The Chinese did a bang-up job...

@Axtremus Their Marxist-Leninist ideology dictates that the the vanguard of the revolution and workers state must remain paramount and unchallenged. So Communist Party retention of political power must take precedence.

@Axtremus said in Finally - the GOP attacks spending: Democrats increase the deficit through compassion and ambition, through "great society" type social spending. Republicans increase the deficit throngh incompetence and being penny wise, pound foolish. E.g., cutting regulation and enforcement to the point where preventable crises metastasized and then $trillions need to be spent to deal with the crises. I'll bet you spent no less than 3 minutes figuring that out.

Everyone who thinks transgenderism is in anyway good or should even be permitted for anyone under 18 should listen to Jordan Peterson's interview with Chloe Cole, an 18 year old who is detransitioning after she destroyed her body from the age of 13 to 15 with hormones and a double mastectomy. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/319-transition-of-minors-is-malpractice-chloe-cole/id1184022695?i=1000591961656 It is heartbreaking, as well as angering and contemptible how the medical community engages in malpractice, deception, disinformation, and manipulation of youth. I hope she develops a massive and massively successful lawsuit against her doctors and the hospital. I wouldn't care if Kaiser went bankrupt over this.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1612876977127493632

@Jolly That’s a valid point. At least they can service older Soviet vintage equipment laying around in former WP arsenals. More importantly it ties into the question as to what are NATO’s, and more specifically Washington’s, objectives in this war as this article from the Guardian points out: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/10/us-victory-ukraine-lives-conflict-war-iraq-afghanistan?CMP=share_btn_link

@George-K You mean the 2024 models haven’t hit show rooms in the Chicago burbs yet?

@Copper said in Tuesday Morning Snarky Caption Contest - Swearing-in edition: Clothes make the man. "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little on no influence in society." Attributed to Mark Twain.

@Catseye3 said in Glory Days: Kim Kardashian's butt reduction! What? Did I miss that?

Thanks for posting this, TG. Would it be possible to transfer this post to the Mildly Interesting thread for posterity?

TIL Drew Barrymore has a TV show.

@Axtremus The demo was done in a noisy, crowded environment… Don’t tell me…a helicopter?

@Mik said in The Leeches: To call people who banded together to exercise what power they had leeches is so far off the mark. I agree, but in my experience, conservatives and guys like Mr. CEO here have been the very first in line to call them losers, not understanding how the economy they so enjoy relies on those efforts.

I was just pondering yesterday that people with Downs are in some sense an apotheosis of the leftist ideal human.

@Mik said in META cares about your skin color: This is just building racism. Funny you should say that...Saw an interview last night with a black gentleman who had been on the Civil Rights Commission for twenty years. His point was that heritage is fine, but not at the expense of being an American first. Being an American, we must believe the Melting Pot works, as long as equality is enforced. Equality, not equity. He believed the equity movement to be nothing but camouflaged racism.

@LuFins-Dad said in Student Loan changes: Not good. It still absolutely ignores the glaring problems in the system. I actually ran the numbers on Lucas’ 2 loans. If he followed Sallie Mae’s suggested repayment plan, his $6000 loan per year will cost him over $24K by the time he pays it off. The issue is that they don’t make that clear and actually obfuscate those details to the student. And again, continually try to get the students to borrow more. The college loan business is nearly as predatory as payday loans. Worse, IMO. It also does not force lenders to assume risk. It doesn’t force them to be more careful and cautious creditors. It also does not force the schools themselves to be more careful custodians of their own finances and to improve the fiscal management of their institutions. Without addressing these issues, things will continue to get worse. I think we're back to Jon's proposal - get the Feds out of the loan business.

@Doctor-Phibes

@Aqua-Letifer said in The "Cuddle Drug": Scientist: "We would like to study the effects of MDMA on physical stimulation and social interaction." Anyone: "Well that's... okay, but any night club would—" Scientist: "GIVE US OCTOPUSES WE NEED TO HAVE THEM TRIPPING BALLS" lol

I gave up at the half, there was no reason to watch.