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    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Mar 8 17:48:39 2025
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    D <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, Keith F. Lynch wrote:


    I've never had a flu shot, and never had the flu. Or a cold, at least
    as an adult.

    See! And _that_ is why faith in Jesus is so important! It protects. I did not >get the corona vaccine, because it can cause death, but my faith in Jesus >protected me all through the scamdemic! =)

    I am glad to hear you are fully protected against atheism.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Sat Mar 8 23:24:44 2025
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    On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, Keith F. Lynch wrote:


    I've never had a flu shot, and never had the flu. Or a cold, at least
    as an adult.

    See! And _that_ is why faith in Jesus is so important! It protects. I did not get the corona vaccine, because it can cause death, but my faith in Jesus protected me all through the scamdemic! =)

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 9 06:56:04 2025
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    On 3/8/25 5:24 PM, D wrote:


    On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, Keith F. Lynch wrote:


    I've never had a flu shot, and never had the flu.  Or a cold, at least
    as an adult.

    See! And _that_ is why faith in Jesus is so important! It protects. I
    did not
    get the corona vaccine, because it can cause death, but my faith in Jesus protected me all through the scamdemic! =)


    Since Keith is an atheist, I guess you're saying your faith protected
    him. And me, since I'm an atheist and haven't had COVID yet. Your faith
    in Jesus may have protected millions of atheists, Muslims, Hindus, etc. worldwide, for which we all thank you.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Paul Dormer on Sun Mar 9 19:39:44 2025
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    Paul Dormer <[email protected]> wrote:

    Also, I'm told that the virus mutates so much, it's a matter of luck
    whether that year's vaccine will work on that year's virus.

    This is the problem with RNA viruses... the mechanism for them to take over
    a cell isn't very good and is prone to major transcription errors. So
    the virus doesn't propagate cleanly and you get all of these variants with different antigens. But they are often similar enough that the vaccine
    is sometimes helpful even when it isn't spot on.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Titus G on Mon Mar 10 07:02:23 2025
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    On 3/10/25 12:07 AM, Titus G wrote:
    It is obvious even to the untrained reader that "D" really wants Jesus
    to take him to that famous pastoral opera:
    "Swede Paddock on Gotland Island."

    Not obvious to me. Gotland sounds like a nice place, and I've been
    exploring the Swedish language a bit, at an absolute beginner level, but
    other than that I don't get it. Is it a mondegreen for something?

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Titus G on Wed Mar 12 11:26:09 2025
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    This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,
    while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.

    On Wed, 12 Mar 2025, Titus G wrote:

    On 11/03/25 22:28, D wrote:


    On Tue, 11 Mar 2025, Titus G wrote:

    On 11/03/25 10:08, D wrote:

    Touché! Reminds me of the story of Trump driving away the money
    changers! Jesus clearly got his inspiration from Trump there. =)


    Jesus, (caught and put to death about a week later), led his gang of
    terrorists on a physical attack on those influential rich Jews and their >>> property who were benefiting by commercialisation of the principal
    Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by selling animals for sacrifice and changing >>> money for pilgrims.
    Trump shifted the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. AIPAC. Epstein
    et al have as much influence on Republicans as they do Democrats. Twat.

    Wow! I had no idea! Could you expand a bit on that? I am now very curious!

    AIPAC. Epstein et al have as much influence on Republicans as they do Democrats. Twat.


    Oh no... that's homo!

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to quadibloc on Fri Apr 11 11:25:03 2025
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    quadibloc <[email protected]> wrote:
    Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    I had a wrongful felony conviction instead. Complete with brutal
    prison sentence followed by life-long collateral consequences,
    despite a perfectly clean record for the past 48 years. Would
    not recommend.

    Was that felony conviction ever recognized as wrongful?

    Yes and no. The crime victim knew I was innocent, and hired me sight
    unseen directly out of prison. The federal government knew I was
    innocent, and gave me a security clearance. But the Commonwealth of
    Virginia never recognized me as innocent. So I'm still officially
    a convicted felon to this day, despite having had a perfectly clean
    record for all of my 68 years, other than the 11 days I had William
    Kelly Shields as a roommate 48 years ago. He went on to get a lengthy
    criminal record, including a dishonorable discharge from the Army, and
    finally committed suicide in 2004.

    Of course, you could still have other types of life-long
    consequences, like PTSD and physical health consequences.

    My main life-long consequence is that I came down with something
    like Trump Derangement Syndrome long before I ever heard of Trump,
    i.e. I've long had a profound skepticism of government at every level.
    I still believe that police, prosecutors, and jailers are best viewed,
    not as protectors or forces for good, but as simply an especially
    powerful criminal gang.

    I lost my security clearance in 2000, not for any fault on my part,
    but because of a moral panic about "criminals" with clearances. We
    all know what happened a year later. Very likely the people who would
    have learned of the 9/11 attacks in time to prevent them were among
    the many who lost their clearances. Feeling safer yet?

    I regained my right to vote in 2016, not for any virtue on my part,
    but because Virginia's Democratic governor wanted his gang of thugs
    to win the 2016 presidential election rather than the rival gang of
    thugs, and thought that restoring everyone's right to vote would
    contribute to that.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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