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eppur_se_muova

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14. Rober Caro's account of that program in his LBJ bio was very interesting reading ...

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #8)

Sat May 10, 2025, 10:43 AM

May 10

can't remember if it was vol.1 or 2.

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Greg Sargent: Angry Trump Kills "Woke" Program--and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters [View all] Dennis Donovan May 10 OP

His cult in the hinterlands can go back to 56K dial-up dalton99a May 10 #1

Make it 300 baud. nt eppur_se_muova May 10 #11

Smoke signals and pony express. erronis May 10 #29

Arent Those The Same Thing? ProfessorGAC May 10 #35

Close. I worked in a SCIF that allowed only 110 baud (roughly 10bps) to the outside. erronis May 10 #36

I Wasn't Gone ProfessorGAC May 10 #42

Never thought it was possible for a US president to be so colossally stupid Walleye May 10 #2

Not surprised Rebl2 May 10 #18

Exactly. EVERYONE had ample opportunity to witness the stupidity the first time. groundloop May 10 #23

Yes. As a friend of mine is wont to say ... Straw Man May 10 #44

The sound of MAGA: hatrack May 10 #3

"his intensive daily reading of complex policy papers" Martin Eden May 10 #4

Is it accidental? XanaDUer2 May 10 #5

Edit out "equity", and Trump would never notice. Safe as Milk May 10 #24

Well, I'd say that MAGAs are an undeserving minority... Wounded Bear May 10 #6

A MAGGot recenctly cryed to me about being Dr. T May 10 #20

Do asses tend to join the maggots? Or does being a maggot automatically enroll you in asshole-dumb? erronis May 10 #37

Not all assholes are MAGGOTS but Dr. T May 11 #45

That program also serves disabled, elderly and veterans in blue states, too. nt allegorical oracle May 10 #43

Almost the same as rural electrification Henry203 May 10 #7

That program has an interesting history. murielm99 May 10 #8

Rober Caro's account of that program in his LBJ bio was very interesting reading ... eppur_se_muova May 10 #14

Thanks! murielm99 May 10 #25

I call EMC's Henry203 May 10 #16

My great grandma cursed rural electrification until the day she died. hunter May 10 #22

I think you mean the book "Mud on the Stars". Marcuse May 10 #30

Even if that is not it, murielm99 May 10 #32

I just went to Univ. of Alabama Press murielm99 May 10 #33

! Marcuse May 10 #34

Well, shit. If Lee Remick was the heroine I'd try to be her hero. erronis May 10 #38

I saw her rehearsing Annie Get Your Gun Kingofalldems May 10 #41

It's the Enola Gay syndrome k0rs May 10 #9

You mean Enola Homosexual syndrome. nt eppur_se_muova May 10 #15

Class equity, racial equity, gender equity - it's all the same haele May 10 #10

I don't know what the problem is. MLWR May 10 #12

Elon Musk will set them up with government subsidized Starlink stations... hunter May 10 #13

Yep. It's a safe bet not fooled May 10 #19

Bingo! Shipwack May 10 #21

The Great and Powerful Elon... Safe as Milk May 10 #26

And we all know how open and liberal and transparent those transmissions will be. erronis May 10 #39

Cuts in Government Funding badgolfer May 10 #17

He is one of the key authors of Project 2025. murielm99 May 10 #28

This is what happens when you govern by . . . peggysue2 May 10 #27

Jingoism is a poor substitute for rational thought. Marcuse May 10 #31

The rational thought is being done behind the curtain. The jingoism is for the rubes (us). erronis May 10 #40