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  • Originally posted by Ming View Post
    .. Trump is considered by most polls the worst president ever.
    Although I am pleased to see the last of Trump I would not describe as "the worst president". I think that would be Reagan. Bush Junior was a very bad president having started a daft war with Iraq at enormous expense. There are probably other particularly bad presidents however my American history is very patchy.

    Trump didn't really do anything that has major implications.

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    • It's probable that China will invade Taiwan at this point, and Ming will look at the CNN poll..
      I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
      - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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      • Yet another nonsense response from Kid... to be expected.

        And Egbert... Trump did totally fail on his response to the covid pandemic... I would consider 100's of thousands dead Americans something with major implications.
        Keep on Civin'
        RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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        • Egbert
          Egbert commented
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          Good point. I was overly focused on what Trump actually did and overlooked what he neglected to do.
          He put his head in the sand regarding covid and did not even try to deal with it.

      • I guess fake news didn't tell you that they are cooking up more viruses under Biden.
        I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
        - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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        • Gee, even more nonsense from Kid, what a surprise NOT
          Keep on Civin'
          RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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          • No, seriously. They are still making viruses in the Wuhan Lab, and Biden is doing nothing. No actually he is signally to the world that the US is going to do nothing about it, Anyone that doesn't see that is brainwashed. Or maybe you don't really care about another million deaths.
            I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
            - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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            • Nothing you say should be taken seriously since you don't believe in facts, make stuff up, attribute actions to people based on your perceptions, and just parrot whatever is being spoon fed to you via the alt right propaganda sites... while ignoring all the faults and lies by Trump and his cult.
              So enjoy your little anti Biden jerk off fest...
              Keep on Civin'
              RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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              • Ming is the kind of person that won't even enter a room where someone with Covid was, even though he's vaccinated, but he isn't worried at all of another virus leaking out of a lab in communist China, and the communists letting it travel all over the world murdering millions of people.
                I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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                • Ahhh... back to mind reading again... and just more general nonsense.
                  I guess it's just easier for you to make up and spread your BS than it is to actually post something intelligent.
                  Keep on Civin'
                  RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                  • How about a crypto-trading hamster?
                    Can a hamster trading cryptocurrency beat human investors in the stock market? Mr Goxx can.
                    I am not delusional! Now if you'll excuse me, i'm gonna go dance with the purple wombat who's playing show-tunes in my coffee cup!
                    Rules are like Egg's. They're fun when thrown out the window!
                    Difference is irrelevant when dosage is higher than recommended!

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                    • Marine Corps veteran sprayed in face during Capitol riot dies

                      by Tori Richards, Investigative Reporter |

                      | September 27, 2021 04:58 PM

                      A Marine Corps veteran who vigorously fought charges against him in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has died of undisclosed reasons in a Florida hospital.

                      John Steven Anderson, 61, died Tuesday in Jacksonville while awaiting trial on seven counts, including civil disobedience and “assaulting, resisting or impeding” police. Anderson was not among the group of protesters who have been detained for more than six months and allege beatings and brutality in jail.

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                      “May his family find comfort and finality in knowing that John was genuinely innocent of the serious charges of which he was accused before his death,” his attorney Marina Medvin said in a press release. “May America know that John Anderson died a wrongfully accused man who maintained his innocence to his last day.”
                      John Anderson is helped through a tunnel on Jan. 6 after being sprayed with a chemicalMarina Medvin

                      A conservative who had attended several Trump rallies, Anderson wanted to support the president and figured the Jan. 6 event would be no different than the others, Medvin said. He marched toward the Capitol along with the crowd and held up his cellphone to record what he thought was a historic event.

                      Several agitators started attacking Capitol police and told the crowd to surge forward. Anderson was sprayed in the face with a chemical by an assailant who had directed the spray toward nearby officers, according to Medvin.

                      Photos released by the Department of Justice showed Anderson in distress when he was sprayed, moments before officers assisted him along a corridor because he collapsed after he was sprayed, Medvin said.

                      “I was there for a protest. I was recording everything. I didn’t attack any officers. I didn’t hurt anyone,” Anderson said, as recited by Medvin. “Someone sprayed me, I couldn’t breathe, and I begged the officers for help. And I thank God every day that they helped me, they saved my life.”

                      Anderson had a heart condition, allergies, and asthma. It’s not clear if this played a role in his death, as another person sprayed with an irritant also died. Officer Brian Sicknick’s death was ultimately deemed to be from natural causes even though he was just 42 years old.

                      Sixteen media organizations sided with Medvin in federal court, demanding the judge to order the release of a 30-second video that shows Anderson’s interaction with police. Prosecutors had withheld the clip from public dissemination, arguing it was “highly sensitive.” The clip was ordered to be released on July 29.

                      Photos from the clip show Anderson being pushed along with the crowd but not assaulting anyone. At one point, he held a police shield, which he said protesters passed along the tunnel. The brief time he held the shield prompted some of the charges, Medvin said.

                      Shortly before his death, prosecutors asked Anderson to plead guilty to a single felony with a maximum of five years in prison. Medvin said she asked for his case to be dismissed.

                      “The last project John and I were working on before his death was turning down this officer, which we felt was a slap in the face,” Medvin said. “’I will not say that I did something I didn’t do,’ was John’s position. We believed the government was continuing to ignore the complete picture of what happened.”


                      Anderson was also a former member of the Florida Army National Guard and owned several automotive businesses. He had been married for just eight months at the time of his death.
                      I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                      - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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                      • Originally posted by Broken_Erika View Post
                        How about a crypto-trading hamster?
                        https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58707641
                        He looks like a Hamster/Carnickel crossover



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                        • Self-proclaimed shaman accused of starting California fire said she was trying to boil bear urine



                          A California woman professing to be a shaman who was arrested and charged with igniting the wildfire that has thousands of homes under threat claimed the fire was started inadvertently while she was attempting to boil bear urine, authorities said.

                          Alexandra Souverneva, 30, could be sentenced to up to nine years if convicted of starting the Fawn fire, according to officials.

                          The blaze has destroyed roughly 41 homes and 90 small structures while endangering another 2,340, officials said.

                          Souverneva pleaded not guilty but is now reportedly thought to have ignited several fires across California.

                          The self-proclaimed shaman said she had been hiking to Canada as the blaze approached Shasta County on Wednesday, documents noted.

                          When she became thirsty and approached a puddle of what she claimed to be bear urine, she told forest officials she attempted to make a fire to purify it.

                          The wood she hoped to use was "too wet for the fire to start," documents said.

                          Souverneva then drank the animal urine and proceeded on her journey, according to the report.

                          She allegedly became caught in some brush and had to call the local fire department for assistance.

                          The firefighters requested she empty her pockets and fanny pack, to which she presented CO2 canisters, a lighter, and "a green, leafy substance she admitted to smoking that day," California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officer Matt Alexander said.

                          Alexandra Souverneva. (Courtesy of Shasta County Sheriff's Office)

                          Witnesses said Souverneva, who on her LinkedIn lists "shaman" as her occupation and indicates that she was a doctoral student at State University of New York's New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, dropped two CO2 cartridges the day the fire started, Alexander said.

                          Souverneva's statements might indicate mental illness or drug abuse, her attorney argued.

                          "She is also under suspicion for starting other fires," her attorney said.

                          "There is a high possibility she is responsible" for a blaze the preceding night, according to Alexander.

                          "It is my experience that arsonists … will light multiple fires in a short time frame," he said.
                          Keep on Civin'
                          RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                          • Uncle Sparky
                            Uncle Sparky commented
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                            She isn't a proper shaman... where are her bison horns? Where is her 1940s-B-movie Indian war paint?

                          • SlowwHand
                            SlowwHand commented
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                            As much as Congresswoman Warren.



                        • A Danish museum wants an artist to return around 534,000 kroner ($83,000) he had been given in cash to recreate old artworks using banknotes, after he produced blank canvasses with the title "Take the Money and Run".
                          The artist was given around $83,000 to recreate old artworks, but then produced two blank canvasses.


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                          • Animal psychic claims cats are 'interdimensional' and see things humans can't

                            A woman who calls herself an animal psychic has shared some supposed truths about how our “interdimensional” pets interact with us.

                            While there is no concrete proof of animal whisperers truly being able to speak to pets in a unique dimension, Lori suggested that humans benefit from the psychic abilities of the animals we form connections with.

                            Lori Spagna is a supposed animal communicator and author of ‘Animals in the Afterlife’. Speaking on the Best of Coast to Coast podcast, she claimed animals speak a “universal language of energy”, meaning they perceive the world around them differently to humans.

                            For instance, Lori acknowledged that cats are “generally interdimensional”, suggesting: “They’re really great at identifying beings in non-physical interdimensional realms."

                            She explained that this means cats are able to see entities that humans aren’t aware of.



                            “Cats are very good at absorbing them so that they don’t interfere in their humans’ lives,” she claimed.

                            “Typically the cats are like carriers for a little while with them, and then they help them get moved on and moved out.”

                            And for pet owners devastated about the loss of their beloved companion, Lori also had some reassuring news, claiming that animals remain with their human guardians in the afterlife.

                            “I’m of the belief that we never die; we transition out of our physical forms. So the animals are the same… just like us, when they transition out of their physical form, their consciousness continues," she said.

                            “Many times animals – especially animals who live with their humans – tend to be guides for at least some time, for their humans."

                            Lori related that this means animals remain with their owners in the afterlife, saying: “They’ll stay for as long as they typically feel that the human needs them, or that they can be of service to the human.

                            “So even if they transition, they’ll still feel connected to the human for a long time, provided that the bonds are strong.”

                            These extrasensory abilities, the animal psychic explained, are what enables animals like dogs and cats to be able to sense illness in the humans around them.

                            “This is why animals can be so effective in serving humans who might have physical diseases, because they can identify body temperature changes, hormonal changes," she continued.

                            “We know that when animals just use their sense of smell, they can identify all kinds of information about either the human or the animal that they’re smelling.

                            “So this is why they can identify if someone’s sick, or if someone needs medical care, this kind of thing.”

                            As well as discussing the relationship pets have with their owners, Lori also touched on the supposed interaction animals have with the universe itself.

                            “All animals have purposes, and information and energy depending on their unique species, they have a particular role”, she described.

                            For instance, she said, “elephants are keepers of the records of the Earth".

                            She added: “When you learn to communicate with any animal – and if you communicate with an elephant – they can share with you information about the Earth’s history."
                            Keep on Civin'
                            RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                            • Uncle Sparky
                              Uncle Sparky commented
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                              I am not a cat, though some of you may be... I cannot see Kidiot's comments, but I've been lead to believe they exist.
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