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Buttigieg’s Press Secretary told reporters that it was “aggressive” to ask questions on camera in Buttigieg’s unending cascade of errors and insults in the face of disaster. It’s no wonder he was in hiding.

According to new provisional data from the Scottish government, there were 7,314 deaths registered in January 2023, an increase of 17.7% compared to the average of 6,212. For the second week of January, there were more deaths in Scotland than ever before, including during the peak of the pandemic. Concurrently, there were 4,159 births registered in January 2023, a decrease of 6.8% compared to the average of 4,463. In other words, between a dearth of births and a plethora of deaths, there were roughly 1,400 fewer souls, the equivalent of roughly 86,000 in the United States. This is long after...

One just stumbled into a trial period of Sirius XM. Any recommendations? Astute political/historical/current events talk programs? New music? Contrast with the same stuff on the FM dial... all genre considered... Comedy, just for fun, etc, lest one lose one's sense of humor listening to the news?

Can someone help? Tried Ubuntu, which was going fine until it decided to disable all its networking functions, all of its own. Ubuntu community seems to know about this feature but just deals with it... I need suggestions as to which distros meet the following: Will run on a kinda upgraded old lenovo desktop that has upgraded ram and a SSD. Bootable from a USB device (SSD has no other OS installed on it, so no partition, etc. Dedicated Linux machine.) One is much disinclined from Ubuntu or RedHat/IBM/Fedora. Interested in a serviceable, low-overhead, easy to use user interface to...

Please define/clarify/discuss the following terms: Conservatism, Liberalism, Paleoconservatism, Neoconservatism, Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism, Libertarianism, and how they are different from one another and any similarities. Also "Classical", aka "Jeffersonian" Liberalism (Paleoliberalism?) any other isms that are worth consideration in this conversation. Please note that one is not asking for a definition or discussion of any fascist ideologies like Communism, etc.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has filed a lawsuit against Ascension Healthcare, in an attempt to block the company from firing employees who do not get a COVID-19 vaccination.

This is a Vanity request for information about how other countries are treating the jab. There is information in the public domain about other countries either discontinuing the jab, requiring further study, or providing prophylaxis treatment to their populations instead of the jab/vax. India, Japan, Norway and other Scandinavian countries, Sub-Saharan African countries... Any verifiable information would be helpful, but please cite where it came from or it's not helpful for this request. Also helpful would be verifiable (i.e. source cited) information about how the CCP virus really got started, and Fauci's role in it. And, as long as we're...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As of 7 p.m. ET on Monday, September 27, 2021, more than 5,200 doctors and scientists have signed the “The Physicians Declaration,” condemning policymakers for authoritarian approaches of forcing a “one-size-fits-all” COVID treatment strategy which is resulting in “needless illness and death.” An international alliance of physicians and medical scientists met in Rome, Italy on September 12 - 14 for a three-day Global COVID Summit to speak “truth to power about COVID pandemic research and treatment.” The summit presented an opportunity for the medical professionals to compare studies and assess the efficacy of the various treatments for...

So here I sit in a social situation, being forced to watch Fox news. The special tonite is all about 9/11. Personal accounts from New Yorkers who were there in the towers. The sick irony of it just flat f***ing stinks. Why didn't they show this program on say, November 1st, 2020? Oh no, we couldn't have that, it might effect the election. So here we are. The war started twenty years ago today, and what, 28 days ago Joe Biden got on with the business of surrender to the Taliban. And Fox news making a big virtue signaling show...

When does it start? Many of us were at our respective State Capitols on January 6th, peaceably doing our civic duty. One would think the time has come to do it again, except this time don't stop. Joe must go, and he must take his entire gang of communists and other dregs of society with him. This includes the whore from Canada and the ancient mafia princess from San Francisco.

Here in Northeastern Oklahoma, the radio station that had carried Rush all these years, KRMG 102.3 FM, located in Tulsa, filled that same time slot with a show hosted by a cat named Mark Kaye (sp?), syndicated out of (one believes) Fort Lauderdale, Florida after Rush died. It turns out that Mr. Kaye is a witty dude and all that, but his show is pretty much a game show. Make fun of Biden, play stupid radio games. All the time. Makes Hannity sound professional.Something must be going on behind the scenes with Mr. Kaye because his show often isn't there,...

Trey Gowdy blah blah blah

A huge container ship that has been stuck across the Suez Canal for almost a week has been freed from the shoreline, officials say. The course of the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given has been corrected by 80%, according to the Suez Canal Authority. It added that further efforts to move the boat would resume later on Monday.

That's a vain question.

Its name sounds impressive: the Independent American Center of Political Monitoring. So does the umbrella organization it says it's a part of: the International Expert Center for Electoral Systems. Along with official observers from the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other international bodies, members of the group were in Azerbaijan this week to observe the October 9 presidential election. But ask any Azerbaijan-watcher or journalist outside of the pro-government media who they are and nobody seems to know for sure. Some have never heard of the organization. Others suspect that they're paid by Baku...

Open discussion for the purpose of defining of these terms, especially in the classical and modern usage.

For open discussion, definitions of these two terms and comparative discussion are invited, particularly in the classical and in the modern context.

This topic has come up at least a couple of times in the last few weeks; I'd like to bring it up once more for one's own selfish needs. One is interested in a starter Ham radio kit that for now will be used as a receiver only at home. Later, one might wish to get the FCC license and acquire the means to transmit also but for now the interest is in a receiver with the following specs: Reasonably portable, battery power capability would be nice. Scans available radio bands for traffic if possible. Made by a reputable manufacturer...

Dear Oklahoma friends and neighbors: I am aware this is a long letter, but it is a serious issue that requires a serious response. January 6, 2021, was a terrible day for our country and for our democracy. Americans do not all agree, but we settle issues through elections, legislation, and conversation. Ronald Reagan once said, “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” Obviously that did not happen January 6. At 1pm eastern, the Joint Session of Congress started normally. Within a few minutes, a small group of Senators and House...