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dbc3

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I'm Donald Bede Cooley III, trying to live up to DBCI & DBCII standards. Lived thru Cold War, Civil Rights era, supported Gore's message. Believed in the "Dawning of the Age of Aquarius."
I've worked as an engineering and/or project management consultant in various industries, eg: space, transp, defense, oil, food, steel, medicine..., retired in '16. Now I'm an ombudsman for my refugee friends. I love science, all fields, write code for fun.
I refurbish donated bicycles for folks in need.

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mekkaokereke, to random
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Some of y'all are still confused as to why it seems that Silicon Valley billionaires are "turning to Trump." That's because you don't listen to Black people, you disrespect poor white people, and you ignore obvious statistics that have been staring you in the face for decades.

Silicon. Valley. Billionaires. Have. Always. Supported. Trump.

Not because they like the tax breaks. Because they are more likely to be racist, and racism is the greatest predictor of Trump support.

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dbc3,
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@mekkaokereke
I dunno what the stats are, if there even are reliable ones, but my 7 decade experience as a white guy in a ton of different environments is that racism is EVERYWHERE, and the "haves" can have a whole lot more impact. The white guy competing for the job may or may not be racist, but the hiring manager is the one who matters.

KimPerales, to random
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💙"12 Everyday Americans saved us"

The Emperor of 5th Ave had been wearing no clothes the whole time -managed to avoid in a yearslong crime spree: defrauding banks, running a scam univ. & charity, pulling off a hush$ scheme to interfere with the 2016 election, abusing his office to seek dirt on Joe Biden from UA, plotting an attempted coup & encouraging his supporters to storm..., making off with top-secret papers, & promising to destroy🌎for $1B in campaign contr-.
#TFG
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-criminal-conviction-judge-jury-20240601.html?utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral

dbc3,
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@KimPerales
Excellent synopsis.
if enough people recognize the fork in the road we face as what it is and take the correct one there is a chance the Great Experiment can be resurrected.
But monsters await on the bad road and far too many are either ill informed or are wannabe monsters themselves.

GottaLaff, to iran
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“ has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Monday.

Iran now has 142.1 kilograms (313.2 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60% — an increase of 20.6 kilograms (45.4 pounds) since the last report in February. Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%”
https://apnews.com/article/2190f0d7247a6160fb13f28304d4b6ad

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
Trump did that. His crimes against humanity far outweigh all the charges against him, past and present:
• Rekindling Iran's nuclear program,
• trashing climate change counterefforts, lame as they were, and
• fanning the flames of a worldwide pandemic,
• amplifying islamaphobia
all of which are rationalized as official acts and untouchable.

And what he proposes is worse.

GottaLaff, to Canada
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After a long morning of loading the POD, stuffing the car, cleaning, scrubbing, double-checking, all on very little sleep… we’re off! here we come.

loves these long road trips.

First night: Sacramento-ish.

dbc3,
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@HistoPol if it does not I will become the raging hippie I was too conservative to be in the 60s-70s. I cheered other people protesting the war, getting arrested.

GottaLaff, to Canada
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I can't possibly reply to all your loving wishes and kindness, so please consider this one big ol' THANK YOU.

#Canada

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
I know you've been inundated with advice, repetitive ??s, etc. So I have kept mum. But I will offer this bit of encouragement. When househunting ( which I have not done for decades, but neberthless) I much prefer looking at an empty house. I can envision MY stuff there, don't want to see THEIR stuff or real estate "staging." All the pros insist they know better, think I do not exist. But I do, and there are plenty of others like me. Empty is not a bad thng.
Best wishes!

GottaLaff, to legal
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I’m sure Aileen will get right on it 🙄

Fed prosecutors asked judge overseeing #documents case against #Trump to bar TFG from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, & foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.

The request to Judge Cannon follows false claim by Trump that FBI agents who searched his home in Aug 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” & “locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger” #legal
https://apnews.com/article/d52b7468d93712dd86cbb8fe304d4b64

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff

Marcy gave an excellent explanation of why request is to enhance terms of release rather than gag order.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/25/jack-smith-invites-aileen-cannon-to-protect-the-country-rather-than-just-donald-trump/

Terms already say not to do anything to endanger others. So Smith is politely requesting she enforce her own terms, not do anything new. Declining to do so will be even more egregious than not issuing gag order. Then straight to 11th with "not doing her job" rather than ""denied my motion."
@kbsez

GottaLaff, to tesla
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A owner says his car’s ‘self-driving’ technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash caught on camera

A video viewed millions of times on social media shows a Tesla almost crashing into a train. Documents from Tesla show the car was in Full Self-Driving mode at the time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-owner-says-cars-self-driving-mode-fsd-train-crash-video-rcna153345

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
I'm glad he detected the problem and avoided a terrible crash.
But that said I think anyone who trusts self driving cars at this point in time is a little bit foolish..

dbc3, to tesla
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I have a feeling that if this continues that ugly piece of shit could get even uglier. Or, if nobody has the vigilante spirit, perhaps with proper information the local constabulary could decorate it with a daily note under the wiper. 3d one comes with a trip to the pound to spring it for a couple of Benjamins

https://brokeassstuart.com/2024/05/08/san-francisco-cybertruck-crosswalk-parking/

#Tesla #Asshole #CyberTruck

GottaLaff, to random
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Was there ever a doubt?

