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| 6ixStringJack: Here's a video about FUM and why nobody should buy it. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 06:07 |
| 6ixStringJack: Yeah... and it's not just vaping either. I don't know how often you watch youtube, but have you seen any sponsorships for a product called "FUM"? It's an outrageously expensive piece of metal and wood (around $80 for the cheap one and well over $100 for the expensive one), and you sign up for a monthly subscription for "flavor packs". They market it as a "safe" alternative to smoking and vaping and a means to quit either one, but they have a super expensive monthly subscription for what is essentially flavored essential oils that you're inhaling along with that "flavor". It wouldn't surprise me if that ends up being even worse than vaping and it ends up destroying a lot of YouTube channels that were making money shilling it as a "healthy" product. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 06:05 |
| Brenda: Well, speaking as a none smoker. I've seen people die because they smoked. My dad for one. A brother of his had throat cancer. I have a friend who had open heart surgery and a stroke because of her smoking. I just hope that she has stopped but I'm not fool enough to think that she has. Her breathing is to short when she is walking...so. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 05:45 |
| Brenda: I know SIX. People are looking at ways to stop or get a handle on the kids and ADULTS vaping up here. And of course there is the usual alcohol and drugs. There is some really toxic stuff being cut with tranquilizers. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 05:41 |
| 6ixStringJack: The problem is that kids are doing even worse things than cigarettes now. They're vaping oil into their lungs, and we really have no idea what the price of that is going to be for another decade or two. At the end of the day, the Government doesn't want us smokers to quit. They want us to die young. Almost everybody who dies from a non-accident is going to rack up plenty of medical bills before they go, no matter how old they are and how healthy a life they lived. If somebody like me dies before Social Security and Medicare kicks in, that saves the US taxpayers 30 or so years of making montly SSI payments to me, as well as 30 years of paying for the bulk of my medical care in retirement. They don't want me to quit. They'll be happy when I die early. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 04:59 |
| Brenda: And those higher prices may even stop people from even starting. That is a good thing. Are you a smoker Second? - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 04:04 |
| Brenda: Second, some people who maybe just picked up the habit will quit. Which in turn will save your health care system and ours in Canada millions of dollars. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 04:03 |
| 6ixStringJack: Shut up, faggot. Get a hobby. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 03:55 |
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second: The Pentagon is lying about the cost of the war | May 1, 2026 Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN on Thursday that he heard estimates that the cost to the U.S. is around $50 billion. He said the higher estimate would be based on the “billion dollars a day” spent for more than 60 days since Feb. 28. “I’m going to try to make some inquiry into what they based their estimate on, because $25 billion is considerably below all the other estimates I’ve been seeing for the past two months,” King told the outlet. On Thursday, CNN reported that the Pentagon’s estimate failed to account for repairs to damaged U.S. military bases in the Middle East, with sources telling the outlet that those repairs could raise the cost by between $15 billion and $25 billion. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 03:10 |
| 6ixStringJack: Get off it, retard. You couldn't spell emphysema without google. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 02:38 |
| second: Brenda: Similar law suits in the US were settled for $246 billion—of which $206 billion came in one large settlement by 46 states—which will be paid by smokers through higher prices. [Repeat: paid by smokers through higher prices] The settlement came after the collapse of an effort to write federal legislation [Repeat: collapse of an effort to write federal legislation] that would have substantially increased the cost of cigarettes through taxes and would have restricted the marketing of tobacco. [go to link] Despite all those law suits, tobacco is still a very profitable business that kills millions of the dumbest people, the ones who can't spell "emphysema" so they changed the name to COPD, which is real easy to spell: [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.02 00:25 |
| Brenda: Second, Canada has successfully sued tobacco companies because they lied about the health risks of smoking. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 23:21 |
6ixStringJack: Really?  Nobody cares.
