Anybody know why all the stray characters?
Like "=3DE2=3D80=3DAF"?
I only see them from this list.
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From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 9:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political
You have to measure the widths of their noses Sent from my iPhone
On May 26, 2025, at 4:50=3DE2=3D80=3DAFPM, Ken Hohhof =
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=3DEF=3DBB=3DBFI'm puzzled at the common assumption that people are=20
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Democrats, as if they carry membership cards, or look different. I=20
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to vote with a party affiliation, or else Independent or Unaffiliated. =
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it's just for that one ballot. If someone asked me what party I=20
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to, I would not know how to answer. I've voted both ways through the=20
=3D3D years, sometimes differently in local, state and national=20
elections. =3D3D And the idea that some party "owns" me seems kind of =
repugnant.
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"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that =
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the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too."
- Oscar Levant
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=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D9CThe Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, =
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=3D3D celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change =
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flat, =3D3D=3D
but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant =
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to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The =3D3D=20
Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but=20
=3D3D they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time =
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Ugly =3D3D=3D
Pants Night at the country club.=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D9D
- Dave Barry
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-----Original Message-----
From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 5:07 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political
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"Cult" is a very apt term.
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Mike Hammett
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]>
To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 11:49:22 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political
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To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>=3D3D3D20
Subject: [AFMUG] OT Political=3D3D3D20
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By SHANE GOLDMACHER The New York Times=3D3D3D20
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One longtime Democratic researcher has a technique she leans on when=20
=3D3D nudgin=3D3D3D g voters to share their deepest, darkest feelings=20
about =3D3D politics. She asks =3D3D3D them to compare America's two =
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After around 250 focus groups of swing voters, a few patterns have =
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emerged,=3D3D3D said the researcher, Anat Shenker-Osorio. Republicans=20
are =3D3D=3D
seen as "apex pr=3D3D3D edators," like lions, tigers and sharks =3D3D
=3D3D3DE2=3D3D3D80=3D3D3D94 beasts that take what the=3D3D3D y want =
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Democrats are typically tagged as tortoises, slug=3D3D3D s or sloths:=20
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plodding, passive.=3D3D3D20
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Geor=3D3D3D gia suggested that a very different kind of animal=20
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"You stand there and you see the car coming, but you're going to stand =
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