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On a completely different note ... our forecast changed so fast I practically got whiplash tracking it.
Last I looked ... Thursday... we were on a comfortable slide into fall. Temps lowish 80s (27s) for the foreseeable future.

Now they're predicting temps from 89F (32C) to 94F (35C)! So I watered the property today to keep my plants alive.

Fortunately temps will be 65-ish (18-ish) at night so everything gets a chance to cool down.

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I read the article thru, and other than increasing ... or trying to increase ... trade with Latin America, I don't see any "targeting" of anybody. And since the article itself points out that Russian trade with Latin America is very, very small, I don't see how it could be ramped up to anything significant in the near future.

The one exception is Brazil's dependence on Russia for 40% of its fertilizer. Nonetheless, LatAm is so tied into the dollar that they're more afraid of secondary sanctions.

A nothingburger propaganda piece.


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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I read the article thru, and other than increasing ... or trying to increase ... trade with Latin America, I don't see any "targeting" of anybody. And since the article itself points out that Russian trade with Latin America is very, very small, I don't see how it could be ramped up to anything significant in the near future.

The one exception is Brazil's dependence on Russia for 40% of its fertilizer. Nonetheless, LatAm is so tied into the dollar that they're more afraid of secondary sanctions.

A nothingburger propaganda piece.


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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I read the article thru, and other than increasing ... or trying to increase ... trade with Latin America, I don't see any "targeting" of anybody. And since the article itself points out that Russian trade with Latin America is very, very small, I don't see how it could be ramped up to anything significant in the near future.

The one exception is Brazil's dependence on Russia for 40% of its fertilizer. Nonetheless, LatAm is so tied into the dollar that they're more afraid of secondary sanctions.

A nothingburger propaganda piece.


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Originally posted by Brenda:
Busy day tomorrow. Something to return to a store in the morning then an eye doctor appointment in the afternoon. I hate eye drops.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Busy day tomorrow. Something to return to a store in the morning then an eye doctor appointment in the afternoon. I hate eye drops.

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Me too.

One of the ones makes my eyes blurry and sensitive to light. The other one feels like I have tight rubber bands across my eyes.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dood, your problems with reality are on display again.

First off... WE didn't win the war in Europe. Russia did. When were we supposed to have nuked Russia, since we were all busy fighting the Nazis and fascists. Remember? Nazis? Fascists? We had our hands full with an enemy then, and it wasn't Russia. You post as if nuking Russia was ever a strategic possibility. It wasn't.

And our nukes didn't end the war in the Pacific, either. It's widely accepted that the Japanese were ready to surrender by then; destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just flourishes in a grande finale.

Taking out the Crimean Bridge would never have guaranteed a victory in Ukraine. Russia's logistic lines are too widely distributed.

You're right in that we (i.e. you, and people like you who are in power) grossly underestimated Russia's staying power, economically, politically, and militarily. I could quote you chapter and verse all of the ridiculous things YOU posted about Russian incapacity: from genetic flaws in the Russian character to waging war like Stalin.

Your problem is, you believed your own shit, even as I was warning you that Russia was going to win.

And you STILL believe your own shit. You still think like we would have won in Vietnam if only we had tried harder. Your delusional propagandistic thinking is a flaw that, on its own, earns you a bucketful of misery which each war that we lose.

But in addition, you (and people in power like you) never, ever question our warmongering: Why were we in Vietnam in the first place? Why are we so hot to destroy Russia? And that fatal flaw will continue to earn us misery, until you/they learn better, or until we're too weakened to wage war, or until we nuke the world.

So just stop with the warmongering, already. It's not getting us anything we need or even want.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Ted throwing another tantrum today because Kamala Harris is about to lose the Popular Vote.



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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.

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Busy day tomorrow. Something to return to a store in the morning then an eye doctor appointment in the afternoon. I hate eye drops.

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Me too.

One of the ones makes my eyes blurry and sensitive to light. The other one feels like I have tight rubber bands across my eyes.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Got back about 5pm today and everything done.

Also no pick up game of mah jong for me tomorrow. Not enough people to make 2 tables.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Got back about 5pm today and everything done.

Also no pick up game of mah jong for me tomorrow. Not enough people to make 2 tables.

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Good deal. It's satisfying when I can cross things off my list.


I've been doing a lot of internet stuff, and oh, how much I hate it.

I had my appt at UCLA and they pissed me off bc I specifically asked for an expert on vasculitis. I even called ahead of time to CONFIRM their doctor was experienced, and when I got there I found that - altho well intetioned- she was just a young rheumatologist in training. It's like needing a brain surgeon and getting a general surgical resident.

