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orthoclad

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12. Clickbait?

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:22 PM

Sunday

Not one mention of the headline material is in the post. Instead, lots of irrelevant noise.

No, I will not take the bait and click to find out what the OP intended to say.

It's not hard to copy and paste the gist of a piece. Or even type a summary. Especially since the OP conceals the actual source URL of the link. That smells funny to me. Maybe we don't want to give traffic to that site.

In this day and age we must be cautious of our clix.

-Your friendly neighborhood curmudgeon : )

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America is a smoldering pile of rubble this July 4 -- and this absurd law is to blame [View all] B.See Saturday OP

Uh, what law? orthoclad Saturday #1

the electoral college Blues Heron Saturday #2

That's not a law, it's the Constitution orthoclad Saturday #3

Which is the supreme law of the land Blues Heron Saturday #4

There is no "law" mentioned in the OP orthoclad Sunday #5

It's the electoral college? Blues Heron Sunday #6

Not one mention of it orthoclad Sunday #7

You must read the article at the link in the OP Mysterian Sunday #8

See beow orthoclad Sunday #11

Read the article, it's in there. Blues Heron Sunday #9

See below orthoclad Sunday #10

Clickbait? orthoclad Sunday #12

Others here have tried to enlighten you B.See Sunday #13