Yeah. We text occasionally and she might visit on the way through the state soon. It’s not a close friendship but we like staying in touch

The Big Chonker

Wow Republicans should look into that

They aren’t wanted, although it might be a better world if they were https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jul/17/facebook-posts/are-george-w-bush-dick-cheney-unable-visit-europe-/

As a vegan I feel your pain and we share a common foe

Iirc, only the House is shut down. Someone said this is symbolic, with the House shut down this would never reach the President, who would certainly veto it anyway.

Republicans don’t cross the aisle when it would mean anything. They just want to say they voted for something good, even though everyone can tell it won’t pass

Exactly! For anyone curious, here’s 2 minutes of clicking on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Declaration_of_Secession#Synopsis

The General Government, as the common agent, passed laws to carry into effect these stipulations of the States. For many years these laws were executed. But an increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery, has led to a disregard of their obligations, and the laws of the General Government have ceased to effect the objects of the Constitution.

It was a hundred percent about slavery, the entire time, and any “states’ rights” or “heritage” stuff is propaganda that white supremacists have put out to try to recruit more white supremacists to their cause of white supremacy

“War of Northern Aggression”, it was aggression against slavery

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https://www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/october-22-2025-giannoulias-to-ice-agents-dont-mess-with-illinois-license-plates.html

We’re on it

Purple sweet spicy Doritos

I always use uv for Python stuff these days

Guess she should have been born a billionaire like a smart Republican

I’m an Oath of the Ancients paladin

Yeah. I don’t want a civil war because I don’t want to live in a mix of allies and enemies with no clear front line. I bet ICE doesn’t want that either. Hence the masks, and deploying troops from one state to another. One of the oldest warlord tricks in the book.

Puffed corn cereal sweetened with corn sugar

I think Ico and Last Guardian from the same company use the same language

Get on finasteride or something to preserve your hair line

Taxing buildings and other improvements to land, is bad for cities. A split-rate tax zone where land is taxed higher and buildings are taxed less, would get rid of a lot of urban blight (vacant buildings, empty lots) in downtown areas.

Yep https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.liberty.android.freeotpplus/

It’s a natural cycle