Yanno, I've put off treatment for 6 weeks for this visit bc I'm uncertain about both the dx and the tx. So I called yesterday and vented - politely - and they got me a visit with the expert in two weeks. But in addition to my hand carried records, they want a bunch of CT scans on DVD and other records. So online I go, trying to work my way thru their online medical records requests. Each form for different departments was a little different, and sometimes it was unclear what they were asking. (The person asking for the records... is that me? Or the UCLA rheumatologist?)

So after a few false starts and phone calls, I think that's done.

And I was trying to link a couple of bank accounts. More false starts and phone calls!

But one thing the rheum did was order (more) blood tests at UCLA. And astonishingly the marker for my particular disease - ANCA- turned negative. WTH?

SIX, it would be as if your LADA marker were to disappear and your need for insulin reduce.

Anyway, ANCA- negative vasculitis does occur. But between that and the fact that the pathology results are NOT [ETA] definitive either makes me glad I'm getting an expert opinion. Bc if I've been misdxd with something that serious, I surely don't want such a consequential treatment either. But if I need it, I better get it done.


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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

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Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

Quote:

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

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Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

Quote:

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

Quote:

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

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Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

Quote:

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

---

https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

Quote:

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

---

Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Quote:

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Quote:

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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

---

As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

Quote:

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

---

https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

Quote:

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

---

Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
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It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

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Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

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FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

Quote:

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

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Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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Quote:

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by THG:
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States...

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As usual with the M$M, this is a misrepresentation. FEMA, and the Federal govt, is funded thru December. Here's what happened

Quote:

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Days before Southeastern states were ravaged by Hurricane Helene—with catastrophic flooding affecting inland areas previously thought to be relatively protected from the increasingly frequent storms intensified by climate change—Congress left Washington without approving any additional funding for disaster relief.

Despite the knowledge that Helene would make landfall on Thursday, lawmakers embarked on a six-week recess for the preelection campaign sprint last Wednesday, after passing a bill keeping the government funded temporarily through December. Left out of the measure: billions of dollars in supplemental disaster funding. Although the temporary measure extended funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency through December 20, the agency’s disaster relief fund is facing a $3 billion deficit by February. Rather than receiving the bulk of its money through the regular appropriations process, the relief fund is primarily funded through supplemental appropriations bills in response to major disasters—measures that come with their own complications.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/186576/congress-helene-relief-efforts-
fema

It sounds to me like the REAL problem is the way FEMA is "usually" funded, i.e. piecemeal, on a disaster- to- disaster basis, rather than receiving a regular yearly budget.

Given that, it was extremely short sighted not to vote for ADDITIONAL funding, knoeing that disaster was bearing down on eastern states. Also, we should expect more and more climate related disasters bc of global climate shift.

Quote:

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THGR And now it's, please Mr. President, can we have some money. Actually, can we please have lots and lots of money.

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Well, there is enough $$ in the FEMA budget for them. It's the next disaster that gets shorted.

Yeah, fuck those who voted against additional funding.

*****

FEMA is a large, lumbering agency, very slow on its feet in providing immediate aid like rescue, water, food, shelter, and utility restoration. That usually seems to be handled by county and state firefighters (rescue), police, and relief agencies; and utility consortia. Maybe the best thing FEMA can do is help fund local/ county rescuers and beef up emergency preparedness on the front end, and low cost loans and grants on the back end.

Not really sure how that would work best, but something to think about.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Americans support America

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I doubt Haken will respond, but I'm gonna ask him to ban you from the site.

Not bc of your politics, but bc you're a dick.


OH BTW, you're too stupid to notice, but I basically AGREED with your post.
Is the problem that you can't read?
Or that you can't think?

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Off to my regular mah jong game tomorrow then errands after.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I doubt Haken will respond, but I'm gonna ask him to ban you from the site.

Not bc of your politics, but bc you're a dick.


OH BTW, you're too stupid to notice, but I basically AGREED with your post.
Is the problem that you can't read?
Or that you can't think?

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Done.
I asked for a one-month ban. I don't expect it to happen, but you never know...

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Just made another great YouTube video that I sadly can't share here for obvious reasons.

Bummer. :(
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Trump will be fine.
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Just made another great YouTube video that I sadly can't share here for obvious reasons.

Bummer. :(
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I am guessing that you are unaware of the connection between paranoia and right-wing politics. Who knows?

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Oh... It's not paranoia. You posted this than followed it up with two more posts with your fan-fic about Biden* assassinating Trump on inauguration day, and I have a long archived list of your history of insanity here.

My YouTube channel links directly back to me since I actually earn money on it. Not a lot, but it is what it is. There's no freakin' chance you're ever going to know what my channel name is.

Best case scenario you try to get it taken down. I don't even want to think about the worst case scenario. I don't imagine you'd ever dare come up here yourself, but I've yet to be SWATted, and you're exactly the type of person who would try to get somebody murdered by cop.

You might be predictable, but you're a psychopath. I don't need that in my life. I already get far too much of you here as it is.



