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pegw wrote:
I know for certain that Al Roker drew this cartoon. I lived in Syracuse NY when it was drawen. Anyone alive who watched WHEN could tell you that they used it for a promo. If you google Al Roker cartoonist, You will find he had quite a side job as a cartoonist for many years, and probably could have made his living doing that.
FYI copyrights last 70 years, or the life of the author. I just looked that fact up.
FYI copyrights last 70 years, or the life of the author. I just looked that fact up.
Good for you. Instead of relying on fact-check sites, you looked up something yourself. Many copyrights have different expiration dates and written material is good for 70 beyond the author's life. If you're going to cite sources at least get it right. I'm sure you'll send this to Bad Bob since he first used this meme on OPP without attribution since you're such a stickler for the law.
Dec 19, 2023 22:39:02 #
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Dec 19, 2023 22:37:25 #
https://www.insider.com/funny-animal-photos-comedy-wildlife-photography-awards-2023-11?utm_source=recommendedreads.com
15 hilarious winners of this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Talia Lakritz Nov 23, 2023, 3:58 AM PST
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Three birds perched on a tree branch, with one of them opening its mouth and extending its wing as if it shouting and pointing.
Location: Bialowieza Forest, Poland.
© Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife 2023
The annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards highlight amusing photos of animals in the wild.
This year's overall winning image shows a kangaroo appearing to play an air guitar.
Other photos show animals such as otters, owls, and monkeys displaying expressive faces and poses.
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced the winners of its 2023 contest, highlighting hilarious snapshots of animals in the wild to support the work of wildlife-conservation charities.
A panel of judges narrowed 5,300 submissions from 85 countries down to 41 finalists and 14 winning photos. Fans also v**ed to select the winner of the Affinity Photo People's Choice Award.
The winning images show animals such as otters, owls, turtles, and monkeys making expressive faces and striking hilarious poses.
Take a look at this year's winners. Photographers' captions have been condensed and edited for clarity.
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Highly Commended: "Excuse Me Sir, But I Think You're A Little Too Young To Be Smoking" by Dakota Vaccaro
A fox lying down with a stick from a tree in its mouth.
Location: Virginia. © Dakota Vaccaro/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"While I was working deep in the Virginian woods, a family of grey foxes took up residence under the deck of the abandoned cottage next to my work housing," Vaccaro wrote. "One day, while practicing their hunting sk**ls on bits of moss and branches, one of the kits lunged at a small chunk of wood and started rolling around with his prize. Tired after his hunt, the kit lounged on his belly, still holding the wood in his mouth, which strongly resembled a cigar."
Highly Commended: "Snowball" by Jacques Poulard
A white grouse looking circular in a snowy scene.
Location: Spitsbergen, Norway. © Jacques Poulard/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The white grouse came to me looking like a snowball with eyes," Poulard wrote.
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Highly Commended: "That Wasn't Here Yesterday" by Wendy Kaveney
A bird flying into a cactus skeleton.
Location: Buckeye, Arizona. © Wendy Kaveney/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"A white-winged dove appeared to fly head-on into a cholla cactus skeleton," Kaveney wrote.
Highly Commended: "Look Right, Bro" by Pratick Mondal
"Look Right, Bro" by Pratick Mondal
Location: Bharatpur, India. © Pratick Mondal/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"A deer appeared in the distance and stood exactly in the middle of the road and started looking at me," Mondal wrote. "Suddenly, a macaque also came in the middle of the road and started itching while extending its hand out, which was hilarious."
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Highly Commended: "The Rainforest Dandy" by Delphine Casimir
A monkey reclining and holding its tail over its face.
Location: Bali, Indonesia. © Delphine Casimir/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"This is a crazy place where monkeys are king!" Casimir wrote. "Sometimes they give you a show, sometimes they climb on you to look for fleas or steal the piece of biscuit you are trying to eat."
Highly Commended: "Boing" by Lara Mathews
A joey jumps up behind another kangaroo.
Location: Melbourne, Australia. © Lara Mathews/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The mob of kangaroos was enjoying some morning sunshine when this joey decided to get silly and try his hand at boxing," Mathews wrote.
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Highly Commended: "Don't Look Down" by Brian Matthews
An underwater shot of a puffin looking down into the water, floating on its belly.
"Don't Look Down" by Brian Matthews. © Brian Matthews/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"A puffin does an inverted Snoopy impression while watching jellyfish," Matthews wrote.
Highly Commended: "One For The Family Album" by Zoe Ashdown
A pair of gannets with their wings around each other over a baby gannet in a nest.
Location: Yorkshire, England. © Zoe Ashdown/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"Gannets mate for life and they return to the same nest year after year to raise their young," Ashdown wrote. "I was able to observe the affection shown between the gannets each time one returned to the nest. I didn't realize I'd taken this image until I got home, but as soon as I saw it, I laughed out loud! They look like proud parents posing with their baby — definitely one for the family album!"
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Highly Commended: "Monday Blahs" by John Blumenkamp
"Monday Blahs" by John Blumenkamp
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. © John Blumenkamp/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"This great grey owl spent most of the afternoon posing majestically and looking wise, but for a moment or two after doing some elegant stretching, it would slump and give a look of 'is Monday over yet?'" Blumenkamp wrote.
Highly Commended: "The Happy Turtle" by Tzahi Finkelstein
A d**gonfly sitting on the nose of a turtle, which appears to be smiling.
Location: Jezreel Valley, Israel. © Tzahi Finkelstein/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The swamp turtle is surprised and smiles at the d**gonfly resting on its nose," Finkelstein wrote.
