Comments on: Open thread 3/12/21 https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 13 Mar 2021 08:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Zaphod https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546092 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 08:05:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546092 Based Poland:

https://gab.com/a/posts/105880734857665949

]]> By: TJ https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546087 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 05:43:37 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546087 George Floyd’s arrest on May 25, 2020, set the wheels in motion for extremist violence in the US since then.

But what does the compiled video and body cams show? Informed by the autopsy results?

“Who killed George Floyd?” Now, a 24 minute documentary compiled by George Parry — himself a veteran police brutality investigator and prosecutor in Philadelphia — show us what it means, as the trial of Derek Chauvin goes on.
https://centaurfilmworks.com/

]]> By: jack https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546080 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 04:33:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546080 Several years ago we got a phone call and the caller said you have money coming. He said he would get that for us for 30% as a fee. We told him no thanks.

Then we investigated for ourselves. This is not a scam.

I went to this site and found my mothers name with her previous address.
https://claimittexas.org/

Wife went to this site and did the same.
https://louisiana.findyourunclaimedproperty.com/

Between us we recovered almost 10K!

They do make you jump through hoops with documentation and you have to share it with all dependents which is only fair. It takes up to 6 months to get the money.

No doubt every state has this. Check it out.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546073 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:44:25 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546073 Rufus T. Firefly:

That’s okay. We’re just a bunch of sensitive, crotchety old folks here.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546070 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:30:48 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546070 Mike in Snohomish:

I always wanted to do Outward Bound when I was young. Did you enjoy it or, perhaps more accurately, appreciate it?

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546069 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:28:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546069 Rufus T. Firefly, Kate:

Thanks!

After I posted that comment I slept for three hours. I’m still reasonably sharp but I don’t have the stamina of a 20 year-old. College, at least STEM, is a lot of work.

]]> By: Rufus T. Firefly https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546064 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:25:53 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546064 Incredible, Mike in Snohomish!

]]> By: Mike in Snohomish https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546057 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:22:42 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546057 Between my junior and senior years of high school, my parents enrolled me in Northwest Outward Bound, which was an outdoor program intended to build character in young men (I needed building, I guess). This was in July, 1969 and our base camp was near the Three Sisters. Along with some rather challenging tasks, we spent several days circumnavigating the Sisters, climbing the South Sister, Broken Top (the peak towards the right side) and North Sister, hiking about 100 miles. Other than when we hiked a segment of the Pacific Coast Trail, we encountered no other people. (don’t expect that now)

For reasons I can’t comprehend, there was a newspaper box at the base camp (essentially in the middle of nowhere), courtesy of the Portland Oregonian. One of the few days we were in camp, the headline was of the first Apollo moon landing. Given my situation at the time, I thought that was ironic.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546056 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:45:56 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546056 huxley, congratulations!

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/12/open-thread-3-12-21/#comment-2546055 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:43:33 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105094#comment-2546055 Paul in Boston:

No Stacey Abrams (big as a M1A1 tank), aka, the real Governor of Georgia? Must be anti-tank warfare. Stacey has been using the “war” theme in her press releases and media appearances lately. She was a contender for Kamala’s slot at one time, or sold herself as a contender IIRC.

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