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One of the problems with a "Gentleman's agreement" is both sides have to actually act like gentlemen

One of the problems with a "Gentleman's agreement" is both sides have to actually act like gentlemen

One of the problems with a "Gentleman's agreement" is both sides have to actually act like gentlemen

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"

I can't tell you how much it pleases me that Joe Biden, and other Democrats, have finally taken the gloves off and are going after Trump and the MAGA Republicans, calling out their BS, showing what buffoons they really are. It's long overdue. You can't stick to the high road when your opposition is wallowing in the mud. You have to sling some mud yourself. It doesn't hurt that the mud the Dems have to work with has some sharp rocks in it.

"Somebody's gotta go back and get a ****load of dimes!"- Blazing Saddles

The Universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice.
The language is not Narn or Human or Centauri or Gaim or Minbari.
It speaks in the language of hope. It speaks in the language of trust.
It speaks in the language of strength, and the language of compassion.
It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul.
But always it is the same voice.
 
It is the voice of our ancestors speaking through us.
And the voice of our inheritors waiting to be born.
It is the small, still voice that says we are One.
 
No matter the blood, no matter the skin,
No matter the world, no matter the star,
We are One.
 
No matter the pain, no matter the darkness,
No matter the loss, no matter the fear.
We are One.
 
Here, gathered together in common cause
We agree to recognize this singular truth and this singular rule:
That we must be kind to one another.
 
Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us,
And each voice lost diminishes us.
We are the voice of the universe, the soul of creation,
The fire that will light the way to a better future.
We are One.

"Somebody's gotta go back and get a ****load of dimes!"- Blazing Saddles

"Somebody's gotta go back and get a ****load of dimes!"- Blazing Saddles

"Somebody's gotta go back and get a ****load of dimes!"- Blazing Saddles

Definitely not.  If forced to make a list of my favorite boy bands, I would put the Jackson 5 and N'Sync way above them.

I am relieved that it looks like we're finally getting aid to Ukraine again. I'm also annoyed that most Tennessee Congressmen seem to be on the Pro - Putin bandwagon. I called mine's office weeks ago, and clearly it did no good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/politics/house-vote-aid-ukraine-israel.html
 
Thank goodness. Aid to Israel and Ukraine (and Taiwan) passes the House.

THank you all. A quick update, while there is a concussion, that appears to be the worst that has happened after they did the Catscan and X-rays.

THank you all. A quick update, while there is a concussion, that appears to be the worst that has happened after they did the Catscan and X-rays.

THank you all. A quick update, while there is a concussion, that appears to be the worst that has happened after they did the Catscan and X-rays.

THank you all. A quick update, while there is a concussion, that appears to be the worst that has happened after they did the Catscan and X-rays.

Consider them sent
 

sending on loop

Sending. 

All of the above sent,

"Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human."

"Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human."

"We struck down evil with the mighty sword of teamwork and the hammer of not bickering."

Carebear Huey McGreggor is a big lovable man, the sort of guy you wish nothing but the best for. Sadly, Huey is jinxed. He doesn't drive or he'll hit every red light there is. He is careful about dating, because he invariably ends up attracting the wrong sort of attention. He's been struck by lightning on a cloudless day. He's pretty durable , it as if something out there wants him to live through things so he can suffer some more. The worst part of his curse was that when it seemed his personal luck was better, the luck of those near him that he was invested in emotionally went down hill instead. He consulted a few mystics and gurus and the like, and they all came to the same conclusion, "you share your jinx with those you care about"
 
This threw Huey into deep depression, until he encountered a supervillain who took the building he was in, and its people hostage. Suddenly, Huey was really focused on that villain, as in he was deeply emotionally invested here! And things went wrong for the villain completely, so very wrong. Devices stopped working for the crook, the villain found out he had an allergy which nearly incapacitated him, and a giant superhero come to the rescue stepped on him.
 
Realizing that 'care' can mean a lot of things, and magic isn't exactly smart, Huey put on a costume with a bear theme, dubbed himself "Carebear" because it would scare fewer innocents than 'doomed jinx walking' and joined the Curse Breakers, the only team that would take him at the time. His favorite tactic is to find out who put a curse on an innocent then 'care' really hard about that curse bringer. He's also enjoying foiling more typical villains. More than one supervillain has been defeated because a man with a bright bear costume appeared and declared "Hey, Scumball, I CARE about you and what you're doing!"
 
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New Team: The Undershadowed
 
You don't have to be superpowered, or even a criminal, to be a complete jerk. In 2024's Solar Eclipse, Five ordinary  self serving advantage taking people found themselves under the shadow of the Eclipse thinking nothing of it. But later they came to realized they had developed super powered alter egos who were civic minded, kind, and good hearted! They can't control the change. One minute each one is 'a winner' (By cynical standards), then the next they're some goody goody in tights who fight crime,  build homes for the homeless, or otherwise help their fellow man! Worse, their alter egos have begun talking to them through mirrors, delivering lectures about how they should be ashamed.
 
Team Number 5!