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Amazing Internet Portfolio Award: "I Finally Learned To Fly...Or Maybe Not" by Tímea Ambrus
A composite image of four stills of a ground squirrel jumping and falling.
Location: Austria. © Tímea Ambrus/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The ground squirrel jumped as if he could fly," Ambrus wrote. "Unfortunately he has no wings. To his surprise, he fell back to the ground."
Junior Award and Affinity Photo 2 People's Choice Award: "Dispute" by Jacek Stankiewicz
Three birds perched on a tree branch, with one of them opening its mouth and extending its wing as if it shouting and pointing.
Location: Bialowieza Forest, Poland. © Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"I caught this scene while watching birds in the Bialowieza Forest," Stankiewicz wrote. "A young greenfinch was still being fed by its parents. However, from time to time, the birds looked like they were having an argument."
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Creatures Under the Water Award: "Otter Ballerina" by Otter Kwek
An otter standing on one leg with its other legs outstretched.
Location: Singapore. © Otter Kwek/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"An otter ballerina gracefully dances in an arabesque position," Kwek captioned this image. "I showed this photo to a ballet teacher, and she commented that the otter is a natural but just needs to tuck in its tummy a bit."
Spectrum Photo Creatures of the Air Award: "Unexpected Plunge" by Vittorio Ricci
A heron plunging into water from a branch.
Location: Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Vittorio Ricci/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"An unusual end to a successful fishing moment," Ricci captioned this photo of a striated heron losing its balance.
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Overall Winner and Alex Walker's Serian Creatures of the Land Award: "Air Guitar Roo" by Jason Moore
A kangaroo appears to play an air guitar.
Location: Perth, Australia. © Jason Moore/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"I had been out with my camera photographing some waterfowl at a nearby lake," Moore wrote. "I had been up at sunrise to take advantage of the 'golden hour' light, but it turned out to be a disappointing morning on the water. After leaving the lake, somewhat dejected, I decided to swing past an area of open bushland that I know of, because there are often a 'mob' of kangaroos feeding and sunning themselves in a field close to the road.
"The shoot turned out to be a great session, and I am quite fond of several images that I captured. Not many people know that kangaroos are normally fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time, if I'm honest. However, when I saw this roo striking the air guitar pose, it immediately brought a smile to my face, and I knew that I had captured something really special."
15 hilarious winners of this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Talia Lakritz Nov 23, 2023, 3:58 AM PST
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Three birds perched on a tree branch, with one of them opening its mouth and extending its wing as if it shouting and pointing.
Location: Bialowieza Forest, Poland.
© Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife 2023
The annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards highlight amusing photos of animals in the wild.
This year's overall winning image shows a kangaroo appearing to play an air guitar.
Other photos show animals such as otters, owls, and monkeys displaying expressive faces and poses.
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced the winners of its 2023 contest, highlighting hilarious snapshots of animals in the wild to support the work of wildlife-conservation charities.
A panel of judges narrowed 5,300 submissions from 85 countries down to 41 finalists and 14 winning photos. Fans also v**ed to select the winner of the Affinity Photo People's Choice Award.
The winning images show animals such as otters, owls, turtles, and monkeys making expressive faces and striking hilarious poses.
Take a look at this year's winners. Photographers' captions have been condensed and edited for clarity.
Advertisement
Highly Commended: "Excuse Me Sir, But I Think You're A Little Too Young To Be Smoking" by Dakota Vaccaro
A fox lying down with a stick from a tree in its mouth.
Location: Virginia. © Dakota Vaccaro/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"While I was working deep in the Virginian woods, a family of grey foxes took up residence under the deck of the abandoned cottage next to my work housing," Vaccaro wrote. "One day, while practicing their hunting sk**ls on bits of moss and branches, one of the kits lunged at a small chunk of wood and started rolling around with his prize. Tired after his hunt, the kit lounged on his belly, still holding the wood in his mouth, which strongly resembled a cigar."
Highly Commended: "Snowball" by Jacques Poulard
A white grouse looking circular in a snowy scene.
Location: Spitsbergen, Norway. © Jacques Poulard/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The white grouse came to me looking like a snowball with eyes," Poulard wrote.
Advertisement
Highly Commended: "That Wasn't Here Yesterday" by Wendy Kaveney
A bird flying into a cactus skeleton.
Location: Buckeye, Arizona. © Wendy Kaveney/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"A white-winged dove appeared to fly head-on into a cholla cactus skeleton," Kaveney wrote.
Highly Commended: "Look Right, Bro" by Pratick Mondal
"Look Right, Bro" by Pratick Mondal
Location: Bharatpur, India. © Pratick Mondal/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"A deer appeared in the distance and stood exactly in the middle of the road and started looking at me," Mondal wrote. "Suddenly, a macaque also came in the middle of the road and started itching while extending its hand out, which was hilarious."
Advertisement
Highly Commended: "The Rainforest Dandy" by Delphine Casimir
A monkey reclining and holding its tail over its face.
Location: Bali, Indonesia. © Delphine Casimir/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"This is a crazy place where monkeys are king!" Casimir wrote. "Sometimes they give you a show, sometimes they climb on you to look for fleas or steal the piece of biscuit you are trying to eat."
Highly Commended: "Boing" by Lara Mathews
A joey jumps up behind another kangaroo.
Location: Melbourne, Australia. © Lara Mathews/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The mob of kangaroos was enjoying some morning sunshine when this joey decided to get silly and try his hand at boxing," Mathews wrote.
Advertisement
Highly Commended: "Don't Look Down" by Brian Matthews
An underwater shot of a puffin looking down into the water, floating on its belly.
"Don't Look Down" by Brian Matthews. © Brian Matthews/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"A puffin does an inverted Snoopy impression while watching jellyfish," Matthews wrote.
