No. I meant that Biden was president when it happened and when it was investigated. Trump did not run the FBI. So implying he shut down an investigation makes no logical sense.
But conspiracy theories like this are how stupid people can convince themselves they're smart.
So Biden is responsible? He and his FBI were the ones reponsible for investigating.
There was an investigation. Is your attention span so short you don't remember?
You sound like a MAGA saying the 2020 election was stolen.
He wasn't in charge when it happened.
It's preposterous to believe that Trump and his side would allow live bullets to be fired in his direction. This is pure idiocy.
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Congratulations!
As long as they're not asking for money, it's great news.
A girl no older than ten stood in a ragged linen dress, barefoot in the cold street, her bonnet askew on her head. She had a shallow basket filled with potatoes and was shouting, vainly trying to get above the din. "Buy some potatoes, sir," she importuned the passersby, "Eight for sixpence, eight for sixpence. Will you buy? Give me a hansel, you shall have fourteen — that's a bargain — fourteen. . . " Pablo didn't think anything of it. She was like thousands of children that age, finding a way to earn a few shillings so she could eat. He had been one of them once. "Sound like you ain't got around much," said Pablo. "No," said Victoria.
#WIPSnips The word for April 13th is "child"
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From "The Cadaver Princess."
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But Fanny had reached her dress and was putting it on. "I could not. Not now." "But my dove . . . " "Don't 'my dove' me. You have a sweet tongue, but you're a madman." She looked him up and down. "An old madman. I wonder if you put me under some sort of alchemical enchantment to bring me here." "My . . . " Franklin paused. Homer wondered if he was at a loss for an endearment other than "my dove." "Good night, Dr. Franklin," said Fanny as she exited the room. Franklin watched her leave. Then he shrugged. "Oh, well," he said. "The night is young, and there are other women." He began the process of putting on his boots.
The #WIPSnips word for April 10th is "process"
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From "The Cadaver Princess."
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It's called "sprezzatura": the hard work necessary to make something look simple and easy.
It was then that he recognized what he saw. It was not totally unfamiliar: the Alhambra had the head of one stuffed and hung over the bar, ratty and gnawed on by mice and moths over the years. "We need to go back," he whispered to Victoria. "Why?" she said. "We have only just got here, and I am ever so delighted." Pablo pointed. Victoria saw what he was indicating. "A lion?" "It's spotted us, I reckon." "Is it real?" "I'm thinking it ain't wise to find out directly. Move slowly. We can't outrun it."
The #WIPSnips word for April 9th is "stuff"
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From "The Cadaver Princess."
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Sheppard examined the corpse, its modesty protected only by a wrap of rough linen. The girl was probably no more than 12. Honey brown hair. A thin face and oversized nose. Pablo figured that if you scrubbed the London street dirt from her face, she might have been judged pretty. No teeth. Bishop always brought them without teeth. Probably sold to a dentist for a few shillings. Pablo knew that, to Sheppard, the beauty was not in the outward appearance, but in the bones and organs underneath. Many times, he had listened to the anatomist speaking glowingly about how they were what his students would need to understand as doctors. "Five pounds," he said. Bishop laughed. He smelled of garbage and manure and Pablo thought it might just be worth a pound or two to get him out of the hospital. "St. Barts will give me eight." "Then I suggest you go to St. Barts," said Sheppard. He turned away. "I shall not haggle prices like a London fishmonger."
The #WIPSnips word for April 8th is "need"
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From "The Cadaver Princess"
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"For what you did to me, I forgive you." "Forgive me?" said Niviane. "What to forgive me for?" "The hawthorn bush, obviously." "You deserved it. You were getting too full of yourself." More silence. Then, "Don't joke. That wasn't the real reason." "It is as far as you're concerned. "I love you, Niviane." The words wounded. "You're a fool." "Perhaps I am. But one can't control one's heart." "God," said Niviane. "Such drivel. You're like a mewling baby." "Perhaps. But I know my heart. Don't you love me at all?" "Not a whit," said Niviane without having to think about it.
The #WIPSnips word for April 1st is "fool"
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From "The Cadaver Princess." Available from your local library on the Hoopla app
There was no fraud. The results matched the polls.
Musk dump millions of dollars into ads. That's what he meant.
It is technically and logistically impossible to effect the vote count. No one has ever given a plausible explanation as to how it could happen.
