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	<title>Comments on: Friday Talking Points -- We Don&#039;t Need No Education!  We Don&#039;t Need No Thought Control!</title>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177549</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 17:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
Just another day, living in the hood
Just another day around the way
Feeling good today, feeling lovely-yay
Just another day, living in the hood
Just another day around the way
Feeling good today
I hear the - but I&#039;m here to stay.
Well it&#039;s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
A beautiful day in the neighborhood &lt;/blockquote&gt;


&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKf4pUj-RA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mister Rogers&#039; Neighborhood&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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Just another day, living in the hood<br />
Just another day around the way<br />
Feeling good today, feeling lovely-yay<br />
Just another day, living in the hood<br />
Just another day around the way<br />
Feeling good today<br />
I hear the - but I'm here to stay.<br />
Well it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood<br />
A beautiful day in the neighborhood </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKf4pUj-RA" rel="nofollow">Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177548</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 16:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris, this one&#039;s for you. 

Though, I thought for sure you were going to make an appearance this time around ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPpAPIIZyo

Now, THAT is a wrap! 

:-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris, this one's for you. </p>
<p>Though, I thought for sure you were going to make an appearance this time around ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPpAPIIZyo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPpAPIIZyo</a></p>
<p>Now, THAT is a wrap! </p>
<p>:-)</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 11:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>just another day.

https://youtu.be/YkGY5EzA-h4</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just another day.</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/YkGY5EzA-h4" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/YkGY5EzA-h4</a></p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177545</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 07:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Last but certainly not least... I see your cowbell, and I brought some more COWBELL!

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqqkGxZ1_8I&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis...&lt;/a&gt;

The Rolling Stones 

... and that&#039;s a wrap for me. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last but certainly not least... I see your cowbell, and I brought some more COWBELL!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqqkGxZ1_8I" rel="nofollow">I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis...</a></p>
<p>The Rolling Stones </p>
<p>... and that's a wrap for me. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 06:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elizabeth Miller
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&lt;i&gt;My Queen: It&#039;s A Kinda Magic concert has now been postponed to May 18 ... 2022. &lt;/i&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
The waiting seems eternity
The day will dawn of sanity
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Is this a kind of magic? &lt;/blockquote&gt;
*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw32qKppMw</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elizabeth Miller<br />
98</p>
<p><i>My Queen: It's A Kinda Magic concert has now been postponed to May 18 ... 2022. </i></p>
<blockquote><p>
The waiting seems eternity<br />
The day will dawn of sanity<br />
Ooh ooh ooh ooh<br />
Is this a kind of magic? </p></blockquote>
<p>*</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw32qKppMw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw32qKppMw</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177542</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 05:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And, speaking of current personal theme songs, here&#039;s mine...

&lt;a href=&quot;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZclddLcOYYA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bang On The Drum&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, speaking of current personal theme songs, here's mine...</p>
<p><a href="//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZclddLcOYYA" rel="nofollow">Bang On The Drum</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177541</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 05:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick[107],

Nice one!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick[107],</p>
<p>Nice one!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177540</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 05:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joshua,

It was so nice to see you here tonight. It&#039;s not the same without you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joshua,</p>
<p>It was so nice to see you here tonight. It's not the same without you.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177539</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 05:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another 2-fer

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdy_rct6uo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Spin Doctors - Two Princes&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another 2-fer</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdy_rct6uo" rel="nofollow">Spin Doctors - Two Princes</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177538</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 05:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I got problems. But, none of them have anything to do with noise in my bose stereo system. Thank the gods for that!

While the night is still young, I&#039;m going to have to call it a night.

Unless Caddy shows up, of course!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I got problems. But, none of them have anything to do with noise in my bose stereo system. Thank the gods for that!</p>
<p>While the night is still young, I'm going to have to call it a night.</p>
<p>Unless Caddy shows up, of course!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177537</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 03:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TS,

Here&#039;s one just for you ...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cg_0jepxow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bring Out The Violins&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TS,</p>
<p>Here's one just for you ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cg_0jepxow" rel="nofollow">Bring Out The Violins</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177536</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 03:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you have a tune to go along with that!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have a tune to go along with that!?</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177535</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 03:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EM-79

Do you like noise on your stereo equipment?  Harris is noise...a cranky droning noise.  Interaction with him just perpetuates the problem.  We don’t have the luxury of pages...we have to scroll through his droppings.  Interaction with him just generates more droppings.

I can and do filter him on some platforms....but I can’t on my tablets or phone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EM-79</p>
<p>Do you like noise on your stereo equipment?  Harris is noise...a cranky droning noise.  Interaction with him just perpetuates the problem.  We don’t have the luxury of pages...we have to scroll through his droppings.  Interaction with him just generates more droppings.</p>
<p>I can and do filter him on some platforms....but I can’t on my tablets or phone.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177534</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Bob Dylan wrote &#039;Mr. Tambourine Man&#039;, which was originally released on his fifth album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22, 1965. His version wasn&#039;t released as a single, but when The Byrds released their cover later in 1965, it was a transatlantic hit, topping the charts in both the US and UK. It&#039;s the only song Dylan ever wrote that went to #1 in America.&quot;

Kinda hard to believe, eh?

Here&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXgOfbDgy8E&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mr Tambourine Man&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"Bob Dylan wrote 'Mr. Tambourine Man', which was originally released on his fifth album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22, 1965. His version wasn't released as a single, but when The Byrds released their cover later in 1965, it was a transatlantic hit, topping the charts in both the US and UK. It's the only song Dylan ever wrote that went to #1 in America."</p>
<p>Kinda hard to believe, eh?</p>
<p>Here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXgOfbDgy8E" rel="nofollow">Mr Tambourine Man</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tawny Kitaen, famous for her provocative music videos for Whitesnake and for marrying the frontman, died this week at age of 59. I know her as Hercules&#039;s wife from Hercules: The Legenday Journeys,

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here I Go Again - Whitesnake&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tawny Kitaen, famous for her provocative music videos for Whitesnake and for marrying the frontman, died this week at age of 59. I know her as Hercules's wife from Hercules: The Legenday Journeys,</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg" rel="nofollow">Here I Go Again - Whitesnake</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just because ...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlEuo9aR7Qo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sweet Child &#039;O Mine&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlEuo9aR7Qo" rel="nofollow">Sweet Child 'O Mine</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick[84].

Thank-you for taking my request! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick[84].</p>
<p>Thank-you for taking my request! :)</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177530</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick,

My Queen: It&#039;s A Kinda Magic concert has now been postponed to May 18 ... 2022. We&#039;ll see ...

Speaking of which, here&#039;s a tribute to Freddie Mercury by Guns and Roses, at Wembley Stadium ...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpARf8vtz0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Knockin&#039; On Heaven&#039;s Door&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick,</p>
<p>My Queen: It's A Kinda Magic concert has now been postponed to May 18 ... 2022. We'll see ...</p>
<p>Speaking of which, here's a tribute to Freddie Mercury by Guns and Roses, at Wembley Stadium ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpARf8vtz0" rel="nofollow">Knockin' On Heaven's Door</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Styx with the incomparable Lawrence Gowan, lead vocals and spinning keyboards since 1999 ... entertainer extraordinaire!!! Styx was never the same after he joined...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_c7d-uA2k&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I Don&#039;t Need No Doctor&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Styx with the incomparable Lawrence Gowan, lead vocals and spinning keyboards since 1999 ... entertainer extraordinaire!!! Styx was never the same after he joined...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_c7d-uA2k" rel="nofollow">I Don't Need No Doctor</a></p>
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		<title>By: MyVoice</title>
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		<dc:creator>MyVoice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick [87]

Hey, thanks. I used to love making mix tapes on a theme.

Just in case you were hankering for a little more cowbell, here&#039;s The Police with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3l0kpl5tA4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;King Of Pain&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick [87]</p>
<p>Hey, thanks. I used to love making mix tapes on a theme.</p>
<p>Just in case you were hankering for a little more cowbell, here's The Police with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3l0kpl5tA4" rel="nofollow">King Of Pain</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s party with Dr Hook at the Midnight Special ...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCJpzpd-8us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;When You&#039;re In Love With A Beautiful Woman&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let's party with Dr Hook at the Midnight Special ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCJpzpd-8us" rel="nofollow">When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman</a></p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177526</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and for those in need of excellent pizza, i give you:

&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/OF3JfiexLVA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the king of spain&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and for those in need of excellent pizza, i give you:</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/OF3JfiexLVA" rel="nofollow">the king of spain</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177525</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, no honourifics here but recently came across this beautiful shot, with Bryan Adams singing his beautiful tribute to Canada&#039;s cover girl, Dorothy Stratten - such a sad story ...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRULOLFmV0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Best Was Yet To Come&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, no honourifics here but recently came across this beautiful shot, with Bryan Adams singing his beautiful tribute to Canada's cover girl, Dorothy Stratten - such a sad story ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRULOLFmV0" rel="nofollow">The Best Was Yet To Come</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177524</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m so excited! The gang&#039;s all here ...

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_n_NgGWpR4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dr Hook - Sharing the Night Together&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm so excited! The gang's all here ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_n_NgGWpR4" rel="nofollow">Dr Hook - Sharing the Night Together</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177523</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yikes!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yikes!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177522</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 02:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, alright! The &lt;b&gt;CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party is underway!

And, may I say that this the best start ever to our Sunday Night shindig ...

As promised, a Jackson Browne favourite, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaqNc2sFO_4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Doctor My Eyes&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, alright! The <b>CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party is underway!</p>
<p>And, may I say that this the best start ever to our Sunday Night shindig ...</p>
<p>As promised, a Jackson Browne favourite, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaqNc2sFO_4" rel="nofollow">Doctor My Eyes</a></b></p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177521</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 01:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well anyhow, i&#039;m here as promised...

https://youtu.be/dj3hWVP9RgA</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well anyhow, i'm here as promised...</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/dj3hWVP9RgA" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/dj3hWVP9RgA</a></p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177520</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 01:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ha

https://youtu.be/nKhN1t_7PEY</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ha</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/nKhN1t_7PEY" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/nKhN1t_7PEY</a></p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177519</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 01:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MyVoice
85

Nice picks.

