it started with mike hammetts reply. I think hes chinese AI. I always wondered, cause Ive never actually seen him, but now its pretty well verified. hes a server farm
On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Anybody know why all the stray characters? > Like "=3DE2=3D80=3DAF"? > I only see them from this list. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 9:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > 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 = > <[email protected]> wrote: > >=3D20 > > =3DEF=3DBB=3DBFI'm puzzled at the common assumption that people are=20 > >Republicans o=3D > r =3D3D > > Democrats, as if they carry membership cards, or look different. I=20 > > =3D3D realize many states are "party registration" states where you=20 > > register =3D3D=3D > > > to vote with a party affiliation, or else Independent or Unaffiliated. = > =20 > > =3D3D=3D > > > I don't live in a party registration state, the only time I get asked=20 > > =3D3D for a political party preference is if I want to vote in a = > primary=20 > > and =3D3D=3D > > > it's just for that one ballot. If someone asked me what party I=20 > > belong =3D3D=3D > > > 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. > >=3D20 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >=3D20 > > "The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that = > > >=3D3D=3D > > > the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." > > - Oscar Levant > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >=3D20 > > =3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D9CThe Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, = > but=20 > >they h=3D > ave =3D3D > > demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of=20 > > =3D3D celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change = > a=20 > > flat, =3D3D=3D > > > but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant = > > > =3D3D=3D > > > 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 = > for=20 > > Ugly =3D3D=3D > > > Pants Night at the country club.=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D9D > > - Dave Barry > >=3D20 > > -----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 > >=3D20 > > "Cult" is a very apt term. > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > -- > > Mike Hammett > >=3D20 > > ----- 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 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > We should stop calling them=20 > >=3D3D3DE2=3D3D3D80=3D3D3D9Cparties=3D3D3DE2=3D3D3D80=3D3D3=3D > D9D =3D3D > > because none of them =3D3D3D are much fun. Elephant and donkey are apt = > > >=3D3D > > symbols.=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > Whatever happened to that guy Vermin Supreme?=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of=20 > >[email protected]=3D3D3D20 > > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 11:35 AM=3D3D3D20 > > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>=3D3D3D20 > > Subject: [AFMUG] OT Political=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > Hmmmm=3D3D3DE2=3D3D3D80=3D3D3DA6..=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > By SHANE GOLDMACHER The New York Times=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > 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 = > major=20 > >parties to =3D3D=3D > > > animals.=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > After around 250 focus groups of swing voters, a few patterns have = > =3D3D =20 > >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 = > when they=20 > > want=3D > it. =3D3D > > Democrats are typically tagged as tortoises, slug=3D3D3D s or sloths:=20 > > slow, =3D3D=3D > > > plodding, passive.=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > So Shenker-Osorio perked up earlier this year when a Democratic man in = > > >=3D3D=3D > > > Geor=3D3D3D gia suggested that a very different kind of animal=20 > > symbolized =3D3D=3D > > > his party.=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > "A deer," he said, "in headlights."=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > The man had more to say.=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > > "You stand there and you see the car coming, but you're going to stand = > > >=3D3D=3D > > > ther=3D3D3D e and get hit with it anyway."=3D3D3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > --=3D3D3D20 > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > >=3D20 > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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