#NikkiHaley is supporting #Trump’s 2024 White House bid, she said Wednesday in her first public remarks since exiting the Republican presidential primary more than two months ago.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/nikki-haley-donald-trump?cid=ios_app

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
Somebody told her what they would go public with if she did not get in line.

dbc3, to random
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🧵short thread- "Grandpa Don"

  1. I had an absolutely delightful day yesterday being "Grandpa Don" to 2 Burmese refugee teens. Their family arrived 4 weeks ago after a tough trip delayed 3 days in Dubai by crazy storm. I met at airport with their USTie, my Burmese friend I met 6 yrs ago. The kids adopted me. Parents seem thrilled at that. Girl 15, boy 13. Nice apartment, no car, no place to go hang out. We gave the family jackets, blankets, pillows when sleeping on floor in⤵️
    #SilentSunday (not)
dbc3,
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🧵short thread- "Grandpa Don"
2) my friend's apt til theirs available. No luggage came for days. I took 15 back to airport to attempt to check with Emirates Airlines, then to my house to get the bedding. She saw the yard, asked my friend next day to bring her family to see and said she wants to help in my garden. Hmmm, ok, maybe some day, right? I gave them bikes, her first. Took for a ride in forest preserve last weekend, had his ready yesterday so brought them to get it, take another ride.⤵️

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Lisa Rubin:

What is supposed to be a holding room for a former president’s security has, at their own admission, become a de facto campaign HQ . . . in a government building.

Olivia Nuzzi:

The #Trump campaign has moved its operational headquarters from West Palm Beach to a holding room inside Manhattan criminal court.

dbc3,
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@Snowshadow @GottaLaff

Lock them up!
Lock them up!
Lock them up!

dbc3,
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@Snowshadow @GottaLaff
Bring a Hatch Act case. With an injunction. His only defense would be to admit he lost in 2020 and is not in office. 😀😀😀

StillIRise1963, to random
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I can’t have a cat, so I get a huge kick out of .

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963
I'll get you a picture of Shadow if he shows up today.

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963
Still no sign of him. His schedule has become erratic lately. Used to be he'd be waiting from about 5 am for me to put food out. Lately he's been coming about 8. Sometimes I go ahead and put the food and don't see him come for it. I prefer to wait and tell him good morning when I put it out. It is the only interaction I get. He is staying only about 6 feet away now when i open the door, very slow progress from initially running off & waiting in the neighbor's yard 10 minutes.

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963
He may pull a no-show

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963
Right on (new) schedule

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963
Eating the treats before the food in the bowl. The treats were a big factor in advancing the "relationship."

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963
He was skittish this morning. Maybe my taking time to photograph at the window. Any change of routine can spook him. He went all the way to end of porch, outside railing, while i put food out. Came back after i closed door.

dbc3,
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@StillIRise1963 first saw him in Jan, 2021. He turned up with a lame front foot during a brutal winter, 18" snow on the ground. We put food out for raccoons, opposums, & skunks that had been blindsided by sudden winter storm before fattening up. I saw trails in the woods where they went from tree to tree, digging in snow around the base. After the weather abated we quit the mass feeding but put cat food for him and one other. His leg healed & he kept coming.

GottaLaff, to Canada
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I'm bone tired from doing more packing, but believe it or not, I packed all my clothes except what I'll need for the next 9 days, cleaned out my entire closet. I'm very proud of myself.

I'll muster up enough strength to share today's dopey gif. (click on the hashtag to see them all. Hammy's in one!)

Have a good evening everyone. 😴

🇨🇦

video/mp4

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
I'm happy for you but at the same time sad for the country I grew up proud of and hoped for 50 years we could put reagan behind us and resume the optimism that died 11/22/63. My best wishes for a comfortable new life up there. I still retain a faint hope for us.

GottaLaff, to Arizona
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🙄 Former Donald Trump lawyer John pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in .

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/politics/john-eastman-arizona-not-guilty-plea?cid=ios_app

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff

kick the sob in the slats.

Oops!
Did I write that?

GottaLaff, to random
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Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:

“Rep. Matt (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald ’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.

“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html

dbc3,
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@IveyJanette
I don't. Haven't watched TV except for women's basketball in years.
@GottaLaff

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/…

Tyler McBrien:

At 2:04 p.m., the prosecution strolls back in and lays out stacks of papers, binders, and other documents on the desk.

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
Loud nose blowing is disgusting. My father-in-law sounded like a flock of geese sometimes, even when people were eating. I think it is rude and inconsiderate. To top it off he used a cloth hankerchief he would then fold up and put back in his pocket. AUGGGGGHHHH!!!!.
If you gotta do that, excuse yourself, go to a restroom, close the door. Maybe cut a loud fart to cover up the sound. At least that is probably just gas, not snot.

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