George Harrison singing, age 18!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MyVoice<br />
85</p>
<p>Nice picks.</p>
<p>George Harrison singing, age 18!</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 01:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TWO-FERS

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AcS-3ReuEg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Killer Queen&lt;/a&gt;

This one is my personal theme song. 
Hard to believe the song is almost 50 years old.

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2GuHgUyHTM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Princes of the Universe&lt;/a&gt;

&quot;There can be only one.&quot; - Highlander</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TWO-FERS</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AcS-3ReuEg" rel="nofollow">Killer Queen</a></p>
<p>This one is my personal theme song.<br />
Hard to believe the song is almost 50 years old.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2GuHgUyHTM" rel="nofollow">Princes of the Universe</a></p>
<p>"There can be only one." - Highlander</p>
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		<title>By: MyVoice</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177517</link>
		<dc:creator>MyVoice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m offering up a 10-minute version of Dire Straits, who are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Sultans of Swing&lt;/a&gt;.

And for a double, how about Gene Chandler, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Uht69h8Is&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Duke of Earl&lt;/a&gt;?

Um, not one of the Beatle&#039;s best, but from the wayback machine, here&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NtpWzT3N2g&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Sheik of Araby&lt;/a&gt;.

Jim Croce singing about his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhxXjdMPd8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Roller Derby Queen&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm offering up a 10-minute version of Dire Straits, who are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY" rel="nofollow">The Sultans of Swing</a>.</p>
<p>And for a double, how about Gene Chandler, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Uht69h8Is" rel="nofollow">The Duke of Earl</a>?</p>
<p>Um, not one of the Beatle's best, but from the wayback machine, here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NtpWzT3N2g" rel="nofollow">The Sheik of Araby</a>.</p>
<p>Jim Croce singing about his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhxXjdMPd8" rel="nofollow">Roller Derby Queen</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;BY REQUEST &lt;/b&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8dsvclf3Tk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mr. Blue Sky&lt;/a&gt;

Psychedelic version

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMRHPNevOE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mr. Blue Sky&lt;/a&gt;

&quot;I am Groot&quot; version... also massively psychedelic,
fireworks at the finish</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>BY REQUEST </b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8dsvclf3Tk" rel="nofollow">Mr. Blue Sky</a></p>
<p>Psychedelic version</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMRHPNevOE" rel="nofollow">Mr. Blue Sky</a></p>
<p>"I am Groot" version... also massively psychedelic,<br />
fireworks at the finish</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 23:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two degrees in be-bop
A PHD in swing
He&#039;s the master of rhythm
He&#039;s a rock and roll king

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLEELrICcz4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Rock and Roll Doctor&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two degrees in be-bop<br />
A PHD in swing<br />
He's the master of rhythm<br />
He's a rock and roll king</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLEELrICcz4" rel="nofollow"><b>Rock and Roll Doctor</b></a></p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 23:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Polka!

&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLogMHAL64&amp;list=RDntLogMHAL64&amp;start_radio=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Mr Bad Example&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Polka!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLogMHAL64&amp;list=RDntLogMHAL64&amp;start_radio=1" rel="nofollow"><b>Mr Bad Example</b></a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177510</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 17:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That last bit was a little joke. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That last bit was a little joke. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177509</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 17:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we all did that, then there would be fewer comments to go through. Which would automatically increase the quality of the CW comments sections. Make sense?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we all did that, then there would be fewer comments to go through. Which would automatically increase the quality of the CW comments sections. Make sense?</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 17:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TS,

Why can&#039;t you just ignore stuff around here that you don&#039;t like?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TS,</p>
<p>Why can't you just ignore stuff around here that you don't like?</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 16:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good People.  Do not feed this angry little sweat bee who goes by the handle Don Harris. By his own admission he holds no degrees and has no experience in running a business or running a campaign.  His half baked political theory fully supports his lack of education and relevant job experience.  He cites his deficits as virtues, but that is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, grifts in the long history of intellectual grifting.  His one demonstrated skill is psychological manipulation.   The boy can troll.  He repeats and repeats and repeats his limited patter....and the community responds. Do we really need another online museum of logical fallacies?  Enough!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good People.  Do not feed this angry little sweat bee who goes by the handle Don Harris. By his own admission he holds no degrees and has no experience in running a business or running a campaign.  His half baked political theory fully supports his lack of education and relevant job experience.  He cites his deficits as virtues, but that is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, grifts in the long history of intellectual grifting.  His one demonstrated skill is psychological manipulation.   The boy can troll.  He repeats and repeats and repeats his limited patter....and the community responds. Do we really need another online museum of logical fallacies?  Enough!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177504</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 12:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>italyrusty,

So, maybe the message coming out of the Republican cult of economic failure is finally entering its last days and time is up for Republican administrations leaving economic messes on the order of magnitude of the Augean Stables for Democratic administrations to clean-up. 

One can hope.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>italyrusty,</p>
<p>So, maybe the message coming out of the Republican cult of economic failure is finally entering its last days and time is up for Republican administrations leaving economic messes on the order of magnitude of the Augean Stables for Democratic administrations to clean-up. </p>
<p>One can hope.</p>
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		<title>By: italyrusty</title>
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		<dc:creator>italyrusty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 09:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We all know that &#039;the stock market isn&#039;t the economy&#039;. But isn&#039;t delicious to imagine how Trump is digesting this news?
&#039;From Election Day through Thursday, the Dow rose about 26 percent, compared with 14 percent for the same period four years ago. 
...
Over all, the market under President Biden ranks third for all presidents during a comparable time in office since 1901, according to a tally through Thursday (the Biden administration’s 109th day) by Paul Hickey, co-founder of Bespoke Investment Group.

These are the top performers:

    Franklin D. Roosevelt, inaugurated March 4, 1933: 78.1 percent.

    Johnson, inaugurated Nov. 22, 1963: 13.8 percent.

    Mr. Biden, inaugurated Jan. 20, 2021: 10.8 percent.

    William H. Taft, inaugurated March 4, 1909: 9.6 percent.&#039;
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/business/stocks-biden.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that 'the stock market isn't the economy'. But isn't delicious to imagine how Trump is digesting this news?<br />
'From Election Day through Thursday, the Dow rose about 26 percent, compared with 14 percent for the same period four years ago.<br />
...<br />
Over all, the market under President Biden ranks third for all presidents during a comparable time in office since 1901, according to a tally through Thursday (the Biden administration’s 109th day) by Paul Hickey, co-founder of Bespoke Investment Group.</p>
<p>These are the top performers:</p>
<p>    Franklin D. Roosevelt, inaugurated March 4, 1933: 78.1 percent.</p>
<p>    Johnson, inaugurated Nov. 22, 1963: 13.8 percent.</p>
<p>    Mr. Biden, inaugurated Jan. 20, 2021: 10.8 percent.</p>
<p>    William H. Taft, inaugurated March 4, 1909: 9.6 percent.'<br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/business/stocks-biden.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/business/stocks-biden.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: italyrusty</title>
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		<dc:creator>italyrusty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 07:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick [3] - hilarious!

Do you remember those &quot;pop-up videos&quot; that added snarky, informative, or absurd thought-bubbles to a music video.  You should do the same for the Republican speechifiers.  I have no doubt it would go viral!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick [3] - hilarious!</p>
<p>Do you remember those "pop-up videos" that added snarky, informative, or absurd thought-bubbles to a music video.  You should do the same for the Republican speechifiers.  I have no doubt it would go viral!</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 05:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don Harris
59

&lt;i&gt;I don&#039;t see your college education giving you the ability to see through the obvious propaganda. There is no value in learning how to buy into moosepoop. &lt;/i&gt;

Said the Chief of Moosepoop Shoveling from atop his festering heap on Bullshit Mountain. *laughs*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don Harris<br />
59</p>
<p><i>I don't see your college education giving you the ability to see through the obvious propaganda. There is no value in learning how to buy into moosepoop. </i></p>
<p>Said the Chief of Moosepoop Shoveling from atop his festering heap on Bullshit Mountain. *laughs*</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177500</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 04:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>James T Canuck 
53

&lt;i&gt;Kick... There&#039;s simply no pleasing some people, who knew you&#039;d die on Chocolate Hill... Not I. &lt;/i&gt;

Heh. :)

&lt;i&gt;Now, the fine print also includes things that really don&#039;t appear in any criminal code, and they could be defined as things taken for granted, like wearing too much perfume or farting in a crowded elevator... &lt;/i&gt;

Repetitive whining and trolling. 