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| THG: Trump family crypto project quietly sold as holders got stuck - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 22:01 |
| second: On April 14, 1994, CEOs from seven major U.S. tobacco companies testified under oath before a House Subcommittee that they did not believe nicotine was addictive. This landmark, televised hearing featured executives denying the link between smoking and health issues, contradicting internal industry documents. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 19:39 |
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second: Trump’s supporters have constructed an elaborate double standard to ignore his fire hose of lies and incendiary rhetoric, which they dismiss as “mean tweets” or otherwise inconsequential. They have justified doing so in large part by turning Obama into a chimerical monster who supposedly launched the racial war that Trump must now win. Yet the strongest evidence they can marshal for Obama’s alleged provocation is rhetoric that is more thoughtful, dignified, and presidential than anything Trump has said in his entire time in the White House. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 18:01 |
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second: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise declared that gas is much cheaper than it was “two years ago,” when, he claimed, it was $6 a gallon. The average price then was actually $3.66. And Pete Hegseth, the Defense secretary, told Congress that gas prices in California were $8 a gallon on the eve of the Iran war; the average was actually $4.64. What’s striking about these efforts to create an alternate reality isn’t merely the fact that politicians are lying. It’s the fact that they’re lying about a subject in which the truth is more or less literally in everyone’s face every day. Lies about, say, immigrant crime are difficult for ordinary Americans to check. But gas prices are displayed on giant signs all around America — and drivers face a reality check on fuel costs every time they fill their tanks. Why, then, do Republicans believe that these lies will work for them politically? [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 17:04 |
| Brenda: But maybe they've been having getting on SIX. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 10:09 |
| Brenda: Never know. People pick things up and then drop them with no rhyme or reason. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 09:25 |
| 6ixStringJack: They sound like High School girls. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 08:16 |
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second: "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had." - William T. Kelley, former Wharton Professor. Now he's the dumbest President America has ever had. It’s rare for a professor to disparage the intelligence of a student, but according to attorney Frank DiPrima, who was close friends with professor William T. Kelley for 47 years, the prof made an exception for Donald Trump, at least in private. “He must have told me that 100 times over the course of 30 years,” says DiPrima, who has been practicing law since 1963. “I remember the inflection of his voice when he said it: ‘Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had!’” He would say that [Trump] came to Wharton thinking he already knew everything, that he was arrogant and he wasn’t there to learn.” Kelley, who passed away in 2011 at age 94, taught marketing at Wharton for 31 years, retiring in 1982. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 07:32 |
| 6ixStringJack: They've been pretty quiet for most of the day though, huh? I think some serious things just hit home for them today. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 06:02 |
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6ixStringJack: Look at those crybabies cry...
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| Brenda: Wow! That is shocking. Never thought that would happen SIX. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 05.01 02:58 |
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second: On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared. I never bought into the TACO meme, which was initially about tariffs: Trump did not, in fact, reverse his destructive tariff policy, although he blinked in his confrontation with China. But NACHO looks right. Hormuz won’t open until the economic damage to the US from its closure becomes much more severe. More at: [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 20:20 |
| THG: lifted from SECONDS post; I've seen like 50 of these GOP Senators say they're working on a ballroom bill. Not a single one working towards stuff normal people care about. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 20:07 |
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second: Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul tweeted "I'm dropping a bill tomorrow. Let's build the [Trump] Ballroom." [go to link] I've seen like 50 of these GOP Senators say they're working on a ballroom bill. Not a single one working towards stuff normal people care about. Cheaper healthcare? Not in a million years. By the way, improvement would be easy because the U.S. healthcare system is a extreme global outlier, spending roughly $14,885 per person (2024), nearly double the cost of the next highest-spending country, Switzerland. While the U.S. pays significantly more, this high spending does not result in better outcomes, often trailing other wealthy nations in life expectancy and disease prevention. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 19:26 |
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second: "You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." – Marcus Aurelius “If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” – Seneca “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 18:12 |
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6ixStringJack: Wow, Brenda. You were publicly acknowledged by the most important man alive in Second's universe! All it took was me telling you that you would be ignored and he sure proved me wrong again!
