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e.pierce's avatar

Go to the beach and use your cell phone to dig for clams. Follow all harvesting rules and regulations. Report back on progress and/or obstacles. A crack team of stochastic postmetaphysical scatologists will verify the emergence of punctuated , dynamic equilibrium.

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Matt: Please pass on to Aaron something from his comment on Monday Mourning. I don't remember the exact clip Aaron was referring to, but it was about East Palestine. Aaron thought the comment by the necon about "leaving a trick on the table" meant the neocon was equating doing something good for the community was a "political trick."

I'm the last guy to defend a neocon, but I believe the neocon was making a card playing refernce. In Bridge, or Hearts or Spades, the round of 4 cards played is a "trick." The high/best card wins the trick. I believe the necon meant it would have been very easy for Biden to go to East Palestine and win the "trick" as president Biden is a "higher card" than Donald Trump. "Leaving a trick on the table" would mean purposefully NOT playing your best card to win the trick when there is no advantage for you to do so.

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