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Yes.
"That's the only problem?" said Homer. "How about getting into the palace and finding that instrument?" "One at a time," said Pablo, raising his hand. "I don't know much about music," he said, his experience only in playing a fiddle -- badly -- in the Alhambra. Mr. Pounce had told him to stick to singing, which could only be slightly flat. "But if we could figure out that chord, we're a step ahead." "I know what it is," said Victoria. Everyone looked at her, surprised she had spoken up. "Well?" said Mrs. Lake. "Tell us." "It is probably the Devil's chord. I learned about it in my lessons. Mr. Campanelli called it a tritone."
The #WIPSnips word for March 31st is "step"
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From "The Cadaver Princess." Borrow from your local library with the Hoopla app.
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I saw him on stage at Ford's Theater in DC
Interesting, but unless you did the cover yourself, the artist would need to give permission.
Though I never heard of anyone claiming infringement over promoting the book cover.
"They're not rejecting you. They're rejecting electrons." -- paraphrasing George Scithers.
Pure non-sequitur.
"Staring down on the Jungfrau..."
Star Wars didn't reinvent anything. It's just Flash Gordon with more impressive technology.
Though Flash Gordon had better spaceships.
Bishop lived in a cottage of three small rooms, its walls made of wood that had been patched so many times that it was likely that none of the original material remained. He sat at the rickety table in the kitchen, a small room with a hearth that was covered with years of soot and grease. Bishop counted the coins Mr. Grey had tossed to him. Eight pounds, six shillings and ten pence. Nowhere near the amount he had been promised. But it would be good enough for now. Bishop sensed that Mr. Grey was not the type of person you should be demanding more money from
The #WIPSnips word for March 28th is "original"
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From "The Cadaver Princess." Available from your local library through the Hoopla app.
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A major part of my childhood has washed away. 😢😢
We went there every day in summers when I was a kid.
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"Your Royal Highness," the lions had said. Pablo was beginning to get used to seeing wonders. They seemed to follow Victoria around like fleas following a dog.
The #WIPSnips word for March 27th is "royal"
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From "The Cadaver Princess"
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No way out. Which means, thought Lehzen, we have to stay in. "Charlotte?" Lehzen looked around the room. Not many hiding places. There was only one other option. "Get into the bedchamber and stay there. Get under the bed and don't speak or come out no matter what happens. Understand?" The girl nodded. "But what if -- ?" "Just stay there. I'll let you know if you can come out." She paused. What if she couldn't give a signal? "And if I have to leave you, you are to go to St. James Palace. Do you know where that is?" "No," said the girl. Lehzen took out four shillings. "Take these. It will cover the cost of a cabriolet." After a moment, she added two more. "Just in case."
The #WIPSnips word for March 26th is "option"
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From "The Cadaver Princess."
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He's referring to the money it dumped into the election. It is not technically or physically possible for him to affect the voting machines.
"I have no doubt of it." Wellington sipped his own sherry. "Even if the dowager duchess were reluctant, Conroy has that certain charm that is toward women as nectar is to a bee. It is inexplicable, but there it is." He sipped again. "I wonder what he's here about." "If it's about the bloody Reform talk, I shall show him out the door." Wellington laughed, a small giggle that sounded more like a young girl than a military man. "More likely, it is to inveigle his way into a peerage." That was even funnier. "He knows we have no influence over the King." "He just might not. People like him usually think they're more clever than they really are. The obvious flaws in their plans do not occur to them." After the laughter died down, Newcastle said. "Let's make a small wager, Arthur. I say he will bring up the Reform. You say it will be a peerage. Let's say . . . twenty pounds." "Done," said Wellington. "But what if he brings up neither?" "Then we will both be better off and we will use the money to buy a good claret." There was a gentle knock and the servant opened the door. "Sir John Conroy, Your Graces." Newcastle stood. "Good evening to you, Sir John." He gestured toward Wellington. "Have you been introduced to the Duke?"
The #WIPSnips word for March 25th is "gentle"
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From The Cadaver Princess
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Whichever ones are in the current scene I'm writing.
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"There's no need for that, Mr. Bishop," said the monstrous rat. "I have been asked to offer you a job."
The #WIPSnips words for March 24th is "offer"
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From "The Cadaver Princess."
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It looks like I'm going to take the biggest cliche of mystery fiction and make it work.
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