Maybe Emily at Vox can help.

@Aqua-Letifer said in Let me Voxplain inflation to you.: Vox isn't news. It's for telling young millennials and Gen Z what they want to hear. I'm not being snide about that, I'm being literal. Yeah, no argument on that. This is what you get when you don't actually have to invest in printing and physical distribution in order to publish stuff.

@jon-nyc said in Bipartisan: If that tweet is all they got this is a mistake. She explicitly states - in original tweet not after the fact - that she means the expression in a “peaceful coexistence” way. I suspect the xeet was just the cherry on top of a decent size anti-Semitic sundae.

Interesting history. (BTW, you always have interesting posts and history)

We live on the rural route, so we get a decent number of packages. Most comes by USPS and some by UPS. Occasionally, FedEx Ground.

Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years since ‘First Folio’ William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a portrait of Shakespeare along with a speech from one of his best-known works to the edge of space. Around 1,000 copies of the folio, originally published as “Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies,” were printed seven years after his death. The volume of more than 900 pages included a collection of 36 plays. Without it, 18 plays, including “Macbeth,” would have been lost, according to Reuters. Attached to a weather balloon, with a camera and GPS tracker, the portrait, accompanied by a speech from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was taken to Earth’s upper atmosphere, according to a press release from inVerse Films. A team from aerospace company Sent Into Space helped with the space flight. [image: 1699497196752-70e707c9-ab8a-47d2-8670-e5f07d5a7dba-image.png] https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/style/shakespeare-portrait-space-folio-celebration-intl-scli-scn/index.html

@Jolly said in “Rich Women in Northwest Richmond”: @LuFins-Dad said in “Rich Women in Northwest Richmond”: And the Virginia Republicans didn’t even get a coin to publicly fvvk themselves. Well, at least they got to see Gibson's political career come to a climax... I wonder if her campaign finances are in arrears.

Slit Skirts is great. I think it was on Rough Boys.

I saw this story on our local news. HIs backstory is interesting. Pack-a-day smoker for about 10 years, then vaping. Got the flu and I assume a bacterial superinfection which trashed his lungs.

@Jolly said in With Guns Drawn: What say our more liberal contingent? Assuming the way they're describing it is what happened, then I hope he wins

Well, they did bring slaves back from various other areas. Were Neanderthals black?

It certainly was. They're going to drag all sorts of things in under that umbrella and claim them to be protected.

@Jolly said in The IQ Test: Cheap ones are on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Products-unisex-Safety-Regular-gloves/dp/B003TV410W/ref=sr_1_10?adgrpid=1333708175005075&hvadid=83356832779980&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=75020&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83357116236208%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=15253_10683358&keywords=white%2Bmule%2Bgloves&qid=1699477786&sr=8-10&th=1&psc=1 Thanks! Didn’t know that they have “extra long cuff” version. That will be my go-to the next time I need to restock.

@LuFins-Dad said in If Virginia was a bellwether, Republicans are in trouble: @Doctor-Phibes said in If Virginia was a bellwether, Republicans are in trouble: There are other contraceptive choices available. Not to sound like Captain Woke or anything, but what the pill did was give women control over the means of contraception. There are, yes. But only the condom predates the pill, and its effectiveness was nowhere near as good as the pill. IUD’s an implants can later, and are more effective, but their development was largely influenced by the effect that the pill had on cultural mores. Never overlook the ease of the BCP.

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Good story. In a practical sense, we are all Jews, for the purposes of this Israel/Hamas thing. The Israelis are not hated because they're Jewish, they're hated because they are a first world advanced civilization in the middle of a third world shithole. A Christian nation there wouldn't be getting along with its neighbors any better. The college students chanting "from the river to the sea" don't have any animus against Jewish people per se. They hate first world white colonialists.

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Biden Drag Effect: I should really apply for citizenship, ... To help you prepare for the citizenship test, here are a few practice questions: Who has the largest crowd at his inauguration ceremony? a. Barack Hussein Obama b. Donald John Trump c. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. Who paid for the southern border wall? a. Mexico b. The taxpayers of the United States c. None of the above Who really won the 2020 Presidential election? a. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. b. Donald John Trump c. Jo Jorgensen What were the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys doing at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021? a. Touring the U.S. Capitol b. Taking selfies c. All of the above

@Jolly said in 17 days: I think he wears blame where blame is due. Compare him against the Koch brothers and get back to me. I don't need to. I just compared him to Rupert Murdoch. If you don't think that guy has an unhealthily large influence I don't know what to say.

@Mik said in Floods and Gas Leaks on Election Day: @Doctor-Phibes That would depend on how you planned to do it. My plan would be so incredibly cunning, that even Private Baldrick would be impressed. I'd secretly arrange for the opposition to choose a complete wanker to run.