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Hi folks, IMO total horsepucky: Kevin McCarthy: ‘ . . . pursue our own investigation of the facts’ IMO one thing McCarthy does not want is an 'investigation of the facts.' Nancy Pelosi Says Jim Jordan, Jim Banks Can't Serve On Jan. 6 Committee : NPR Jerry Baumchen

Did I just see Bill Booth answer the phone in "The Firm"? The Firm = mediocre legal thriller movie from the 90s, Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman.

Yes you did. I think that's also his seaplane with him flying it. If I remember the story right, supposedly Tom Cruise learned to skydive at Deland while he was in Florida filming Days of Thunder. I guess he liked Bill and thought his beard was filmogenic, so he found a place to use him. I knew a guy who used to work for one of the major film set catering companies, one that Cruise requested on his sets. Cruise knew my friend was a jumper, so a couple times when they were on location, Cruise had him (secretly) find a nearby dz he could jump at on days off.

Critical race theory is a way of looking at history. Because history has many points of view; not only that of the “victor.” It applies a lens of disparate treatment based on race to social and governmental structures, to see if it’s valid or made a difference. Like any cool new hammer, some people see it as the lens, rather than one of many. Using a hammer to remove a window is generally less than optimal, but that doesn’t make the hammer useless. We’re used to the lens of US history and civics as interpreted and written by (generally) white and (generally) male authorities, because that human description was synonymous with professional and scholarly authority; certainly in the US, and very possibly throughout the western world. Why not try different lenses? Ever wonder how history (you know, the one and only history) is taught in other countries? Maybe they don’t all have exactly the same viewpoint. Wendy P.

@carrier louis paul What was that piece of metal that flew off to the side when RPC launced?

Hi Sky, Re: Republicans win the PR war with their base There are moments when I think that this is the only thing that they really care about. Jerry Baumchen

Putting Jordan on there is like putting Bozo the Clown on it.

I would interpret this piece of gobbledy goop as your way of saying that like many of Trumps's fans you will ignore the evidence and cling tightly to the lies you have chosen to embrace. Because your world would become even more frightening to you if you did not.

That is because the GOP is slowly turning into the Fascist Party of the US.

This is why taking a knee during the anthem is such a disgrace.

Hi Keith, We all do it now & then. I'm thinking that how it came across to us is not what you meant. Jerry Baumchen

I think in general one is able to make an inherently racist comment without being a racist.

Your group failed to get more votes than the other group. What that means is that your group must reach out to the other side and win some of them over. Power must be shared, you don't own it, you have to earn it each and every election. Why is it that when Trump won it was because God wanted it, yet somehow Biden is not God's choice? How can this be Ron?

Not only boring, but like an echo chamber too.

More of the same what? That so far, there are TWO 'left wing terrorists' who have been arrested? How many Trump supporters have been arrested? Hint: A lot. How many of the people arrested for destructive behavior during the BLM protests turned out to be Alt-Right types? Hint: A lot. This is very reminiscent of the claims of "voter fraud" by the right. It turns out that there's a LOT more committed by Trump fans than by anyone else.

While he should get the book thrown at him just like anyone else who was there, he's considered a joke by pretty much anyone from the BLM side of things. I've seen tweets going back for mooooonths from organisers explicitly calling him out for trying to incite shit and take things over, and telling basically anyone who'll listen to keep him the fuck away from events. He's definitely aligned himself with leftists for his grift, but that's all it's ever been - 100% grift and attempts to build his brand.

Sadly, I know an ex-marine who fits the profile. This will likely go over as well as a turd in the Christmas punch bowl but I'm of the opinion that the years long Christianization of all of our armed forces, with the Army in the lead, requires all of us to wonder where any individual soldiers loyalty will ultimately lie. Just as we now need to concern ourselves with, based on actual awful evidence, where lies our police officers loyalty. Pollyannish assertions that a Sadat like assassination could never happen here because of X, Y or Z must be tempered by an honest appraisal of those whom we trust to protect our leaders.

Wow, just made my first jump in 20 years this past Friday. Reviewing my logbook I remembered an entry from Ted on January 16, 1985 when I followed him and my twin sister out on her first tandem jump. I still have the picture from 26 years ago, tell me who was having more fun jumping with a brother and sister that day. Rest in peace Mr. Strong, you've made an entire community better just by sharing your life with us.