I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!

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  • cardplayer
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  • illinoislady
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    But yes Texas, let Greg Abbot stay in charge, why don't you???? Stupid people locked in their own world.

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    Excerpt from the Washington Post - The assailant may have been a white supremacist. He had a patch on his chest that said “RWDS,” an acronym that stands for Right Wing Death Squad, according to people familiar with the investigation. The phrase is popular among right wing extremists, neo-Nazis and white supremacists. The assailant used an AR-15-style weapon and was wearing tactical gear.

    Six victims were found dead at the scene, and nine people who had been injured were taken to hospitals by the local fire department, Allen Fire Chief Jon Boyd said Saturday. Two of them died at the hospital. At least three people remained in critical condition as of Sunday morning, police said. 
Children were also among those injured.

    At least 115 people across the country have died in mass killings in 2023. That count does not include the shooters. Last year, there were 36 mass killings by gunfire — a record since 2006.

    Last year, Texas had the most mass killings by gun of any state, with six. This year it has had three.

    Led by Gov. Abbott, Texas has moved in recent years to loosen restrictions on firearms. In 2021, the state began allowing permitless carry so residents can carry handguns in public without a license. The state “does not specifically put restrictions on who can carry a long gun such as a rifle or shotgun,” according to a Texas government website.

  • illinoislady
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    Being aware of your true self is the best way to free yourself from the controlling, manipulative behavior of others. You don’t need the right car, the right shoes, the right girlfriend to be complete. All you really need is to be yourself. Your spirit is the real you. Let it guide you. Be still. Listen to your spirit say, “I am, and I am enough.” In the silence, you’ll hear God.    -Melody Beattie

  • illinoislady
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    Fox sure helped this delusion and crazy people like Rudy Guiliana and Mike Lindell. Seems like we sure have a long way to go and many people will never give up this delusion.

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    edited May 2023

    Not too much more to say about these people and the Loon — so bad off he didn't need a lobotomy.

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  • illinoislady
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    edited May 2023

    Well Abbott — of course you had to deflect. Pretty clear how much you are letting down your state. Then again, your state has a lot of losers (for instance Ted Cruz) who keep getting elected and for the life of me I don't understand why cons, deadbeats, and extremists are still so able to stay in office.

    Maybe some of the deadwood will accidentally end up, when one of your 'free' to exercise all gun rights types turns up with his weapon, and not too sadly, as far as I'm concerned, happens to be in the way.

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    They should be blamed over and over again. Their greed for money and power takes the place easily of ANYONE'S life and it is tenfold for their having no issue if it is a youngster. They are Heartless.

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    edited May 2023

    BREAKING: Rep. Jamie Raskin says he is considering running for Senate and will decide as early as this month. He would make a FANTASTIC Senator!

  • illinoislady
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    I like Raskin where he is but he is a brilliant person and I think he could handle almost any office. We are so fortunate that he is a Democrat and has been the caring, honest, factual, sincere and marvelous person he has been. He would make a fantastic President.

  • illinoislady
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    edited May 2023

    I did worry over this when I saw it. I felt something was ot right and then later on tonight found this explanation. The explanation if from Politico, but it was a better explanation than I could come up with.

    Here Is Why You Should Ignore The ABC News/Washington Post Poll Showing Trump Leading Biden

    The ABC News/Washington Post Poll appears to have some serious issues and contradicts itself, which is why it is best to ignore it as an outlier.

    The Daily is reader supported platform that is here to support democracy by helping to promote a more informed electorate. If you appreciate our work, please consider subscribing.

    A lot of angst has been created among Democrats by the ABC News/Washington Post Poll, so let’s take it apart and see what is going on here.

    The ABC News/Washington Post Poll Makes No Sense And Seems To Be At War With Itself

    We could take apart the ABC News/Washington Post poll over several newsletters, but for brevity and clarity, let’s go over some of the main issues.

    I have participated in the ABC News/Washington Post Poll in the past, and one of the things that you need to understand first is that this is a random poll.

    The polling company hired a call center and randomly called 1,006 Americans.

    According to the poll’s methodology:

    A dual frame landline and cell phone telephone sample was generated using Random Digit Dialing procedures by Survey Sampling International (SSI). Interviewers called landline and cellphone numbers, first requesting to speak with the youngest adult male or female at home. The final sample included 254 interviews completed on landlines and 752 interviews completed via cellphone, including 583 interviews with adults in cellphone-only households.

    Here is how the poll is conducted.

    A call center calls 1,000ish random Americans. The call center employee, who isn’t a pollster, but someone who may have been doing random calling for Xfinity or some other company or product an hour earlier, reads the questions. The respondent self-identifies as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent.

    Since this isn’t a registered voter poll, the person asking the questions has no idea if the respondent is telling the truth.

    Democrats can pretend to be Republicans, Republicans can pretend to be Democrats, and both can pretend to be Independents.

    Do you see the problem?

    There is no way to know if the data is valid.

    There is no way to know if the person is a Democrat or a Republican or even telling the person asking the questions the truth.

    Because of how they are conducted, polls like the ABC News/Washington Post Poll are especially susceptible to getting a faulty sample of respondents.

    The Poll Results Suggest Something Is Not Right

    The ABC News/Washington Post Poll is full of weird results. Most respondents think Trump should be charged with crimes, but they also support Trump over Biden 49%-42%, so these respondents want to put Trump in jail and elect him as president.

    It doesn’t make sense.

    Even though Biden and Trump are only a few years apart in age, respondents are worried about Biden’s fitness for office, but not Trump.

    Given what has been documented about Trump’s historic levels of unpopularity and the fact that his presence caused Republicans to underperform in the midterm election, I suspect that the data sample is flawed through no fault of the polling company. Polls based on random samples like the ABC News/Washington Post Poll are notoriously volatile and inconsistent.

    The Media Treats All Polls As Equal, And That Is A Problem

    The media knows little about polling and doesn’t care to get educated. The press only wants a topline number that they can make a headline out of. It is disappointing that ABC News/Washington Post decided to run with a poll with many red flags.

    The corporate media uses polls to validate their coverage and create their own news, which is why media companies should not be polling. An inherent conflict of interest leads companies to publish results that will generate the most headlines, which is what ABC News/Washington Post appears to have done.

  • illinoislady
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    Success is in the way you walk the paths of life each day; it’s in the little things you do, and in the things you say. Success is not in getting rich, or rising high to fame. It’s not alone in winning goals, which all people hope to claim. Success is being big of heart, and clean and broad in mind; it’s being faithful to your friends, and to the stranger, kind. It’s in the children whom you love, and all they learn from you; success depends on character, and everything you do.    - unattributed

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