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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[facilitatorn]

We're having our American legs pulled.   I was nearly convinced by the  Bambu character  until the bit about carrying guns on a plane.   And the reference to The Bone Collector,  a film generally recognized as utterly preposterous.

I am sometimes convinced bambu is latest emenation of a brilliant if shadowy old NYT books forum regular,.first spotted as p.dale ("peed ale"), a dense but pedantic lit prof, he later entered and reentered the forum in numerous guises, including the widow of a poet and minor diplomat living in Japan. In less guarded moments he claimed to be a Marxist ex pat Aussie prof working in Northern Italy. His post about having a rope swing over the Yarra River as a 13 year old, looking up at the moon while pondering some arcane post modern literary theory was the funniest thing I ever read on the NYT forums, outside of the things I wrote personally. He.wqs.the 10 smartest people I ever met on those forums.

But alas, I suspect bambu is merely stupid at a world historical level.

He’s a funny little algorithm in a morbidly disgusting way. No one’s finest work so no one takes ownership of Bambu who is nothing at all to be proud of.

[bambu.]

Just heard some ass crack on MSNBC that had a problem with whiteness on Long Island because she saw a bunch of anti Biden stickers and...wait for it...

American flags.

Of course.
It's the new world in which we live....where:
Being anti-Biden is a "crime".
Being anti-Left, pro-Right, is a "crime".
Being White is a sin.

Fly the nation's flag   "how dare you!"

[bambu.]

We're having our American legs pulled.   I was nearly convinced by the  Bambu character  until the bit about carrying guns on a plane.   And the reference to The Bone Collector,  a film generally recognized as utterly preposterous.

I am sometimes convinced bambu is latest emenation of a brilliant if shadowy old NYT books forum regular,.first spotted as p.dale ("peed ale"), a dense but pedantic lit prof, he later entered and reentered the forum in numerous guises, including the widow of a poet and minor diplomat living in Japan. In less guarded moments he claimed to be a Marxist ex pat Aussie prof working in Northern Italy. His post about having a rope swing over the Yarra River as a 13 year old, looking up at the moon while pondering some arcane post modern literary theory was the funniest thing I ever read on the NYT forums, outside of the things I wrote personally. He.wqs.the 10 smartest people I ever met on those forums.

But alas, I suspect bambu is merely stupid at a world historical level.

He’s a funny little algorithm in a morbidly disgusting way. No one’s finest work so no one takes ownership of Bambu who is nothing at all to be proud of.

"bambu" = didgeridoo (Warray Tribe, Northern Territory)

[facilitatorn]

You do drone on.

[bambu.]

You do drone on.

Drones are great...the van lifers send them up and take magnificent videos of nature.

[LarryBnDC]

Just heard some ass crack on MSNBC that had a problem with whiteness on Long Island because she saw a bunch of anti Biden stickers and...wait for it...

American flags.

I agree with her.

[Holly Martins]

Though we still have no idea what she actually said.  No link, no name.   


Sorry I missed Peed Ale.   Wonder if those forae are archived somewhere.

[josh]

Though we still have no idea what she actually said.  No link, no name.   


Sorry I missed Peed Ale.   Wonder if those forae are archived somewhere.

If they are archived anywhere, it would be with the NYT itself - the Wayback Machine doesn't have them.

[LarryBnDC]

Though we still have no idea what she actually said.  No link, no name.   


Sorry I missed Peed Ale.   Wonder if those forae are archived somewhere.

NYTimes reporter Mara Gay stated she felt intimidated on Long Island by the pickup trucks festooned with Trump stickers and flying American flags.

Conservative media is losing its collective mind. The whole America love it or leave it vibe. Twitter ablaze with Race Card accusations and shit.

I personally agree with her. I grew up on Long Island and I KNOW IT IS A PIT OF RACIST MOTHERFUCKERS.

No lies spoken.

When I see  trump sticker on a truck here in DMV I can imagine the motherfucker behind the wheel hates me sight unseen.

[Holly Martins]

Ah,  context!   Thank you!   Yes,  same here,  flags mounted on pickup trucks indicate white redneck pride and willingness to spit on anyone not in the club.   

[LarryBnDC]

Here a little more context of her remarks



“New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay’s comments on MSNBC have been irresponsibly taken out of context. Her argument was that Trump and many of his supporters have politicized the American flag. The attacks on her today are ill-informed and grounded in bad-faith,” the publication wrote.

https://news.yahoo.com/nyt-mara-gay-anti-american-014503016.htmlz

[josh]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/23/climate-crisis-has-shifted-the-earths-axis-study-shows

But humans can have no impact.

[josh]

Quackery reaches a new level of unattractive:
https://www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/ohio-doctor-tells-lawmakers-covid-19-vaccine-can-leave-people-magnetized-interfaced-with-5g-towers

And the doctor is still licensed to practice medicine.

[Hairy Lime]

Though we still have no idea what she actually said.  No link, no name.   


Sorry I missed Peed Ale.   Wonder if those forae are archived somewhere.

If they are archived anywhere, it would be with the NYT itself - the Wayback Machine doesn't have them.

Actually, one of the posters from the old Meander Where You May forum in books archived.everything there 1hen the NYT changed their forums and this one was born. But that was years ago, so lord only knows if Teddy still has them.  bosox might know, he was in touch with her.

[LarryBnDC]

Quackery reaches a new level of unattractive:
https://www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/ohio-doctor-tells-lawmakers-covid-19-vaccine-can-leave-people-magnetized-interfaced-with-5g-towers

And the doctor is still licensed to practice medicine.

And then are nurses in Texas...


In April, Houston Methodist president and CEO Dr. Marc Boom informed employees by email that they must receive at least the first dose of the emergency authorized vaccine by June 7 or they would face termination.

Hospital management later specified that employees not vaccinated by the deadline would be placed on a fourteen-day suspension without pay and then terminated. Workers were told they could apply for an exemption for pregnancy or “religious” exceptions.

https://thetexan.news/houston-hospital-nurses-stage-walkout-over-vaccine-mandate/