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MikeBon

@MikeBon@mstdn.social

Ordinary American
Small town In western MA
Fiscal Progressive
Humanist
Live and let live, help if you can.

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chemoelectric, to random
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I would like to give an example of how Logical Fate (or Logical Destiny) works.

Suppose we accept the premise—nowadays widely held without evidence—that Jesus was "a non-white Jewish Palestinian".

Then, by deduction:

  1. Jesus and Ashkenazi Jews (who are "white") are not closely related.

  2. Judaism was his religion but not his ethnicity, which was "Palestinian".

  3. As these things are true because Jesus is selected from the crowd, they are true of Galileans and Judeans generally.

MikeBon,
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@chemoelectric
Olive skin in the winter is most definitely lighter skinned than in the summer months when olive skin can look quite dark. Through out the southern Mediterranean and Levant you will easily notice this.

MikeBon,
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@chemoelectric I may or may not have had a similar one although smaller in size.

GottaLaff, to random
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TY @emptywheel who posted:

I'm really not sure what kind of self-imagined journo links to this out of anything but derision
Maybe Nick is performing for Sulzberger as part of pressure campaign to get a sit-down interview?
SCOTUS took a step towards making Trump king yesterday & you're linking this?

Nick Confessore:
Biden aides concerned enough about appearance of frailty…entourage surround him when he walks to Marine 1, "to draw less att to 81-year-old's halting & stiff gait," Axios reports

MikeBon,
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@GottaLaff @emptywheel
Hmm, it appears the NYT is trying to emulate the National Enquirer.

Free_Press, (edited ) to news
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TRUMP'S TERRIBLE THURSDAY 🚨

As the sun rises and Donald Trump rages, is he more angry for attending his criminal trial today or the perceived stab in the back that Speaker Johnson is doing by providing US aid to Ukraine?

AND....
Did Putin call Trump last night or this morning?

What price will Trump and MAGA pay for letting Putin down?

MikeBon,
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@Free_Press I can respect that, Speaker Johnson.

GottaLaff, to legal
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#BREAKING via Anna Bower: #WompWomp

JUST IN: Judge #Cannon DENIES #Trump’s motion to dismiss the classified #documents case based on the presidential records act.

In the same order, Judge Cannon also denies the special counse #JackSmith’s request for a prompt ruling on jury instructions prior to trial.

She calls the special counsel's request "unprecedented and unjust."🤦🏻‍♀️ #legal

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24531793-cannon-deny-pra-mtd

MikeBon,
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@GottaLaff
What are the chances that she's getting pressure and threats from TrumPutin's wannabe mobsters and that she secretly wants out, but can't just quit. This may be her process.

br00t4c, to random
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Want a 32-hour workweek? Give workers more power.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24115821/32-hour-workweek-labor-movement-power-unions-codetermination-bernie-sanders

MikeBon,
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@br00t4c
Arent we all tired of companies charging more but reducing package size? Like big corporations workers want to offer a smaller product at the same price-or wage in the workers case-or higher. I'm all for it. Turn about is fair play. Plus less time working means more time to spend, a win-win-win for the workers, the shareholders and the economy. Get 'er done!

GottaLaff, to random
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🤦🏻‍♀️#RNC weighs limiting #NBC’s access at this summer’s convention

It is the latest fallout from Ronna #McDaniel’s ouster from the network.
Read in POLITICO: https://apple.news/A6fLcl_uRQ8ybC3mbOSj46Q

https://apple.news/A6fLcl_uRQ8ybC3mbOSj46Q

MikeBon,
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@GottaLaff
DNC should do the same.

MikeBon,
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@godofbiscuits
Keep listening to the idiot box for information and guess what you'll become? What do you think the people who own and run NBC/M$NBC care more about, democracy or the amount of viewer$ they get? No/s

MikeBon,
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@godofbiscuits
Don't put words into my mouth. Re-read the original quote and then go away.

MikeBon,
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@tdwilliams1
Cool, good luck with that if you think regular Republicans or even a majority independents watch NBC/M$NBC. Limiting by telling NBC "sorry, no interview with the President" is a easy way to tell them either get on board or get out of the way, imho.

ElleGray, to random
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    MikeBon,
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    @ElleGray if this is how you are then you are quite sure-footed. 🙂 🐐

    lolgop, to random
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    Reminder: The press doesn't care about Biden's age or experience.

    They care about making 2024 seem like a normal election and Donald Trump a normal candidate. Because they can't comprehend not buying into Republican BS.

    https://www.theframelab.org/p/is-the-press-is-trying-to-help-elect

    MikeBon,
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    @noyes @mastodonmigration @lolgop
    Nice try Vlad.

    protecttruth, to random
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    "So many people can’t contemplate a Trump restoration that they have to have some explanation..."
    Good piece.

    But:
    "also abt positioning for 2028... 'I was right about Biden, so that’s why we need AOC/Manchin/Newsom/whoever' etc."

    No.
    If Biden loses.../1
    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pre-loading-i-told-you-so

    MikeBon,
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    @protecttruth
    Did you ever hear the story of the boy who cried wolf. Unfortunately we are at the point of the story where the wolf is actually attacking the herd but because we've heard this false warning as a tactic for every election since at least the last 40 years many don't believe it. Well done Dems.

