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@mister-moggy said
will not write it.

i create the title, becuase i think differently than most of you.

"We left Mr. Moggy where we had found him in the beginning, all those years ago: lying face down in a puddle of his own making."

THE END

@ogb said
July 4th is for patriotic Americans, not for protesters !

The two are not mutually exclusive.

This country has a proud history of protests.

The Ballard of RHP

There once was a great site for chess
That started to get in a mess
A man called Russ
Put an end to the fuss
And declared it no place to regress

Bathtime.

There once was a man from Calcutta
Who sat in a bath full of butter
He could make it sound sane
When he tried to explain
But he's really a bit of a nutter.

Diagnosis.

Since his life was a war of attrition
He decided to ask a physician
'Do not worry, my dear
'cause it's all very clear
What you have is the human condition.'

I don't know how exactly the system will be changed, but if it gives more opportunities for non-subs to do mischief by mass alerting innocuous posts who's politics they don't agree with, they will do so. One only has to read the thread in General to see that certain right wing posters (who accomplished making Debates into the JV version of Stormfront over the last month or so) view the suspension of Debates as a leftist conspiracy to deprive them of their non-existent "right" to post racist swill on a private chess site and are itching to continue their noble fight by any means possible. It is, after all, the most popular news story on Britbart and the rest; "White, Right WIngers viciously deprived of their rights by liberal conspiracy".

It's only a matter of time before the Russ-Soros link is revealed.

@chesstachio said
I am willing to bet all moderators are left wing.

Prove me wrong.

Define left wing. You clearly consider the term pejorative.

The post that was quoted here has been removed

Trash pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays. Wait your turn.

@ogb said
July 4th is for patriotic Americans, not for protesters !

The guys who signed it were protesters.

I was studying this evening (exam tomorrow!) when I noticed a purply-orange-ish glow coming from my window.

I was just in time to catch what was apparently a penumbral lunar eclipse rising above the mountains across the bay where I live. I ran outside and just managed to catch it on camera.

Here is the map of where in the world the eclipse can (or could) be seen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2020_lunar_eclipse

See the following link:
https://imgur.com/a/hAAYpqh

Feel free to share your own photos - I thought it would be nice after the drama of the last few days.

@kevcvs57 said
What will I call someone who posts something that’s blatantly idiotic?
Answers must fall within posting guidelines.

Just "whodey" will do in 90% of cases here.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I respect that.

People offended by John Locke can [expletive deleted] off.

@russ said
Our forum posting guidelines have been updated to explicitly spell out what should be obvious - hate speech is forbidden.

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If you find this unacceptable, please refrain from posting to these forums.

I like the new way of alerting a post. A thumbs up.

-VR