&lt;i&gt;I believe we have to update and address the vaccination section of the contract first, I think it&#039;s a logical place to start, given our present predicament and the 100% of us who want to get this gone as quickly as we can. &lt;/i&gt;

What could it hurt to give it a shot!? ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James T Canuck<br />
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<p><i>Kick... There's simply no pleasing some people, who knew you'd die on Chocolate Hill... Not I. </i></p>
<p>Heh. :)</p>
<p><i>Now, the fine print also includes things that really don't appear in any criminal code, and they could be defined as things taken for granted, like wearing too much perfume or farting in a crowded elevator... </i></p>
<p>Repetitive whining and trolling. </p>
<p><i>I believe we have to update and address the vaccination section of the contract first, I think it's a logical place to start, given our present predicament and the 100% of us who want to get this gone as quickly as we can. </i></p>
<p>What could it hurt to give it a shot!? ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 04:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ListenWhenYouHear
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&lt;i&gt;The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag:

&quot;I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

Seriously, did no one else realize it wasn’t complete? &lt;/i&gt;

I was pretending not to notice, and here you come along and blow my cover. ;) 

XOXOXO</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ListenWhenYouHear<br />
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<p><i>The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag:</p>
<p>"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”</p>
<p>Seriously, did no one else realize it wasn’t complete? </i></p>
<p>I was pretending not to notice, and here you come along and blow my cover. ;) </p>
<p>XOXOXO</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 04:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elizabeth Miller
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&lt;i&gt;I hope you&#039;ll play the psychadelic version of Mr. Blue Sky at our Sunday night shindig tomorrow - that was fun! &lt;/i&gt;

I am Groot! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elizabeth Miller<br />
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<p><i>I hope you'll play the psychadelic version of Mr. Blue Sky at our Sunday night shindig tomorrow - that was fun! </i></p>
<p>I am Groot! :)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 04:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>C. R. Stucki
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&lt;i&gt;Pre-K is simply glorified daycare. &lt;/i&gt;

As if all pre-K is equal. *laughs* 

You and Don generally exhibit the same affliction we fondly refer to as &quot;terminal false equivalency.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C. R. Stucki<br />
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<p><i>Pre-K is simply glorified daycare. </i></p>
<p>As if all pre-K is equal. *laughs* </p>
<p>You and Don generally exhibit the same affliction we fondly refer to as "terminal false equivalency."</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177496</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 04:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don Harris
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&lt;i&gt;There is skills gap for some jobs? &lt;/i&gt;

*laughs* Millions of jobs sit unfilled in America due to a plethora of morons untrained to perform them. 

&lt;i&gt;How did we manage to send so many people to college to get degrees for jobs that don&#039;t exist and not take care of the jobs that needed these skilled workers? &lt;/i&gt;

We? Who is this &quot;we&quot; sending &quot;so many&quot; to college?

&lt;i&gt;Someone didn&#039;t think things through on that. :D &lt;/i&gt;

Your every comment reeks with inherent ignorance. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don Harris<br />
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<p><i>There is skills gap for some jobs? </i></p>
<p>*laughs* Millions of jobs sit unfilled in America due to a plethora of morons untrained to perform them. </p>
<p><i>How did we manage to send so many people to college to get degrees for jobs that don't exist and not take care of the jobs that needed these skilled workers? </i></p>
<p>We? Who is this "we" sending "so many" to college?</p>
<p><i>Someone didn't think things through on that. :D </i></p>
<p>Your every comment reeks with inherent ignorance. :D</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 04:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don Harris
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&lt;i&gt;That is not my thinking at all. &lt;/i&gt;

The flaw in your thinking is generally lumping everyone into categories and labelling them and the driveling and spewing of false statements as if they&#039;re facts. 

&lt;i&gt;That is what the Deathocrats and Republikillers used to sell sending everyone to college. &lt;/i&gt;

See there! Lies. Sending &quot;everyone&quot; to college... as if all Americans will be forced to attend. Liar. No one forces you to attend high school either. You are also free in America to attend home school or no school. 

&lt;i&gt;If people got a BMI and wanted to go to college for learning how to think and for general knowledge to benefit themselves they would be able to do so. &lt;/i&gt;

What do you have against (oh, I don&#039;t know) education and earning a living? Why this insistence that you be given income for doing nothing? Serious question.

&lt;i&gt;And many that go to college still do not learn how to think. Many can&#039;t seem to even understand that free college treats the symptom and not the cause of the student debt problem. &lt;/i&gt;

Many that don&#039;t go to college have demonstrably no clue either. Anyway, you needn&#039;t worry about anyone forcing you to go to &quot;free college.&quot; You&#039;re inventing problems that don&#039;t actually exist anywhere in America... with the possible exception of your tiny little mind... always &quot;tilting at windmills.&quot; 

Everything isn&#039;t about you, Don. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don Harris<br />
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<p><i>That is not my thinking at all. </i></p>
<p>The flaw in your thinking is generally lumping everyone into categories and labelling them and the driveling and spewing of false statements as if they're facts. </p>
<p><i>That is what the Deathocrats and Republikillers used to sell sending everyone to college. </i></p>
<p>See there! Lies. Sending "everyone" to college... as if all Americans will be forced to attend. Liar. No one forces you to attend high school either. You are also free in America to attend home school or no school. </p>
<p><i>If people got a BMI and wanted to go to college for learning how to think and for general knowledge to benefit themselves they would be able to do so. </i></p>
<p>What do you have against (oh, I don't know) education and earning a living? Why this insistence that you be given income for doing nothing? Serious question.</p>
<p><i>And many that go to college still do not learn how to think. Many can't seem to even understand that free college treats the symptom and not the cause of the student debt problem. </i></p>
<p>Many that don't go to college have demonstrably no clue either. Anyway, you needn't worry about anyone forcing you to go to "free college." You're inventing problems that don't actually exist anywhere in America... with the possible exception of your tiny little mind... always "tilting at windmills." </p>
<p>Everything isn't about you, Don. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177494</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 03:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John From Censornati
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&lt;i&gt;Anyway, the good part of this story is that, if you go to his website and click on Meet A. Charles, there is a section titled The Girl in my Bathtub. lol &lt;/i&gt;

OMG, JFC... hysterical!

Of course, &quot;A. Charles&quot; -- born Angelo Carlo Peruto, Jr. -- neglects to inform voters that the dead girl in his bathtub was one of his own employees, a 26-year-old paralegal named Julia Law [you can&#039;t make this shit up] who had worked for him for approximately two years. Yes, ladies and gentleman, Chuck was her 58-year-old (not a typo) boss and boyfriend. She was found dead in the bathtub of his Rittenhouse Square residence by another employee of Chuck&#039;s whom he&#039;d dispatched to pick up a shirt for him there in Philadelphia to have delivered to the Jersey Shore... like one normally does *shakes head* when one forgets to pack a shirt. 

Shortly after her death Memorial Day weekend (which occurred three days before her 27th birthday), he posted the following on his Facebook page: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;
I never thought I&#039;d post something personal, but I&#039;m just unable to thank each and every one of you individually, for your warm wishes. It&#039;s very hard to find someone who really matches you on all eight cylinders. 

I found my soulmate hippy, and can never replace her. We worked and played, and never got enough life. I&#039;m grateful we made every minute count, without a single dispute about anything ever.

I&#039;m especially sad for her 10 yr old brother, who was her life, along with her loving and close sisters, mother and step-father.

Earth lost the best one ever. Happy birthday baby. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
*
Poor girl. Not yet (checks calendar) 8 years later, and it seems Chuck has totally forgotten how much he knew and loved his girlfriend who died in his bathtub, and it doesn&#039;t sound strange at all how Chuckles claimed at that time that he and &quot;baby&quot; had never had a &quot;single dispute&quot;... &quot;about anything&quot;... &quot;ever.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John From Censornati<br />
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<p><i>Anyway, the good part of this story is that, if you go to his website and click on Meet A. Charles, there is a section titled The Girl in my Bathtub. lol </i></p>
<p>OMG, JFC... hysterical!</p>
<p>Of course, "A. Charles" -- born Angelo Carlo Peruto, Jr. -- neglects to inform voters that the dead girl in his bathtub was one of his own employees, a 26-year-old paralegal named Julia Law [you can't make this shit up] who had worked for him for approximately two years. Yes, ladies and gentleman, Chuck was her 58-year-old (not a typo) boss and boyfriend. She was found dead in the bathtub of his Rittenhouse Square residence by another employee of Chuck's whom he'd dispatched to pick up a shirt for him there in Philadelphia to have delivered to the Jersey Shore... like one normally does *shakes head* when one forgets to pack a shirt. </p>
<p>Shortly after her death Memorial Day weekend (which occurred three days before her 27th birthday), he posted the following on his Facebook page: </p>
<blockquote><p>
I never thought I'd post something personal, but I'm just unable to thank each and every one of you individually, for your warm wishes. It's very hard to find someone who really matches you on all eight cylinders. </p>
<p>I found my soulmate hippy, and can never replace her. We worked and played, and never got enough life. I'm grateful we made every minute count, without a single dispute about anything ever.</p>
<p>I'm especially sad for her 10 yr old brother, who was her life, along with her loving and close sisters, mother and step-father.</p>
<p>Earth lost the best one ever. Happy birthday baby. </p></blockquote>
<p>*<br />
Poor girl. Not yet (checks calendar) 8 years later, and it seems Chuck has totally forgotten how much he knew and loved his girlfriend who died in his bathtub, and it doesn't sound strange at all how Chuckles claimed at that time that he and "baby" had never had a "single dispute"... "about anything"... "ever."</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 03:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>5 &amp; 44


The Pledge of Allegiance has long history.  The words “Under God” were added in 1948.  The United States went from a small coastal nation to a superpower up to this point, so it would seem that God was not greatly insulted by the omission.</description>
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<p>The Pledge of Allegiance has long history.  The words “Under God” were added in 1948.  The United States went from a small coastal nation to a superpower up to this point, so it would seem that God was not greatly insulted by the omission.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 01:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@caddy,

if the main purpose of education were job training, then why not skip the middleman and switch kids into classes to be plumbers, electricians and car mechanics starting at age ten? some countries do that sort of thing already. providing non-rich americans an attainable means to meet basic needs is a real problem, and perhaps some form of government dole might work out as part of a better system.

but what we on the left frequently don&#039;t want to admit is that back when actual conservatives existed in the USA, they had a valid point about free stuff making people lazy. education included. case in point:

https://youtu.be/Bdf_XdDwc-o</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@caddy,</p>
<p>if the main purpose of education were job training, then why not skip the middleman and switch kids into classes to be plumbers, electricians and car mechanics starting at age ten? some countries do that sort of thing already. providing non-rich americans an attainable means to meet basic needs is a real problem, and perhaps some form of government dole might work out as part of a better system.</p>
<p>but what we on the left frequently don't want to admit is that back when actual conservatives existed in the USA, they had a valid point about free stuff making people lazy. education included. case in point:</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Bdf_XdDwc-o" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Bdf_XdDwc-o</a></p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177489</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 00:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JTC- [53]

I do wonder if there would even be an anti-vax movement if vaccines were administered by pill. Maybe it&#039;s all just a massive rationalization of a fear of needles? 