    MikeBon,
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    @TruthSandwich @protecttruth
    And yet here you are.
    Every election since I've been voting in the 80s has been "if this republican becomes president the worst possible outcome will happen", then it doesn't. Oh, horrors for sure, but not the end of it all as lamented. Boy meet 🐺

    tanyatussing, to random
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    May we all come together to "disrupt" enshittification!

    https://mastodon.social/@tanyatussing/111899334731020218

    @pluralistic , we need laws that require all walled gardens to build easy access doors, so it's easier for people to leave enshittified iSpaces.

    MikeBon,
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    @tanyatussing @pluralistic
    "...let’s examine how enshittification works. It’s a three-stage process: first, platforms are good to their users. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, there is a fourth stage: they die."
    https://archive.ph/RO3kX

    Free_Press, to news
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    PUPPET MASTER!

    Putin pulls the strings on his US puppets Trump & Carlson

    ✅1. Donald Trump blocks all US aid to Ukraine by controlling US House!

    ✅2. Tucker Carlson flies to Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin. The very positive Putin PR piece will air within days!

    Trump and Carlson, played for the fools they are, are the most effective weapons Putin has used against the West!

    https://newsweek.page.link/i9FZFNgCxwCKpZSH8

    MikeBon,
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    @Free_Press and the

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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    Totally forgot!! in all caps!

    ‼️! 🔥 1/…

    Via Anna Bower:

    BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Donald is NOT IMMUNE from prosecution.

    UNANIMOUS!!!

    MikeBon,
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    @GottaLaff
    The panel of judges in their remarks also seemed to make clear they viewed the President as an officer of the court, something Trump argued he wasn't, so as to sidestep amendment 14 section 3.

    DrALJONES, to random
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    MikeBon,
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    @DrALJONES
    "The international community wants weak leadership in Palestine whilst an international force protects Israel from the Gazans and the ongoing misery continues. The truth is slippery. But this is the truth."
    https://www.nextcenturyfoundation.org/gaza-the-real-truth-about-what-happens-next/

    MikeBon,
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    @DrALJONES Research Next Century Foundation. They have been on the ground in Gaza and the Middle East for years and is a trusted source for accurate information on the situation over there. I thought you might find them interesring.

    tdwllms1, to random
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    quakerorts - from Threads.
    So Trump's social media was funded by Russian friends of Putin, who produce porn, and now they're being investigated for money laundering, insider trading and other crimes. There are so many words in that sentence that are worrisome.

    Donald Trump May Be Facing Another Russia-Linked Scandal
    Jan 25, 2024 at 12:07 PM EST

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-russia-scandal-anton-postolnikov-1863947

    MikeBon,
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    @tdwllms1 # TrumPutin and his

    maxkennerly, to random
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    Congratulations to the Rehnquist and Roberts courts, who so thoroughly undermined SCOTUS's legitimacy with rank political decisions that even the beneficiaries of that partisanship don't respect its rulings.
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/border-standoff-between-texas-feds-intensifies-as-governor-defies-supreme-court-ruling

    MikeBon,
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    @maxkennerly It's all set up for Biden now, Presidential immunity and an inconsequential SCOTUS.

    georgetakei, to random

    It does feel that way sometimes.

    MikeBon,
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    @georgetakei
    You see it's the same way with our federal currency. The government gives you the money first then taxes it back. This is an important distinction because it goes to show that the government doesn't need tax money to pay for policies or programs. Oh and going to jail for not paying your taxes is what gives our fiat currency its value, not the gold stored in a vault somewhere.

    PaulW, to random
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    It has occurred to me that there are, today, adults walking the earth who have no idea that "long distance", meaning phone calls between two people who are relatively far away from each other, was expensive, and thus made rarely, and generally was once a thing. Long distance calls were special.

    Long distance meant two different cities. Maybe even the nearest major city if you lived far enough away from it. International calls were a whole other thing on top of that, almost incomprehensible.

    MikeBon,
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    @PaulW or even how to use a rotary phone.
    https://youtu.be/1OADXNGnJok

    Teri_Kanefield, to random
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    Warning: Rant coming.

    The doomsaying and cynicism in my comments over the past few days are annoying me.

    I am addressing the people saying any form of: "Why won't the Supreme Court rule in Trump's favor?"

    You are unhinged from the facts. Get a grip.

    Here are the facts: Since Trump lost in 2020, the Supreme Court, and every other court, has consistently ruled against him in his immunity claims.

    1/

    MikeBon,
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    @Teri_Kanefield then who is to stop president Biden from being the first president to take full advantage of those new found powers?

    gratefuldread, to socialism
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    MikeBon,
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    @gratefuldread
    As Einstein is once believed to have famously said, "it's relative". If we only look at the economy based on where we'd like it to be then it will never meet our expectations. If, however, we look at were the economy is headed, not from 2022, but from the end of 2023, then we see it trending much better than we all expected post Trump/Covid 19. Inflation is ⬇️, wages are ⬆️, many more people have jobs, gdp is ⬆️, earnings are surpassing expectations. Stop with all the doom & gloom!

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