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second: Trump has long compared himself to America’s two greatest presidents. But recently he told two people who are in a position to know such things—a senior administration official and a longtime Trump confidant—that he is now greater than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. “He’s been talking recently about how he is the most powerful person to ever live,” the confidant told us. “He wants to be remembered as the one who did things that other people couldn’t do, because of his sheer power and force of will.” [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 16:58 |
| second: Brenda wrote: "I said I will be ignored." You weren't ignored and now you have been publicly acknowledged. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 16:13 |
| second: Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award. In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of Carroll. Onward to the Supreme Court. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 16:12 |
| Brenda: No worries SIX. Just thought you didn't realize it was me. Oh, I know about their behaviors and that is why I said I will be ignored. Which is cool with me. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 06:14 |
6ixStringJack: Oh.... sorry, Brenda. I was referring to both Ted and Second and their odd tag behaviors again. I just assumed that you'd be ignored by both of them. They're only interested in arguing. 
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| Brenda: Hey, I just posted something to Second which will be soundly ignored. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.30 03:46 |
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6ixStringJack: Look at you two...
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| Brenda: I know a hockey audience once say America's national anthem after a mic cut out. Don't remember who was playing but it was a good thing to see. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 23:25 |
| second: Trump lawyers twist Senator Mark Kelly's words in bid to reverse court loss because, hey!, why wouldn't a Trumptard lie? What would stop them? They have Trump's ongoing example of saying anything to get what he wants and nothing has ever stopped him, except when he is under oath and subject to punishment for perjury: [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 21:52 |
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THG: Trump's Hypocrisy Reaches New Heights [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 21:06 |
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second: I've been thinking about how best to characterize what the United States is doing to itself. I think superpower suicide is probably the best term. We're fighting a war for a reason nobody can specify, and we're losing it. And the President of the United States is glossing it regularly with genocidal rhetoric. This is all bad enough, but I think it's symptomatic of something deeper. And with superpower suicide, I'm giving a name to that. Why am I thinking of suicide? Because I think these are things we’ve chosen to do. These are choices that we've made. More about those choices at: [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 20:22 |
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THG: This is what Americans are about Jack. Not your hateful bullshit Sabres Fans Sing O Canada After Mic Cuts Out [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 18:34 |
| second: Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why. The administration’s move signals a major transformation in America’s culture war: Contraception has gone from being politically untouchable to a real target on the right. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 17:02 |
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second: The Evolution of Trump’s Corruption. Trump is even suing his own government, hoping to get the Justice Department—led for now by his former personal attorney—to pay him $230 million for investigating him, and the IRS to pay him $10 billion for mishandling his tax information. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 16:42 |
| second: Is this too egotistical? New US passports feature Trump’s portrait from his second inauguration on the inside cover with his signature in gold lettering at the bottom: [go to link] I'm feeling that nothing goes too far for Trump. What next? Put up a monument to himself bigger than the Lincoln Memorial? Oops! It is in the planning stage. As of April 2026, plans for a 250-foot "Trump Triumphal Arch" are being proposed near the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 07:18 |
| THG: Yes it is - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 06:08 |
| second: I saw mention of Trump's "privately funded ballroom", so I just want to point out: If you cut government services to give tax cuts to billionaires in exchange for them donating to your ballroom THAT IS A TAXPAYER FUNDED BALLROOM. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 06:01 |
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THG: Billboards and polls show growing defections from MAGA base [go to link]? - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 05:21 |
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THG: The MAGA apology tour is open for business and nobody is buying tickets [go to link]? - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 04:47 |
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THG: Fixed it again - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 04:46 |
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THG: The MAGA apology tour is open for business, and nobody is buying tickets - http://www.fireflyfans.net 04.29 04:45 |