One of my kids in robotics camp had this running joke where she'd just randomly do 'outros' and 'intros' like:

"Will the motor start? Find out in the next episode of robotics camp!"

"... And we're back!"

"Writing code! Let's get right into it!"

To which I'd say "WHO are you talking to, Jamie???"

But this is, one of those contagious jokes so I'm now constantly saying "And we're back!"

Every time I meet an Anarchist, they really just want small local government.

Every time I meet a Satanist, they are really actually agnostic or atheists, with a wicked sense of humor.

Every time I meet a Nihilist, I'm really worried about their long term depression.

Every time I meet a MAGA, they're a Nazi.

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The Scottish Government has been rebuked by the UK's equality watchdog after "misrepresenting" a private meeting between them. John Swinney's administration has refused to follow interim guidance published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) which bans men from women's toilets and changing rooms.

Instead, SNP Ministers have repeatedly stalled, insisting they were told to wait until the proper guidelines are published. It has also impacted other public bodies like the Scottish Prison Service which still houses biological males in the female estate, meaning the jails can no longer be single-sex.

The Scottish Parliament has implemented the interim guidance, with toilets and changing rooms restricted to those born that sex, and gender neutral facilities also available. It has led to rage from the Scottish Greens and some left-wing members of the SNP, even though the government will eventually have to adopt the same rules.

Campaign group For Women Scotland, who successfully defeated the SNP Executive in court over the definition of a woman, were told by officials that the EHRC had advised them to wait for the final Code of Practice before making changes and to "not do anything in advance of that".

John Swinney's government rebuked after not telling truth over gender toilet ban

The Scottish Government has repeatedly insisted it got advice from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission that meant it didn't have to implement single-sex policies yet, but the watchdog said it didn't say anything like this.

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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate rose sharply again last week to 1.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-64. After 7 weeks, there’s still no peak in sight.

That implies a 38% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #Australia @auscovid19
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The AP reported that two of the attorneys fired were high-ranking supervisors who oversaw January 6 cases and one line attorney who prosecuted January 6 defendants.

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BREAKING: DOJ Abruptly Fires Three High-Ranking Prosecutors Involved in Persecuting January 6 Defendants | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

          The Justice Department on Friday evening abruptly fired at least three prosecutors who persecuted January 6 defendants, according to the Associated Press.

^{Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)}

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just unleashed political hellfire on California Democrat Eric Swalwell after Swalwell deleted a snarky post slamming Duffy’s response to the violent anti-ICE riots that paralyzed parts of Los Angeles and left taxpayers with a cleanup bill north of $30 million.

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“Did You Delete This Tweet Because Fang Fang Wrote It?” — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy TORCHES Eric Swalwell After He Deletes Post Attacking Him | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

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^{Jim Hᴏft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)}

Traumatizing & perilous: detainees don't have enough food, water, MED care... #ICE #Detention FACs are hellholes. Amplify the abuse.💔~9 detainees have died in ICE custody.

Arias-Tovar said he was happy to be released on bond -relief at getting out of what he described as a FAC so overcrowded *forced to sleep on a concrete floor about half the time.

“The ppl try to fight to get a bed, bc 30 ppl sleeping on the flr -just 2 toilets/showers *3 AM showers.
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People sleeping on floors in crowded Georgia ICE jail, former detainee says

Conditions deteriorate in South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center as the number of people detained increases.

^{Lautaro Grinspan (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)}

In all honesty, I believe Steven Miller, et. al. is reinforcing Trump's life-long belief that white people are better - so much better they deserve their own country, their own religion, their own world dominating army.

That the country they want to destroy has always required slave labor to function would seem a major obstacle, but it's not.

Not if you develop a modified caste system, aided by a tightly controlled educational system.

It's not like whites have never been slaves . . .

Last week, it was reported that the Democrat party is struggling to raise funds as their major donors are withholding cash. Leadership at the DNC is plagued by infighting and chaos as they scramble to do basic things like keep the lights on.

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Trump Has Built a Record-Shattering War Chest as Democrats Struggle to Raise Funds | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

          Last week, it was reported that the Democrat party is struggling to raise funds as their major donors are withholding funds.

^{Mike LaChance (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)}

In 2014, I read a political science paper that nearly convinced me to quit my lifelong career as an activist: "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens," published in *Perspectives on Politics*:

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