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Now listen here you drugged up commie, I paid for this body and I’d no sooner return it than I would my little cocker spaniel Checkers.

Oh, ha ha ha ha. That’s funny. I’m definitely not a head in a jar with an internet connection

In honor of your comment, we’re going to do just that after a bowl of some hot soup with oven-fresh bread.

Was that a thing about him, liking colder temperatures?

Yeah, that’s actually my preferred temperature for indoors.

Good to know. Thanks for the quick response. I was surprised it wasn’t in the Seattle Times, and then when I couldn’t find anything elsewhere, I thought it was strange. After your comment, I read about her career. Just wow. I hope this story gets broader coverage and Barnett gets credit.

I’m having trouble finding any other source than the author of this article. Is this a cover up?

Just gonna leave this here:

https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/historical-mortgage-rates/#rates

I don’t know that it means much on its own, but it’s an interesting part of the context.

I think they were worried that would happen to rich people.

To be fair, up to this point, the last thing an enemy would expect are opponents wearing boots with a self-destruct feature. I’m sure they would have been at least briefly surprised.

Oh man, I miss my past life when my age wasn’t yet an octonian.

I never did like the “bullseye womprat” logic.

Also, so what? There are Chinese spy bases in the US and US spy bases in most countries. If that was a casus belli, we’d be in the middle of a world war right now. Might as well accuse Cubans of farting in the general direction of Guantanamo.

Yep, it was the API thing that finally did it for me, but looking back, I should have seen it coming after all of the other stuff.

Also they can search phones at customs, many of which are well outside that 100-mile zone, Denver, for example.

It helps push the tax burden further down the wealth hierarchy in combination with tax cuts. It also raises the price of goods, temporarily boosting profit margins. It’s actually a really effective way to suck capital out of the population, and it will benefit hundreds if not thousands of Americans.