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ringo
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Message 6 of 66 (895506)
07-04-2022 12:16 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Sarah Bellum
07-04-2022 9:33 AM


If the Supreme Court can change its collective mind about abortion - in the wrong direction - why can't one member change her mind about same-sex marriage - in the right direction?

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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ringo
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Message 46 of 66 (895591)
07-07-2022 12:06 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Sarah Bellum
07-05-2022 2:36 PM


Sarah Bellum writes:
Do you really think she changed her mind? Or simply told a convenient lie?
I have no way of knowing that. And neither do you.
And neither does anybody who might try to "impeach" her. If you had put a moment's thought into it, you would not have asked if she could be impeached.
Sarah Bellum writes:
Or maybe there was a third alternative, that she used enough cleverly chosen verbiage so that what she said wasn't a lie, but could be interpreted by her listeners in disparate ways?
If that was a crime, every politician on earth would be in prison.

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-- motto of the Special Olympians

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ringo
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Message 56 of 66 (895616)
07-08-2022 12:02 PM
Reply to: Message 55 by Sarah Bellum
07-08-2022 9:34 AM


Re: Resource Relativity
Sarah Bellum writes:
When Stephen Hawking appeared on Star Trek, Brent Spiner made a joke about Einstein appearing on Gunsmoke. Some people took it seriously.
I distinctly remember an episode of Gunsmoke where Sammy Davis Jr. plays a telegraph operator who's bored with his life. When he intercepts a telegram from Dodge city to a notorious gunslinger, the next thing we see is Sammy arriving in Dodge City dressed as the notorious gunslinger, all black leather and silver conchos, intending to take his place. He soon comes to the attention of Marshall Dillon, who tells him there will be no gunfighting in "his" town.
The memory (from fifty years ago) is very clear in my mind.
But Sammy Davis Jr. was never on Gunsmoke. The episode that I remember so clearly is from The Rifleman.
Memory can play strange tricks, like when you drive by here every month or so with no memory whatsoever of what a fool you made of yourself last time.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
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ringo
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Message 61 of 66 (895701)
07-11-2022 12:30 PM
Reply to: Message 59 by Sarah Bellum
07-10-2022 1:25 PM


Re: Resource Relativity
Sarah Bellum writes:
I will do my best....
Not good enough. Aim higher.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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ringo
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Message 66 of 66 (896507)
08-11-2022 12:54 PM
Reply to: Message 63 by Sarah Bellum
08-10-2022 2:20 PM


Re: Resource Relativity
Sarah Bellum writes:
Whatever planet you're from, I'm guessing they don't have sarcasm!
The post you're replying to is sarcasm. Maybe the planet that YOU are from doesn't have dictionaries? Or is your mother tongue Klingon?
Sarah Bellum writes:
Just another reason it's not worth checking in here very often.
Don't feel obligated.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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