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  1. DrLeftover

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  2. DrLeftover

    teen girl arrested for planning school shooting

    https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2025/02/13/mooresville-teen-jailed-in-school-shooting-plot-sought-mental-health-help-mass-shooter-shrine-found/78547181007/
  3. DrLeftover

    Witch Hunts

    Totally innocent people end up burned at the stake. Or, in modern times, have their careers ruined: to wit https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/june-9-1954-army-mccarthy-hearings-climax-lawyers-pointed-question/ More...
  4. DrLeftover

    Lochness Monster?

    There is probably something interesting in the Loch. A large fish of some sort, an amazingly unpleasant type of eel, maybe a more or less modern reptile or amphibian that shouldn't be there, or, most likely, an odd combination of all of the above that under the right conditions appear to be...
  5. DrLeftover

    Winter storm brewing.

    Winter storm on the way. So I went to the store. They had eggs, so I bought a dozen eggs. It's what you do when there are eggs in the store. Everybody else was stocking up on milk and bread. I bought two pounds of frozen shrimp and some marked down salmon fillets.
  6. DrLeftover

    Critical Linux zero-day attack, US Government says "act now"

    Once again I feel obliged to point out: IF it is online, At All, it is at risk.
  7. DrLeftover

    Once a cheater, always a cheater?

    And, of course, there are those that instantly assume the worst and jump to the wrong conclusion and won't believe anything else. Which makes for a good daytime talk show.
  8. DrLeftover

    The Fantastic 4: First Steps

    I liked the original comic books of the Fantastic 4. And I enjoyed the first movie. After that, the studio has worked very hard to destroy the characters. I might watch the new one, or not.
  9. DrLeftover

    NFL 2025 Season Discussion Thread (Current Champs: Philadelphia Eagles)

    Puppy Bowl XXI Will Team Ruff or Team Fluff win the Lombarky trophy? You can watch this feel-good sports competition on Sunday, February 9th at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet. https://www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-bowl
  10. DrLeftover

    DoJ to File Lawsuit Over Illinois & Chicago Sanctuary Policies

    My county is one of those seriously debating seceding from Illinois and joining Indiana. I'm already downloading fishing maps of Indiana and looking at stuff like this: https://www.in.gov/dnr/water/recreational-gold-prospecting/
  11. DrLeftover

    What are you listening to now?

  12. DrLeftover

    Falling asleep Tips?

    Figure out a simple routine that gets you ready to go to sleep. Warm shower, turn off everything, putting on nightclothes, whatever, and stick to it.
  13. DrLeftover

    Ontario Cancels Starlink Contract Over Tariffs Row

    What do you want to bet they end up getting billed for the remainder of that contract on auto pay.
  14. DrLeftover

    School Shooting.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79d52gpd02o
  15. DrLeftover

    Trump Repeats Desire to Make Canada "America's 51st State"

    Putin wanted to rebuild the USSR by annexing certain former republics, look what that did for his career. Of course, Belarus went back willingly and all happy about it, but the Ukrainians had a different idea.
  16. DrLeftover

    What Are You Currently Reading?

    I ended up digging through this, and comparing it to Gilgamesh, and 1 Enoch, and Genesis, yesterday http://www.gnosis.org/library/dss/dss_book_of_giants.htm
  17. DrLeftover

    Trump Offers Federal Wkrs. Buyouts to Resign

    You wonder how many "Elizabeth Rays" there still are on Congress's payroll.
  18. DrLeftover

    Getting fired because of social media outrage

    A long time ago, in a job far, far, away, I worked with a guy who had been fired from his job at a car dealer because he got a bit "out of hand" at their Christmas party several years before. It was a work related event, but it wasn't AT the dealership. Is that so different than the idiot at...
  19. DrLeftover

    do you use duct tape?

    duct tape makes a very temporary patch. JB Weld makes an almost permanent one.
  20. DrLeftover

    "US Border Patrol Agents Exchange Gunfire with Mexico Drug Cartel"

    https://www.newsweek.com/us-border-patrol-agents-exchange-gunfire-mexico-drug-cartel-reports-2021738
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