Highly Commended: "One For The Family Album" by Zoe Ashdown
A pair of gannets with their wings around each other over a baby gannet in a nest.
Location: Yorkshire, England. © Zoe Ashdown/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"Gannets mate for life and they return to the same nest year after year to raise their young," Ashdown wrote. "I was able to observe the affection shown between the gannets each time one returned to the nest. I didn't realize I'd taken this image until I got home, but as soon as I saw it, I laughed out loud! They look like proud parents posing with their baby — definitely one for the family album!"
Advertisement
Highly Commended: "Monday Blahs" by John Blumenkamp
"Monday Blahs" by John Blumenkamp
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. © John Blumenkamp/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"This great grey owl spent most of the afternoon posing majestically and looking wise, but for a moment or two after doing some elegant stretching, it would slump and give a look of 'is Monday over yet?'" Blumenkamp wrote.
Highly Commended: "The Happy Turtle" by Tzahi Finkelstein
A d**gonfly sitting on the nose of a turtle, which appears to be smiling.
Location: Jezreel Valley, Israel. © Tzahi Finkelstein/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The swamp turtle is surprised and smiles at the d**gonfly resting on its nose," Finkelstein wrote.
Advertisement
Amazing Internet Portfolio Award: "I Finally Learned To Fly...Or Maybe Not" by Tímea Ambrus
A composite image of four stills of a ground squirrel jumping and falling.
Location: Austria. © Tímea Ambrus/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"The ground squirrel jumped as if he could fly," Ambrus wrote. "Unfortunately he has no wings. To his surprise, he fell back to the ground."
Junior Award and Affinity Photo 2 People's Choice Award: "Dispute" by Jacek Stankiewicz
Three birds perched on a tree branch, with one of them opening its mouth and extending its wing as if it shouting and pointing.
Location: Bialowieza Forest, Poland. © Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"I caught this scene while watching birds in the Bialowieza Forest," Stankiewicz wrote. "A young greenfinch was still being fed by its parents. However, from time to time, the birds looked like they were having an argument."
Advertisement
Creatures Under the Water Award: "Otter Ballerina" by Otter Kwek
An otter standing on one leg with its other legs outstretched.
Location: Singapore. © Otter Kwek/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"An otter ballerina gracefully dances in an arabesque position," Kwek captioned this image. "I showed this photo to a ballet teacher, and she commented that the otter is a natural but just needs to tuck in its tummy a bit."
Spectrum Photo Creatures of the Air Award: "Unexpected Plunge" by Vittorio Ricci
A heron plunging into water from a branch.
Location: Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Vittorio Ricci/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"An unusual end to a successful fishing moment," Ricci captioned this photo of a striated heron losing its balance.
Advertisement
Overall Winner and Alex Walker's Serian Creatures of the Land Award: "Air Guitar Roo" by Jason Moore
A kangaroo appears to play an air guitar.
Location: Perth, Australia. © Jason Moore/Comedy Wildlife 2023
"I had been out with my camera photographing some waterfowl at a nearby lake," Moore wrote. "I had been up at sunrise to take advantage of the 'golden hour' light, but it turned out to be a disappointing morning on the water. After leaving the lake, somewhat dejected, I decided to swing past an area of open bushland that I know of, because there are often a 'mob' of kangaroos feeding and sunning themselves in a field close to the road.
"The shoot turned out to be a great session, and I am quite fond of several images that I captured. Not many people know that kangaroos are normally fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time, if I'm honest. However, when I saw this roo striking the air guitar pose, it immediately brought a smile to my face, and I knew that I had captured something really special."
Dec 19, 2023 22:24:55 #
https://www.popsci.com/technology/gallons-per-100-miles-best-fuel-economy-metric/?utm_source=recommendedreads.com
Forget miles per gallon—here’s the best metric for measuring a car’s efficiency
It's been right there on the vehicle's sticker all along.
BY DAN CARNEY | PUBLISHED AUG 15, 2021 5:00 PM EDT
TECHNOLOGY
A gas station at night
Instead of thinking about miles per gallon, consider gallons per 100 miles. Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash
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“Your mileage may vary.” That’s the disclaimer carmakers apply to the Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy ratings that are listed for their cars.
But what seems even more variable is the value of the miles-per-gallon rating itself, which is why in 2012 the EPA started providing fuel economy ratings in another measurement too. Missed that? So did everyone else!
This is the gallons-per-100-miles rating. Although it is in smaller type than the miles-per-gallon number, it should figure larger in your calculations when comparing cars. That’s because the gallons/100 miles rating makes it easier to compare the efficiency of different cars and estimate their likely annual fuel cost.
European countries measure fuel economy by the benchmark of “liters per 100 kilometers.” A lower number is better, and the moon-shot goal there is the “three-liter” car that scores 3.0 liters/100 km. That’s one that burns no more than 3 liters (about 3 quarts) of fuel to drive 100 km (62 miles).
The advantage of measuring fuel consumption this way is that it makes comparisons easier as fuel efficiency improves for a specific vehicle. That’s because the differences are linear. With miles per gallon, efficiency is graded on a curve. For example, for a 15-mpg car, a 5-mpg improvement is a 33-percent gain. But that same 5-mpg upgrade for a 30-mpg car is only a 17.5-percent improvement to a vehicle that is already using half as much gas.
Measuring the number of gallons per 100 miles is the EPA’s solution to this problem. “In some ways it is easier to look at direct costs and emissions in a more linear fashion when you use that metric,” explains an EPA fuel economy expert.
[Related: What’s the difference between a sports car, a supercar, and a hypercar?]