&lt;b&gt;Michael:
I don&#039;t know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They&#039;re more important than sex.

Sam Weber:
Ah, come on. Nothing&#039;s more important than sex.

Michael:
Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?
-Big Chill&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JTC- [53]</p>
<p>I do wonder if there would even be an anti-vax movement if vaccines were administered by pill. Maybe it's all just a massive rationalization of a fear of needles? </p>
<p><b>Michael:<br />
I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.</p>
<p>Sam Weber:<br />
Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.</p>
<p>Michael:<br />
Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?<br />
-Big Chill</b></p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 23:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

You do get it was a review of studies conducted by other organizations and in some cases countries? Can you point out the propaganda? You keep making this accusation but don&#039;t seem to be able to back it up.

&lt;i&gt;Replacing many different government agencies that each work separately on different aspects that could all be taken care of by one government agency is not going to cost more money.&lt;/i&gt;

According to the article Milton Friedman agrees...

But this is not about the shape of a celestial body but a proposed massive government program. You only have to provide links if you want anyone to take you seriously. If pontificating is all you are after then carry on, you are doing a fine job...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>You do get it was a review of studies conducted by other organizations and in some cases countries? Can you point out the propaganda? You keep making this accusation but don't seem to be able to back it up.</p>
<p><i>Replacing many different government agencies that each work separately on different aspects that could all be taken care of by one government agency is not going to cost more money.</i></p>
<p>According to the article Milton Friedman agrees...</p>
<p>But this is not about the shape of a celestial body but a proposed massive government program. You only have to provide links if you want anyone to take you seriously. If pontificating is all you are after then carry on, you are doing a fine job...</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177486</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 22:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;obvious propaganda&lt;/i&gt;

And yet you are unable to point out that propaganda specifically. Interesting that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>obvious propaganda</i></p>
<p>And yet you are unable to point out that propaganda specifically. Interesting that.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177485</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 22:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

Instead of automatically discounting an article because the title does not match up to your bias, try reading it first. I used &quot;mixed&quot; and &quot;not ready for prime time&quot; for a reason. Then post your disagreements with links of your own to research that backs up your disagreements. 

That is called a rational discussion. Automatically dismissing is a text book dodge. Your projecting fools no one here but yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>Instead of automatically discounting an article because the title does not match up to your bias, try reading it first. I used "mixed" and "not ready for prime time" for a reason. Then post your disagreements with links of your own to research that backs up your disagreements. </p>
<p>That is called a rational discussion. Automatically dismissing is a text book dodge. Your projecting fools no one here but yourself.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 21:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

You inadvertently make a really good argument for the value of a college education...</description>
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<p>You inadvertently make a really good argument for the value of a college education...</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 20:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[53]







Your comment is &lt;b&gt;superb!&lt;/b&gt;






Hey, Weigantia:

Y&#039;all are doing especially good work down here in the peanut gallery! Even Brother Don released his (going nowhere) obsession with OD (for only a moment, perhaps) and pointed out something about education versus jobs &lt;i&gt;that I hadn&#039;t before considered but that I&#039;ve since incorporated into my worldview.&lt;/i&gt;









Keep up the good work, Fellow Travelers!</description>
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<p>Your comment is <b>superb!</b></p>
<p>Hey, Weigantia:</p>
<p>Y'all are doing especially good work down here in the peanut gallery! Even Brother Don released his (going nowhere) obsession with OD (for only a moment, perhaps) and pointed out something about education versus jobs <i>that I hadn't before considered but that I've since incorporated into my worldview.</i></p>
<p>Keep up the good work, Fellow Travelers!</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 20:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CW --







HAVE YOU EVER considered an at least &lt;i&gt;occasional&lt;/i&gt; MIROTD (Most Impressive &lt;b&gt;Republican....) &lt;/b&gt;award?





Folks like Raffensberger, Romney and (Satan&#039;s spawn) Liz Cheney &lt;b&gt;have and are demonstrating real political courage in holding Trump accountable/trying to rescue the GOP from the crazies.&lt;/b&gt;






For the record, I don&#039;t think there need be a MDDOTW (Most Disappointing Repug...) as you&#039;d have to sort through a &quot;cast of thousands&quot; as it were.</description>
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<p>HAVE YOU EVER considered an at least <i>occasional</i> MIROTD (Most Impressive <b>Republican....) </b>award?</p>
<p>Folks like Raffensberger, Romney and (Satan's spawn) Liz Cheney <b>have and are demonstrating real political courage in holding Trump accountable/trying to rescue the GOP from the crazies.</b></p>
<p>For the record, I don't think there need be a MDDOTW (Most Disappointing Repug...) as you'd have to sort through a "cast of thousands" as it were.</p>
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		<title>By: James T Canuck</title>
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		<dc:creator>James T Canuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 19:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So glad GQP is catching on, it&#039;s quite elegant and says volumes. Easily beyond the sum of its parts.


Kick... There&#039;s simply no pleasing some people, who knew you&#039;d die on Chocolate Hill... Not I.




By way of an apology. 


Call it what you want, but we all enter into a social contract with our fellow citizens when we turn 18. Whether we&#039;re educated or not, we all understand (to varying degrees, apparently) that bold lettering on the contract clearly states...&quot;I understand that; I won&#039;t commit murder, arson, theft, embezzlement, be violent physically or emotionally towards other signatories or misrepresent myself as another and accept the degrees of punishment should I do otherwise.&quot;
Ok, I hit highlights, there are lots of others, but you&#039;re picking up what I&#039;m putting down.
Now, the fine print also includes things that really don&#039;t appear in any criminal code, and they could be defined as things taken for granted, like wearing too much perfume or farting in a crowded elevator... The &#039;common courtesies&#039;, if you like. I think it&#039;s high time we amend this section to better reflect the times in which we live...I believe we have to update and address the vaccination section of the contract first, I think it&#039;s a logical place to start, given our present predicament and the 100% of us who want to get this gone as quickly as we can. CV19 has woven itself into every aspect of our lives and is sewing disunity as quickly as it mutates. The only question is, do we, as a society, want to entertain an anti-vaxxer splinter group and allow them the right to exist? We have already conceded that in theory only that they do have that right, but in reality, do we want them to be among us. Let&#039;s face it, fellow signatories, once the CV19 vaccine is as available as a yearly flu shot, this will be our only stumbling block, those among us who think it&#039;s &#039;their&#039; right to not do what the vast majority has reconciled themselves to accept, and that is vaccines are as safe as taking an aspirin for a headache. 
We all have our opinions, and I get that, but vaccines aren&#039;t an opinion in terms of their proven efficacy and overall general safety, much in the same way that I don&#039;t think I need oxygen to breathe, I know for a fact I do.
 So, get your jab, shot, hammer, or whatever you want to call it to make it more palatable, just do it don&#039;t be scared, you don&#039;t have polio today because the state made your parents face their fears. Please don&#039;t make us come for you, mock, insult, vilify or separate you into camps of cowards. 
Fulfill your social contract commitments, before your government starts making laws that no one wants or for that matter needs. This may be a one-off pandemic, it may not... But sure as shit, it will come down to this if that segment of society that thinks they are more important than the rest of us don&#039;t smarten up and bite this bullet. 
As a good friend of mine used to say; You can either take one for the team or take one from the team... Tmac.


I was always going to segue.




LL&amp;P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So glad GQP is catching on, it's quite elegant and says volumes. Easily beyond the sum of its parts.</p>
<p>Kick... There's simply no pleasing some people, who knew you'd die on Chocolate Hill... Not I.</p>
<p>By way of an apology. </p>
<p>Call it what you want, but we all enter into a social contract with our fellow citizens when we turn 18. Whether we're educated or not, we all understand (to varying degrees, apparently) that bold lettering on the contract clearly states..."I understand that; I won't commit murder, arson, theft, embezzlement, be violent physically or emotionally towards other signatories or misrepresent myself as another and accept the degrees of punishment should I do otherwise."<br />
Ok, I hit highlights, there are lots of others, but you're picking up what I'm putting down.<br />
Now, the fine print also includes things that really don't appear in any criminal code, and they could be defined as things taken for granted, like wearing too much perfume or farting in a crowded elevator... The 'common courtesies', if you like. I think it's high time we amend this section to better reflect the times in which we live...I believe we have to update and address the vaccination section of the contract first, I think it's a logical place to start, given our present predicament and the 100% of us who want to get this gone as quickly as we can. CV19 has woven itself into every aspect of our lives and is sewing disunity as quickly as it mutates. The only question is, do we, as a society, want to entertain an anti-vaxxer splinter group and allow them the right to exist? We have already conceded that in theory only that they do have that right, but in reality, do we want them to be among us. Let's face it, fellow signatories, once the CV19 vaccine is as available as a yearly flu shot, this will be our only stumbling block, those among us who think it's 'their' right to not do what the vast majority has reconciled themselves to accept, and that is vaccines are as safe as taking an aspirin for a headache.<br />
We all have our opinions, and I get that, but vaccines aren't an opinion in terms of their proven efficacy and overall general safety, much in the same way that I don't think I need oxygen to breathe, I know for a fact I do.<br />
 So, get your jab, shot, hammer, or whatever you want to call it to make it more palatable, just do it don't be scared, you don't have polio today because the state made your parents face their fears. Please don't make us come for you, mock, insult, vilify or separate you into camps of cowards.<br />
Fulfill your social contract commitments, before your government starts making laws that no one wants or for that matter needs. This may be a one-off pandemic, it may not... But sure as shit, it will come down to this if that segment of society that thinks they are more important than the rest of us don't smarten up and bite this bullet.<br />
As a good friend of mine used to say; You can either take one for the team or take one from the team... Tmac.</p>
<p>I was always going to segue.</p>
<p>LL&amp;P</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177477</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 19:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stucki-

The link I posted goes deeply in to headstart as well as other programs. Unless you link to it, I have no idea what&#039;s in report you are citing...</description>
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<p>The link I posted goes deeply in to headstart as well as other programs. Unless you link to it, I have no idea what's in report you are citing...</p>
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		<title>By: C. R. Stucki</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177476</link>
		<dc:creator>C. R. Stucki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 19:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>B B

If I remember correctly, the gov&#039;t audit report I cited did not substantiate any of those claims, at least for the &quot;Headstart&quot; program, which admittedly dealt primarily with ghetto populations, where the problems were worst to begin with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>B B</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, the gov't audit report I cited did not substantiate any of those claims, at least for the "Headstart" program, which admittedly dealt primarily with ghetto populations, where the problems were worst to begin with.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177475</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 19:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

&lt;i&gt;Clicking on a link to research that does not cover the subject at hand that is not an area of disagreement is a waste of time.

