I think a middle party is needed, but I think they have also been tried before and have not worked. I think that the two parties have so much control over the whole election process that it makes it very hard for a new party to be a success.

In contrast to his roughneck public persona, Moe was, in private life, a quiet, dedicated family man, whose hobbies included reading, playing bridge and making hooked rugs. Moe was the business-minded one of the group. He knew that Curly liked to spend his money on partying and women, and Larry liked to spend his at the racetrack. So, he drew up an agreement where Larry and Curly turned over a certain percentage of their salaries to him. He, in turn, invested it for them. The result was that, while Larry and Curly were not as wealthy as Moe was (he invested far more of his own money and was quite well off), he ensured that their spendthrift habits did not result in their being broke when their careers ended. His famous "bowl" haircut came by accident. As a child, his mother always wanted a girl, and with Moe being the youngest at the time, she would play dress-up with him, putting him in dresses and bologna curling his long hair. One day, after being picked on for months in school, he and some friends hid in the shed, and he chopped all of the hair off, using a bowl as a guide. After doing so, he was so afraid to face his mother, he hid for hours. Finally coming out, after seeing his hair, she cried out that she was so happy he did so, simply because she couldn't bring herself to. His hair stuck with him all his life. Howard got the idea for the notorious Stooge gag of eye-gouging one day when, during a game of bridge, Shemp Howard leaned over and poked Larry Fine in the eyes for not playing well. The result: Larry cried, Shemp apologized, Moe laughed until he fell out of his chair and walked through a glass door. He considered the eye-gouge the funniest thing he'd ever seen and decided to use it in their act.When The Three Stooges shorts began to appear on local children's shows in the late 1950s, there was a wave of kids poking each other in the eyes. When Moe heard about this, it was the Stooges who came to the rescue. They went on many local television shows, as well as national television, and showed how the eye-pokes were done in a way that nobody got hurt. To the kids watching, it was like learning a magic trick. (IMDb) Happy Birthday, Moe Howard!

That will be interesting. As Musk said previously something like: " President Trump will be around for three more years. Me (and my money) will be around for 30 more years." How much influence will President Trump have after he is finished with the president? At least at the beginning, quite a bit. Obviously, a lot depends on how the next three years go. But, he will always have the strong support of ~30% of the population, no matter what he does or what happens. And those are the type of people who vote in the primary.

Not quite sure of the ending to this.. whether it was good or bad. (title is a bit incorrect. Not sure if the leopard "saved" the deer or not) Link to video

@89th LOL

Now if we can get them to quit building in wildfire zones, they might be able to get insurance.

Saw this in a news report: It is rare for people to fall off a cruise ship, but when they do, they often do not survive. In 2019, the most recent year data is available, 25 people fell overboard and only nine of them were rescued, according to a Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) report.

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Steady on.

Beautiful car!

@jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.: @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.: Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. What gave out? Forearm/grip? Not sure. I was just a quick test and I did not put much thought into it. Maybe I'll try to be a bit more methodical the next time.

I sped up reading that. No fear like it.

@Tom-K said in Boy NYC's haircut: As the elder generation opines, the fair damsels of the younger generation acquiesce. Yep.

Wow!!!!

The leaps and bounds made by AI video in the last 12-24 months is insane. We might already be there, but soon enough it will be impossible to tell what is real. Scary future!

Nah. Nothing unconfirmed out of Tehran is credible on its face. But I would not be a bit surprised if it were true.

I rather liked him. But this probably improves the odds of a democratic pickup, such as they were.