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Ted Baxter was a crazy character back in the day. Les Nesman was also one of those that was quirky and you never knew where he was coming from or where he was going. mspart

You are a treat TPT. You twist and squirm to change what people say to make them demons. I did not equate myself to terrorists. Not even close. That is a lie you tell yourself with a smugness that allows you to think you are winning an argument. It is a ridiculous narrative you weave and everyone can see it. You might try something else, this isn't working for you. I have been very clear here about what I think. IDF goes after Hamas operatives. If they are hiding with civilians, and civilians get hurt or killed, that is on Hamas. I do not think IDF should or does target civilians. But if Hamas will use them as shields, that is on Hamas. Hamas should have thought about that before attacking innocent civilians in Israel on Oct 7. And it is apparent they did. Sinwa of Hamas wants casualties. He is very clear that more Gazan civilian casualties, the better. He is the monster you should be concerned with because he has very real power over there. I, who have been very clearly on the opposite of him, should not concern you one bit. And you know that but try to warp what has been written on here. Your fake outrage is very transparent. Your attempt to equalize me with terrorists is laughable. One of the worst comparisons I have ever heard. You need a new bag of tricks. mspart

That is actually a salient point. The DOJ and other enforcement agencies will move if the alleged crime is the right crime or so it seems. mspart

I read where A&W put out a 1/3 pounder priced the same as the McDs 1/4 pounder. Sales did not increase. They did a study and found most people thought the DQ was a worse deal because 3 is less than 4. https://awrestaurants.com/blog/aw-third-pound-burger-fractions Yes, normal people do not know fractions. Unbelievable! mspart

Wow you just described the leader of Sinwa of Hamas. See what I did there? mspart

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/interest-costs-just-surpassed-defense-and-medicare In the first seven months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, spending on net interest has reached $514 billion, surpassing spending on both national defense ($498 billion) and Medicare ($465 billion). Overall spending has totaled $3.9 trillion thus far. They said we would get here and now we have. Debt is the #1 expenditure int he budget and that is not bringing any of the debt down. It is only paying the interest. We cannot keep going like this. mspart

What presidents have been over 65 when they were elected? Seriously, I know Trump and Biden, but are there any others? How were they? mspart

Not a complete answer, but I think at the very least, persons convicted of violent crimes should be able to have their 2nd Amendment rights stripped. Not just any felon, but those convicted of violent crime. Not sure about much else. Like I said, not a complete answer. mspart

You are supposed to wait for the police to come in 4 hours if they ever make it and let them sort things out. There never is a need to take matters into your own hands. mspart

Wondering when Biden uses his new EO to secure the border. mspart

Wow RL. Just wow. mspart

Yes, the Reverend Jim. Now that was a unique character and hilarious. He could not be a main character but who didn't want to at least see him a little in each episode? He was awesome. mspart

Not my all time favorite, but Lucille Ball was certainly a fan favorite with at least 3 different series. She was a staple on TV during my childhood. Yep, I'm old. mspart

Agent 86 was certainly a classic. Great stuff. Costanza also a great pick. mspart

Hunter might be on the short list now that he is a convicted felon. Paisanos right? mspart

I didn't even think Cartoon. I love foghorn and yosemite sam. Great characters. mspart

All True. We have two trees down that could be made into quite a bit of fire wood if we burned. The King county region has a smoke alert that disallows wood burning unless it is your only source of heat. Not many here fit that category although some do. The bridges are much more reliable than a ferry. You should see the ferry system here now. Many got fired because they would not get the jab, so now there is 1/3 of the ferries out of service due to maintenance issues and those that do work are off schedule a majority of the time. Thank you Gov Inslee. Wood cannot be used for power I don't think. Would deplete the resource. That's why fossil fuels rule the roost right now. They are fairly cheap and plentiful. MN once had forests of huge old growth trees that could never be cut down. But Paul Bunyan found a way to completely strip the land of trees. I don't think WA wants to go there. mspart

Yes, perhaps there will be an appeal. Vak - What basis would you think an appeal could be successful? What did the court get wrong that prejudiced the jury? What misconduct of attorneys or judge or court personnel are subject to appeal? I have no idea. I don't see a route to appeal but they can do so. I'm just not sure there is much of a basis for one. mspart