My comment was about the child care component not an educational component.&lt;/i&gt;

And if you pulled your head out of your ass and actually read, or even skimmed as Stucki alleged to do you would find out the study looked at all facets of pre-k including the child care aspect. In fact the educational component is one of the weaker aspects...

&lt;i&gt;I did click on your BMI/UBI article.

Funny stuff.

From what I read it was propaganda. It seemed more like set up some trials that are designed to fail to provide research that it won&#039;t work.&lt;/i&gt;

Then please point out what is propaganda...

Keep in mind nature.com is the website of the journal Nature, one the the oldest and most respected science journals in existence and if you had actually read the article you would find it is a review of current research.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p><i>Clicking on a link to research that does not cover the subject at hand that is not an area of disagreement is a waste of time.</p>
<p>My comment was about the child care component not an educational component.</i></p>
<p>And if you pulled your head out of your ass and actually read, or even skimmed as Stucki alleged to do you would find out the study looked at all facets of pre-k including the child care aspect. In fact the educational component is one of the weaker aspects...</p>
<p><i>I did click on your BMI/UBI article.</p>
<p>Funny stuff.</p>
<p>From what I read it was propaganda. It seemed more like set up some trials that are designed to fail to provide research that it won't work.</i></p>
<p>Then please point out what is propaganda...</p>
<p>Keep in mind nature.com is the website of the journal Nature, one the the oldest and most respected science journals in existence and if you had actually read the article you would find it is a review of current research.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177474</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 19:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stucki-

&lt;i&gt;that Pre-K is simply high-dollar day care.&lt;/i&gt;

That ends up being cheaper in the long run due to higher tax from higher wages from higher college attendance, less crime and incarceration related costs, less drug addiction and related cost, better health outcomes...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stucki-</p>
<p><i>that Pre-K is simply high-dollar day care.</i></p>
<p>That ends up being cheaper in the long run due to higher tax from higher wages from higher college attendance, less crime and incarceration related costs, less drug addiction and related cost, better health outcomes...</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 18:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@crs,

in many cases the same could easily be said of high school. yet we persist in trying, and sometimes even succeed a bit...

JL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@crs,</p>
<p>in many cases the same could easily be said of high school. yet we persist in trying, and sometimes even succeed a bit...</p>
<p>JL</p>
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		<title>By: C. R. Stucki</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177470</link>
		<dc:creator>C. R. Stucki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 18:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>B B

You&#039;re right, I did not read the &quot;full 40 pages&quot;, didn&#039;t see the need, because the so-called &quot;consensus statement&quot; at the beginning was ambiguous at the best, and supported my claim at least as much as yours, that Pre-K is simply high-dollar day care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>B B</p>
<p>You're right, I did not read the "full 40 pages", didn't see the need, because the so-called "consensus statement" at the beginning was ambiguous at the best, and supported my claim at least as much as yours, that Pre-K is simply high-dollar day care.</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
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		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 18:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[5]

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag:

&lt;b&gt;&quot;I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”&lt;/b&gt;

Seriously, did no one else realize it wasn’t complete?</description>
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<p>The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag:</p>
<p><b>"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”</b></p>
<p>Seriously, did no one else realize it wasn’t complete?</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177468</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 18:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@bashi,

don had an argument? well that&#039;s something new. good citation, though i&#039;m more familiar with the OECD/PISA data.

JL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@bashi,</p>
<p>don had an argument? well that's something new. good citation, though i'm more familiar with the OECD/PISA data.</p>
<p>JL</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177467</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 17:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

Why are you so obsessed with body mass index? 

Kidding aside, the more common term is UBI universal basic income. The current &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05259-x&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;research&lt;/a&gt; [nature.com] on UBI is mixed. Does not sound like it&#039;s ready for prime time...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>Why are you so obsessed with body mass index? </p>
<p>Kidding aside, the more common term is UBI universal basic income. The current <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05259-x" rel="nofollow">research</a> [nature.com] on UBI is mixed. Does not sound like it's ready for prime time...</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177466</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 17:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

I see you did not read the link I posted. It&#039;s over a hundred pages and covers both your arguments...

Read the study first and get back to me before you just stupidly discount it. Bonus points if you can provide a link backing up your argument....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>I see you did not read the link I posted. It's over a hundred pages and covers both your arguments...</p>
<p>Read the study first and get back to me before you just stupidly discount it. Bonus points if you can provide a link backing up your argument....</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 17:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick,

I hope you&#039;ll play the psychadelic version of Mr. Blue Sky at our Sunday night shindig tomorrow - that was fun!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick,</p>
<p>I hope you'll play the psychadelic version of Mr. Blue Sky at our Sunday night shindig tomorrow - that was fun!</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 17:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[23]






Excellent point, Brother Harris!





&lt;b&gt;This, and your keen political humor&lt;/b&gt; is what you ought to be doing down here in Weigantia instead of hopelessly flogging OD.</description>
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<p>Excellent point, Brother Harris!</p>
<p><b>This, and your keen political humor</b> is what you ought to be doing down here in Weigantia instead of hopelessly flogging OD.</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 17:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[22]






&lt;i&gt;The original Republican big lie and that baby is 40 fucking years old and looking none the worse for wear.&lt;/i&gt;





This 40 year con job is called Reaganism, of course. I would beg to differ with your statement, though.





I think that after the crisis of 2008 and the more recent Covid crisis America (more specifically the non-Fox News Cinematic Universe dwellers) has figured out that &lt;i&gt;trickle down was always a lie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[22]</p>
<p><i>The original Republican big lie and that baby is 40 fucking years old and looking none the worse for wear.</i></p>
<p>This 40 year con job is called Reaganism, of course. I would beg to differ with your statement, though.</p>
<p>I think that after the crisis of 2008 and the more recent Covid crisis America (more specifically the non-Fox News Cinematic Universe dwellers) has figured out that <i>trickle down was always a lie.</i></p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 16:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don and Stucki,

the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/duke_prekstudy_final_4-4-17_hires.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;research &lt;/a&gt; on pre-K programs say otherwise...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don and Stucki,</p>
<p>the <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/duke_prekstudy_final_4-4-17_hires.pdf" rel="nofollow">research </a> on pre-K programs say otherwise...</p>
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		<title>By: C. R. Stucki</title>
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		<dc:creator>C. R. Stucki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 16:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>B B  [29]  

Pre-K is simply glorified daycare.  Before you make exaggerated, unsubstantiated claims for it&#039;s educational benefits, research the audit report the gov&#039;t issued on the  &#039;Cadillac&#039; version of Pe-k (known as &quot;Headstart&quot;) a few years ago.

Bottom line turned out, its only lasting benefit was as as a high-dollar inner-city jobs program, with no long-term effect on the kids.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>B B  [29]  </p>
<p>Pre-K is simply glorified daycare.  Before you make exaggerated, unsubstantiated claims for it's educational benefits, research the audit report the gov't issued on the  'Cadillac' version of Pe-k (known as "Headstart") a few years ago.</p>
<p>Bottom line turned out, its only lasting benefit was as as a high-dollar inner-city jobs program, with no long-term effect on the kids.</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Charles Peruto, Jr is running for the GQP nomination for Philadelphia District Attorney. Good luck with that Chuckles.

Anyway, the good part of this story is that, if you go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.perutoforda.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;his website&lt;/a&gt; and click on &lt;i&gt;Meet A. Charles&lt;/i&gt;, there is a section titled &lt;b&gt;The Girl in my Bathtub&lt;/b&gt;. lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charles Peruto, Jr is running for the GQP nomination for Philadelphia District Attorney. Good luck with that Chuckles.</p>
<p>Anyway, the good part of this story is that, if you go to <a href="https://www.perutoforda.com/" rel="nofollow">his website</a> and click on <i>Meet A. Charles</i>, there is a section titled <b>The Girl in my Bathtub</b>. lol</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 15:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BashiBazouk
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&lt;i&gt;Don,

You are a true anti-intellectual. &lt;/i&gt;

As you know, it is not at all uncommon to find that those who constantly whine about education are those that have none. 

&lt;i&gt;The vast majority of your problems with OD could be fixed with a little college. &lt;/i&gt;

The vast majority of his outright ignorance regarding all manner of things could definitely use some education. You don&#039;t know what you don&#039;t know until you know it. 

At any given time, there are millions of unfilled jobs in America due to the &quot;skills gap.&quot; 

https://www.progressivepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SkillsGapFinal.pdf

Anyone telling you otherwise is either lying or seriously uninformed.

&lt;i&gt;And it&#039;s not too late for you. &lt;/i&gt;

You sure about that? Don is much too busy misinforming the masses and whining constantly about those who aren&#039;t doing enough for him and giving him things to actually do anything for himself. He has his &quot;demands,&quot; you know?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BashiBazouk<br />
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<p><i>Don,</p>
<p>You are a true anti-intellectual. </i></p>
<p>As you know, it is not at all uncommon to find that those who constantly whine about education are those that have none. </p>
<p><i>The vast majority of your problems with OD could be fixed with a little college. </i></p>
<p>The vast majority of his outright ignorance regarding all manner of things could definitely use some education. You don't know what you don't know until you know it. </p>
<p>At any given time, there are millions of unfilled jobs in America due to the "skills gap." </p>
<p><a href="https://www.progressivepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SkillsGapFinal.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.progressivepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SkillsGapFinal.pdf</a></p>
<p>Anyone telling you otherwise is either lying or seriously uninformed.</p>
<p><i>And it's not too late for you. </i></p>
<p>You sure about that? Don is much too busy misinforming the masses and whining constantly about those who aren't doing enough for him and giving him things to actually do anything for himself. He has his "demands," you know?</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 14:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

&lt;i&gt;As for the free pre-K childcare, it has the same problem as sending people to college.

