From: necht@heidel.berg   
      
   On 5 Jan 2026 19:30:58 GMT   
   rbowman  wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 10:42:05 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   >   
   > > On 2026-01-05, rbowman  wrote:   
   > >> On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 10:53:59 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> I conjecture that Snag has never met a _real_ leftist.  I've   
   > >>> lived in a college town for 50 years and have seen plenty of   
   > >>> them.   
   > >>   
   > >> College towns do collect freaks.   
   > >>   
   > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooey_Zephyr   
   > >   
   > > Nice.  Ann Arbor's state house representative is pretty boring.   
   > >   
   > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Irwin_(politician)   
   >   
   > No fun there. Ol' Zooey went off on a somewhat obscene rant and was   
   > barred from the chambers. The supporters showed up, had a   
   > demonstration, and were arrested. Zooey's 'office' for the rest of   
   > the term was a bench out in the hall. A calmer approach may have   
   > worked better.   
   >   
   > The state legislature only has a session not longer than 90 days on   
   > odd numbered years so there's a limited window for comic relief,   
   > unlike DC.   
      
      
   And Bozeman is starting to look like a suburb of LA, with worse weather.   
      
   The real Montana may exist in parts of Helena and Great Falls   
   maybe...maybe...   
      
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