In a bid for clarity, starting in model year 2012, the EPA added the gallons/100 miles rating to the Monroney new car window sticker, right below the familiar combined mpg rating that balances the city and highway scores. This supports another number on that label, the projected fuel cost to drive the car for a year, which is linear, like gallons/100 miles.
“When you look at that label, we have metrics on there like how much you will save,” the EPA official explains. “That is more tied to that gallons-per-hundred-miles rating.”
a fuel efficiency sticker
The gallons per 100 miles metric has been hidden in plain sight. EPA
The alternative rating is easier to understand and has been on the window label of new cars for ten years, but it nevertheless remains almost entirely unknown to American drivers. “It is not the most obvious number on there,” the official concedes.
[Related: Ford’s 2022 Maverick pickup will rival the fuel efficiency of a Honda Civic]
That popular European “3.0 liter” target equates to 1.27 gallons per 100 miles in the US, which isn’t a very memorable number. A good goal may then be 1 gallon per 100 miles—the ultimate accomplishment for combustion vehicles before they drive into the sunset as EVs gain popularity. That score also works out to 100 mpg, which might make it easier for people to understand this more useful benchmark.
And just as we’ve started learning about a better way to measure gas-guzzling vehicles, we will inevitably have to learn more about batteries as we start buying EVs. The EPA rates them in kilowatt-hours per 100 miles, in the same general way that the new gallons-per-100-miles metric works for vehicles with combustion engine work.
Forget miles per gallon—here’s the best metric for measuring a car’s efficiency
It's been right there on the vehicle's sticker all along.
BY DAN CARNEY | PUBLISHED AUG 15, 2021 5:00 PM EDT
TECHNOLOGY
A gas station at night
Instead of thinking about miles per gallon, consider gallons per 100 miles. Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash
SHARE
“Your mileage may vary.” That’s the disclaimer carmakers apply to the Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy ratings that are listed for their cars.
But what seems even more variable is the value of the miles-per-gallon rating itself, which is why in 2012 the EPA started providing fuel economy ratings in another measurement too. Missed that? So did everyone else!
This is the gallons-per-100-miles rating. Although it is in smaller type than the miles-per-gallon number, it should figure larger in your calculations when comparing cars. That’s because the gallons/100 miles rating makes it easier to compare the efficiency of different cars and estimate their likely annual fuel cost.
European countries measure fuel economy by the benchmark of “liters per 100 kilometers.” A lower number is better, and the moon-shot goal there is the “three-liter” car that scores 3.0 liters/100 km. That’s one that burns no more than 3 liters (about 3 quarts) of fuel to drive 100 km (62 miles).
The advantage of measuring fuel consumption this way is that it makes comparisons easier as fuel efficiency improves for a specific vehicle. That’s because the differences are linear. With miles per gallon, efficiency is graded on a curve. For example, for a 15-mpg car, a 5-mpg improvement is a 33-percent gain. But that same 5-mpg upgrade for a 30-mpg car is only a 17.5-percent improvement to a vehicle that is already using half as much gas.
Measuring the number of gallons per 100 miles is the EPA’s solution to this problem. “In some ways it is easier to look at direct costs and emissions in a more linear fashion when you use that metric,” explains an EPA fuel economy expert.
[Related: What’s the difference between a sports car, a supercar, and a hypercar?]
In a bid for clarity, starting in model year 2012, the EPA added the gallons/100 miles rating to the Monroney new car window sticker, right below the familiar combined mpg rating that balances the city and highway scores. This supports another number on that label, the projected fuel cost to drive the car for a year, which is linear, like gallons/100 miles.
“When you look at that label, we have metrics on there like how much you will save,” the EPA official explains. “That is more tied to that gallons-per-hundred-miles rating.”
a fuel efficiency sticker
The gallons per 100 miles metric has been hidden in plain sight. EPA
The alternative rating is easier to understand and has been on the window label of new cars for ten years, but it nevertheless remains almost entirely unknown to American drivers. “It is not the most obvious number on there,” the official concedes.
[Related: Ford’s 2022 Maverick pickup will rival the fuel efficiency of a Honda Civic]
That popular European “3.0 liter” target equates to 1.27 gallons per 100 miles in the US, which isn’t a very memorable number. A good goal may then be 1 gallon per 100 miles—the ultimate accomplishment for combustion vehicles before they drive into the sunset as EVs gain popularity. That score also works out to 100 mpg, which might make it easier for people to understand this more useful benchmark.
And just as we’ve started learning about a better way to measure gas-guzzling vehicles, we will inevitably have to learn more about batteries as we start buying EVs. The EPA rates them in kilowatt-hours per 100 miles, in the same general way that the new gallons-per-100-miles metric works for vehicles with combustion engine work.
Dec 18, 2023 20:53:18 #
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dtucker300 wrote:
https://twitter.com/RabbiShmuley/status/1736326021517820183
Was this Hamas supporter zapped by God?
Exclusive: Lt. Col. James Zumwalt writes of lawmaker who had a 'heart heavy with Jew-hatred'
Published December 15, 2023 at 6:37pm
There are major political issues in life that cause one turmoil in deciding which side to support. By any sense of reason, there should be no such turmoil in deciding whether to support Hamas or Israel over the former's brutal Oct. 7 surprise attack against the latter that k**led over a thousand innocent Israeli civilians. However, it has been frustrating to see a shockingly large group of university students – perhaps uneducated about the true intentions of Hamas – supporting the terrorists.
For fence sitters still uncertain over which side of the issue to take and awaiting some kind of sign to guide them, no clearer sign exists than one occurring in a country that supports Hamas as well.
