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Republicans definitely should NOT vote for the RINO's running Texas
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MinotStateBeav said:



edit: looked into this further and apparently the education minister is getting so much blowback that they are ending this practice lol.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332

On the other hand, Toronto School board looks like they're defending this practice so who knows lol.
Ever see a movie called "Fahrenheit 451"?

In a future society, one like those in "1984" or "Brave New World", there were Fire Departments, but they did not just fight fires. Fire Departments were also tasked with burning books. It was against the law for anyone to have a book in their possession, so all books were confiscated, collected, and then the Fire Department gathered members of a community together to witness the burning all their books. The way the citizens protested this practice, if they possesed a book, was to memorize the entire book. They kept the books and their stories alive in this way, often meeting with other citizens, in pairs or in groups, always clandestinely, to exchange recitations of their books.

I imagine the Holy Bible, or War and Peace, would have been enormous challenges to memorize, so they probably would have had little children memorize books like those, children whose memories were likely a lot less cluttered than the memories of adults.
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SFCityBear said:


Ever see a movie called "Fahrenheit 451"?


Fahrenheit 451 was a great book. It's been made into a movie a couple of times but feels like one of those stories where you really need to read the book itself. Right?

My kids far prefer books to movies. I'm not sure how long that lasts (they're still in elementary school) but it gives me hope that books will forever have their place in humanity.

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Unit2Sucks said:

SFCityBear said:


Ever see a movie called "Fahrenheit 451"?


Fahrenheit 451 was a great book. It's been made into a movie a couple of times but feels like one of those stories where you really need to read the book itself. Right?

My kids far prefer books to movies. I'm not sure how long that lasts (they're still in elementary school) but it gives me hope that books will forever have their place in humanity.

I also read the book. Doesn't seem like it would make for a good movie.

Same goes for 1984.

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Unit2Sucks said:

SFCityBear said:


Ever see a movie called "Fahrenheit 451"?


Fahrenheit 451 was a great book. It's been made into a movie a couple of times but feels like one of those stories where you really need to read the book itself. Right?

My kids far prefer books to movies. I'm not sure how long that lasts (they're still in elementary school) but it gives me hope that books will forever have their place in humanity.
Very true. The book was written by Ray Bradbury, in response to the growing influence of television in our lives. I saw the movie first, directed by Francois Truffaut, and starred Oskar Werner and Julie Christie. The movie shows homes with TV screens on all the walls. The book has been banned a few times, by different schools in the US. It sounds like you have your kids moving in the right direction.
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dimitrig said:

Unit2Sucks said:

SFCityBear said:


Ever see a movie called "Fahrenheit 451"?


Fahrenheit 451 was a great book. It's been made into a movie a couple of times but feels like one of those stories where you really need to read the book itself. Right?

My kids far prefer books to movies. I'm not sure how long that lasts (they're still in elementary school) but it gives me hope that books will forever have their place in humanity.

I also read the book. Doesn't seem like it would make for a good movie.

Same goes for 1984.


I think you are probably right. Fahrenheit 451 (the 1966 version) was a very good movie for me. But then, I'm a big Francois Truffaut fan, and most of his movies were very good, some were excellent.

I read 1984, but I liked "Brave New World" better. I've never seen the movies of either book.

It may be just me, but if I read a great book, I usually don't want to spoil my impression of the story by going to watch the movie. The consummate book for me would be the Bible. I've seen some biblical movies, but for me, none of them came close to what I had read and subsequently believed, just reading the words and contemplating them.
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"The movie shows homes with TV screens on all the walls."

…and headphones.








Fahrenheit 451 (1966) - IMDb


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/




I read 1984 three times. I thought the movie taint bad.







1984 (1984) - IMDb


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/
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Tucker Carlson is previewing a special on Argentina and Socialism.

Do I have this right - Fox pays TC, and now he can produce free specials without their censorship?

https://rumble.com/v3hh34s-ep.-23-hyperinflation-and-reckless-monetary-policy-could-soon-devastate-the.html
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Fmovielover said:

Tucker Carlson is previewing a special on Argentina and Socialism.

