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May 6Liked by Strange Sounds

The Proud Boys are an American Patriot's group standing for rights, not a fascist organization. The dumb ass guy on the video said they won/ allow girls. "Proud BOYS". Geez, why would the Proud BOYS not want girls in their group? Duh. Nope Manuel, this one did not resonate with me. I stopped watching the presentation right after I saw this. The liberal asshat Democrats who had many January 6 Trump supporters arrested for being at the political rally that day. Many Proud Boys were arrested for doing NOTHING, as were many others who also had done nothing wrong, but the Democrats were on a witch hunt and the weak ass Republicans did nothing to stand up for them. Fortunately, Trump has said if elected he will pardon all of the people who did nothing wrong that day. We can only hope that he stands by that statement. By the way, many of the those arrested are still sitting in jail awaiting trial, violating the 6 month right to a speedy trial enshrined in our Constitution. I get so sick of seeing garbage like this video about FASCISM... Right out of the playbook of the left wing media and their FALSE NARRATIVES about American Patriots. Fascism is what the Proud Boys are against.

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May 6Liked by Strange Sounds

Thanks, Manuel, for scouting out the world news!! Much appreciated!!

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May 6Liked by Strange Sounds

Madonna was big in MY day, in fact, she's 4 years older than me! That makes her 66! A million and a half South Americans storm Rio to see a has been (or should be has been) performer whose spell she holds over people just will not quit. Not for me. I wouldn't go see her if she was playing in my next door neighbor's backyard. How could this be? This just isn't natural. It must be SUPERnatural, yeah. That's what it is.

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May 6Liked by Strange Sounds

In my school days there was no such thing as a female school superintendent and female principals. Vice principals and individual school leadership were also primarily male. What? Who? Me? I didn't say that the complete decline in the school systems and their sudden lean toward ultra leftist and liberal ideals had anything at all to do with the school districts and individual school takeover by female leadership, bite your tongue! I was merely stating facts.

When I was in high school our vice principal was FEARED. He was the principal's Pit Bull, Mr. Lazari; "Laz" we called him and the mere mention of his name brought fear to we teenagers. He was an imposing figure; 6'4" and an ex boxer who didn't take any ignorant slob's back talk or sob stories. He was a really nice guy and easy to talk to but don't cross him...EVER. Not saying it was right OR wrong but I saw him grab more than one kid from behind and throw him up against the lockers, putting the "fear of Laz" into them. The fact was that those kids DESERVED it.

When I was in grade school, I once got "the cracks" for fighting. Three wallops with a huge, wooden paddle with big holes drilled in it to cut down on wind resistance, always wielded by Mr. Hakas (another big guy) as we (I and my sparring partner) held onto our ankles! It was painted with big red letters on the back, "the BOARD of education" I NEVER got into any fights after that. As I said, I'm not here to cry foul nor to condone corporal punishment but I have just 2 questions to ask...Were the schools better in every way back then? Were there EVER any such things as "school shootings"?

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1. Maybe; I don’t know in the US, but in Switzerland I would say that school and university are pretty good… and cheap… and still attractive…

2. Would be interesting to go through this rabbit hole…

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I was reading about the intense solar activity recently. You mentioned how the flares interfere with radio and navigation equipment. I have posted this information elsewhere but get no response. I noticed that massive flares erupted right around the time of the Key Bridge collapse. The ship said it lost power and navigation. Just a hypothetical idea, but perhaps those flares affected that boat and communication with the tugs and the harbor master. I lived in the area when the Bridge was built. It always felt rather shaky to me. At the time, there were several corporate and government financial scandals in Baltimore County. Maybe shoddy construction? The videos of the collapse didn't make sense. The whole Bridge collapsed too easily and quickly to be a mere accident. That bright flash of light doesn't track either. Also, if they were doing repairs, even late at night, no traffic would have been allowed

That Bridge hooks right into I895 and I95, the busiest highway on the East Coast. Manuel, what say you?

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May 5Liked by Strange Sounds

The singer lady - I just cannot use the social identifier - I never have and still don’t, understand celebrity worship. What am I missing? Appreciate talent, of course, but geez. Oh what WAS she wearing under that getup - a portable air conditioner, maybe…?

The handwriting robot. I luuuv writing - the act of writing. The penmanship. Not printing, handwriting. In concert with that is shorthand. Like a written language of its own. Lyrical. Akin to, but not as sophisticated as calligraohy, to be sure, but still lyrical. In fact, have started using again what I remember (even have a book, for reference on its way).

Gardening is lyrical in its own way, too. Artistry of sorts.

Those attempted gate rams. I “get” the feeling, though! Something more effective is needed, however.

My prayers go out to anyone affected, whose life is upended, by nasty weather occurrences, whatever the cause.

Thank you, Manuel.

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Thanks for the post

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