Why are we subsidisng a system that does not pay for itself?&lt;/i&gt;

Actually pre-k does pay for it&#039;s self and is considered one of the best investments a society can make. Not only does it put kids on a path to higher learning and a better chance they will go to college but it also reduces crime and incarceration. All those Nordic countries that Bernie likes to talk about all have some form of it as does most the rest of the developed nations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p><i>As for the free pre-K childcare, it has the same problem as sending people to college.</p>
<p>Why are we subsidisng a system that does not pay for itself?</i></p>
<p>Actually pre-k does pay for it's self and is considered one of the best investments a society can make. Not only does it put kids on a path to higher learning and a better chance they will go to college but it also reduces crime and incarceration. All those Nordic countries that Bernie likes to talk about all have some form of it as does most the rest of the developed nations.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/07/friday-talking-points-we-dont-need-no-education-we-dont-need-no-thought-control/#comment-177451</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 14:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

You are a true anti-intellectual. The vast majority of your problems with OD could be fixed with a little college. I happened to be in college when the internet was released to the public. Things I took classes in that would directly benefit your movement: html coding, networking, graphic design, logic and philosophy, civics, psychology.  

But the biggest flaw in your thinking is college is just about jobs. A flaw shared by many republicans. A college education is about learning to think and how to access knowledge in a general way to benefit yourself. It certainly is not the only path. I have friends that took at most a year of college but they threw themselves at subjects they needed to learn. College is just a very convenient shortcut that comes about when many people still have parents paying for stuff.

And it&#039;s not too late for you. I started taking college classes in my junior year of high school. It was at the local junior college and I was surprised at the age range. I was the youngest but every age was represented all the way up to quite a few retired folks. 

An education is a lot more than making cogs for industry. It&#039;s too bad you are too stubborn to see that...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>You are a true anti-intellectual. The vast majority of your problems with OD could be fixed with a little college. I happened to be in college when the internet was released to the public. Things I took classes in that would directly benefit your movement: html coding, networking, graphic design, logic and philosophy, civics, psychology.  </p>
<p>But the biggest flaw in your thinking is college is just about jobs. A flaw shared by many republicans. A college education is about learning to think and how to access knowledge in a general way to benefit yourself. It certainly is not the only path. I have friends that took at most a year of college but they threw themselves at subjects they needed to learn. College is just a very convenient shortcut that comes about when many people still have parents paying for stuff.</p>
<p>And it's not too late for you. I started taking college classes in my junior year of high school. It was at the local junior college and I was surprised at the age range. I was the youngest but every age was represented all the way up to quite a few retired folks. </p>
<p>An education is a lot more than making cogs for industry. It's too bad you are too stubborn to see that...</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>James T Canuck
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&lt;i&gt;I don&#039;t know if mentioning him even helps here, he&#039;s at best a chocolate teapot, completely useless. &lt;/i&gt;

There is no thing on Earth such as useless chocolate... regardless of its shape, and, yes, Josh Hawley is a dick. Only a dick would use his iPhone to go on Twitter in order to brag about his Amazon sales of a book about how big tech is silencing him. 

Josh is all over Facebook, YouTube, the Twitter, Instagram, and Fox News, and it&#039;s pure unadulterated tyranny the way he&#039;s being silenced. Big tech doesn&#039;t want you to read his book, and if you don&#039;t believe it, just follow that link he posted to Amazon where they&#039;re selling that book. 

Josh Hawley is the new poster boy for the GQP who are seriously not known for their ability to connect dots.

&lt;i&gt;In other news, Buckingham Palace has released the cause of death of HRH Prince Philip Duke of Eddy at 99 it was confirmed today that he died of old age. &lt;/i&gt;

Brilliant. That&#039;s the kind of transparency that all governments should strive for. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James T Canuck<br />
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<p><i>I don't know if mentioning him even helps here, he's at best a chocolate teapot, completely useless. </i></p>
<p>There is no thing on Earth such as useless chocolate... regardless of its shape, and, yes, Josh Hawley is a dick. Only a dick would use his iPhone to go on Twitter in order to brag about his Amazon sales of a book about how big tech is silencing him. </p>
<p>Josh is all over Facebook, YouTube, the Twitter, Instagram, and Fox News, and it's pure unadulterated tyranny the way he's being silenced. Big tech doesn't want you to read his book, and if you don't believe it, just follow that link he posted to Amazon where they're selling that book. </p>
<p>Josh Hawley is the new poster boy for the GQP who are seriously not known for their ability to connect dots.</p>
<p><i>In other news, Buckingham Palace has released the cause of death of HRH Prince Philip Duke of Eddy at 99 it was confirmed today that he died of old age. </i></p>
<p>Brilliant. That's the kind of transparency that all governments should strive for. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 14:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John From Censornati
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&lt;i&gt;I&#039;ll give MIDOTW to Jen Psaki for toying with that Newsmax &quot;reporter&quot; at Friday&#039;s press briefing. &lt;/i&gt;

I know, right!? She is like a cat playing with human toys. They should name the new White House shemale kitty after Jen. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John From Censornati<br />
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<p><i>I'll give MIDOTW to Jen Psaki for toying with that Newsmax "reporter" at Friday's press briefing. </i></p>
<p>I know, right!? She is like a cat playing with human toys. They should name the new White House shemale kitty after Jen. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 13:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John From Censornati
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&lt;i&gt;You&#039;ve got to be impressed with the idiocy of Florida Man&#039;s fans and their &quot;lawyers&quot;. &lt;/i&gt;

Absolutely... and you can&#039;t help but &quot;feel&quot; for Florida Man and those &quot;lawyers&quot; who are going to go through some things. He told that comedian dude that plays the president of Ucrainia that they&#039;d be in touch. Kinda hard to deny it now since we all saw it in that &quot;perfect letter&quot; of that &quot;perfect phone call&quot; Florida Man done released.   

&lt;i&gt;GQP death cult zombies pick the damnedest times to speak truthfully. &lt;/i&gt;

Social media! What are you going to do, right? You conspire with Florida Man and his &quot;lawyers&quot; to interfere with America&#039;s democracy, you storm the Capitol, you post that patriotism on social media, and then BAM... just like that you&#039;re in prison: Where we go one, we go all. But y&#039;all all know it was antifa that did that; I did not beat up that occifer with a pole, I told them, and then dang if they don&#039;t roll video. Okay, then. I do not &quot;remember&quot; beating up that occifer with the pole from my &quot;Trump is My Lord and Savior&quot; flag. My new lawyer said to tell them I was in a cult-like state so I reminded him that DC is not a state. I might need a better lawyer.

&lt;i&gt;Foxitis is priceless, but despite being true, &quot;The TV told me to do it.&quot; is a very weak defense when charged with terrorism and insurrection (or something). &lt;/i&gt;

Unpossible! This was Trump&#039;s idea... and Momma, of course. Momma drove me. And who is the jackass that put all that video on social media!? 

https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/

I hate when that happens!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John From Censornati<br />
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<p><i>You've got to be impressed with the idiocy of Florida Man's fans and their "lawyers". </i></p>
<p>Absolutely... and you can't help but "feel" for Florida Man and those "lawyers" who are going to go through some things. He told that comedian dude that plays the president of Ucrainia that they'd be in touch. Kinda hard to deny it now since we all saw it in that "perfect letter" of that "perfect phone call" Florida Man done released.   </p>
<p><i>GQP death cult zombies pick the damnedest times to speak truthfully. </i></p>
<p>Social media! What are you going to do, right? You conspire with Florida Man and his "lawyers" to interfere with America's democracy, you storm the Capitol, you post that patriotism on social media, and then BAM... just like that you're in prison: Where we go one, we go all. But y'all all know it was antifa that did that; I did not beat up that occifer with a pole, I told them, and then dang if they don't roll video. Okay, then. I do not "remember" beating up that occifer with the pole from my "Trump is My Lord and Savior" flag. My new lawyer said to tell them I was in a cult-like state so I reminded him that DC is not a state. I might need a better lawyer.</p>
<p><i>Foxitis is priceless, but despite being true, "The TV told me to do it." is a very weak defense when charged with terrorism and insurrection (or something). </i></p>
<p>Unpossible! This was Trump's idea... and Momma, of course. Momma drove me. And who is the jackass that put all that video on social media!? </p>
<p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/" rel="nofollow">https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/</a></p>
<p>I hate when that happens!</p>
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		<title>By: James T Canuck</title>
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		<dc:creator>James T Canuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 07:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m so glad you uttered the words &#039;trickle down&#039;, CW, saves me drumming up a cunning segue...I&#039;ll circle back to that. 

Josh Hawley, the guy who&#039;s found every media delivery system on the planet to whine he&#039;s completely cancelled and silenced by the left, he&#039;s the lowest hanging fruit there is, he should change his name to Strawberry. He&#039;s a legislative nihilist, he doesn&#039;t even read bills, he was the one and only member to vote no on a bill that extended healthcare benefits to Afganistan and Iraq war vets because it was a Dem bill, his own party didn&#039;t want to break it to him what he was doing was mindless... 

I don&#039;t know if mentioning him even helps here, he&#039;s at best a chocolate teapot, completely useless. Standards, standards. Maintain the standards.


