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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3600 on: October 22, 2024, 01:27:11 PM »
You probably aren’t going to find a piece of cheap plywood.

Just checked Lowes. $24 for 3/8 4x8. Anyone know how that compares to lets say 6 months to a year ago?
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3601 on: October 22, 2024, 03:38:46 PM »
Just checked Lowes. $24 for 3/8 4x8. Anyone know how that compares to lets say 6 months to a year ago?

I just picked up some exterior 3/4" plywood a couple of weeks ago at Home despot for I think $38. I distinctly remember paying in the $70-80 range for one during the covid.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3602 on: October 22, 2024, 03:44:01 PM »
I just picked up some exterior 3/4" plywood a couple of weeks ago at Home despot for I think $38. I distinctly remember paying in the $70-80 range for one during the covid.

Currently showing $36.38 for 0.703 https://www.lowes.com/pd/Plytanium-23-32-CAT-PS1-09-Square-Structural-Plywood-Pine-Application-as-4-x-8/1000068939
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3603 on: October 22, 2024, 08:44:43 PM »
Mexican government is holding hundreds of thousands of immigrants in towns just north of the Guatemalan border as part of a deal made with Biden back in December. They will be released after the election.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3604 on: October 26, 2024, 09:07:26 AM »
And that person who tore down the flag probably still doesn't admit they were wrong.

And... she's been arrested.  The cops used her own video to track her down.  A bias intimidation charge, the lesser of which carries a potential eighteen month sentence and $10k fine.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3605 on: October 26, 2024, 09:10:33 AM »
And... she's been arrested.  The cops used her own video to track her down . . .
There have been a LOT of arrests made and successful prosecutions pursued because the perps just HAD to photograph their misdeeds.  :rofl:
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3606 on: October 26, 2024, 07:18:23 PM »
Ten "abortion doctors" standing on stage at a Kamala Harris rally when someone has a medical emergency. The "doctors" just stand there and call for help.

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/10/26/watch-all-the-abortion-doctors-on-stage-at-kamala-harris-rally-when-someone-needs-medical-attention-n2402807
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3607 on: October 26, 2024, 07:56:05 PM »
Ten "abortion doctors" standing on stage at a Kamala Harris rally when someone has a medical emergency. The "doctors" just stand there and call for help.

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/10/26/watch-all-the-abortion-doctors-on-stage-at-kamala-harris-rally-when-someone-needs-medical-attention-n2402807

Save a life? That's crazy!
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3608 on: October 29, 2024, 05:20:59 PM »
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3609 on: October 30, 2024, 08:39:16 AM »
Meanwhile at the "World" Series last night

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1851447085008367812

In case you're wondering , yeah he got ejected.  They're talking about a permanent ban as well
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3610 on: October 30, 2024, 08:52:01 AM »
Both of those asshats were ejected.

Imagine paying that much money for a ticket to a World Series game and then getting ejected because you're a total and complete New York *expletive deleted*che.
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« Reply #3611 on: October 30, 2024, 09:19:09 AM »
But don't worry, there were plenty more asshats
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3612 on: October 30, 2024, 11:34:55 AM »
Whadda youse expect?
 
It was the TV series that the media had been hoping for - two major population centers. They sold ads.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3613 on: October 30, 2024, 06:45:37 PM »
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« Reply #3614 on: October 30, 2024, 06:49:45 PM »
Meanwhile at the "World" Series last night

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1851447085008367812

In case you're wondering , yeah he got ejected.  They're talking about a permanent ban as well

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3615 on: October 31, 2024, 09:10:13 AM »
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3617 on: October 31, 2024, 10:34:23 PM »
Could be more to this IDK

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3618 on: November 01, 2024, 08:03:35 AM »
Liberty University is facing a similar situation.

They were lied to by an employee to took the job specifically to entrap the university into firing... him? her? IT.

And of course, it is now suing for gross violation of something or another.

Even though it flat out lied to get the job.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liberty-university-sued-by-former-it-staffer-fired-after-disclosing-she-s-a-transgender-woman/ar-AA1tcdJx?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3619 on: November 01, 2024, 06:57:36 PM »
Liberty University is facing a similar situation.

They were lied to by an employee to took the job specifically to entrap the university into firing... him? her? IT.

And of course, it is now suing for gross violation of something or another.

Even though it flat out lied to get the job.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liberty-university-sued-by-former-it-staffer-fired-after-disclosing-she-s-a-transgender-woman/ar-AA1tcdJx?ocid=BingNewsSerp

If this keeps up, no one's going to hire anyone that looks the least bit ambiguous.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3620 on: November 01, 2024, 07:51:49 PM »
If this keeps up, no one's going to hire anyone that looks the least bit ambiguous.

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3621 on: November 03, 2024, 08:54:00 AM »
Wow, somehow that was JK Rowling's fault  :facepalm:

https://x.com/DelusionPosting/status/1852780444443365662
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3623 on: November 03, 2024, 09:30:50 PM »
Liberty University is facing a similar situation.

They were lied to by an employee to took the job specifically to entrap the university into firing... him? her? IT.

And of course, it is now suing for gross violation of something or another.

Even though it flat out lied to get the job.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liberty-university-sued-by-former-it-staffer-fired-after-disclosing-she-s-a-transgender-woman/ar-AA1tcdJx?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Hmmm ...

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Zinski told the AP she has no desire to return to work at Liberty, at least under its current leadership.

“My biggest fear if I ever went back is knowing there are people who do not want me there at all,” she said. “I would not feel comfortable enough to work there.”

Yet "she" knew when she applied for the job that they didn't want "her" there, yet "she" applied, took the job, and worked there for three months with full knowledge that they didn't want "her" there.
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