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Nonsense posted:https://twitter.com/AlannaVagianos/status/1643658074354327552?s=20 Sorry if its already been addressed, but is there anyone from the area who can give some insight on what this is all about? The first stories I saw about this say she reps a pretty liberal area and has been aligned with pro-choice causes in the past. What specifically is her angle here?
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Jaxyon posted:At my age I prefer the mildly euphoric feeling from getting a buzz to getting extremely drunk. I'd say try weed (with folks you trust around to help you if it goes weong) for anxiety anyway. My girlfriend has a nasty case of it but poo poo melts away after a bong rip. I wouldn't say it's a no-go; I'd say it's more of a proceed with caution.
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North Carolina lawmaker officially leaves Dems for GOP, says turning point was American flag criticismFox News posted:Democrats have been "blasting me on Twitter to calling me names, coming after my family, coming after my children," continued Cotham. "That is wrong." She added that a woman cursed her out at a store while she was shopping with her son. If that’s the best she can do for her stated “justification” then my best guesses for her “angle” are TBI, sack with a dollar sign on it, and blackmail, in that order. “Democrats were mean to me about a flag pin! That means we should throw abortion providers in prison, right?”
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Apr 5, 2023 18:39
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Being called names on Twitter well guess what? I’m going to take away your abortion rights!
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Someone showed up with a dump truck full of money to her house, that’s all this is
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Mellow Seas posted:North Carolina lawmaker officially leaves Dems for GOP, says turning point was American flag criticism Someone took the "abortions of some, mini flag pins for others" very literally.
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I have no idea what is up with her, but she says she first started to think about switching parties because people in the Democratic party keep yelling at her for missing votes and the "Women in the House Caucus" was bullying her with gossip and rumors.quote:She described a pattern of bullying at the hands of her colleagues. “Women in the House caucus,” she said, had “started vicious rumors that are very hypocritical of other stances that they make.” She also said that “interest groups and lobbying groups that are aligned with the Democrat Party have directly sent messages to my 12-year-old son” and recalled an incident where a woman loudly criticized Ms. Cotham and her son while shopping at Target.
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Apr 5, 2023 18:49
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Funny, usually when you have a workplace you don't like you quit, you don't become a fascist.
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Decon posted:I'd say try weed (with folks you trust around to help you if it goes weong) for anxiety anyway. My girlfriend has a nasty case of it but poo poo melts away after a bong rip.
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Aegis posted:Sorry if its already been addressed, but is there anyone from the area who can give some insight on what this is all about? The first stories I saw about this say she reps a pretty liberal area and has been aligned with pro-choice causes in the past. What specifically is her angle here? There are, um, rumors she is in a relationship with the speaker of the house. I mean it makes more sense than her own justifications as to her sudden extreme shift rightwards.
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Apr 5, 2023 18:58
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im sure switching parties will resolve being heckled in public and keep lobbyists from calling your family
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https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1643664627849363479?s=20 At least this is excellent news, and hopefully Whitmer feels she can go national some day.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Someone showed up with a dump truck full of money to her house, that’s all this is …while loud-whispering, “Hey, wanna be the center of political attention and powerful policy kingpin everyone wants to get with?” If all you have to do is flip one Dem, you’ll inevitably find at least one only barely subclinically narcissistic squeaky wheel asking to be pushed into the spotlight à la Sinema, any cash that appears is just to grease said wheel’s descent into “look what you made me do”-ism.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I have no idea what is up with her, but she says she first started to think about switching parties because people in the Democratic party keep yelling at her for missing votes and the "Women in the House Caucus" was bullying her with gossip and rumors. Wait, so her reason for switching teams (and changing her beliefs, apparently) is because she was told she needs to do her job and because the Mean Girls started talking about her? What is this, high school? Bye
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Velocity Raptor posted:Wait, so her reason for switching teams (and changing her beliefs, apparently) is because she was told she needs to do her job and because the Mean Girls started talking about her? What is this, high school? If this is true: Youth Decay posted:There are, um, rumors she is in a relationship with the speaker of the house. I mean it makes more sense than her own justifications as to her sudden extreme shift rightwards. Then, it does kind of give this more context: quote:“Women in the House caucus,” she said, had “started vicious rumors that are very hypocritical of other stances that they make.” Nobody seems to know for sure. But, her mom is a DNC member and she was incredibly pro-choice from a deep blue area, so it doesn't make any sense ideologically. Maybe there is some job/appointment lined up? But, the Governor is a Democrat, so that doesn't make much sense. Also, she needs to stay in office for her switch to mean anything. There's definitely something deeper at play here, but there isn't really a financial or ideological angle to it that is public right now.
