Another potential Darwin Award nominee https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/16/bear-mauls-eco-activist-trying-to-prove-logging-emptied-den/ A bear in Poland’s Carpathian Mountains has mauled an eco-activist who was trying to prove the animal’s lair was abandoned due to logging. The German was airlifted to hospital following the attack and was said to be in a serious but stable condition. He had travelled to the bear’s den alongside another activist from the Wild Carpathians Initiative to check if the area had been affected by logging. The pair had expected the lair to be empty but the animal pursued them through the woods. The activist stumbled and fell before being mauled. [image: d567d1c9b7f756746b30c785916b0535]

Easy to campaign. Difficult to govern. I think that Rep. Johnson is finding this out.

@Axtremus said in WOKE MISS UNIVERSE GOES BROKE, DECLARES BANKRUPTCY: @Copper said in WOKE MISS UNIVERSE GOES BROKE, DECLARES BANKRUPTCY: According to media reports, JKN has filed for bankruptcy in Thailand which is called “business rehabilitation.” It's Thailand. They are have been more accepting of transgender people for a lot longer than we (Americans) have. Even before you folks start complaining about wokeism, the Thai people have hosted many beauty pageants for transgender people. But they are separate pageants. Pattaya, which is kind of known as "Sex City" is the host for most of these. To be fair, Pattaya has gotten better in recent years.

@Mik said in The guitar player picked a lousy day to be awesome.: no smoking. Brief hijack... When I left the university practice (Upscale neighborhood) and moved to the 'burbs, I was amazed at the difference in the population wrt to how many were smokers, and what ravages smoking wreaked on people. It got to the point where, just looking at someone, I could, with a fair degree of accuracy, spot a smoker. They always looked older, more wrinkled, and weathered than their non-smoking counterparts. Sorry, back to your MILF GILF thread.

I would love to create an administrative agency whose sole job was to identify and eliminate waste. And the funding for the agency would be a percentage of the identified and eliminated waste.

How can they post these things with a straight face.

summary execution, no question

Price at Amazon is about $1000 more than the same car researched through TrueCar.

The surgery certainly is real. Possible it's faked, and the only way to be certain of its veracity is to show the enterotomy and the cuke coming out. But, I can't imagine someone putting a cuke into the abdomen for an instagram video. Not if they want to keep their license, at least.

[image: 1700154180487-screenshot-2023-11-16-at-11.02.21-am.png]

I've had a system for creating passwords for a very long time. The only time anyone ever got one was when I logged into Netflix on a hotel TV.

I read all Forrester books as well - about forty years ago. Still have them. They were engrossing but not in the same way as O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series. The latter contains all kinds of allusions and references to other classics, events and period beliefs and practices contemporary to the story arc. I found myself often looking up references for clarification. I am accustomed to doing that while reading history and find it just as pleasurable and rewarding as the narrative itself. I recall the Hornblower series as focussed on the main character and the story line of the moment. Makes for a straightforward read.

You guys dont seem very welcoming to our newest forum member! LOL

The only way Trump doesn't get the nomination is if he quits or is legally obstructed, it seems. I know Jolly has been saying this for a while too... I think even the best anti-Trump strategy won't defeat the plurality approach Trump used in 2016 and will use again to get enough primary wins.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Working with the Jetsons: @Aqua-Letifer said in Working with the Jetsons: I would find it be incredibly difficult to work in-person again. I'd once again have to give a shit about commentary about the break room's coffee pods and please for the love of fuck can we never talk about Bridgerton. Yeah, yeah I know. I know, the costuming. My God, where the hell did you work? I have never discussed Bridgerton in my life. A place where women of a certain demographic go to work when costume design doesn't pan out. (These aren't my co-workers, mind, they're just the Vogons of the department.) One big advantage of been back are the tea-breaks with my Russian friend. I just have to stop him from getting too animated where people can hear, since the new place is much more open. Bro do you realize all you have to do to hit early retirement is just put his shit on TikTok? It doesn't even work this way but after the first dozen or so you'd still be handed sacks of cash. He'd be the Russian that lays the golden histrionic display.