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I didn’t say it was “good”, I said I appreciated it for what it was; a tip of the hat and a show of respect for an iconic performer who is a part of the SNL fabric. You viewed it thru a strictly binary, good or bad lens. Lack of objectivity often prevents us from seeing the bigger picture. It happens. Do you understand what the word means in this context? If you saw the original Sinead O’Connor performance that got her banned and ostracized for tearing up the pope’s picture, then it should be readily apparent as to why SNL chose to have that song performed. What SNL was saying is up to Lorne Michaels and others to explain definitively, but I saw it as a huge apology and admittance that they got it wrong 30 some odd years ago.

I give him full credit for even having the courage to get out there in the first place. Same with Simon. Their appearances were solely for nostalgia’s sake as both had made multiple appearances on SNL and were part of its fabric. It’s unfortunate you lack the objectivity to appreciate the performance for what it was. The Sinead O’Connor song was another nod to SNL history as Sinead had the most controversial performance ever when she tore up the pope’s picture on live, national TV. She was ostracized and took a major hit for it, but she persevered throughout. And she ended up being 100% correct about the countless child abuses around the world by members of the catholic clergy.

Regarding the DOGE Social Security “findings” they are full of crap as they have little understanding of the data programs they’re supposedly “analyzing.” And I doubt the SS system is the only one they lack sufficient knowledge of in order to make informed analyses. https://apple.news/AnhDth1ThT0Kgd6Pjgs6c8w

Yeah, his voice sounded every bit of his 82 years, but it made no difference to my ability to enjoy it and his instrumentals were great. We’re lucky he’s still able to get out there because he is in the autumn of life and who knows how many revolutions he has left. Back on topic, if Thursday is half as good a game as Saturday’s was, we are in for a helluva hockey treat.

Right, our deal was with Kuwait, not Hussein. Glad we cleared that up. But that is nothing like what Trump is attempting to do with Zelensky and Ukraine. We never, EVER asked for a percentage of Kuwait oil production in exchange for our military personnel to go there and guard it and besides, it was the Brits who first got into what would later become an independent Kuwait and developed the oil industry there over 100 years ago. Other than what Kuwait exports to the US under long time current trade agreements, there was never a deal for their oil as a quid pro quo for anything else. Kuwait agreed to let us stay there post Desert Storm as part of the Defense Cooperation Agreement of 1991 after the coalition liberated Kuwait. Again, totally unlike what Trump is suggesting in Ukraine.

I’ll have to do more research, but that doesn’t sound right. In all the books and articles I’ve read over the years as well as all the contemporaneous news of the day, I never saw any mention of the US having made an oil deal with Hussein to keep him from invading Kuwait. I’m sure Charles Krauthammer and George Will, who I read religiously back in the day, would have written columns about it, too. And Hussein did invade Kuwait. The only deals I can recall between the US and Iraq relate to our giving them arms and military expertise as we backed them in their war with Iran during the Reagan administration.

64, eh. So tell me, did she still need you, did she still feed you when you turned 64?

When was the last time an administration did anything even remotely similar?

“Employed” being the operative word. The major flaw in our ability to control illegal entry into the country has been our refusal to go after the employers who give illegal immigrants jobs. Jobs, btw, that have shown over and over to be jobs that most Americans find undesirable. If we spent half the time going after employers hiring illegal immigrants than we do elsewhere, much of the issue would be under control. But I think we all know why that won’t happen, which I why I think this issue has always been about dividing the electorate more than anything else.

Virtually impossible IN HIGH DENSITY POPULATIONS when it comes to extremely virulent pathogens. You conveniently leave that out when quoting my words. And yes, you are confused. You keep reading into things that aren’t there. People don’t need government mandates to isolate and I never said they did. For crissakes, we do that all the time when it comes to things as uncomplicated as the common cold. Public health agencies, at all levels; local, state, and federal play an important role in the dissemination of information and they ARE the best source of information on pandemics because that’s where the data is compiled and evaluated by the medical experts in the field. I happen to respect that, you don’t. Let’s move on. The CDC and NIH were the two preeminent organizations of their kind in the world and every, EVERY other organization of their kind around the world depended on their expertise at one time or another. Indeed, every major facility around the world sent their best to learn here. But for some reason this regime is intent on ruining these great institutions and setting us back for who knows how long. For the first time since the creation of the NIH and CDC, we will be dependent on other countries for such vital scientific and medical expertise. And nobody should be comfortable with that.

Jack Quinn.

More like he looks like he’s simply in awe of the players around him.

I’m sorry, I meant Red White and Blue Land.

We need Canada as a staging ground for our invasion of Greenland.

Östlund with the OT winner to get the Amerks back on track. 4-3 over Utica

Farcical.

Pro wrestling in Montreal.

Speaking of measles, this may be a microcosm of what may be in store with the lying RFK Jr. calling the shots on public health policy. https://apple.news/AkspdFboOTa6XdWWG87F98w

I’d laugh if it weren’t so phucking serious.

Of course people isolated. I never said they didn’t. For some reason, you keep insisting on making this about covid, while I am simply making the point that under this new regime, vital public health information will be limited, if made available in the first place. We saw a huge indication of that yesterday with the dismissal of key personnel at the CDC.

One would think Congress would have enough members with integrity not to let him do that, but then again, the GOP in Congress don’t know the meaning of the word anymore.