Good selections. Archie was a pretty good character and well played. I really liked Radar in the first 3 seasons of MASH. He was no little kid like he was under Potter. He was integral in the shennigans that Pierce and McIntyre pulled. He was the enabler. Great character. mspart

Are you saying that you don't mind if the government grows so big it spends more than the annual GDP of the productive class? I hope that is not what you are saying. But it seems like you are. Government does not create, it uses. Private Enterprise creates. mspart

Except that in Hunter's case, the evidence was overwhelming showing him guilty. He didn't put up much of a defense. He was hoping for jury nullification. Trump's case was nebulous with no real indictment. Here is an example and all read about the same. TWENTY-EIGHTH COUNT: AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows: The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about October 18, 2017, with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof, made and caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise, to wit, a Donald J. Trump account check and check stub dated October 18, 2017, bearing check number 002944, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. The felony allegation is bolded and underlined by me. This is the same wording in all counts. What was that "another crime" cited by the indictment? This is why I have said over and over that this case should never have gone to trial. The crime he was alleged to have done in 2017 ran out of statue of limitations 6 years ago. In order to bring it alive again it had to be connected to a further crime. And the indictment should specify what that further crime was. But it doesn't. It only says that he had "intent to commit another crime". What other crime? You can't allege a crime has been committed without specifying what that crime was. This case should never have been brought to court and when it did, it should have been dismissed because of lack of specificity. And to this day, no one knows what the jury determined was the other crime because the judge said the jury could pick and choose what they wanted. That is a kangaroo court. And the appeal, if there is one, will show that. The only way this is not appealed is if the judge declares a mistrial because of the facebook post saying ahead of time the jury would convict Trump. That was on the court's facebook page. I'm not convinced it is legit. Neither is Jonathan Turley. Why? Because the judge did not investigate the matter to even find out who posted that. It could be real, it could be a plant. But the judge made it public and told the defense about it anyway. This case is all kinds of screwed up from the DA to the court. mspart

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/05/1127047811/the-fbis-new-crime-report-is-in-but-its-incomplete Los Angeles and New York City did not report to the FBI. In fact, only 63% of the country's police departments submitted anything, and some of the data that was submitted was incomplete. Weihua Li of The Marshall Project has been poring over the FBI's findings. And there you go. You could say crime was down 27% but that would be a mistake. mspart

I agree that we need to move towards something. Wind and Solar appear to be the most expensive alternatives that have been grabbed onto. Here in WA they are talking about taking out dams. And replace them with what? No plan other than more wind and solar. Yes there is solar on the eastern side of the state. There is nuclear that is zero emission, but not zero cost both money and environmental. There is coal. But that has environmental concerns. There is natural gas. But WA is trying to outlaw use of that by 2040 by law. But this is the cleanest energy source and is plentifully available. We never had brownouts but now we are facing them. That is an indictment on those that are in the planning of these things. Moving too fast on power sources that are not reliable and getting rid of sources that are reliable. It is idiotic to move forward like this. Just think if 100 years ago as they were laying electric grids etc if they didn't think of all the permutations and plan for those, where would we be? We have forgotten that lesson. We are getting smarter while at the same time getting dumber. There is no common sense applied anymore to these kinds of issues. Here in Seattle, we have two bridges that join Seattle to the eastside. Both are floating bridges. They actually float on the water. They have been there since the 1950s at least. Now they wanted to put light rail across. They were warned that the fact the floating bridges move might be a factor against doing this. They moved forward anyway and are years behind because of the problems crossing a floating bridge on immovable rails on a moveable foundation. They did no research to figure this out before building. It is now built but not used because they can't. Unbelievable!!! Dumber. mspart

https://nypost.com/2024/06/09/world-news/gaza-journalist-held-3-hostages-in-his-home-with-his-family-israeli-military-says/ Poor civilian was killed in the raid. He was a reporter also. But he held hostages in his house. My question is if IDF is killing everyone, how is it that this guy still had a house standing in all the rubble in which he could hold hostage 3 Israelis? Apparently, IDF is not causing the destruction that has been reported by Hamas. mspart

My guess he will not get prison time. 1st offense. I'm guessing he will get a probation of some sort and may get a pardon but Joe has said he won't do that. Maybe Trump will pardon him if Joe won't. mspart