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Honestly, not that weird to me but I also assume most politics are petty interpersonal fights that lead to outcomes like banning abortion. She wants to hurt people for perceived slights and joined the team that let's her do that. My experience with politics and politicians is that yeah, this is how a lot of the decisions actually happen. It's weird petty personal stuff.
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Gumball Gumption posted:Honestly, not that weird to me but I also assume most politics are petty interpersonal fights that lead to outcomes like banning abortion. She wants to hurt people for perceived slights and joined the team that let's her do that. My experience with politics and politicians is that yeah, this is how a lot of the decisions actually happen. It's weird petty personal stuff. This is how it came off to me too. My niece (and rest of my family) is in NC so this really sucks.
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Another turncoat Democrat https://twitter.com/Davis_Hammet/st...ingawful.com%2F
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I can't really say that I am too surprised that democrats are breaking to kill trans rights. A lot of otherwise blue voters are deeply uncomfortable with the idea of trans people, because they're stupid cowards giving lip service to equality. But to actually break from your party to do that when otherwise acting in step with them, that's some bizarre calculus outside of, as was said above, an outright bribe as they walk out the door.
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CuddleCryptid posted:I can't really say that I am too surprised that democrats are breaking to kill trans rights. A lot of otherwise blue voters are deeply uncomfortable with the idea of trans people, because they're stupid cowards giving lip service to equality. Why are you talking about my ex-wife? She's voted Democrat for the 3 decades I've known her but says awful things about trans people.
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CuddleCryptid posted:If Millenials/Gen Z have the ability to put money into retirement, I'm not sure why it would be surprising that they are. The other option is "work til you die" because the concept of social security is going to be dead unless a *massive* reinvestment plan is put into place within 20 years. OR the cap is eliminated. 
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cr0y posted:I'm a vegetarian and I dated a vegan for a while, I thought it would be no big deal but.... Nope, vegan cheese is just not there yet, we do not possess the technology. Depends on where you live. In my area (Carlsbad/Encinitas California) there are some firms producing vegan cheese from cashews that is actually really good. Particularly the Brie. Kite Hill (I think national) also makes a Creme Cheese from Almonds. These aren't chemical shopping lists. The good stuff is just the nuts and the cultures and skill. As to dairy, I think it's worse than meat. Particularly if you have a prostate.
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Aegis posted:Sorry if its already been addressed, but is there anyone from the area who can give some insight on what this is all about? The first stories I saw about this say she reps a pretty liberal area and has been aligned with pro-choice causes in the past. What specifically is her angle here? Youth Decay posted:There are, um, rumors she is in a relationship with the speaker of the house. I mean it makes more sense than her own justifications as to her sudden extreme shift rightwards. I wonder if she got advanced notice that her district was going to be redistricted to be very red and she wanted to get ahead of the problem. Oh, my area is goingto be strong red soon? Better change parties and keep my job!
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Professor Beetus posted:Some people are vegetarian and not vegan, or just want to eat less meat. And I wager they're a bigger market share at McDonald's than people who are 100% vegan. Pickup Stix (chinese food chain) has a Tofu dish cooked with Chicken Broth. No very smart market research there.
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Zotix posted:https://katv.com/news/local/gov-san...ney-information Is this unusual?
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Cimber posted:I wonder if she got advanced notice that her district was going to be redistricted to be very red and she wanted to get ahead of the problem. Oh, my area is goingto be strong red soon? Better change parties and keep my job! Redistricting isn't for 7 more years and she represents an urban area that would be very difficult to turn into a red district.
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It's not necessarily about cash. Vanity and ambition should not be underestimated. By being a deciding vote and switching sides, she becomes important. No doubt she has been wined and dined and been given great attention by high Republican officials and important lobbyists as well. A guy who was my rep for a while in Washington State before he became a Senator, Rodney Tom, switched sides to the Republicans to swap control of the Senate. To seal the deal they made him the Majority Leader. The D-party organizations censured him for, quote, "Gross disloyalty" and "Perfiduous behavior". It killed his electoral career despite his title; he never won another election.