Although Turkey is a NATO partner, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been slowly leading the country away from true democracy toward embracing its strong Islamic roots going back to the days of the Ottoman Empire. It came as no surprise, therefore, that Turkish lawmaker Hasan Bitmez, 53, addressing an audience before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, berated Israel for its effort to eradicate Hamas.
Playing the "us" (Muslims) versus "them" (Israelis) card, Bitmez concluded his speech saying, "Even if history remains silent, the t***h will not remain silent. They think that if they get rid of us, there will be no problem. However, if you get rid of us, you will not be able to escape the torment of conscience. Even if you escape the torment of history, you will not be able to escape the wrath of God."
With that he collected his papers on the podium and began to turn when he suddenly collapsed. Audience members ran to his assistance. Struck down by a heart attack, he was rushed to a hospital. Doctors reported that "during angiography, it was seen that two main veins were completely blocked, and after the intervention did not yield any results, he was connected to a heart-lung pump." He died the next day.
For God-fearing people not supporting Israel, Bitmez's demise was an attention-getter. Hopefully, one of those whose attention was so drawn is Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. Despite the viciousness of the Hamas attack against Israel, including the use of rape as a weapon of war, she called for a "balanced" critique concerning the conflict. Jayapal – head of the Progressive Caucus – was queried about progressives' silence on accusations of rape. She twice attempted to play down sexual assault claims against Hamas. Rather than focus on the intentional deaths of Israelis, as well as rapes, perpetrated by Hamas, Jayapal irresponsibly turned it back on the unintentional deaths of Palestinians caused by Israel. She claimed she was not entirely sure about the veracity of the rape allegations – some of which have been captured on terrorist video.
The words from a 1970 popular song by the Five Man Electrical Band should give Jayapal and other deniers of Hamas war crimes additional pause to reflect upon their pro-Hamas support.
The lyrics in the song "Signs" suggest, "Sign, sign; Everywhere a sign … If God was here, he'd tell you to your face; 'Man, you're some kind of sinner.'"
While, fortunately, many more of us support Israel than Hamas, the sign given by the timing of Bitmez's death is telling. Was he zapped by an act of God? Such signs are not "everywhere," leaving us to surmise his demise was just an ironic coincidence, perhaps one more attributable to a heart heavy with Jew-hatred than an act of God. However, we are still left to wonder whether he is now being counseled by the Creator for being "some kind of sinner."
Dec 18, 2023 19:10:41 #
American Vet wrote:
Nope
The longest word is ‘smiles’ - there’s a mile between the s’s.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist it.
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
The longest word is ‘smiles’ - there’s a mile between the s’s.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist it.
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Dec 18, 2023 19:10:08 #
Liberty Tree wrote:
I thought it was Biden trying to say "the."
Dec 18, 2023 18:57:14 #
A wife's eulogy at her husband's funeral: "Norman needed a blood t***sfusion, but his blood type was not on record, so the doctors asked me if I knew what it was. They urgently needed to know, to save Norman's life. Tragically, I had never known his blood type, so I only had time to sit and say goodbye. I'll never forget how supportive my Norman was. Even as he was fading away, he kept on whispering to me, "Be positive, be positive!" That was my Norman! Always thinking of others."
Dec 18, 2023 18:54:04 #
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dtucker300 wrote:
Governments are spying on you through your phone's push notifications, Apple and Google confirm
CANDACE HATHAWAY
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon recently warned that governments are spying on Android and iPhone users through their smartphone push notifications.
On December 6, Wyden sent a letter to the United States Department of Justice Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the agency to allow Google and Apple to inform their customers about government agencies requesting app notification records.
"[M]y office received a tip that government agencies in foreign countries were demanding smartphone 'push' notification records from Google and Apple," Wyden told Garland.
"The companies told my staff that information about this practice is restricted from public release by the government."
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Push notifications are alerts that pop up from various apps, providing updates about incoming text messages, phone calls, and breaking news.
Wyden noted that contrary to what one might assume, push notifications are not sent directly from the app to the phone but instead "pass through a kind of digital post office run by the phone's operating system provider."
"These services ensure timely and efficient delivery of notifications, but this also means that Apple and Google serve as intermediaries in the t***smission process," he explained.
According to Wyden, Apple and Google have been "secretly compelled by governments to hand over" their users' push notification information.
The technology companies store metadata from the alerts that could reveal information about "which app received a notification and when, as well as the phone and associated Apple or Google account to which that notification was intended to be delivered." Unencrypted metadata may also include the text content of the notification.
In a statement to Axios, Apple confirmed that the federal government has prohibited it from sharing this information with its customers.
"Apple is committed to t***sparency and we have long been a supporter of efforts to ensure that providers are able to disclose as much information as possible to their users," the company said. "In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information, and now that this method has become public, we are updating our t***sparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests."
Google told Axios it was "the first major company to publish a public t***sparency report sharing the number and types of government requests for user data we receive, including the requests referred to by Sen. Wyden."
Google added that it shares Wyden's "commitment to keeping users informed about these requests."
Wyden's letter called on the DOJ to allow Apple and Google to share information about the government requests with its users.
"Apple and Google should be permitted to be t***sparent about the legal demands they receive, particularly from foreign governments, just as the companies regularly notify users about other types of government demands for data," Wyden wrote. "These companies should be permitted to generally reveal whether they have been compelled to facilitate this surveillance practice, to publish aggregate statistics about the number of demands they receive, and unless temporarily gagged by a court, to notify specific customers about demands for their data."
In a post on X, Wyden stated that Google "deserves credit for requiring a court order for US requests" and called on Apple to implement the same requirement for turning over user data.
A source told Reuters that U.S. government agencies and foreign U.S. allies have requested the data from push notifications.