Do I have this right - Fox pays TC, and now he can produce free specials without their censorship?

https://rumble.com/v3hh34s-ep.-23-hyperinflation-and-reckless-monetary-policy-could-soon-devastate-the.html
Fox already admitted that Tucker Carlson's show wasn't about the truth, it was about entertainment. I doubt that removing any oversight for his shows has made it any more trustworthy or reliable.
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movielover said:

Did he come off slimey?
I was in DC as a chaperone for a group of 8th grade boys. We were adjacent to him in the airport. I tried to ask him for a picture with the boys. It was not just that he said no, it's the way. Kinda hard to describe, but in the realm of super rude and dismissive, that he couldn't be bothered to interact with the minions. I didn't even get to finish my question - he interrupted me to say no. His wife saw it, realized what an ass he was being, kinda pulled him aside for a talk after which he did the picture. There were reports after his failed Presidential run that he was horrible at retail politics. It was that in spades. It was just one of the moments where you see that someone simply isn't a good human.
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New York Post: CIA tried to pay off analysts to bury findings that COVID lab leak was likely: whistleblower

I thought the CIA was supposed to only work on foreign soil?

https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/cia-tried-to-pay-off-analysts-to-bury-covid-lab-leak-findings-whistleblower/
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It's a big cult.
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One of the best interviews I've seen in a LONG time. Almost no commentary from Tucker Carlson. Question and Answers only with a guy running for President of Argentina Milei (former Soccer player, Singer, and Economist). He's a Liberal Libertarian which is kinda a Libertarian/conservative here in the US. If you like socialism you won't like this guy , as Argentina has been socialist for the last 100 years, he's experienced it his whole life.

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F the Bush Family! Warmongering, dummies & shills for the Democrats & RINOs.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton is the one man who has stood up against the Democrat-Marxist onslaught in the great state of Texas. Democrats and Secret Sleeper Republicans hate him for this.

Democrats have been running as Republicans in races across America. It's the only way they can win in a majority of locations around the country so they pretend to be Republicans until after they are elected.

They even have a name for these Democrat plants. They're called "secret sleepers."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/state-state-democrats-running-republicans-get-office-even-name-call-secret-sleepers/
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BearHunter said:

Attorney General Ken Paxton is the one man who has stood up against the Democrat-Marxist onslaught in the great state of Texas. Democrats and Secret Sleeper Republicans hate him for this.

Democrats have been running as Republicans in races across America. It's the only way they can win in a majority of locations around the country so they pretend to be Republicans until after they are elected.

They even have a name for these Democrat plants. They're called "secret sleepers."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/state-state-democrats-running-republicans-get-office-even-name-call-secret-sleepers/
Just when I think you can't find a more improbable and unlikely conspiracy theory, you prove me wrong. The mental death spiral continues.
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The Secret Sleeper hoax
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Eastern Oregon Bear said:


Just when I think you can't find a more improbable and unlikely conspiracy theory, you prove me wrong. The mental death spiral continues.
Outside of your responses to me, I don't read your posts.
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BearHunter said:

Attorney General Ken Paxton is the one man who has stood up against the Democrat-Marxist onslaught in the great state of Texas. Democrats and Secret Sleeper Republicans hate him for this.

Democrats have been running as Republicans in races across America. It's the only way they can win in a majority of locations around the country so they pretend to be Republicans until after they are elected.

They even have a name for these Democrat plants. They're called "secret sleepers."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/state-state-democrats-running-republicans-get-office-even-name-call-secret-sleepers/


Mittens Romney an affiliate member, still butt hurt with TDS.

A politician once said every Senator believes they should be President, and most believe they'd do a better job. Imagine the hurt feelings when an Outsider like President Trump comes in, blows the field away, has such success and calls them out for their incompetence and crookedness.
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BearHunter said:

Eastern Oregon Bear said:


Just when I think you can't find a more improbable and unlikely conspiracy theory, you prove me wrong. The mental death spiral continues.
Outside of your responses to me, I don't read your posts.
Oh.
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bearister said:

Why go to college when you could be a plumber?


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/10/plumber-skilled-trade-college?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Being a plumber has some advantages, but some drawbacks as well.

If money is the object, then fine, it will get you into the middle class.

There are basically two kinds of plumber: one is to go around repairing or replacing old plumbing, and the other is to install plumbing in new buildings under construction. In the first case, you spend your life working in old buildings, sometimes wallowing in human waste, sometimes working in precarious situations. There are so many ways to get injured, cutting yourself, injuring a muscle, your back, or falling, not to mention injuries caused by power tools. In the second case, just look at the statistics on workers injured on constructions sites. It is not pretty.

