Whereas most stations are like cheer leaders for capitalism, NPR has only a slight pro-capitalist bias. They end each newscast with an update of the various market indexes. They have a daily program for capitalists Marketplace . But there isn't a program for workers. They refuse to accept financial ...

NPR, as an organization, has an anti-labor bias. But I don't really hear that bias reflected in their programming.

When we're here in Florida, I listen to NPR almost exclusively. They are the least biased and most objective of all the talk radio stations in the Tampa Bay area.

Have any of you ever been to Minneapolis? I haven't been.

I'm invited to attend an event there with my Union in September. I just checked it out and it's shorter distance than I expected. Should be an easy drive.

I hate flying anymore.

Taco wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:38 am

The photo speaks for itself.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=796 ... 1962165520

That link looks like it might be for face page. I can't open it.

The Simpson case demonstrated the unreliability of DNA evidence.
DNA said he was guilty. Turned out he was innocent.

I didn't get to see it on TV. I listened to the coverage of it on the radio.

Here, in the Tampa Bay area, the only effect was that the daylight became a little less bright for a while. If I hadn't known there was an eclipse underway, I probably wouldn't even have noticed.

Woman allegedly went on Florida highway shooting spree ‘directed by God’ in relation to the solar eclipse Florida police arrested a Georgia woman on Monday after she allegedly went on a shooting spree directed by "God," during the solar eclipse. The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Taylon Nichelle C...

Matt wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:28 pm

You see a middle class person every time you look in the mirror.

No. When I look in the mirror, I only look at myself. I guess that means I'm vain.

Pink shorts, tee shirt with a logo I've seen a lot of lately, a kind of stylized letter H emblazoned across the front, sandals with no socks and sunglasses worn on the top of his shaved head. That must be their uniform this month.

Here in Florda, it wasn't much of a sight. When it was almost over, a lady gave me her glasses to look through. The sun looked like a cookie with a bite out of it.

Ben Zonia wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:13 pm

Remember, Electric Cars have been around for a hundred years or more, and every new battery design presents a new, larger set of problems.

Yes. I've been driving gasoline powered cars all my life and I've never ever had a problem with any of them.

He was a strange sort of guy. Claimed to be a conservative, but he always got angry with me when I attacked liberals.

Matt wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:27 pm

Cunt is more precise.

Matt. That's an insult to everyone who has a cunt.

How many Time Zones will there be and who will name them?