@taiwan_girl said in The Surrender: @Jolly said in The Surrender: @taiwan_girl said in The Surrender: @Jolly said in The Surrender: work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy Jr., To me, how to decide who should get it and who should not. Should it just be President candidates? There are probably people in Congress who generate a lot more hate against them than Mr. Kennedy. But, maybe they have Secret Service protection? How many candidates have had their father and their uncle assassinated? Probably only one, but I am not sure that the average crazy person thinks of that if they are thinking of assassination someone. I am not sure that the average person even makes the connection. No, RFK is different. You get more crazy points for killing a Kennedy.

Wow! Good story. I am not sure I would have reacted the same way.

Different GOP.

@George-K Hope things will continue to go well.

Sad. Ego for a title that 99.9% of the population will never know about. (Re: the video. It would have been good to have some topographic maps of the mountain which showed the routes, etc.)

Intersting article. Thanks Jolly. Chinese banks loan money to governments that then give that money to Chinese construction companies and pay the loan back to the bank over time. This means the money essentially never leaves China, "while the bill is ultimately footed by taxpayers in other countries." This is becoming a big problem and countries and now starting to realize this.

Wow! Looks great for his age. (Looks better than President Biden also talks better than him (and talks better than President Trump also))

@taiwan_girl said in Turley on "Saving Democracy": @George-K said in Turley on "Saving Democracy": North Carolina joined this effort recently to block third-party candidates to avoid “mischief.” A more appropriate title for the article would have been, "Both parties move to block Kennedy and others in the name of saving democracy" (North Carolina Republics control both the state house and state senate) This is a move by the Secretary of State, a Democrat. In most states, elections are managed by the SoS.

@Horace said in Costco Returns: I guess that’s a small price for Costco to pay for the positive PR. Definitely seems to be working for them. Whish I had purchased stock in them a while ago. [image: Costco-Wholesale-Corporation-20-years-stock-chart.png]

That was a crazy incident. Hearing a lot about it. Really really nice hotel. Actually right next to the Erawan Shrine, which was bombed a few years ago.

Correct.

The majority of Asian education system (especially north Asia) is based on memory learning and group learning. It does not encourage individual thinking. That is why the US still leads in innovation. If things are going along they are supposed to, Asian companies and people do great. But, when things go different from what is expected, it is more difficult to react and adjust.

@taiwan_girl said in Remember "puffy lips?": Most "hot new trends" do not age well. Try telling my friend that about his 1970's pet rock collection. One day he'll sell it for millions.

Wow!! I did not realize that it was currently that bad with all of the rain there. Scary!!

@Jolly said in No Joe this AM.: One of God's greatest gifts is unanswered prayers. A good Garth Brooks song. LOL

Aye Yai Yai.

@jon-nyc said in Medium term ramifications of the Trump shooting: I think it would have had it been successful. 1 in 3 Biden supporters believe it was successful because the whole thing was fake.

@jon-nyc said in Hey bike peeps: @Aqua-Letifer said in Hey bike peeps: Fuck Strava. Alrighty then. Cool stats, just... I hate the platform.

Quantity has its own quality.

Humor and intelligence go hand-in-hand.