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GiqueCee

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29. Proving is synonymous with testing...

Reply to bigtime (Reply #10)

Mon Aug 5, 2024, 06:10 PM

Aug 2024

... as in "Proving grounds" for testing vehicles, etc. Not quite archaic usage, but close.
There are lots of phrases that were common 100 years ago, but are frequently misunderstood these days. I love etymology!

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BREAKING: Jenna Ellis has flipped. [View all] kpete Aug 2024 OP

Republicon-style treason sucks enormously BoRaGard Aug 2024 #1

And down they go.... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #2

LOVE it.... democratsruletheday Aug 2024 #3

I hope the have her locked away somewhere so they can't get at her. Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #4

I would like to LOL, but as they say the proof of the pudding is in the eating. RockRaven Aug 2024 #5

Tip of the hat for correct and accurate application of the pudding proof bigtime Aug 2024 #10

This could be read with lots of sexual connotations. NT kiri Aug 2024 #24

Proving is synonymous with testing... GiqueCee Aug 2024 #29

I second that! (NT) HuskyOffset Aug 2024 #11

That's not what they say. Orrex Aug 2024 #13

Excellent, glad it's someone from TSF's campaign rather than a local Republican. She should have more ammunition MLAA Aug 2024 #6

She's best known for sniffing Giuliani's farts. Who would want that legacy? Was she just too cool for Old Weird DonOld AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2024 #7

Here: PCIntern Aug 2024 #8

AG Kris Mayes is a BAB and we are so lucky to have her. Fichefinder Aug 2024 #9

Agreed. Frank D. Lincoln Aug 2024 #12

What's a BAB? liberalla Aug 2024 #17

Bad Ass B*tch n/t not fooled Aug 2024 #19

Thanks! She was a Republican until 2019... so glad she came over liberalla Aug 2024 #30

Bad Ass Bitch! Fichefinder Aug 2024 #39

Good. Follow the law and the facts wherever they lead.... Dem4life1970 Aug 2024 #14

I was hoping to see her punished JoseBalow Aug 2024 #15

She's a snake Warpy Aug 2024 #16

Didn't she flip last year? nt Shermann Aug 2024 #18

Yeah - I thought so also. But flips can flop. erronis Aug 2024 #28

Yes. Different case though, wasn't it? Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2024 #34

Ah so last year was false statements in Georgia and this year it's fake electors in Arizona. Shermann Aug 2024 #37

My concern is, how much 'client/attorney privilege' louis-t Aug 2024 #20

Isn't that voided if the discussions involve participating in a criminal conspiracy? Attilatheblond Aug 2024 #22

Good question. louis-t Aug 2024 #23

First SCOTUS tells TCF they won't stop the sentencing, and now a big flipper Attilatheblond Aug 2024 #21

Faster than lightning orangecrush Aug 2024 #25

The message from Jenna Ellis to the orange guy: calimary Aug 2024 #26

Bingo penbo Aug 2024 #31

Dun Dun..... COL Mustard Aug 2024 #27

Republi"cons" aren't going down so long as a USSC justice gets away with threatening the POTUS. jaxexpat Aug 2024 #32

That damn Supreme Court melm00se Aug 2024 #33

Put her in Witness Protection Kid Berwyn Aug 2024 #35

Cocksure b*tch deserves squat. Who did she think she was talking to? czarjak Aug 2024 #36

Take that Simone Biles lame54 Aug 2024 #38