The DOJ declined to comment, Reuters reported.
Anything else?
In a November letter to Garland, Wyden urged the DOJ to release information to the public regarding a secretive surveillance program called Data Analytical, previously referred to as the Hemisphere Project, allowing law enforcement agencies to track Americans' phone records, Blaze News reported.
Wyden called it "a long-running d**gnet surveillance program in which the White House pays AT&T to provide all federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies the ability to request often-warrantless searches of trillions of domestic phone records."
Additionally, the Oregon senator recently released the results of a congressional investigation that found pharmaceutical giants, including CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walmart Stores, Rite Aid Corporation, and more have been handing over patients' medical records to law enforcement agencies without first requiring a warrant, Blaze News previously reported.
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No, it is not antidestablishmentarianism.
What Is the Longest Word in the English Language?
Wednesday, July 5
3 min read
Calling all those with sesquipedalian tendencies (those who use overly long words) — this one’s for you. If you’ve ever wondered what the longest English word is, the answer is actually up for debate. Lexicographers (those who study words) consider a variety of parameters, and some disagree on which aspects are most important. Must the word be listed in the dictionary (and if so, which dictionary)? Does a technical or medical word count? Can it be the name of a place, or a person’s name, for that matter? These questions (and others) contribute to the lengthy discussion.
Some English words are only still in use because of their length — their original usages are long outdated — such as the 28-letter word “antidisestablishmentarianism.” This noun originally meant “opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England,” but today, it’s almost exclusively used just as an example of one of the longest English words.
Other such examples include the 29-letter “floccinaucinihilipilification” (the estimation of something as worthless) and the 27-letter “honorificabilitudinitatibus” (a sesquipedalian synonym of “honorableness”). But while they might take up more than one line of text on a phone screen, none of these terms is in the running for the longest English word.
(Note: We hope this list doesn’t inspire any hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. This 36-letter term denotes a phobia of long words, and while it’s a newly coined term, it refers to a real social phobia that can arise while trying to pronounce or use very long words, especially in front of others.)
The Longest Word in the English Dictionary
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
This 45-letter noun is currently the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. It is another word for silicosis, a lung disease caused by breathing in fine particles of silica, a mineral that is common in sand and concrete. The word was allegedly coined in jest in the 1930s by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers’ League, as a jab at elaborate medical terms.
The Longest Technical Term in English
Methionylalanylthreonylserylarginylglycylalanylseryl…leucine
This word goes on and on, officially tallying up to 189,819 characters. Perhaps not surprisingly, it isn’t found in any common dictionaries — it would fill up 12 standard pages and it takes approximately three and a half hours to pronounce the entire term. It’s the technical title of a protein that contributes to the elasticity of our muscles, but the name can be neatly shortened to “titin,” derived from the word “Titan,” a reference to the enormous gods of Greek mythology. Why is the full name so long? Per international science-naming guidelines, every single amino acid found inside a protein must be listed in its moniker, and titin contains 34,350 amino acids, resulting in this monstrosity of a word.
The Longest Place Name in an English-Speaking Country
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
If we’re considering proper nouns in this competition, the 85-letter name of this New Zealand summit might win for the longest word in an English-speaking country. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a hill on North Island, is named after the local legend of Tamatea, a fabled warrior celebrated by the Māori. The name of the hill comes from a Māori expression that t***slates to “the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as ‘landeater,’ played his flute to his loved one.” While the full name is written out on the sign to mark the hill near Hawke’s Bay, locals tend to call it Taumata Hill.
The Longest Nonsense Word in English
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Coming in at 34 letters long, “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” isn’t nearly the longest English word, but because it's far more recognizable than most of its competition, it deserves a spot on the list. Sometimes cited as the longest nontechnical English word, this term was popularized by the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins, in which a song helps clarify the bewildering pronunciation of the word. While it’s still considered a rare, fanciful word, the term is popular enough that it earned an entry in the dictionary as an adjective meaning “extraordinarily good” or “wonderful.”
The Longest Scrabble Word in English
Oxyphenbutazone
This word might seem miniscule compared to some of the others on the list, but for gamers, it’s just as important. A Scrabble board is 15 by 15 blocks, so the maximum length of a word is 15 letters. Technically, any 15-letter word could be the longest Scrabble word, but “oxyphenbutazone” is noteworthy because it is also the highest-scoring Scrabble word possible when played on three triple-word squares with just the right preexisting tiles. The 1,778-point word is the name of an anti-inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis. The stars must align to use this word — it’s never actually been played in an official Scrabble tournament.
What Is the Longest Word in the English Language?
Wednesday, July 5
3 min read
Calling all those with sesquipedalian tendencies (those who use overly long words) — this one’s for you. If you’ve ever wondered what the longest English word is, the answer is actually up for debate. Lexicographers (those who study words) consider a variety of parameters, and some disagree on which aspects are most important. Must the word be listed in the dictionary (and if so, which dictionary)? Does a technical or medical word count? Can it be the name of a place, or a person’s name, for that matter? These questions (and others) contribute to the lengthy discussion.
Some English words are only still in use because of their length — their original usages are long outdated — such as the 28-letter word “antidisestablishmentarianism.” This noun originally meant “opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England,” but today, it’s almost exclusively used just as an example of one of the longest English words.
Other such examples include the 29-letter “floccinaucinihilipilification” (the estimation of something as worthless) and the 27-letter “honorificabilitudinitatibus” (a sesquipedalian synonym of “honorableness”). But while they might take up more than one line of text on a phone screen, none of these terms is in the running for the longest English word.
(Note: We hope this list doesn’t inspire any hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. This 36-letter term denotes a phobia of long words, and while it’s a newly coined term, it refers to a real social phobia that can arise while trying to pronounce or use very long words, especially in front of others.)
