I'll need time to process my emotions after reading that concentrated dose of toxic masculinity.

It only goes from Lorton, VA to Sanford, FL. It takes a long time, it's not cheap. My in-laws tried it about 20 years ago. They drove from MA to our house, a short drive to Lorton. At the time they were spending 6 months in FL and 6 in MA. It worked ok for that kind of migration, but not so great for a short term trip, maybe just once out of curiosity.

Yeah that could have done some real damage downtown.

No, nothing that thespian.

Seems like a young man’s job anyway.

@taiwan_girl said in lol fox: @Doctor-Phibes said in lol fox: Rumour has it that after the big DEI push they hired a red-head to clean the bathrooms. LOL. The picture is funny, but I would not be surprise if they "suggest" to new hires that will be in front of the camera that they may look better with blond hair. Yeah, like Emily Compagno. Harris Faulkner, etc.

To each his own, Brother L.

Yeah that was apparent early on. The battle will be more about specific policies. A letter signed by a bunch of pharma, academic, and patient groups was sent to me just today to see if we would sign on. It was about cuts to FDA. NIH cuts are getting a lot of attention. 22 states sued, including some red ones.

@LuFins-Dad Don’t assume Fogel was forgotten or left behind. For one or more reasons Putin wanted to hang on to him until the right opportunity presented itself. That opportunity was now. The queer black basketball player would have been too high maintenance for the Russian prison system to want to keep around. Similar with Gerkowitz. Whelan was probably just a pain in the zhopa and of little bargaining value given his background history. Fogel on the other hand, was a valuable team player who gave English lessons to other inmates and likely any guards who wanted to learn. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/12/washington-to-release-russian-crypto-kingpin-alexander-vinnik-in-exchange-for-marc-fogel-us-official-says-a87975

@kluurs That will make it easier for Americans to do business in Russia. It was quite an impediment for some back in the 90’s.

[image: 1739395361345-20250129_140627-resized.jpg] Sake, this one is rather nice, a Christmas present from Tokyo. (I don't read Japanese and the only thing on the reverse label I can understand is 720ml and 40%; but found the brand online and one that looks near identical... is 750ml 16%ABV so I'm not exactly sure what I'm drinking)

I think a couple of members have introduced bills in every congress for several decades now. I think it only got out of committee once, in 2021.

I retired at 44. At some point I'll retire again (from the foundation) latest that could be would be at 61 (due to term limits). That would be 5 years hence.

@89th said in What does this even mean?: I didn't have to watch the rest of it. I stayed until the tran with a beard that was made out of glitter.

A leap of faith

@LuFins-Dad said in DOGE shifts the crosshairs: I wonder if any of the "payments to people who are dead" I thought of that while I was watching Mr. Musk. He was talking about a veteran who received benefits after his 150th birthday, that must be close to the limit for his family. Irene Triplett was the last person to receive a Civil War pension in the United States. She died at the age of 90 in 2020. Who was Irene Triplett? Triplett was born on January 9, 1930. She was the daughter of Mose Triplett, who fought for both the Confederacy and the Union during the Civil War. Triplett qualified for the pension because she was a helpless adult child of a veteran who suffered cognitive impairments. She received $73.13 per month from the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA).