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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night: The Last Throes: Way Underrated
Time for me to toddle off. Once last time into the breach tomorrow and then it is all over except the crying and bleeding until fall. Sadly, I think I will do more crying and bleeding than they will. Take care all.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night: The Last Throes: Way Underrated
The GOP has definite advantages in gaming the system they are committed ideologues, while the Democratic politicians are more pragmatic technocrats. Democrats also are concerned about running the country, while they are only concerned with winning and the country be damned. That gives them powerful advantages. They appoint extremist judges and Dems appoint moderates. They are willing to shut down government to get what they want, while Dems are not.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night: The Last Throes: Way Underrated
Hag!
It is not the American people who are center right (polling shows they are decidedly liberal), but the American elites who are. Unfortunately, the politicians of both parties (at least those with any chance of getting elected) serve the elites (though different segments of it) and not the people That said, the GOP has gotten increasingly batshit crazy in a desperate attempt to attract enough voters to get enough votes to garner more respect than Ralph Nader. Even then, they have to rely of bizarre gerrymandering schemes to win much of anything.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
Time for me to toddle off. Have students to abuse in the morning.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
Absolutely will. My oldest grandson is coming up to visit for three weeks and I am going to give him the “full Montana.” We are going to Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, trout fishing on several of our blue ribbon trout streams, tubing the rivers, hiking in the mountains, and camping.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
Mine as well and I actually remember most of that period (a quasi-eidetic memory is at least as much a curse as a blessing).
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
I am living proof of that.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
I call them “the forgotten years.”
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
Hiking, biking, beer, and the occasional wee dram of the Irish take care of me quite nicely. I really do not get into chemical alterations of consciousness these days, despite (or perhaps because of) my rather epic youthful indiscretions.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
In my case, it is more likely to produce a need for medical treatment. Based on my reaction the last time, over a decade ago, full on anaphylaxis is a real possibility.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
Not specifically, but I am not a historian.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
I have a strong stomach. I study gender and race and ethnicity for a living and you need it.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Times of Illusion
the raw sex appeal of Donald Rumsfeld
OK, that made me throw up in my mouth a little.
Hag!
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
I understand what you are saying and agree, but it makes your statement rhetorically stronger (the clerk personally offended you).
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
I should toddle off, as those young minds do not corrupt themselves. This week I am teaching them that marriage is an entirely civil institution and not simply between a man and a woman. Take care all.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
I don’t think Iowa does moderation in weather. Western Montana is really pretty predictable for the most part, but spring and fall are pretty chaotic as it tries to decide whether it wants to be gorgeous or hellish.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
That is sort of how I feel about the snow. I know I will be grateful this summer when I am fishing, but please, can’t winter just be over?
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
Yes!
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
I suspect we have another raging closet case who cannot deal with his own feelings.
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DrDick commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: America, Anxiously Awaiting An Agenda
No. It really has been fairly nice lately and planting season does not start until mid-May, so I cannot complain.
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