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Sunday Open Thread: August 12 is World Elephant Day

and it is also Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 5, 3184 YOLD
(for you Discordians out there)

It should be prety much the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and, I shit you not, it is called The Glorious Twelfth in Britain because it is the start of the Grouse Shooting season. I don't know if I can top that, I mean, really ...

Monsanto loses!!!

A unanimous jury in San Francisco awarded Mr. Dwayne Johnson $USM289. in damages, including $US250. in punitive damages from the Monsanto Corporation for causing his terminal cancer. The best reporting I have found so far is from the BBC, naturally. Our own esteemed Lame Stream Media only just barely mentioned this trial, and only towards the last few days when it was becoming apparent that Big M was in trouble.

The Logos of Agamemnon

As the great ships were heaved into the sea,
Majestically I stood at the prow of the lead,
and proclaimed that I was the forger of the pact
which would reclaim honor against the betrayers.

For I had crushed the nest of murderers,
and taken my rightful place as king,
I paid no heed the miniature vipers
that fled from my heel. Let them find places

Democratic National Committee Backtracks On Its Ban Of Fossil Fuel Donations

Boy, you sute can depend on these gius. For about as long as someone waves a dollar bill under their nose.

Democratic National Committee Backtracks On Its Ban Of Fossil Fuel Donations

The move comes just two months after the party adopted a resolution to prohibit oil, gas and coal company contributions.
By Alexander C. Kaufman
08/10/2018 02:59 PM ET

How do you use c99?

I don't visit every day, usually just 3 or 4 times a week. It's not that I'm not interested in the topics posted here, it's that the site's slow performance tends to drive me away. I know JtC has worked on that issue and continues to do so, but since my time is limited, I usually can't afford to wait as long as I'd like to.

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