-- Mike Hammett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jones" <[email protected]> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 4:39:36 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political 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 -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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