Pronell @ Pronell @lemmy.world

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That's not the typical application of the poophole loophole, but I approve of it.

That 20 year ban on negotiating drug prices passed with only Republican votes in the dead of night, holding the vote open until they convinced enough Republicans to change their vote.

And every single negative thing in that bill gets blamed on Obamacare.

My car broke down one night after dropping a friend off at his place.

I was about ten miles from home in a very hilly area.

A guy in a car around my size pulled over, pulled out a tow strap, and carefully got me home, even though the strap came off every other turn or so.

I tipped him with the rest of the meager cash I has.

A few weeks later he dropped by and asked me to sign up for his pyramid scheme. But the nice driver part was days earlier, I don't hold that against him.

I live in northern Minnesota. We understand that if someone is on the side of the road - especially in winter - that can be a crisis.

I have never been roadside in Minnesota while waiting for a tow truck without multiple people stopping to see if I'm okay.

We look after each other, but this was an exceptional story.

Also had a guy find me with a flat who had an air tank in his car, but it was empty. So he took us with him to get air and then filled my tire up and stayed with me and my wife until he was sure it was properly filled. Wasn't even winter, just cold and rainy.

I remember on our bus ride to school we passed an old store that had, spray painted on the side, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do."

Months went by and I'd ponder that a bit when we passed it, until someone updated the old quote.

"Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they doo-doo."

In the late 80s I ended up on a bus from North Minneapolis to South Minneapolis at around 9pm after a school play.

With me were my sister and several of our friends.

I'll never know if this was in any way an out of the ordinary ride for the time and place. For context, we are all 13-15 years old, all white kids.

1. A middle-aged black man holding a very small suitcase gets on and walks to the very back of the bus, sitting next to one of my sisters friends. Out of his jacket he pulls a few red roses and hands them to her. He then begins to flirt with her, angering other passengers and causing the bus driver to scream at him and kick him off.
2. A fight breaks out in the front of the bus. Everyone, including the driver and the couple fighting, are laughing. Then one stumbles into the driver and they get kicked off.
3. A drunk man comes and sits next to me and my friend Nick. Nick and I are chatting about a game, probably Warhammer Fantasy.

The man asks Nick for a favor.

"What?"

"Teach me your language."

"What??"

"Teach me Russian."

"I don't know Russian!"

"Teach me anyway."

That's it. Of all of those I'm now sure the drunk guy was just deliberately fucking with us. But we also all made it home safely. Just a little window into 80s Minneapolis night life.

RIP Mr. Succulent Chinese Dinner.

We watched his confirmation hearings live on TV when I was in high school.

It was in my French class, and it was because my teacher was an outspoken feminist, but she was also right to have us watch them.

More know about him than you think. It was huge huge news at the time.

Not sure what was going on earlier but it works now.

Link is dead. Brings up their 404 page.

You have no idea how happy and relieved I was when I saw the term "brain shocks".

I wasn't insane, I wasn't the only one, and it's a normal thing.

Now what's really weird is that I had them at a young age when I don't think I was on any medication. Certainly in the days before Prozac and the like. And I can't recall when they stopped.

When I had them (on wellbutrin) they weren't withdrawal symptoms and could happen at almost any time of day.

It'd present when I'd get up or turn my head. I'd feel/hear a high pitched zing sound and my vision would stutter a little. Very disconcerting, especially when driving, carrying heavy items, or using sharp objects.

Went away when I switched meds.

Encarta it!

Bahahaha!

Yeah, we argue about rules, like a lot.

But on the other hand, we also work to figure out how to make ridiculous things happen within the rules.

It's the nature of the game.

Or "defenestracies".

Damn. Imagine pro-union not just being in support of them but helping to create new ones and expand those that exist.

That's how you rebuild the middle class!

That's how headlines go. They often aren't complete sentences.

It's more like "Nobody should ever be allowed to make government better or fairer or they will see that voting for our agenda is regressive."

"Notably, 49% of voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — including 56% of college-educated voters, 49% of 2020 nonvoters, and 14% of Republicans — say Trump’s actions in the lead-up to and on January 6th are disqualifying, while 43% say they are not. Independents are split evenly, 43-43."

If those figures are remotely accurate then those three battleground states will go blue, and it won't be very close.

Not to suggest complacency of course. VOTE!!

And soldiers. Can't forget the underclass that used to be drafted.

They'll bring that back too.

He's gotten a shitload done here in Minnesota. I'm hoping as VP he can help continue that trend but it's a totally different role.