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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

It’s arguable that none of the other three are either.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Go right ahead. Pick up that stone and see what happens…

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Mostly copper, the connectors and the integrated circuits have some gold and silver, but not more than a couple of grams.
Rare earths aren’t particularly rare or precious. The smelting processes are dirty and expensive to set up though.
Little known fact about CMTS (Cellular Mobile Telephone Service): most towers can only handle a limited number of active calls before sending a re-order (busy) signal to a phone attempting a call and dropping the attempt. SMS messages (texts) are handled differently and will often get through when the network is congested.

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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

Years ago I worked with a man who was part of the Marine guard at Camp David when he was on active service. He didn’t say much but that it is very well guarded.

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ancroidubh 3 points ago +3 / -0

Because at the root they are communists and, as such, not really human and devoid of any of the qualities that distinguish actual human beings.

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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

A former mayor of Carrboro, NC had a defaced US flag in his official office; the stars were replaced by little swastikas.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ahh, I never saw that. I remember when it came out though.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

There are many contexts, which do you mean. I don’t recall such a reference in ND’s music.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

The other thing about natural elements like U238 and Th232 and others and the synthetic isotopes is how astonishingly poisonous they are. The Soviets and their puppets used heavy metal micropellets as an assassination weapon.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

A band I was in a half-century ago covered a fair bit of his music.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Get another primary. I’ve done it a couple of times over the care I was receiving.

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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

We are giving free stuff to Iran.

Free bombs, free missiles with high-speed delivery and free assistance with controlling maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

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ancroidubh 3 points ago +3 / -0

I’ve been advocating one-time pads, written cipher texts and sneakernet for a couple of decades now,

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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

Nope, don’t disgrace the White House with hangings. Do the executions as they should be done, anonymously and the remains cremated and disposed of so no personality cults can arise. No remains returned to families. Public announcements made after the fact.

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