Biden had an outstanding week all in the space of one five minute presser after a speech. I was impressed and strangely proud of his emotional outburst when asked about tax hikes for the rich, with believable incredulity he pointed out that with his plan the maga-mega-wealthy won&#039;t have their lifestyles affected in the least if they pay their fair share, as he put it, they will still be able to buy that second or third house, pick out that new jet or afford whatever they want, and he will be able to help the people he grew up alongside, the working-class people. It impressed me, the academy might want to rethink that non-award, I&#039;m not easily impressed, and my bar is way higher than the average Bears. 


Good grief... We have touch-down, pay dirt too. Trickle-down economics is the solution. The money is in the question.


Context... I&#039;m lucky, I have kids who at their present stage of development are hungry for knowledge. Not how to bake cake information, but cerebral content, ranging from god to goldfish. Thing one, my son, wanted to know how do you decide who to vote for... It&#039;s a fantastic question that most adults want to ask, but are too embarrassed to. To my mind its easy, I always want to know where the spending goes, it&#039;s the central pillar of every democracy, all governments spend tax-payer money, if I elect you, how will you spend mine? Me, I will never vote for a govt. that gives money to corporations in the form of tax breaks to encourage growth, because it&#039;s bullshit economics based on a bullshit theory that they will trickle it down to the workers... If that&#039;s the case, why hasn&#039;t minimum wage budged in years? Why is it instant socialism to even suggest an increase? We all know why because it&#039;s simply a con. The original Republican big lie and that baby is 40 fucking years old and looking none the worse for wear. 


I get the distinct impression America has bigger issues than simply deciding who to vote in and out of office, hyper-tribalism has no cure I&#039;m aware of other than civil war. Number five talking point should scare you more when you factor in the nakedly obvious voter suppression that&#039;s going, by being so blatant the GQP are screaming to the Democrats that don&#039;t care what it takes, the destruction of democracy itself if need be, but they want all the power all the time everywhere. 


They&#039;re not listening anymore, they&#039;re convinced their model of America is the only way forward and they fuck up everything before they give any of it up. Absolute undiluted nihilism.


It&#039;s easy to laugh that the GQP have no platform... But they do, a really good one, one that can&#039;t be beaten by normal political activity, their platform has one message.


The Democrats hate your freedom and want to take it away. We all know you won&#039;t miss what you never had, so don&#039;t be too surprised if the logic of free pre-K is lost along the way, the Republicans are counting on it. 


In other news, Buckingham Palace has released the cause of death of HRH Prince Philip Duke of Eddy at 99 it was confirmed today that he died of old age. 

Not one word of a lie. Now if Buckingham Palace can still have a laugh, so can we all.




LL&amp;P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm so glad you uttered the words 'trickle down', CW, saves me drumming up a cunning segue...I'll circle back to that. </p>
<p>Josh Hawley, the guy who's found every media delivery system on the planet to whine he's completely cancelled and silenced by the left, he's the lowest hanging fruit there is, he should change his name to Strawberry. He's a legislative nihilist, he doesn't even read bills, he was the one and only member to vote no on a bill that extended healthcare benefits to Afganistan and Iraq war vets because it was a Dem bill, his own party didn't want to break it to him what he was doing was mindless... </p>
<p>I don't know if mentioning him even helps here, he's at best a chocolate teapot, completely useless. Standards, standards. Maintain the standards.</p>
<p>Biden had an outstanding week all in the space of one five minute presser after a speech. I was impressed and strangely proud of his emotional outburst when asked about tax hikes for the rich, with believable incredulity he pointed out that with his plan the maga-mega-wealthy won't have their lifestyles affected in the least if they pay their fair share, as he put it, they will still be able to buy that second or third house, pick out that new jet or afford whatever they want, and he will be able to help the people he grew up alongside, the working-class people. It impressed me, the academy might want to rethink that non-award, I'm not easily impressed, and my bar is way higher than the average Bears. </p>
<p>Good grief... We have touch-down, pay dirt too. Trickle-down economics is the solution. The money is in the question.</p>
<p>Context... I'm lucky, I have kids who at their present stage of development are hungry for knowledge. Not how to bake cake information, but cerebral content, ranging from god to goldfish. Thing one, my son, wanted to know how do you decide who to vote for... It's a fantastic question that most adults want to ask, but are too embarrassed to. To my mind its easy, I always want to know where the spending goes, it's the central pillar of every democracy, all governments spend tax-payer money, if I elect you, how will you spend mine? Me, I will never vote for a govt. that gives money to corporations in the form of tax breaks to encourage growth, because it's bullshit economics based on a bullshit theory that they will trickle it down to the workers... If that's the case, why hasn't minimum wage budged in years? Why is it instant socialism to even suggest an increase? We all know why because it's simply a con. The original Republican big lie and that baby is 40 fucking years old and looking none the worse for wear. </p>
<p>I get the distinct impression America has bigger issues than simply deciding who to vote in and out of office, hyper-tribalism has no cure I'm aware of other than civil war. Number five talking point should scare you more when you factor in the nakedly obvious voter suppression that's going, by being so blatant the GQP are screaming to the Democrats that don't care what it takes, the destruction of democracy itself if need be, but they want all the power all the time everywhere. </p>
<p>They're not listening anymore, they're convinced their model of America is the only way forward and they fuck up everything before they give any of it up. Absolute undiluted nihilism.</p>
<p>It's easy to laugh that the GQP have no platform... But they do, a really good one, one that can't be beaten by normal political activity, their platform has one message.</p>
<p>The Democrats hate your freedom and want to take it away. We all know you won't miss what you never had, so don't be too surprised if the logic of free pre-K is lost along the way, the Republicans are counting on it. </p>
<p>In other news, Buckingham Palace has released the cause of death of HRH Prince Philip Duke of Eddy at 99 it was confirmed today that he died of old age. </p>
<p>Not one word of a lie. Now if Buckingham Palace can still have a laugh, so can we all.</p>
<p>LL&amp;P</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 06:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll give MIDOTW to Jen Psaki for toying with that Newsmax &quot;reporter&quot; at Friday&#039;s press briefing.</description>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 06:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;ve got to be impressed with the idiocy of Florida Man&#039;s fans and their &quot;lawyers&quot;. GQP death cult zombies pick the damnedest times to speak truthfully.

Foxitis is priceless, but despite being true, &quot;The TV told me to do it.&quot; is a very weak defense when charged with terrorism and insurrection (or something).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You've got to be impressed with the idiocy of Florida Man's fans and their "lawyers". GQP death cult zombies pick the damnedest times to speak truthfully.</p>
<p>Foxitis is priceless, but despite being true, "The TV told me to do it." is a very weak defense when charged with terrorism and insurrection (or something).</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 06:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[13]








&lt;b&gt;Mongo have strong feelings for KICK. KICK should NOT worry about MtnCaddy.&lt;/b&gt; Only Repugs need worry.






Signed --

Discrete and Judicious Avenger against Reaganism® and all of it&#039;s  works.</description>
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<p><b>Mongo have strong feelings for KICK. KICK should NOT worry about MtnCaddy.</b> Only Repugs need worry.</p>
<p>Signed --</p>
<p>Discrete and Judicious Avenger against Reaganism® and all of it's  works.</p>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 06:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[]







Er...&lt;i&gt;&quot;...not so bad. I&#039;VE been MIA...&quot;</description>
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<p>Er...<i>"...not so bad. I'VE been MIA..."</i></p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 06:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aaaand...





Miss Canada, &lt;b&gt;Elizabeth,&lt;/b&gt; I sincerely thank you for pushing your &quot;proper link&quot; envelope. I just KNEW that if you accepted my advice you&#039;d find that it was &quot;not so bad.
been MIA in re &lt;b&gt;Sunday Night Dance Party¢&lt;/b&gt; but I&#039;ll do better, I promise!





I&#039;m thinking thinking thinking about what I&#039;d like to recommend come Sunday afternoon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aaaand...</p>
<p>Miss Canada, <b>Elizabeth,</b> I sincerely thank you for pushing your "proper link" envelope. I just KNEW that if you accepted my advice you'd find that it was "not so bad.<br />
been MIA in re <b>Sunday Night Dance Party¢</b> but I'll do better, I promise!</p>
<p>I'm thinking thinking thinking about what I'd like to recommend come Sunday afternoon.</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 05:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah...Statewide you are not worthy. But nevertheless, &lt;b&gt;you MUST live!&lt;/b&gt;






&lt;i&gt;We&#039;re ALL &quot;Muricans and I assure you that every last non-Trumpanzie will be safe under my benevolent dictatorship.&lt;/i&gt;





Sleep tight, Miss Texas. And don&#039;t let the bed bugs bite!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah...Statewide you are not worthy. But nevertheless, <b>you MUST live!</b></p>
<p><i>We're ALL "Muricans and I assure you that every last non-Trumpanzie will be safe under my benevolent dictatorship.</i></p>
<p>Sleep tight, Miss Texas. And don't let the bed bugs bite!</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 05:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MtnCaddy
8

&lt;i&gt;...Fear and Smear®? &lt;/i&gt;

Yes, sir. 

&lt;i&gt;Hair Dick Tater&#039;s? &lt;/i&gt;

Yep!

&lt;i&gt;Gawd, I like your work down here in Weigantia. For what it&#039;s worth, you are my Queen of Snark. And that ain&#039;t nothing but a compliment, Miss Texas. &lt;/i&gt;

Queen is actually one of my many nicknames. Yes, you may use it. I have spoken. ;)

&lt;i&gt;May I pay you the highest form of flattery by using these gems myself? &lt;/i&gt;

You are required to use them. I have spoken. ;)

&lt;i&gt;And are either or both of these something that you invented yourself? &lt;/i&gt;

Those two? Nah.

