Jestbill

Eldest Boomer is 80 as of Jan 1 2026.
I favor a UBI and universal healthcare for USA.

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2026-09-16 18:59:47 UTC

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No border with the EU.
So CA would be the Puerto Rico of the EU.

2026-09-12 00:55:19 UTC

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Who needs a computer with more than 640K memory?

2026-04-27 19:41:53 UTC

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I suppose that the occasional "alien game" hunter might come by, but wouldn't it be cheaper for them to set up a game park nearer to them with paid guides, licenses, and catch limits?

2026-04-27 19:22:38 UTC

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DNA samples and they''l go away.
They can "make their own" pets and pet food.

2025-12-31 21:09:45 UTC

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When FDR took office, rich people were scared.

2025-09-20 15:52:51 UTC

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Thank you! Now I don't have to read the crap article to see if they actually did any journalism.
The point of Medicaid is to help people with medical debt while not wasting public money. So the real question is whether the administration cost adds to or subtracts from the waste.

2025-06-28 18:08:33 UTC

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NY, WVA, OH, TX?
I spend half my time in Urban dictionary and different search engines just to understand what people are talking about.

2025-06-04 23:17:49 UTC

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Aw, think bigger!
If FTL is impossible, you could freeze reproductive cells and send 'em out at extreme speeds. On "automated" arrival, the cells could be "automatically" defrosted and grown to be human beings (plus all the plants and animals necessary to colonize the destination).
Well then, the AUTOMATED INTELLIGENCE would raise the humans from infancy to adulthood.
Repeat a million times; Viola! Galaxy full.
Nuthin to it.

2025-05-08 17:27:07 UTC

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White House draped in black?

2025-05-03 16:54:40 UTC

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Yes!
I haven't looked at this for 10 years or so but it sounds like my complaint still hasn't quite been handled:
In Windows, there are version numbers, period.
In Linux, there are multiple forks PLUS the version numbers so just getting an app that runs on your system and does something you can deal with was "Not Ready for Prime Time".

2025-04-04 02:14:17 UTC

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How should one deal with a blackmailer?

2025-03-20 20:44:12 UTC

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Wife says you have a visitor making meth at night.

2025-01-05 01:32:06 UTC

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--Can't find something I had at the beginning of the dream

2024-12-22 19:53:39 UTC

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"Biden's failure"
If you want Democrats to do stuff, you have to ELECT them in sufficient numbers.
Any reply to this gives me notice that you've read it so I can block you.

2024-12-20 20:22:03 UTC

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This is really an argument against large organizations. The larger the org, the more disruptive power is in the brain of some guy who has his head up his ass.

2024-12-19 22:19:37 UTC

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...and the less you push, the easier the bad guys have it to ruin the world.

2024-11-05 19:09:59 UTC

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"Practical solutions" have been around for a long time. I remember Ford putting out a small car that didn't sell.
People don't like practical solutions.