Month: May 2022

More (or less)

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by JanieM [You know what, never mind. I’m closing comments on this thread, which was a bad idea in the first place…only leaving this remnant here in case anyone saw the thread and wonders where it went.]

Friday Open Thread

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by JanieM We could make GftNC blissful for longer than a nanosecond by talking about James Joyce and other glories of English literature. Or we could talk about books in general. As in, what’s everyone reading these days? ***** Or we could talk about politics for a change. A friend sent me the following, which … Read more

The Dead

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by JanieM Add more if you like. Buffalo Roberta Drury, 32 Margus Morrison, 52 Andre Mackneil, 53 Aaron Salter Jr., 55 Geraldine Talley, 62 Celestine Chaney, 65 Heyward Patterson, 67 Katherine Massey, 72 Pearl Young, 77 Ruth Whitfield, 86 Laguna Woods Dr. John Cheng, 52 *** I went for a drive last Saturday and noticed … Read more

Would mandated kidney donations be Constitutional?

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by Ugh Suppose State X passes a law providing "all individuals meeting the living kidney donor criteria* shall donate one of their kidneys to any discovered matching recipient in need and any individual refusing to donate shall be subject to a sentence of no more than Y years in prison." Such a law would be … Read more

No Mo’ Roe

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by Ugh* Are we the dog that caught the car or is it on to Griswold, Loving, Obergefell, Lawrence, Baker…. This seems most unfortunate. *I've decided my best approach to post-2016 POTUS election life is to bury my head in the sand as much as possible, hence I've not been around much, if at all.  … Read more

Open Thread

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by JanieM Non-depressing topics especially encouraged. Like, we could talk about the fact that IMHO this the most beautiful week of the year in my neck of the woods (ice gone, grass green and thick but not mowed yet, trees with the faintest of pale green buds) as long as we ignore the black flies, … Read more