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And, US national debt surpasses $40 Trillion.

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Donald has everything under control. The oligarchs have everything under control. ICE has everybody under control. Flock has everybody under survellence. You the little guy, you control nothing.

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Cable Internet is back. Doing everything on my phone with 5G for a week was okay but I started getting bandwidth usage warnings so I kinda had to cut back on usage.

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Read: Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied | TNR

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Good morning.

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Flock cameras are so Big Brother.

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Trump threatened Oman, which has always been very good to US.

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Notice Trump destroys anything beautiful.

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Trump is a fink.

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I think we need to introduce Flock camera play. Like drive around the block past the same Flock camera repeatedly for a half hour. Just to, you know, play.

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Notice that canned beans are never in the news. No social posts either. They just quietly do what beans do.

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I’m seeing more and more Flock cameras popping up all over my town and neighboring towns. What gives? The Man wants to monitor where you go.

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Note to self: Next time download all those Miss Marple ebooks I just bought to my Kobo reader before the big storm hits and I lose power and WiFi for a week and counting. Because boredom.

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Finally, got a few groceries. Enough for a couple of days. At least I’m not forced to go to a restaurant for a meal.

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@rnovotney.bsky.social Thanks. It was like camping out for a few days. Man that garbage bin is gonna be ripe with spoiled food until Bin Day.

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@fgtech It probably won’t meet the deductible so not worth filing a claim. Thanks for the suggestion, it’s a good one.

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After four days, power came back on. Took much needed shower. Today I get to clean out refrigerator and freezer. Everything must go.

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Bad storms. Whole region without power. Cell network dodgy. Trees down everywhere. On emergency bridge. Still have coffee so will hold.

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Read: Poland and Baltics shield infrastructure, fearing a Russian false-flag strike | Reuters

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@V_ Well yes, information comes at a price. What was on my mind was the promise of the early Web and where we are at now, plus a swipe at the subscription payment model for everything from newspapers to heated car seats. @fgtech

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@ceciliapeartree.bsky.social Thank you!

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Truth is behind a subscription paywall. Lies are free.

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Good morning.

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Just my unscientific observation, but our supply chain has not fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic. Off shored supply, just in time logistics worked prior to the pandemic but climate change, tarriffs and political problems have compounded matters leaving gaps.

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Good morning.

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Pentagon wants $60 BILLION just to pay for Iran War to date. The problem is the costs continue because the war isn’t over and there is no end in sight. It’s an endless conflict thanks to Trump and what do we have to show for it?

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Good morning.

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No Epstein Files, are you surprised?

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Hormuz is closed. Trump does not buy his own gas, taxpayers do, so what does he care?

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Trump wants to take away your right to vote so he can be President for Life.

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Republicans are all in for Big Government. Pay attention.

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Once again it smells like things are burning outside and I wonder if it’s the forest fires out west or something from the nearby steel mill?

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Good morning.

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An Appeals Court has stopped work on Trump’s WH ballroom/bunker. Good. Case now goes to The Supremes.

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If Donald really wanted to cut government spending, one would think he would set an example of austerity w/ the Executive Branch instead of spending like a drunken sailor.

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Social Media: Flock survellence cameras are under discussion. The political Right, Left and Populist seem to be converging on agreeing: they don’t like them, they don’t trust them.

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OTOH, The Establishment loves them.

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Good morning.

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Trump’s hair is heading to the Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian drones.

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Diplomatic Translator: If Trump says Hormuz is open it means it’s closed. If Iran says it’s open, it might be open for 6 hours max. until that falls apart.

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New: Vivaldi Radio.

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No tracking, no subscriptions, no popups. Free.

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Good morning.

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Breaking: I don’t use enough ketchup to make buying expensive organic, free range, ketchup worthwhile.

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Also Breaking: Strait of Hormuz is closed.

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Headlines: Russian security services planned the assasination of managers of German armaments companies supplying Ukraine.

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Read: Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed | 404 Media

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Good morning.

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I’m actively avoiding lettuce. I’m a lettuce avoider. No hardship in this for me but it does put some limitations on fast food places, plus I’ve given up green salads at home.

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@markpltz.bsky.social Trump bought 250 news Cadillac Escalades? I guess I’ll ask the obvious, why not Chevy SUV’s? Although I suppose sometimes these are used for VIP’s and mucky-mucks, but it still seems like staffers and Trump’s Cabinet Crazies could make do with a Chevy.

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@bradenslen Wormholes are all tricky that way.

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@adders Excellent news. Congratulations.

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@ChrisJWilson :-)

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@markpltz.bsky.social It’s not that odd!

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@Miraz Great! I hope you enjoy it. I wasn’t sure if I iiked the characters in Book One to be frank, but I had bought the first 3 books and so continued on and got to understand and like the characters and setting until I feel at home with them. Now I like the whole series.

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@firefly I agree RWD would be less good in the mountains. I’m not sure how that would effect range.

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@DiplomaticDiva Yeah.

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@JohnPhilpin Not sure, but the internet seems to have a habit of cutting out right when one is doing something important. It’s a rule.

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@DiplomaticDiva Wifi is sneaky that way.

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@rom LOL! I think Bezos said something about people using less water. The nerve. But it’s got me asking questions like, why can’t data centers recycle water use and what happens to all the water they do use, etc.?

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@DiplomaticDiva Second Breakfast is the best.

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@chrisaldrich Have a great time.

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@LiseAndreasen Very true.

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@JohnPhilpin Those are both good and thanks for searching for them.

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IMO both are right in that everything is broken and the old definitons no longer work. The problem is the different sides disagree on who to blame. And it gets more complicated because we have an entrenched two party system and the elites of both parties are to blame.

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@JohnPhilpin That is good.

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What strikes me is that there is dissatisfaction with The Establishment from both the Right and the Left throughout many parts of the Western world, not just the US.

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@adders Yikes! That usually only happens in sci-fi movies.

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@rnovotney.bsky.social Thanks I will look into it. Is this a “Kirkwood” brand or something else?

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@JohnPhilpin I could buy into that!

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@fgtech Perfect. I’m gonna steal that.

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Just think, soon they will be New and Improved with built in advertising.

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@adders Best wishes on your recovery.

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