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Not voting and congressional

artappraiser — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 23:14:40 +0000

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Not voting and congressional gridlock: patriotic all American traditions:

FDR sought a bill in ‘44 securing a federal ballot for deployed troops. But it was blocked by cong Rs and Ds.

Just 85,000 of 11M Americans on active duty voted that year.
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) April 18, 2020

1944 was the year Pizza was

artappraiser — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:55:04 +0000

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1944 was the year takeout pizza was introduced to the U.S.:

In 1944, @nytfood (rather charmingly) explained to readers what a takeout pizza was. pic.twitter.com/QWuZs8ttMp
— Christopher Bonanos (@heybonanos) February 28, 2020

Chas., who apparently is the

artappraiser — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:32:12 +0000

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Chas., who apparently is the favorite semi-retired cranky elder of many younger political hack journos, was apparently being sarcastic. He wrote a short article now:

OK, since the members of the elite national political media seem obsessed with the possibility of a brokered Democratic National Convention next summer in Milwaukee, let’s establish a couple of basic, simple parameters. https://t.co/IxAZRDCfNL
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 21, 2020

That's a simplistic way of

ocean-kat — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:22:25 +0000

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That's a simplistic way of looking at a complex situation. By that standard there will be no democratic nominee for president since it's very possible no nominee will get 1991 delegates on the first ballot. But there will be a nominee. Then the question becomes which one of the candidates without 1991 delegates becomes the candidate and why and how was he or she picked.

This will likely be the most

artappraiser — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:47:57 +0000

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This will likely be the most ignored truth of the summer. https://t.co/OMm7XoCZAt
— jelani cobb (@jelani9) February 21, 2020

And thus raves began, later

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:48:30 +0000

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And thus raves began, later moving to Mallorca and Ibiza.

Trivia: there were no green glow sticks at the first raveathon.

1866: a cargo ship sank off

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:37:24 +0000

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1866: a cargo ship sank off the coast of New Brighton, Merseyside & 130 barrels of rum washed ashore. So much rum was consumed by the locals, one man died, several were hospitalised & many were arrested. Police reported half-naked ppl strewn all over the beach the next morning pic.twitter.com/vGtCXNqPNs
— Whores of Yore (@WhoresofYore) February 18, 2020

Read this whole thread

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:02:01 +0000

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Read this whole thread started by the technology reporter for The Guardian US, enjoying the way it confirmed my decision to pay the repair bill to keep using my 2003 Ford Focus with the doors that require a key to open them and the roll up windows:

today in sharing economy struggles: our app powered car rental lost cell service on the side of a mountain in rural California and now I live here I guess pic.twitter.com/XoqqMpEwdN
— Kari Paul (@kari_paul) February 17, 2020

Reminded me of how I saw Josh Marshall write somewhere after the Iowa caucuses that he recently had to replace his refrigerator and was sooo glad he decided against the "smart" refrigerators and went for old style.

I learned we are not "smart" yet.

Ok, lady - it's been over 24

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:57:37 +0000

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Ok, lady - it's been over 24 hours - what'd you learn today?

Obama has finally wandered

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:08:36 +0000

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Obama has finally wandered into the talking points biz, reminding all it's the economy stupid. Implying that Dems need to start loudly taking the credit for "jobs jobs jobs."

Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history. pic.twitter.com/BmdXrxUAUf
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 17, 2020