The Longest Word in the English Dictionary
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
This 45-letter noun is currently the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. It is another word for silicosis, a lung disease caused by breathing in fine particles of silica, a mineral that is common in sand and concrete. The word was allegedly coined in jest in the 1930s by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers’ League, as a jab at elaborate medical terms.
The Longest Technical Term in English
Methionylalanylthreonylserylarginylglycylalanylseryl…leucine
This word goes on and on, officially tallying up to 189,819 characters. Perhaps not surprisingly, it isn’t found in any common dictionaries — it would fill up 12 standard pages and it takes approximately three and a half hours to pronounce the entire term. It’s the technical title of a protein that contributes to the elasticity of our muscles, but the name can be neatly shortened to “titin,” derived from the word “Titan,” a reference to the enormous gods of Greek mythology. Why is the full name so long? Per international science-naming guidelines, every single amino acid found inside a protein must be listed in its moniker, and titin contains 34,350 amino acids, resulting in this monstrosity of a word.
The Longest Place Name in an English-Speaking Country
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
If we’re considering proper nouns in this competition, the 85-letter name of this New Zealand summit might win for the longest word in an English-speaking country. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a hill on North Island, is named after the local legend of Tamatea, a fabled warrior celebrated by the Māori. The name of the hill comes from a Māori expression that t***slates to “the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as ‘landeater,’ played his flute to his loved one.” While the full name is written out on the sign to mark the hill near Hawke’s Bay, locals tend to call it Taumata Hill.
The Longest Nonsense Word in English
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Coming in at 34 letters long, “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” isn’t nearly the longest English word, but because it's far more recognizable than most of its competition, it deserves a spot on the list. Sometimes cited as the longest nontechnical English word, this term was popularized by the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins, in which a song helps clarify the bewildering pronunciation of the word. While it’s still considered a rare, fanciful word, the term is popular enough that it earned an entry in the dictionary as an adjective meaning “extraordinarily good” or “wonderful.”
The Longest Scrabble Word in English
Oxyphenbutazone
This word might seem miniscule compared to some of the others on the list, but for gamers, it’s just as important. A Scrabble board is 15 by 15 blocks, so the maximum length of a word is 15 letters. Technically, any 15-letter word could be the longest Scrabble word, but “oxyphenbutazone” is noteworthy because it is also the highest-scoring Scrabble word possible when played on three triple-word squares with just the right preexisting tiles. The 1,778-point word is the name of an anti-inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis. The stars must align to use this word — it’s never actually been played in an official Scrabble tournament.
Dec 18, 2023 10:35:09 #
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pegw wrote:
I noticed you uses a cartoon drew by Al Roker when he worked for WHEN [channel 5] in Syracuse, NY in the middle of the 1970's. It was originally captioned "you want it WHEN" as the station was changing it's call letters. Did you ask him permission to use it? I believe it is copyrighted.
You believe? You mean you don't know? Never ask a question you don't already know the answer to when throwing accusations about. Copyrights last 28 years. Ask Bad Bob if it is still copyrighted. I borrowed it from him. He has used it with wild abandon on OPP with no attribution. You're just now noticing it? Go back to your fact-check sites and report what you find to someone who cares!
Dec 18, 2023 02:15:08 #
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They enter illegally, get benefits, and v**e. What's the point of citizenship if everyone has extended rights and benefits regardless of status? Another reason I'm glad I left Los Angeles. Coming soon to your city and/or state.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/no-this-isnt-satire-newly-sworn-los-angeles-police-officers-daca-recipients-who-entered-us-illegally
Not satire: LAPD swears in police officers who are DACA recipients and entered US illegally
by: Pat Droney 2023-12-15 Source: Law Enforcement Today Opinion
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Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore by is licensed under YouTube
EDITORS NOTE: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that DACA was signed into law by Barack Obama in 2007. In fact, DACA was signed into law by Obama on June 15, 2012.
LOS ANGELES, CA - If you set out to destroy a country, you couldn’t do any worse than what they’ve done in Los Angeles, where the first group of i*****l a***ns in the country are set to graduate from the Los Angeles Police Academy.
You read that correctly–people who entered the country illegally will be on the streets of LA enforcing the law. No, this is not satire from the Babylon Bee.
Worse yet, the group of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) LAPD recruits are not, by virtue of their undocumented status, permitted to carry their city-issued firearms when they are off-duty, NBC Los Angeles reports.
Under federal law, DACA aliens are prohibited from possessing either guns or ammunition, but the LAPD has found a workaround for that little problem. They will simply consider off-duty hours part of the definition of “performance of their official duties or other law enforcement purpose,” which will allow these individuals to carry their issued firearms off-duty, a new police policy memo reads.
“We’ve sought information from our federal and state and City attorney to understand what does the policy needs [sic] to discuss to articulate the basis of which a DACA individual, now a police officer, can lawfully carry and possess a firearm and ammunition,” Chief Michel Moore told the outlet, channeling his best Kamala Harris word salad.
Officials said federal and California law allow DACA individuals who are not US residents or citizens to possess firearms as long as it is within the “course and scope” of their official duties.
Had the policy not been changed, DACA-affiliated officers would have been required to leave their department-issued firearms at police stations when they left work for the day, thereby not being able to carry them off-duty for personal protection.
‘When these current individuals who are DACA recipients graduate from the academy,” Moore said, “it would be appropriate for us to have a written policy that clearly defines what their authorities and responsibilities are, given their position as a police officer.”
