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Re: Texas school's first Black principal put on leave after conservative uproar over critical race theory

Rick Ladd — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:02:11 -0000

Man! White people have got to be some of the most fragile things on the planet. Not all, just too damn many. Snowflakiest of the snowflakes. HowTF is a picture of him with his wife inappropriate? Oh, yeah. Right! What do you suppose the odds are these people consider themselves "Christians?" Almost as good as their being "Fundamentalist Christians," I'd wager. These fools are holding our country back. Literally, they want to revert to the "good ol' days" when certain "people" knew their place. It ain't happening. Not this year, not ever.

Re: The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. - Quote

Rick Ladd — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:51:36 -0000

So ... how's that second term going, Sparky?

Re: Trump says election 'should have been overturned'

Rick Ladd — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:02:26 -0000

"... [W]ith some rioters seeking to harm top Republicans and Democrats..."? Seriously? I guess you're correct. Hanging someone is definitely harmful.

Re: A Scene of Lively Activity: Grand Central Market, Then and Now

Rick Ladd — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:54:37 -0000

My birth certificate, June 1947, says my father was a "Food Clerk." Indeed, he worked at Faber's Ham Shop in the GCM. I learned my first Spanish phrase there in 1952, when my father and his colleagues dressed me in a white butcher coat, put a Farmer John paper campaign hat on my head, and stood me up on a milk crate to ask people, "¿Que va llevar?" What'll you have?

If memory serves, the final picture in this story is of a sandwich shop owned by two holocaust survivors, Dave & Sam. That's how I knew them. They made these great French dip sandwiches and (you can see the blenders on the counter) Orange Julius drinks. I used to get lamb sandwiches from them, which they would slice off the leg, pile on the bottom of a roll, and dip the top half into the au jus to moisten it. It was heaven.

My father eventually went out on his own, purchasing a truck and becoming a peddler. He continued to sell luncheon meat and cheese to several of the stores in the market until his death in the mid-eighties. I even wrote about it in my blog nearly nine years ago.

Re: Meghan McCain Reacts to Spicer Getting Heckled in Brooklyn: ‘Republicans are Not Welcome’ in NYC

Rick Ladd — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:34:48 -0000

More like where the majority of white nationalist, Russia supporting fright-wing hatriots live.

Re: Alex Jones: Robert Mueller is "a demon I will take down, or I'll die trying"

Rick Ladd — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:08:47 -0000

Tough talk from a weak-kneed pussy.

Re: Santa Fe School Shooter Dimitrios Pagourtzis Loved Guns And Trump

Rick Ladd — Fri, 18 May 2018 18:30:44 -0000

Poughts and thrayers, please. We've not done those yet. Maybe they'll work.

Re: Watch an Ultra-Funky Heavy Lift Ship Pick Up a Navy Destroyer

Rick Ladd — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:15:32 -0000

Video won't even play, but at least your request for my email popped up quickly. Major disappointment.

Re: NASA Denies Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars

Rick Ladd — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:40:19 -0000

Yes . . . but we didn't have warp drive back then.

Re: NASA Denies Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars

Rick Ladd — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:36:33 -0000

I think the headline would have been better had it read something like "NASA Scoffs Amusedly At Mars Slavery Allegations," or "NASA Offers Mildly Snarky Rebuke To Ignorant Asshole Jones." Something in that ballpark.

Re: GOP lawmaker claims free speech right to call for lynching of anti-Confederate elected officials

Rick Ladd — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:56:11 -0000

Does this mean I have the Constitutional right to call for this jerk's assassination? How about starting a GoFundMe campaign to hire someone to carry it out? Are those protected as well?

Re: New Alt-Right “Fight Club” Ready for Street Violence

Rick Ladd — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:35:21 -0000

We can refer to them as the "FOAK Heads"?

Re: Studies confirm: Trump voters were motivated by racial prejudice — not ‘economic anxiety’

Rick Ladd — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 11:16:44 -0000

Aren't you the stupidest person on the Internet?

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:45:39 -0000

Sorry. Had to clean up and take care of some errands. I downloaded again and the version is 0.60h. Also, right-clicking in the text area now invokes the context menu. Looking good. Now I just have to move some of my activity back over to Twitter. Thanks.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:27:18 -0000

Same machine, though. Don't have anything else at the moment.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:23:25 -0000

Just tried w/Firefox and Safari. Still getting V0.60e.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:15:06 -0000

I keep getting V0.60e. Think I need a new link. Am I missing something you posted elsewhere?

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:05:25 -0000

Just downloaded again and I'm still getting V0.60e. ????

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:02:39 -0000

Didn't see this reply until after I posted my latest comment, above. I was referring to V0.60e. Going to get after it again. BRB.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:00:19 -0000

OK - Downloaded and invoked the latest version, checked to see that it worked as advertised (and included both a 5-second delay and a hashtag - also confirming one need only type in the text of the tag, not the "#" - and closed the app with no problem. It still would be nice to be able to use the right-click, contextual menu when editing the text to be tweeted. Nevertheless, it seems to be working fine. Thanks.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:05:01 -0000

I mentioned it in my other comment, but I'll point it out specifically here. I just opened up the app again and the text box still contains the paragraph I pasted in. I can click and highlight that text, but the right-click, contextual menu doesn't come up, so I can't delete it with the mouse. Also, once clicked on and highlighted, I can't deselect the text (which I wanted to do to confirm the number of clicks it took to highlight all text simultaneously).

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 10:59:17 -0000

In the email I received from Disqus, there was also the following sentence from you, "Had you closed the window in the other example too?" It doesn't seem to be here. In case you wanted me to answer that question, the answer is "Yes."

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 10:48:54 -0000

PS - When I closed the app, the following message popped up - twice! Actually, it popped up again when I uploaded this screenshot. It just popped up again. Could not log out and this same message popped up repeatedly. Had to force quit.

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Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

Rick Ladd — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 10:41:37 -0000

I just downloaded and tested it. I copied and pasted a post I made earlier on FB, which was successfully tweeted in five "chunks." I could not paste using my mouse; I had to use the keyboard. I changed the delay to five seconds. When I first looked at my Twitter feed, it appeared the tweets were out of order. However, when I clicked on 5/5 (which is a single word) they all seemed in order and well-spaced. My handle is @rickladd.

Re: 4 Ways to Determine Whether the Treatment of Armed Terrorists in Oregon and Protestors in North Dakota was Fair

Rick Ladd — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 13:22:18 -0000

Thank you for this excellent piece. The disparities in treatment are glaring. #NODAPL