The other way to think about this is that it is intended to send a message that the years of lax or nonexistent law enforcement is over.

Instead of saying he's over the hill, you can just say he's now on the descent.

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@Mik said in Neckties at the convention.: I have a bunch of Talbot ties and Allen Edmonds shoes I’ll probably never wear again. Those Allen Edmonds shoes appear really nice. I have a couple pairs of similar quality uk-handmade Church's. Both brogues, one light tan the other dark brown suede. Ten years and they're just about worn in This year they came out of the wardrobe and are by the front door to wear when I feel like it. Life's too short.

@jon-nyc Well played, sir! Well played.

It peaked with Gutenberg.

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Couldn't possibly offend me as bad as the refs do.

Did you see her first strike call? It was amazing. Amazingly inaccurate. Link to video

@jon-nyc said in What’s Riley Gaines up to now?: This is sad. She started off 100% in the right, taking a pretty courageous stand. Now she’s selling ‘back to school’ ivermectin and turning her former naturally-beautiful face into something resembling the typical Mar-al-Lago gargoyle. [image: 1755500742878-img_7209.jpeg] Good summary. And funny, before I saw your comment I was asking myself.... what is happening to her face? She can barely move the right side of her mouth.

@jon-nyc said in We need a new Marshall Plan for Europe: On AC in Germany. Interesting. I think the author overstates the role of anti-americanism, but he is right that it contributes to the anti AC thing. AC has a somewhat similar fate as nuclear energy in Germany. Everything that has the word "atom" in it is considered bad, regardless of whether there are actually any safety or environmental concerns or not. For instance, the kind of nuclear power technology doesn't matter, they are all equally evil. Even nuclear fusion, which has completely different technological properties, is evil because it has the evil "atom" word in it. I think the real underlying issue here is a kind of, what, protestant(?) or degrowth(?) culture: In that culture, hardships are a feature and not a bug if they seem to somehow further their cause (which is hard to describe). Unlimited free energy, for instance, would be a complete nightmare for many of these people.

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"I'm older, and I have better insurance."

She looks like she could be an MLB umpire.

One never knows what will reach someone. I doubt this will move him, but it could create a groundswell of opposition in the Russian public. I doubt that too, but as I said..

@Mik Thank you!

Yeah we have an unwritten rule. Whoever clears the sidewalk first also does the sidewalk for the houses on either side of them too.

Wow. That’s a lot of work completed in the heat of summer!

@Mik Frogs are really good at it, too. So much compared to their body size! It's amazing how big their poos are. If humans were so productive, there's no way it would fit in the cologuard bucket! My pet froggos always had a pothos plant growing in their house. I can tell you with complete confidence that frog poo and pee are the perfect fertilizer combo for many plants. We have five HUGE pothos plants in our house, all from prunings of the froggo's pothos. The inside of the frog house was always like a jungle.