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I like to say a little before that time but it was in the early 80s

I recall the first time I saw these as a kid when visiting my mother in Alberta. I hated them then and I’m not sure it’s changed since then. Haven’t seen them in BC.

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Reminds me a little of that Top Gear episode of when they were driving through the deep south… Shots will be fired…

I was listening to a business podcast the other day and they were discussing the issue for many police departments across the nation was just finding enough staff.

There are shortages in many large cities and small towns even with low 6 figures of pay.

They discussed the long hours, lack of support, extra scrutiny of the job, the risk of injury and loss of life, combined with the co-worker shortages making it tough to find people.

They didn’t get too much into a lack of justice or too much of it. Depending on the situation. (Many on social media will discuss how they abuse their authority and then at the same time demand more extreme measures against people caught doing things on video. I know I’m guilty of this too.)

At the end of the day like many sectors they aren’t getting the best of the best and certainly not enough staff in general which I suspect makes it even harder to deal with misconduct issues when there is no one to replace the officers in question, especially in small towns that are already short.

GED or not their beggars situation is only going to get worse not better potentially leading to more of the wrong types being employed.

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I’m pretty laid back about most things in life but I found I’m not interested in wearing skulls or decorating with them. Not sure where it came from but it’s just a weird quirk I decided to listen to.

I guess I figure there will be plenty of time later to be one.

I don’t even use a microwave and after seeing one of his 2 videos on the better ones I was looking for a older one. He’s that good

Being straight the largest one was the absolute tree on my grandfather. It was near the end of his life in the hospital as I helped him navigate to a portable commode from the hospital bed.

I was shocked by the 3rd leg that fell out during the move but it also explained why his much younger 2nd wife was complaining in the end even in his 90s he was still so damn frisky.

He was also a hit with most of the ladies through his life. I suspect he really knew how to use the equipment he was blessed with.

Then there’s those that view both groups as the same

I don’t have any kids so my use of ICE vehicles is guilt free? 🤔

I wonder the ratio of readers these days asking themselves what is a CD?

I have an Asian buddy that rages over how bad Asian drivers are and even gives them the fingers pulling his eyes even more closed move while passing them. I don’t go anywhere in a car with him anymore… Come to think of it I rarely see him now…

In the Vancouver market, those are the tools to clear out old buildings to magically (wink, wink) create new space for condo developers.

I know a lady that has wired everything due to health concerns from wifi. She says she only accesses the internet via wires on her iPhone and iPad. I didn’t realize that was even an option.

Just found out today if they start to sprout even a little you shouldn’t eat them?

It’s odd in many ways the western systems can be corrupt. Often western tourists can be shocked when the corruption is done on a more blatant individual level in other countries. They object to a little money here, there, everywhere makes things work better for the locals in other countries.

The individual workers are getting it for themselves. It’s sort of like tipping but the stakes are for more than just good service. If you want that passport sooner, want to get through to the next zone, or want to get out of this traffic stop “tips” 😉 will be required.

The funny thing is in the west it’s often done on a larger and less noticeable individual scale via lobbying of politicians, judges, and the courts. Then it’s done on smaller scales in small towns with corrupt elected officials for local sheriffs, mayors and school boards. The systems are corrupted higher up for the gain of those in higher positions and feeding those lower down doing the work.

We can also pay directly to these large services for faster passport processing and faster times through airport security. Generally the corruption at the individual level in these western institutions would be identity theft and stolen items from one’s luggage.

The rich elites have always been able to move and sway politicians even up to presidents to their benefit.

To me it’s amazing how they have been able to mobilize so many serfs into voting and getting behind ideas that are terrible for the masses but great for the elite. It’s a masterclass on modern propaganda on how many are fooled by their own emotions via imaginary hot button topics. The think of the children tropes and watch out for those drag queens when it’s priests, coaches, teachers, family members, rich elite, police officers, and politicians (especially those gay hating ones) that are the real threats time and time again.

It’s too far back now for many to recall but "Theodore Roosevelt, understood that economic inequality itself becomes a driver of a dysfunctional political system that benefits the wealthy but few others. As he once famously warned, “There can be no real political democracy unless there is something approaching economic democracy.”

His response to the inequities of his times, which came to define the Progressive Era, have much to teach us now about how to sensibly tackle economic inequality. It’s worthwhile to closely examine the Rooseveltian playbook. For instance, his “Square Deal” made bold changes in the American workplace, government regulation of industry, and consumer protection.

These reforms included mandating safer conditions for miners and eliminating the spoils system in federal hiring; bringing forty-four antitrust suits against big business, resulting in the breakup of the largest railroad monopoly, and regulation of the nation’s largest oil company; and passing the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act, which created the FDA.

He prosecuted more than twice as many antitrust suits against monopolistic businesses than his three predecessors combined, curbing the robber barons’ power. And he relentlessly cleaned up corruption in the federal government. One-hundred-forty-six indictments were brought against a bribery ring involving public timberlands, culminating in the conviction and imprisonment of a U.S. senator, and forty-four Postal Department employees were charged with fraud and bribery."

The New Deal was great for it’s time and I’m still reminded of it when I visit many of the parks and attractions throughout the US that were built by it providing jobs for many, the Square deal was fairly revolutionary for its day. The power brokers of the day were shocked they couldn’t push Teddy around or bribe him like those that came before. Without him many of the protections that are eroding and being peeled back today would not have even existed.

We can also thank him for National Parks and the protection of these initial areas like Yellowstone. Even as I get to this point it’s amazing how much he was involved with so much that improved our lives to this day. It’s a shame how much of it has been weakened and stripped away since.

For the traditional law and order crowd (not so sure now) wearing anything the US flag is unlawful until 1989 but now is still considered poor Etiquette and rarely acknowledged as such.

I think there’s a larger emotional attachment for some, especially those that served in the military and had friends die just to get that flag up the next hill, or to fly over the next objective. In this military case I suspect it’s much more than a piece of cloth, it’s their memories of those brothers in arms or even the greatest time in their lives.

In Nationalistic countries like WW2 Japan, Germany, modern America, a person’s whole identity is contained in that flag. While the Rebel flag is traditionally the sign of rednecks for many or the love of a regional area one grew up in, it’s the representation of oppression, racism, and losers from a very short span of time in American history. That last part might trigger some more than the oppression and racism parts as that’s their identity one’s talking about.

Even as a Canadian I’m saddened to see our flag fly with US political party flags as a protest and how it now represents a very vocal fringe segment of our society when previously we weren’t as “Patriotic” with our flag waving outside of Canada Day or sporting events. This previously reserved aspect was yet another thing that was a difference to our southern cousins. It’s been hijacked when it didn’t have that connection previously.

This can also be equated in some ways like someone’s childhood blankey being jumped on and burnt could cause some great grief due to memories of their mother or grandmother that made it. Humans have a great ability to package and attach meaning to things no matter the extreme.

Then one is up against feelings, not logic of right or wrong. Punching someone then becomes a larger possibility as it’s emotionally not connected to the logical side of us.

Feelings are a hell of a thing and those burning or waving flags know this and this is why it can get the attention they want.

Perhaps closer than Revenge of the Nerds was…