I remember back when I was at Cal, reading an article in Time or somewhere about a study on which professions had the longest life expectancy, and at that time, the leader was college professors who lived the longest. The reason given was the stress level was the lowest of all professions. Since then, stress levels for profs has increased, especially those who are driven to publish more research than ever before, many in order to keep their salaries at the level that working in private industry would pay.

For the first plumber, the plumbing repair guy, work is usually steady, because plumbing is always decaying and breaking down. For the second plumber, the one who works in installing plumbing in new buildings, life is usually unpredictable for many. After he finishes work on a building's new plumbing, if the contractor he works for does not have a new project, he is often laid off, and has to look for a new job. Steady work is usually only available when there is a boom in construction.

I have a cousin who worked as a gardener in Golden Gate Park for the City of SF. He had a friend who was a plumber in private industry, plumbing new buildings, who some years was out of work 3-6 months. My cousin suggested he apply for a job with the City. He did, passed the tests, and was hired. The first day on the job, his boss took him around and introduced him to everyone, showed him his desk, his locker, where to get his tools, and a key to a truck. He then told him, "Now tomorrow, when you come to work, you will find 3 pieces of paper on your desk. Each piece of paper will be for a job for you to go out and do."

When the plumber arrived the next day for work, he looked at the 3 pieces of paper on his desk. One was to fix a shower head in a high school, the second was to fix a toilet leak in an office building, and the third was to fix a water fountain in the Park. So the plumber got some tools, put them in the truck and left. The jobs were all very simple, and he arrived back at the plumbing department about 1PM. The boss was shocked, and a little upset. "What are you doing back here? Didn't you see the three slips of paper?" It is only 1PM". The plumber said he had finished all three jobs had lunch, and came back to the office. The boss was annoyed. He said, " Look, those 3 slips of paper are for 3 jobs. THAT IS FOR 3 DAYS! I don't want you coming back here early again."

So now this plumber comes to work, picks up the 3 slips of paper, takes one, and goes back home, has breakfast, goes out and does the job, maybe watches TV or goes out to play golf, and goes in for work the next day and picks up another slip of paper. So if you are going to be a plumber, a government job might be the cushy one, among the choice of plumbing jobs. Might even get you the life span of a college professor.



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What if the day comes when there are so few plumbers that when you ask your plumber what his hourly rate is he says $600, and you say "That's outrageous !" and he says, "Good luck finding a cheaper plumber or any plumber."*

*Unless Musk makes a plumber robot that only costs $350/hour
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bearister said:

What if the day comes when there are so few plumbers that when you ask your plumber what his hourly rate is he says $600, and you say "That's outrageous !" and he says, "Good luck finding a cheaper plumber or any plumber."*

*Unless Musk makes a plumber robot that only costs $350/hour


I've been watching YouTubes of a Handyman (with his own channel) and a Wisconsin concrete guy ( with his own channel). I don't know what these guys make at their jobs and with their thousands and thousands of YouTube views but they've obviously put a lot of thought and time into these YouTube videos/channels and it seems like it's paying off. This is something that didn't exist a few years ago and if done right it seems like a great way to get clients and extra money. I've been really impressed. I could have very easily been a blue collar guy...even with my Cal degree. I get the most satisfaction working on my house and making furniture. Of course I never had to do it full time so who knows.
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Ugh. I see former mayor Frank Jordan's son is now a plumbing supervisor 2 for the city. His 2020 total pay was $182K plus $52K in benefits.

https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2020/san-francisco/frank-j-jordan/

I liked Mayor Jordan, and he recently did an excellent interview with California Insider (which YouTube has now demonitized). He covers the enormous city budget, corruption (multiple city officials have been convicted by the FBI)*, and the need for results.



* Why wasn't this corruption found by the city, county, or state?

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movielover said:

F the Bush Family! Warmongering, dummies & shills for the Democrats & RINOs.
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Looks like White Supremacy /s.

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The bicyclist passed away and was a retired Police Chief.
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test (pls ignore)
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Dems win
https://www.threads.net/@dlcc/post/CxZKtKixsup/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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The Biden administration has appointed James Clapper, John Brennan, and Paul Kolbe, former intelligence officials, to a DHS "Homeland Intelligence Experts Group" handling national security issues.

These individuals signed the fraudulent October 2020 letter deceptively asserting that Hunter Biden's laptop was likely Russian disinformation. One also lied to Congress about the NSA spying on Americans. The other lied to Congress about the CIA spying on congressional staffers and the extent of drone warfare.
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