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orangetastic1 3 points ago +3 / -0

Flew internationally last week.

As you board the plane they take a facial photo and compare it against your passport. I'm sure it's could be used to collect additional biometric data, but the fact is, they already have your photo from processing your passport, and probably your D/L (and probably a lot more from Fakebook, etc if you put yourself out there).

I don't particularly like it, but OTOH, do you really want the flight attendants to be responsible for facial recognition against the passport? I like flight attendants, but they aren't all the sharpest knives in the drawer. Machine's probably a lot more reliable and leaves a record in case they were wrong.

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orangetastic1 4 points ago +4 / -0

I remember sorta liking it when I was young, but then got creeped out as I got older.

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orangetastic1 2 points ago +2 / -0

Breaks down? I thought EVs required essentially no maintenance...

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orangetastic1 4 points ago +4 / -0

I sometimes wonder if the elections are rigged down here.

Maybe not at the local level, but somewhere up the chain.

Or maybe even after 10 years in WV, I still don't understand the people here.

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orangetastic1 3 points ago +3 / -0

Crazy thought here, but perhaps our ancestors weren't "racists" for arbitrary reasons - perhaps they realized some truths that we are only now starting to grasp.

Not saying their solutions were always the best, but maybe we tore down that fence without considering it may have been put up for good reasons.

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orangetastic1 4 points ago +4 / -0

I grew up in Geauga County. Actually moved to the West Side (West Park-ish) at one point and spent a few decades there. Now we're out of state and soon heading out of the country.

People forget the turmoil going on in the country back in the late 60s/early 70s. A lot of the "protests" were peaceful, but a lot were anything but.

DNC convention in '68 is a good example.

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orangetastic1 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't know that there's any genuine affection for the Mooch.

Even among those who worship Barry, Mike is just a side piece.

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orangetastic1 21 points ago +21 / -0

My Dad was in the NG when they were sent into Cleveland for the Hough Avenue riots.

He said they basically stood around at the street intersections while the older black ladies who lived there brought them hot coffee and snacks in appreciation.

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orangetastic1 1 point ago +1 / -0

How do you find a Ukrainian who fought against Russia in WWII and not immediately consider that he was most likely fighting alongside the Nazis as a bare minimum?

This is what happens when your knowledge of history extends only into last week.

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orangetastic1 7 points ago +7 / -0

It makes my head hurt trying to comprehend what this retard is incompetently trying to say. It's not just illogical, it's anti-logical.

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