fun!

just 'bout every southerner on saturday? HA! Good Fun!

is why we gave up on bruce. is no different than blm. bruce is looking for the answer which corresponds with what he wants to believe, so he finds convincing and latches onto any story or headline which confirms his bias. he will keep coming back to crt until he gets the right response or answer. is exact why we don't give him a simplified definition for crt 'cause you know he will twist whatever definition is provided so as to legitimize his own preconceptions. am guaranteeing this is not happening in hurl's classes, or any other middle school classes... though admitted am not aware o' any law school prof who requires students to stand when responding nowadays, so that part is different. and in spite o' fact we don't know with absolute certainty, we would bet every cent we have that k-5 math classes in florida is not being taught like professor kingsley's example. is safe to say having students do the bloom taxonomy analysis, apply and evaluate at law school or grad school levels is so not happening at any public primary or secondary school in the US. have mentioned previous how impressed we would be if such were the case. explore banking regulations and fec rules through socratic method as a means o' considering the inertia o' systemic racism in the US is a common lesson o' crt and if hurl were doing legit crt in his classes o' snot-nosed crumb-snatchers we would applaud his edumacational skilz as beyond 1337. 'course the aformentioned fantasy is so not what is included in a 5th grade florida math textbook which perhaps mentions harriet tubman in a rando word problem... or lord only knows what is the actual obstacles florida identified in their textbook review and denial as they refuse to provide examples. however, none o' this matters, 'cause (and AGAIN, and again and again and again,) at least one boardie will keep coming back to this until he gets the right answer. HA! Good Fun!

*sigh* you missed your fellow mod's attempt at humor. is what we wrote 'cause when hurl posted this same exact stuff last summer, a few individuals had difficulty with, "the field’s basically just a 100 years old" observation. example: please note the date, yes? to help those with the misunderstanding... the "new" issue were a groundhog day topic, and recognizing that the 100 year issue would likely be resurrected, we were preemptive driving a stake into its heart, which o' course prompted a predictable tricycle drive-by from the most predictable o' sources. *shakes head sadly* am admitted saddened when literal the only person who gets it is tricycle mod. HA! Good Fun!

@Hurlsnot shared this last summer, but the internet swallowed it jic amnesia or early onset dementia presents and people forget how "the field’s basically just a 100 years old," concerns were already addressed. HA! Good Fun!

perhaps is a bit more (unnecessarily) complicated. way we were taught is green and scallion get used interchangeable for the same thing. is a number o' different onion genus plants which when immature produce green onions/scallions. however, is our understanding most store bought scallions/green onions is gonna be o' the same genus and species as the spring onion... and am admitting we don't know the genus and species but is common referred to as the welsh onion. for practical purposes, scallions/green onions is a bit sharper than spring onions. ... is more confusing as the "welsh" in welsh onions don't refer to wales. a national symbol o' wales is the leek, another distinct member o' the onion genus, whereas the welsh onion is a kinda pejorative referring to its alien origin. ff to 3:50 we use leeks frequent as we enjoy the garlic flavour. HA! Good Fun! ps multiple auto-correcting o' our spelling from genus to genius