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Posted on 02/03/2016 7:01:52 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: martin_fierro
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02/03/2016 7:52:11 PM PST
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corlorde
To: Rebelbase
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02/03/2016 8:12:46 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
To: ShivaFan
Some years ago I attended a briefing by an L A Fire Department information officer. He held up a thumb drive which he carried on a lanyard around his neck and said, “This is my life.” By which he meant copies of every document and photograph which was important to him. And he urged everyone in the audience to do the same.
The reason: After the “big one” there are going to be areas of the city consumed so rapidly by fire that the residents will have to literally run for their lives.
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02/03/2016 8:13:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Rebelbase
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02/03/2016 8:26:21 PM PST
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BBell
To: Rebelbase
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02/03/2016 8:54:32 PM PST
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aquila48
To: Rebelbase
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02/03/2016 10:00:49 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Just what is the difference between a "centrist democrat" and a "moderate republican?")
To: Rebelbase; martin_fierro
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02/04/2016 12:42:45 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: BenLurkin
Thanks! I've always liked that one in particular. Pliny the Elder (great ancient scholar; apparently not quite great enough, on that day) died of poison gas rolling down off the mountain; Pliny the Younger was offshore watching the whole thing, and recorded what he saw, plus the eyewitness accounts of the death of his adoptive father.
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02/04/2016 12:46:01 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Rebelbase
What happened at one AM (in media nocte)?
The one phrase I remember from Mrs. Collier’s 1962 Latin class.
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02/04/2016 1:01:00 AM PST
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JohnnyP
To: Tax-chick
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02/04/2016 3:02:11 AM PST
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Tax-chick
("Government employees are the single most important Democrat interest group."~Kevin Williamson)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks Rebelbase,martin_fierro, and BenLurkin.
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02/04/2016 9:39:25 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Rebelbase; SunkenCiv
I too didn’t realize how long Vesuvius was erupting before the final blast. From what I saw I think around mid-afternoon I would have told the family it’s time to take a trip to Grandma’s and get the heck out of Pompeii for a few days.
To: Rebelbase
Very good, but disturbing.
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02/04/2016 7:47:10 PM PST
by
madison10
(Ot)
To: BenLurkin
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