Re: Friday Five May 14
An addendum to the Friday Five. This date in my personal history has been one I would rather not relive. 8 years ago I was hospitalized with a leg cramp in my left thigh so severe the ER had to give
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 14
- -- 1. :Do you know who Alyssa Vogel is? The police officer whose picture was in the New York Times hauling a 4 year old girl who had been shot in a driveby shooting. 2. Do you think Hamas or the IDF
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 14
-- 1. :Do you know who Alyssa Vogel is? 2. Do you think Hamas or the IDF is more to blame for what is going on in Gaza and Israel at the moment? 3. Do you feel like you are or will be able to live a
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mrvnchpmn
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The Bad Optics of Fighting for Your Life - Common Sense with Bari Weiss
https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-bad-optics-of-fighting-for-your
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David Smith
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Re: Why lockdown has become a lifestyle - spiked
// its just now that people feel free now to do all the time-wasting activities that they felt they previously had to do. // Different people have experienced the past year very differently. For some,
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David Smith
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Re: Why lockdown has become a lifestyle - spiked
<< Why lockdown has become a lifestyle The culture of fear has made a lifetime of quarantine look attractive.>> Eh, I think it is more like Covid (I don¡¯t like to use ¡°lockdown¡±, because the
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FreedomRocks
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Why lockdown has become a lifestyle - spiked
https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/30/why-lockdown-has-become-a-lifestyle/ Why lockdown has become a lifestyle The culture of fear has made a lifetime of quarantine look attractive. Share For
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David Smith
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Re: F;riday Five April 30
1. Should being intoxicated with marijuana be an excuse for committing hoimicide? No, though being mentally impaired may mitigate the seriousness of the crime. 2. What modern country do you next think
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Ed Lomas
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Re: F;riday Five April 30
1. Should being intoxicated with marijuana be an excuse for committing hoimicide?
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Darrell King
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Re: F;riday Five April 30
1. Should being intoxicated with marijuana be an excuse for committing hoimicide?
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mrvnchpmn
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vaccines, lockdowns - England
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/an-open-letter-on-why-covid-restrictions-must-end-in-june The vaccines worked. We can safely lift lockdown Carl Heneghan et al We are writing as scientists and
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David Smith
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Friday Five
1. Would you ride in an autonomous vehicle on a public street? I would find it a bit scary so not yet. Maybe someday as it becomes more common. 2. Tasers - should they have handles shaped like police
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Amy Thompson <riisna@...>
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five April 23
Monorails are on closed, controlled courses, no? Apples and oranges. Pineapples and fire hydrants. Too many variables we don¡¯t know about. But I agree with you in the sense that any juror voting for
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David Smith
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five April 23
1.? Would you ride in an autonomous vehicle on a public street? After adequate testing, yes. I am getting too old to be driving. I deserve a cheap chauffeur. 2.? Tasers - should they have handles
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Darrell King
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five April 23
- 1. Would you ride in an autonomous vehicle on a public street? I have ridden on a monorail in Las Vegas but would never ride in an autonomous vehicle on a public street 2. Tasers - should they have
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Mormon sex therapist in trouble.....
No, these were garden-variety Mormons, six kids and all. I didn't know that the church banned contraception then, but one father was a bishop and the other was rather devout. Ed
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Ed Lomas
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Re: Mormon sex therapist in trouble.....
<< That wasn't true in the seventies in Idaho. My friend's father was a bishop and the bishop and his wife used them. A Mormon neighbor called a Mormon plumber I knew to free a plugged pipe to the
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FreedomRocks
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Britain must be open for all - spiked
https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/19/britain-must-be-open-for-all/ Britain must be open for all The government must listen to hospitality ¨C and drop its plan for vaccine passports. Alan Miller
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David Smith
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five April 16
Agreed. Masks are here to stay. There¡¯ll always be a health emergency. (The Wanpunga virus!) Yo-yo lockdowns are the price of peace of mind. Until just a year ago, we had no idea how frightfully
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David Smith
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five April 16
Ed probably feels about the same - wishes he could have two Ferraris, a Porsche, and a stable of thoroughbreds at his third home in France. I¡¯d like to be able to afford to replace my old hi-fi and
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David Smith
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