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    04-01-2023, 06:52 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Marjorie Traitor Greene in The Bilge
    Hmm... I don't see much there to tell whether it's the same person either way. I haven't been following this--is this supposedly a photo of MTG...
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    04-01-2023, 06:48 AM
    Oh boy--another video! Thanks for posting--I haven't checked for a while. Tom
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    04-01-2023, 12:58 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Toast is almost done. in The Bilge
    Tru dat. Trumpism is the epitome of tawdry. (That should be pronounced EP-a-tome, obviously). Tom
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    04-01-2023, 12:53 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Nashville School Shooting in The Bilge
    Very true. And research suggests that many of those suicides would never happen were guns not readily available. The fact that most gun deaths...
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    04-01-2023, 12:43 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Because removing books in response to religious objectionsviolates the Establishment Clause as interpreted through the Lemon Test. Do try to keep up....
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    04-01-2023, 12:32 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Kevin, that's it exactly. I think we're in agreement. Parents and citizens can voice opinions about any religion-related issues they want. But...
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    04-01-2023, 12:25 AM
    I think Ted is spot on with this. We are becoming a culture that is steered and shaped by invisible algorithms. And rather than being thoughtful...
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    04-01-2023, 12:08 AM
    Friends and Fellow Bilge Rats: The period for a new election of a BROTM having passed, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a...
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    03-31-2023, 02:34 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Same for me--it's an interesting and complicated issue. Oh, parents can lobby for anything they want. I don't disagree. But, as I posted in...
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    03-31-2023, 02:26 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I should have said "When parents successfully challenge a book because it is contrary to their religious beliefs and values... etc. etc. Because...
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    03-31-2023, 02:02 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Sports movie survey. in The Bilge
    Break out the Whomper! :) Tom
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    03-31-2023, 08:26 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    When parents successfully challenge a book and force a school district to remove it from the school library, how is that not a violation of the First...
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    03-31-2023, 08:23 AM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I understand this point of view, and share it to some extent. Certainly it would be ridiculous to argue that parents (or the community at large) have...
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    03-30-2023, 10:42 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Nashville School Shooting in The Bilge
    From The Atlantic: Source The "adults" who have the power to fix it, won't. The adults who have the power to raise an effective protest...
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    03-30-2023, 10:22 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Toast is almost done. in The Bilge
    ^^^ We need a Georgia indictment for sure. I guess you have to start somewhere, and being the first-ever indictment of a former president is a big...
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    03-30-2023, 02:10 PM
    Believe what you want, but I didn't draw from CRT whatsoever. Much of what I've posted here is the result of reading Jeremy Waldron's book The Harm...
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    03-30-2023, 12:59 PM
    Well, but to play in the guitar's key of E, a B-flat trumpet has to play in the trumpet key of F#. So having E minor and G share the same notes is...
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    03-30-2023, 12:53 PM
    Pee Wee Russell (jazz clarinetist) was once playing a club where a graduate student was in the audience, transcribing his solos. He showed one of the...
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    03-30-2023, 12:43 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Linchpin in The Bilge
    I paid $73 to make sure my absentee ballot reached the city clerk on time from Poland. This is a big big big big deal. Lots of changes could happen...
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    03-29-2023, 11:30 PM
    What does this even mean? The "it" you seem to be referring to, in my post, is "hate speech." Hate speech does not say "You are one of us." Quite...
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    03-29-2023, 11:19 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Nashville School Shooting in The Bilge
    Nothing can be done? Lots of discussion online among teachers calling for a nationwide teacher strike in response. Will it happen? I'd guess it's...
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    03-29-2023, 11:10 PM
    WI-Tom replied to a thread Bolger Defender? in Designs / Plans
    I saw one once, being rowed to shore with a couple and their dog, in an anchorage in Georgian Bay. Looked very nice from what I recall. (This was the...
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    03-29-2023, 02:46 PM
    I played trumpet for a blues band in Alaska for about a year. Being guitar-oriented, they always wanted to play everything in E--which puts a B-flat...
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    03-29-2023, 02:27 PM
    Wrong again. You are consistent. What I said is this: That has nothing to do with whether I "know" some people associated with CRT favor...
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    03-27-2023, 02:42 PM
    There absolutely IS great value in reading music without an instrument, which is usually done in connection with sight singing. This trains your ear...
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    03-27-2023, 02:34 PM
    Nope. I didn't say that. Not anywhere. Not anywhen. Nor have I derived any of my ideas on this from "CRT". Do you read anything I write before you...
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    03-27-2023, 02:07 PM
    Hey, wait! Isn't there a BROTM term limit here? Am I even eligible? Or is the the kind of deal that gets made in some smoky back room to make it...
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    03-26-2023, 11:24 PM
    There is no public right to speak w/o restriction, even in the U.S. Speech can be limited by government in certain cases. But let's assume for a...
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    03-26-2023, 01:37 PM
    I'm quite sure I can land an airplane, even a commercial airliner, despite my lack of training and experience. I'm quite sure of it. One way or...
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