In any event... Keep your bullshit out of the Garden. Talk to me in the Russia threads if you feel the need to address me.

Have a nice day.



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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Just made another great YouTube video that I sadly can't share here for obvious reasons.
Bummer. :(
Since we don't have a working PM function anymore, I think maybe one of these days I should make a burner email account for you to email me your own email addresses, and then I can message you from my real email once I know it's you and not Ted or Second.

This site isn't going to last forever and it would be a shame to lose contact completely with some of you here when that happens.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Off to my regular mah jong game tomorrow then errands after.

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Oh, errands. Sigh. Shopping?
That's what we're doing tomorrow.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Done for today and it sort of spat on me waiting for a bus. Suppose to rain tomorrow. Have to see. No luck at mah jong. Just one of those days. Meds all refilled but I have to get to the vampires in the next week.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Done for today and it sort of spat on me waiting for a bus. Suppose to rain tomorrow. Have to see. No luck at mah jong. Just one of those days. Meds all refilled but I have to get to the vampires in the next week.

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Maybe better luck next week


I just hope the vampires and pharmacy ... and grocery store and doctor ... aren't too far away.
Here's hoping you don't get rained on!

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Test

Hmm... Ok

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Looks like my American flag link has been disabled, but I can still post images.

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I'm looking for a small American flag image, since my other link was disabled (by Haken?)

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That's sweet Brenda.

Replacing faucets is one of the few things on my short list that I miss about apartment living. I know that there's no chance the ones I've recently replaced are going to outlive me. I probably have 1 or two more replacements before I'm gone, and they just keep getting harder and harder to do as I get older.

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Back and finished for today. Managed a little clean up in the living room and kitchen.

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Back and finished for today. Managed a little clean up in the living room and kitchen.

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Good for you!
I was awake from about 0230 to 0700 this stupid o'clock, and all I managed to do was sort the mail basket and toss out some old magazines.
And trust me, I have PLENTY of quiet things I need to do when I can't sleep!



Well, I ran into a bit of scary health complication past couple of days. I'll tell you about it when we figure out what happened.

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Back and finished for today. Managed a little clean up in the living room and kitchen.

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Good for you!
I was awake from about 0230 to 0700 this stupid o'clock, and all I managed to do was sort the mail basket and toss out some old magazines.
And trust me, I have PLENTY of quiet things I need to do when I can't sleep!



Well, I ran into a bit of scary health complication past couple of days. I'll tell you about it when we figure out what happened.

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That's sweet Brenda.

Replacing faucets is one of the few things on my short list that I miss about apartment living. I know that there's no chance the ones I've recently replaced are going to outlive me. I probably have 1 or two more replacements before I'm gone, and they just keep getting harder and harder to do as I get older.

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It is and it even comes with a sprayer for things. This faucet set is smaller than the older one but at least now I won't have to listen to dripping sounds if I don't make sure it's turned off. Or worry about it coming off in my hand if I press too hard on it. The washers and stuff were gone.

He has to come back because he didn't have the right stuff to get at the junction to clear it out. I told him what my brother's friend said and he agreed. That comes under the heading of "No Duh." But he was a nice young man and very good looking. *L*

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back and finished for today. Managed a little clean up in the living room and kitchen.

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Good for you!
I was awake from about 0230 to 0700 this stupid o'clock, and all I managed to do was sort the mail basket and toss out some old magazines.
And trust me, I have PLENTY of quiet things I need to do when I can't sleep!



Well, I ran into a bit of scary health complication past couple of days. I'll tell you about it when we figure out what happened.

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I haven't been sleeping all that well or regular for quite some time myself Sigs. I feel for you. Been dealing with insomnia on and off all my life since I was 5 years old. Been a long time since it's reared its ugly head for me. I always snap out of it eventually though. Hopefully soon.

Oh boy. I hope everything's alright when you get it looked at. I'll say a little prayer for you.

Did you see the flags? I resized them for you the other day.

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Originally posted by Brenda:

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
That's sweet Brenda.

Replacing faucets is one of the few things on my short list that I miss about apartment living. I know that there's no chance the ones I've recently replaced are going to outlive me. I probably have 1 or two more replacements before I'm gone, and they just keep getting harder and harder to do as I get older.

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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.

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It is and it even comes with a sprayer for things. This faucet set is smaller than the older one but at least now I won't have to listen to dripping sounds if I don't make sure it's turned off. Or worry about it coming off in my hand if I press too hard on it. The washers and stuff were gone.

He has to come back because he didn't have the right stuff to get at the junction to clear it out. I told him what my brother's friend said and he agreed. That comes under the heading of "No Duh." But he was a nice young man and very good looking. *L*

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Ruh Roh.... Was he a little Logan.


Oh yeah? Is the sprayer on the side of the basin or on the nozzle itself?


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Trump will be fine.
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