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Trump is at barely 50% Harris is, of course, lower. The current lead seem to be hovering around 2.8 million votes. The O.P. can take what solace he can in the numbers.

I learned to like gizzards and hearts but will not eat kidneys, liver, or tongue.

As a poor college student many years ago I would go to the Grocery once a month and buy a ten pound bag of rice and a ten pound bag of red beans along with a three pound bag of whole wheat flour. I would pick up some carrots, onions and potatoes unless it was farmers market season where I would get those at the farmers market by the bushel. Also apples, brocolli, tomatos, asperagus and corn, sometimes zucchini. I would buy a rasher of bacon and if I was feeling flush with money some chicken. I had plenty to eat. My cost was extremely minimal. Eating did take the effort of food preparation. I could not tear open a bag or a box and I did not have or need a mirowave. The poor can eat nutritiously and cheaply. Like the rest of us they choose not to do so for convenience. Food prep sucks for those who are not foodies. (Oh, I did cheat in that I worked at a restaurant and so got five employee meals a week.) (Also back in the day the government had price supports for dairy and so had warehouses full of cheese and peanut butter and you could get them for the asking. It sucked as far as quality, but it worked.)

Was the fight sponsored by Tyson Chicken and Mrs. Paul's fish sticks?

I don't think it is Trump's America until the baton is passed at the inauguration, but who knows, transition times are open to interpretation I suppose.

Maybe begin funding such research by funding only hard science degrees through government grants. If folks want a B.A. in comic book arts they pay for it themselves. Take the savings from not having stoners languishing in college and then whining about their loans and invest that money in pure resdearch by those students that advanced in the hard sciences.

Americans are not willing to eat Grape Nuts, or unsweetened Shredded Wheat or Corn Flakes for breakfast. They certainly will not stand still for unsweetened yogurt lacking chemical coloration and flavoring.

Maybe we can still allow Froot Loops and other such items. Just don't allow them to be sold in a food store. Put them on the shelfs in Toxic Chemical stores.

Art restoration can be pricey. You don't want to get something like this ...Infamous botched Jesus painting now a major tourist attraction

The last time I did this I bought a box of three Kidde brand smoke detectors from the Home Depot for $79. Took me aboput 15 minutes per detector to replace the dated ones. Of course that was pre-inflation of the past four years. Also, in fairness, the Capitol has higher ceilings than does my house.

Curious aboput the 1 million dollars of property damage. I saw a few doors and windows broken. I did not see much else. 1 Million seems like a lot for what I saw. What damage did I not see or am I not taking into account? I looked around and see much highere estimates of the damage. 30 to 40 million, mostly for restoration of historical statues and paintings which had resideue form chemical sprays used by police and from fire extinguishers discharged by the rioters. One such article is from NPR. I know some don't like that source, but there are other articles out there. Architect Of The Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot : Capitol Insurrection Updates : NPR

When making an analogy it is wise to analogize to experiences common with others, not those unique to yourself. Others cannot relate to this experience

I appreciate not releasing the report if that has been the custom and opractice. That said, if it is only custom and practice and not the law I note that customs and practices do evolve over time. I am suspicious when the truth is hidden behind custom and practice. As Gaetz maintains his innocence (not his innocence until proben guilty status or his status) I would like to see him ask for the relese of the report for full disclosure and transparency and for him to refute any inaccuracies. I do apreciate also that partisan investigations may not have found the truth, only facts in support of their truth while the objective truth, if such is possible to discern, may be ignored as they seek support of a partisan end. BTW, when I look at Gaetz I see a smarmy, smug, adolescent abuser. I see a hebephiliac, not a pedophiliac.

Is not that the very nature of progressivism?

I want to do things to her. Sweaty things. I give her a pass on shooting the dog until such time as she succesfully obtains a restraining order against me.

People tip at the bakery? I've been doing it wrong. I owe a few bakers an apology.

Growing up on the farm we drank unpasteerized milk and cream and made our butter from it as well. I grew up straight and strong. Still, I am a big fan of pasteurization for products which are going to have any sort of shelf life.

Removed for bad taste, even for me.

I think Whoopi entering an establishment which prepares food may well be a health code violation. I would have told her we could make it, but she will have to pick it up, outsidce, or pay for delivery.

Outstanding!

I had hope that the smoot might replace the fathom, but it has not, at least as of yet.

No one has more typos than me. I was just having fun as I always liked the story of Oliver Smoot and,.well Harley to me means Harley Davidson, Harley Quinn, or Harley Jane Kozak.

I find her kind of cute. I like the springs she uses for hair.

Then please stay away from my brats.

The nonstandard unit of length attributed to Oliver Smoot, and a Harley Davidson?