Massachusetts has just repealed the requirement to pass MCAS in order to receive a high school diploma as a ballot question on the 2024 election. To be honest, if you're lucky enough to go to a good school and live in a good area (one and the same thing), it doesn't make much difference. I kind of suspect the same is true if you're unlucky enough not to.

Yeah, she's going to the APA counsel.

@Jolly said in The Boneyard Falcons: what it would take to get 50-60 of them up to snuff and sitting on a Ukrainian airfield It would probably be cheaper to just pay the Russians to go home.

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Rooting for injuries. Bad ones.

I farted during one of the plays yesterday and the ref threw the 15 yard flag for roughing the passer on Mahomes

@taiwan_girl said in Blow, Blowed, Blown: Never heard of him. Me neither. I've never heard of Eddie Scarry either, so was completely unaware of what is apparently a very important feud between two indivuals who do something or other.

@taiwan_girl That is one of the reasons I think we need to re-open/re-join the TPP. Not at all likely in the foreseeable future. In fact, I am confident that US foreign trade and investment policy during the coming four years will be to undermine that and other multinational trade and investment agreements and partnerships.

What I dont understand is, especially for someone in the military, is that if you go on a interview and bash your bosses and organization, why do you think that there will be no follow up or consequences? If I remember, we had a discussion on this about someone at a company who gave an interview(?)/podcast(?)/wrote a book(?) and then was surprised when there was follow up. I think the consensus from this forum board was that, yeah, you can say what you want, but be prepared for follow ups.

They are delicious

Every time you hire an unqualified DEI, you still have to hire someone to do the work. Because the DIE isn't going to do it.

(Off topic.) Due to some combination of the EU and California's consumer protection and data privacy laws, it's now quite common for big websites to let you ask for the data they have on you. It will take a while, but you can go to Amazon's "Request My Data" page and ask for all the data they have concerning your orders.

I was just getting ready to post that.

Well the older looking could be the one that smoked and drank too much, not necessarily the second born.

That’s nothing, there are always wild rumours and gossip flying around this coffee and doughnut den of iniquity.

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@Jolly said in Are the Lithuanians worried?: The ones I'm most disappointed in are the Germans, however. It's fair to say that that statement could have been on a number of occasions throughout history, but typically not about a lack of military investment.