&lt;i&gt;Thanks to you very existence I&#039;ve decided that once I become the competent dictator of America that Trump didn&#039;t become I&#039;ve decided that I&#039;ll spare Texas from my list of Repug States that need to liquidated. Your welcome! &lt;/i&gt;

We&#039;re not worthy! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MtnCaddy<br />
8</p>
<p><i>...Fear and Smear®? </i></p>
<p>Yes, sir. </p>
<p><i>Hair Dick Tater's? </i></p>
<p>Yep!</p>
<p><i>Gawd, I like your work down here in Weigantia. For what it's worth, you are my Queen of Snark. And that ain't nothing but a compliment, Miss Texas. </i></p>
<p>Queen is actually one of my many nicknames. Yes, you may use it. I have spoken. ;)</p>
<p><i>May I pay you the highest form of flattery by using these gems myself? </i></p>
<p>You are required to use them. I have spoken. ;)</p>
<p><i>And are either or both of these something that you invented yourself? </i></p>
<p>Those two? Nah.</p>
<p><i>Thanks to you very existence I've decided that once I become the competent dictator of America that Trump didn't become I've decided that I'll spare Texas from my list of Repug States that need to liquidated. Your welcome! </i></p>
<p>We're not worthy! :)</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i KNOW people who lived in the old soviet union. for all their legitimate grievances with that system, strangely enough not a single one complains about the free pre-school. in case anyone cares, that&#039;s the one educational reform most thoroughly proven to make kids&#039; lives better. not charters, not vouchers, not whatever the hell michael bloomberg did to the NYC system. pre-paid pre-k for all. that and to a lesser extent smaller class sizes. it ain&#039;t rocket surgery.

@kick,
hugo thanks you for the tune. after all, he certainly does like to move it move it.

JL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i KNOW people who lived in the old soviet union. for all their legitimate grievances with that system, strangely enough not a single one complains about the free pre-school. in case anyone cares, that's the one educational reform most thoroughly proven to make kids' lives better. not charters, not vouchers, not whatever the hell michael bloomberg did to the NYC system. pre-paid pre-k for all. that and to a lesser extent smaller class sizes. it ain't rocket surgery.</p>
<p>@kick,<br />
hugo thanks you for the tune. after all, he certainly does like to move it move it.</p>
<p>JL</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeppers, for forty years the Christofacists have traded the destruction of the American Dream, destruction of our environment and ultimately Earth, the destruction of 4,000 American lives (and as much as a million Iraqis,) and most recently the attempted destruction of our Constitutional Republic...






All for making it tougher and more dangerous for poor women in
Red States to get an abortion. 






&lt;i&gt;Jesus wept.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeppers, for forty years the Christofacists have traded the destruction of the American Dream, destruction of our environment and ultimately Earth, the destruction of 4,000 American lives (and as much as a million Iraqis,) and most recently the attempted destruction of our Constitutional Republic...</p>
<p>All for making it tougher and more dangerous for poor women in<br />
Red States to get an abortion. </p>
<p><i>Jesus wept.</i></p>
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		<title>By: goode trickle</title>
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		<dc:creator>goode trickle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It occurs to me with some sense of irony, that the Dems should use...

That the very people up in arms about expanding education are directly products of the large investments made into the education system during the space race, and in true GOP fashion they are proving yet again the they are truly the party of tis for me and not for thee...

And don&#039;t even get me started on the whole extractive school voucher non-sense that would have me subsidizing Donny Douche Bag jr.&#039;s private school education...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It occurs to me with some sense of irony, that the Dems should use...</p>
<p>That the very people up in arms about expanding education are directly products of the large investments made into the education system during the space race, and in true GOP fashion they are proving yet again the they are truly the party of tis for me and not for thee...</p>
<p>And don't even get me started on the whole extractive school voucher non-sense that would have me subsidizing Donny Douche Bag jr.'s private school education...</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[3]






And why not add,






1- pro-Capital Punishment.



2- pro-war (e.g. W&#039;s Iraq War.)







3- pro-Big Fossil Energy. I mean, Global Warming is only going to devastate our planet, right?





Yep, Ladies and Gentlemen, today&#039;s Evangelicals!</description>
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<p>And why not add,</p>
<p>1- pro-Capital Punishment.</p>
<p>2- pro-war (e.g. W's Iraq War.)</p>
<p>3- pro-Big Fossil Energy. I mean, Global Warming is only going to devastate our planet, right?</p>
<p>Yep, Ladies and Gentlemen, today's Evangelicals!</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of &lt;b&gt;Snark,&lt;/b&gt; I give CW high marks in this FTP.






Chris, Just remember that &lt;b&gt;Snark is Sexy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of <b>Snark,</b> I give CW high marks in this FTP.</p>
<p>Chris, Just remember that <b>Snark is Sexy.</b></p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JK....







(I&#039;d have spared all the non-Trumpanzies. You were never in any actual danger.)</description>
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<p>(I'd have spared all the non-Trumpanzies. You were never in any actual danger.)</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[3]







&lt;i&gt;...Fear and Smear®?






Hair Dick Tater&#039;s?&lt;/i&gt;







Gawd, I like your work down here in Weigantia. For what it&#039;s worth, you are my &lt;b&gt;Queen of Snark.&lt;/b&gt; And that ain&#039;t nothing but a compliment, Miss Texas.







May I pay you the highest form of flattery by using these gems myself? And are either or both of these something that you invented yourself? It sure wouldn&#039;t surprise me haha.





Thanks to you very existence I&#039;ve decided that once I become the &lt;i&gt;competent dictator of America that Trump didn&#039;t become&lt;/i&gt; I&#039;ve decided that I&#039;ll spare Texas from my list of Repug States that need to liquidated. Your welcome!</description>
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<p><i>...Fear and Smear®?</p>
<p>Hair Dick Tater's?</i></p>
<p>Gawd, I like your work down here in Weigantia. For what it's worth, you are my <b>Queen of Snark.</b> And that ain't nothing but a compliment, Miss Texas.</p>
<p>May I pay you the highest form of flattery by using these gems myself? And are either or both of these something that you invented yourself? It sure wouldn't surprise me haha.</p>
<p>Thanks to you very existence I've decided that once I become the <i>competent dictator of America that Trump didn't become</i> I've decided that I'll spare Texas from my list of Repug States that need to liquidated. Your welcome!</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CW: &lt;i&gt;Seriously, what are they going to do, play Pink Floyd at their rallies? &quot;We don&#039;t need no education / We don&#039;t need no thought control.&quot; Good luck with that, you know, with all those suburban moms out there. Maybe a laser light show would help? &lt;/i&gt;

Nah... they just need to go to their &quot;go to guy,&quot; Tim Scott; he can explain the horrors of what happens when children raised in poverty are offered access to a college education. Oh, wait!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CW: <i>Seriously, what are they going to do, play Pink Floyd at their rallies? "We don't need no education / We don't need no thought control." Good luck with that, you know, with all those suburban moms out there. Maybe a laser light show would help? </i></p>
<p>Nah... they just need to go to their "go to guy," Tim Scott; he can explain the horrors of what happens when children raised in poverty are offered access to a college education. Oh, wait!</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[2]







Why does it have to be &lt;b&gt;only one or the other?&lt;/b&gt; If you agree that &lt;i&gt;most folks don&#039;t care how things get done -- they only care about results,&lt;/i&gt; 







then I say, go HIGH if that&#039;s what works but never hesitate to go LOW if that&#039;s what it takes.&lt;/i&gt;







By all means, use every means to make Government work better for ALL &#039;Muricans.







Collect &#039;em [means] all, trade &#039;em -- woot!






(ahhh...the 12-year Single Malt Scotch is a-kickin&#039; in...)</description>
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<p>Why does it have to be <b>only one or the other?</b> If you agree that <i>most folks don't care how things get done -- they only care about results,</i> </p>
<p>then I say, go HIGH if that's what works but never hesitate to go LOW if that's what it takes.</p>
<p>By all means, use every means to make Government work better for ALL 'Muricans.</p>
<p>Collect 'em [means] all, trade 'em -- woot!</p>
<p>(ahhh...the 12-year Single Malt Scotch is a-kickin' in...)</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[2]






&lt;b&gt;I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic,for which it [the flag]stands, with Liberty and Justice for all.</description>
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<p><b>I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic,for which it [the flag]stands, with Liberty and Justice for all.</b></p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 03:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CW: &lt;i&gt;She went further, during Biden&#039;s speech, tweeting an article from 1974 about the prevalence of affordable child care in the Soviet Union, with the text: &quot;You know who else liked universal day care&quot;. &lt;/i&gt;

I guess Martha forgot that Donald bragged about having that at Trump properties: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;
 “I do it all over, and I get great people because of it.&quot; ~ Donald Trump bragging about his (nonexistent) company provided child care  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Despite the fact the Trump child care consisted of people paying him for it, Donald was &quot;all in&quot; on child care: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7gsNzqob6w

Where was Marsha Blackburn? Trump and the GOP keep claiming they are the Party of the &quot;working class.&quot; I guess Marsha just forgot. Even Fox News was loving it. 

Maybe Marsha and Tim Scott and Fox will all be cancelled for mocking Hair Dick Tater&#039;s childcare plans for the &quot;working people&quot;? 

Liars! ALL LIARS... or at the very least hypocrites with memory issues!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CW: <i>She went further, during Biden's speech, tweeting an article from 1974 about the prevalence of affordable child care in the Soviet Union, with the text: "You know who else liked universal day care". </i></p>
<p>I guess Martha forgot that Donald bragged about having that at Trump properties: </p>
<blockquote><p>
 “I do it all over, and I get great people because of it." ~ Donald Trump bragging about his (nonexistent) company provided child care  </p></blockquote>
<p>Despite the fact the Trump child care consisted of people paying him for it, Donald was "all in" on child care: </p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7gsNzqob6w" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7gsNzqob6w</a></p>
<p>Where was Marsha Blackburn? Trump and the GOP keep claiming they are the Party of the "working class." I guess Marsha just forgot. Even Fox News was loving it. </p>
<p>Maybe Marsha and Tim Scott and Fox will all be cancelled for mocking Hair Dick Tater's childcare plans for the "working people"? </p>
<p>Liars! ALL LIARS... or at the very least hypocrites with memory issues!</p>
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