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Post by minx on May 5, 2024 11:00:55 GMT -5
15 people quietly protesting at UVA - police show up in riot gear to clear the 'encampment'. By the time they've finished, over 100 protestors have shown up. What's on the news? Chaotic scenes of people being ziptied and hauled off by police. 82 people at Tech - same situation, only 300 people were there by the time everything was cleared. But, this is nothing like the protests in 1968. Nope, those kids were protesting an unjust war and had a clearly stated goal - leave Vietnam.
Ah, yes. There are clear and distinct differences here. These students appear to have Three stated goals and not one. Holee Shit! How dare they?
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio....
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on May 6, 2024 16:24:47 GMT -5
There are similarities and there are differences wrt the protests then vs now. Not sure how to craft a reposnse/opinion without keeping both of those things in mind. Can barely finish a thought right now with this freaking cold. These three sentences have taken me three times of opening and closing my laptop. So they can all eat shit until the fever breaks!
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Post by minx on May 7, 2024 8:21:17 GMT -5
Understood. How is the Missus? I hope she doesn't have it too, or if she does that it's a milder case. Friend seems to have what you have - grandson came home from daycare with a cold. He immediately shook it off. She's in bed with a temp, headache and nausea.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on May 7, 2024 9:14:01 GMT -5
It was a shitshow with her over the weekend but felt way better yesterday. Still has the cough but that's all and it's not the wicked one that I've had 6 days running now.
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Post by minx on May 7, 2024 10:17:51 GMT -5
That totally and completely sucks. I'm sorry.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on May 8, 2024 10:20:54 GMT -5
Our daughter called this morning and said that Nugget's daycare shut down for the rest of the week as she was trying to drop him off yesterday. She works from home but it's not the kind of job that affords her much, if any, time to parent. His dad has taken off a bunch because he's been sick, too. I got the impression she was testing the water to see if we could come out and watch him while they work but that water COLD. Apparently the other grandma is sick too. Go figure.
This is just another reason I hate those damn places. Well, at least by the time he gets to K he'll hopefully have built up a strong immune system.
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