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occam's razor says she lied to get the job and never believed or was going to advocate for any of that
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InsertPotPun posted:occam's razor says she lied to get the job and never believed or was going to advocate for any of that
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InsertPotPun posted:occam's razor says she lied to get the job and never believed or was going to advocate for any of that I doubt it. She's been a Democrat and in office over for 10 years now and is married to a former local state Dem chair. She's a representative in a local state house. I don't think she's telling all the details but I also don't think she's lying about her reasoning. She cares about her vanity more than the legislation. That's uh not that weird for local politicians.
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VideoGameVet posted:Pickup Stix (chinese food chain) has a Tofu dish cooked with Chicken Broth. Isnt that common in asian cuisine? Pad thai? Lots of curries? Fish sauce in everything? Vegetarian for years, you never just assume tofu as protein = veggie.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Isnt that common in asian cuisine? Pad thai? Lots of curries? Fish sauce in everything? Vegetarian for years, you never just assume tofu as protein = veggie. I… think it was a joke? In various sorts of Asian cuisine, tofu is “an ingredient” instead of “a substitute.”
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Isnt that common in asian cuisine? Pad thai? Lots of curries? Fish sauce in everything? Vegetarian for years, you never just assume tofu as protein = veggie. Vegetarian here as well, I just assume all "vegetarian" options at fast casual and fast food chains are contaminated with meat in some way. Either being grilled on the same grill as the meat or ingredients that are animal products or spillover of meat from other dishes. But when you are the only vegetarian in your immediate family, grabbing a Taco Bell bean burrito or an Impossible Whopper is better than just eating fries. I'm looking at you, McDonalds, your menu for vegetarians really sucks! At least for breakfast you can get an egg mcmuffin. I really was hoping the Impossible/Beyond trend was the beginning of a new world of food options for me. I'm just happy many places still have the option. Eating in Japan was a trip, I had to assume everything I thought might be vegetarian was made with fish sauce. I just ate lots of edamame, tamago sushi and egg sandwiches. Back on topic, any word out of WI for the GOP's plan for fuckery?
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CuddleCryptid posted:I can't really say that I am too surprised that democrats are breaking to kill trans rights. A lot of otherwise blue voters are deeply uncomfortable with the idea of trans people, because they're stupid cowards giving lip service to equality. I mean it's really not the voters that are doing the whole trans panic thing, it's Republican party elites trying to find a culture war issue less radioactive than the pro-life movement and getting an assist from NYT columnists for some reason (maybe because they all went to the same private schools, I think that's the issue with terf island?)
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:This is the third major study in the last year that analyzed 40 years of data and determined that any amount of alcohol is harmful to your health. The bar is one of the only “third spaces” Americans have. Do I really just want to be sober and stay home? I know my partner sure doesn’t.
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Automata 10 Pack posted:Not an alcoholic, but I think quitting alcohol would destroy my social life. Do you know how boring most recreational activities are? How boring the average person is?
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Automata 10 Pack posted:Not an alcoholic, but I think quitting alcohol would destroy my social life. Do you know how boring most recreational activities are? How boring the average person is? You can go out and just not drink alcohol. Mocktails are getting trendy and improving in quality, many 0.0 beers are available and they don’t taste like poo poo any more.
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We don't really drink much anymore but my partner and I do have like, one drink each every couple of weeks? We used to drink more regularly for the reasons people mention but fortunately we never got into alcoholic territory.
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PT6A posted:You can go out and just not drink alcohol. Mocktails are getting trendy and improving in quality, many 0.0 beers are available and they don’t taste like poo poo any more. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Apr 5, 2023 |
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PT6A posted:You can go out and just not drink alcohol. Mocktails are getting trendy and improving in quality, many 0.0 beers are available and they don’t taste like poo poo any more. This gets really expensive really quick. I love hop waters, mocktails, and numerous decent non-alcoholic beer. That said, having drunk them extensively when cutting back or going dry for periods of time, my tabs easily doubled from not sipping on a tallboy of Rainier or Montucky, or even a well spirit. As with so many things, good luck if you're already barely getting by.
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