@kluurs said in Irreplaceable Art Destroyed in LA Fires: Seriously, I suspect we'll hear a lot of things lost - the whole of the Schoenberg archives were lost along with a great deal of Hollywood memorobelia. No, no. None of the manuscripts were burned. Just the printed copies they sold to orchestras around the world. A loss, but replaceable.

@taiwan_girl said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one: @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one: And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch. [image: what_if_napolean_had_a_b_52_bomber_at_waterloo_3_by_mac4tu_dgg29yd-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTAyNCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2MyZmZiNzQ1LTUyOTAtNDRkNy1iOWVhLWNmNDUzZDdhOGNiZVwvZGdnMjl5ZC04ZjJhZTVkZS1hYzk2LTQ1NDctYjljZC02Mjk4MjVkZjNjYzAuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEwMjQifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.rXO-XDaS1C5VLzRgp0fHXxclSFupapU19LQG4cTZOHw] Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?, I think I have mentioned this a couple times, a book I would love to write but probably never will. It would be non-fiction, but it would be a series of real world butterfly effects of sorts, where I track one small incident and the ripple effect it has throughout history, for example, the assassination of archduke Ferdinand leading to rocket travel.

Hopefully, like Sec. Clinton, we will not hear from her except on some TV shows or something like that. The hard truth is that she just was not a very good candidate.

Appropriate in many ways.

A sentence begins with a capital letter.

That's been the question for four years.

@Mik said in 1972-1982: The decade that changed fitness: But it also begat Link to video

Wonder who all they had to pull off the Jan 6 cases to do actual police work?

@George-K said in Havana Syndrome: This man is in charge of the nuclear force. I know America's important, but I'm pretty sure that's a fundamental force of nature.

I take that as a compliment, Horace. So from one aggressive bastard to another…. Tally ho! Attack!

@George-K said in On the Paki rape gangs in the UK.: @Doctor-Phibes said in On the Paki rape gangs in the UK.: the Labour MP for Rotherham has now backed a full enquiry This? No, that’s somebody else entirely. He’s also not the most reliable witness as he was kicked out of the Labour Party for exchanging sexual texts with a 17 year old girl, and then ran as a Reform candidate under Nigel Farage.

Indeed, looting, vandalism and mischief are all far more civilized ways of flipping the bird than simply turning your back on the pompous protocol and decorum that acknowledges and celebrates an undeserving and narcissistic putz.

I might have done it myself 20 years ago. Not now.

Meh, Copper mining is really frigging disruptive and an ecological disaster for the region it’s in. We need to get off this effing planet. https://pwr.edu.pl/en/university/news/raw-materials-from-asteroids-we-know-where-to-best-extract-them-from-10446.html

Specifically that Biden is considering it. No doubt he wants his freedom. As does his mother.

Well, they deliver alcohol (as does Instacart) so....

What a loss.

I have played with those simulators, it was fun. You will spend several thousand for a nice setup - too much for me.