The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners was set to meet this week to discuss the specific rule changes required to allow DACA officers to carry their firearms when off-duty. Under California law, full-time police officers are considered to be “peace officers” at all times, even when they are off duty, whereby such time is considered part of a “law enforcement purpose.”
In September 2022, the California state senate removed the requirement that California police officers must be U.S. citizens under Senate Bill 960. The only requirement is that officers be “legally authorized to work in the United States.” Perhaps there is hope for illegal members of Hamas and Hezbollah to become duly sworn police officers in California. The state (but not its police officers) deserves it.
In April, Colorado, vying to be “California lite,” passed similar legislation that allows DACA recipients to become police officers and possess firearms in the course of their duty.
DACA was signed into law by l*****t President Barack Obama in 2012 and provides protection from deportation for some 600,000 people who were brought to the U.S. without legal status (illegally) before the age of 16 and who’ve lived in the country continuously since 2007. However, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says that DACA is “not itself a type of legal residency.”
When California was considering the bill, Fox News contributor Leo Terrell slammed it, saying the state was attempting to devalue citizenship, as reported in Townhall:
“California is trying to devalue citizenship. They’re trying to say, look, it doesn’t matter, basically. How can this person qualify in a background check? How can an i*****l a***n take an oath to uphold the law…when he broke the law? It’s ludicrous,” Terrell said.
“This is an open-border state. They’re competing with New York City to basically say citizenship doesn’t matter, and it tells me one thing, that until this state removes itself from being a one-party deep blue state, we’re [going] to get these crazy…open policies regarding i*****l i*********n. They don’t want any distinction between citizenship and i*****l a***ns.”
Remember this the next time you hear politicians bloviating about restricting the gun rights of lawful Americans. They're arming those who entered the US illegally.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/no-this-isnt-satire-newly-sworn-los-angeles-police-officers-daca-recipients-who-entered-us-illegally
Not satire: LAPD swears in police officers who are DACA recipients and entered US illegally
by: Pat Droney 2023-12-15 Source: Law Enforcement Today Opinion
image
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore by is licensed under YouTube
EDITORS NOTE: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that DACA was signed into law by Barack Obama in 2007. In fact, DACA was signed into law by Obama on June 15, 2012.
LOS ANGELES, CA - If you set out to destroy a country, you couldn’t do any worse than what they’ve done in Los Angeles, where the first group of i*****l a***ns in the country are set to graduate from the Los Angeles Police Academy.
You read that correctly–people who entered the country illegally will be on the streets of LA enforcing the law. No, this is not satire from the Babylon Bee.
Worse yet, the group of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) LAPD recruits are not, by virtue of their undocumented status, permitted to carry their city-issued firearms when they are off-duty, NBC Los Angeles reports.
Under federal law, DACA aliens are prohibited from possessing either guns or ammunition, but the LAPD has found a workaround for that little problem. They will simply consider off-duty hours part of the definition of “performance of their official duties or other law enforcement purpose,” which will allow these individuals to carry their issued firearms off-duty, a new police policy memo reads.
“We’ve sought information from our federal and state and City attorney to understand what does the policy needs [sic] to discuss to articulate the basis of which a DACA individual, now a police officer, can lawfully carry and possess a firearm and ammunition,” Chief Michel Moore told the outlet, channeling his best Kamala Harris word salad.
Officials said federal and California law allow DACA individuals who are not US residents or citizens to possess firearms as long as it is within the “course and scope” of their official duties.
Had the policy not been changed, DACA-affiliated officers would have been required to leave their department-issued firearms at police stations when they left work for the day, thereby not being able to carry them off-duty for personal protection.
‘When these current individuals who are DACA recipients graduate from the academy,” Moore said, “it would be appropriate for us to have a written policy that clearly defines what their authorities and responsibilities are, given their position as a police officer.”
The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners was set to meet this week to discuss the specific rule changes required to allow DACA officers to carry their firearms when off-duty. Under California law, full-time police officers are considered to be “peace officers” at all times, even when they are off duty, whereby such time is considered part of a “law enforcement purpose.”
In September 2022, the California state senate removed the requirement that California police officers must be U.S. citizens under Senate Bill 960. The only requirement is that officers be “legally authorized to work in the United States.” Perhaps there is hope for illegal members of Hamas and Hezbollah to become duly sworn police officers in California. The state (but not its police officers) deserves it.
In April, Colorado, vying to be “California lite,” passed similar legislation that allows DACA recipients to become police officers and possess firearms in the course of their duty.
DACA was signed into law by l*****t President Barack Obama in 2012 and provides protection from deportation for some 600,000 people who were brought to the U.S. without legal status (illegally) before the age of 16 and who’ve lived in the country continuously since 2007. However, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says that DACA is “not itself a type of legal residency.”
When California was considering the bill, Fox News contributor Leo Terrell slammed it, saying the state was attempting to devalue citizenship, as reported in Townhall:
“California is trying to devalue citizenship. They’re trying to say, look, it doesn’t matter, basically. How can this person qualify in a background check? How can an i*****l a***n take an oath to uphold the law…when he broke the law? It’s ludicrous,” Terrell said.
“This is an open-border state. They’re competing with New York City to basically say citizenship doesn’t matter, and it tells me one thing, that until this state removes itself from being a one-party deep blue state, we’re [going] to get these crazy…open policies regarding i*****l i*********n. They don’t want any distinction between citizenship and i*****l a***ns.”
Remember this the next time you hear politicians bloviating about restricting the gun rights of lawful Americans. They're arming those who entered the US illegally.
Dec 17, 2023 22:19:40 #
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dtucker300 wrote:
funnies - some even funny
Dec 17, 2023 22:18:42 #
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dtucker300 wrote:
funnies - some even funny
