The alternative would never!

@Mik said in This is why we Homeschool: Jesus. A COUNSELOR???? I don’t think that’s Jesus although he does look a bit like some of the paintings

Well, nobody thinks that politicians are always noble and religious. If anything, people believe the opposite. So right off the bat there's a strawman. And the notion that the constitution is for noble people is not a presumption that only noble people will ever be tasked with upholding it. It's more a warning that a noble populace is a prerequisite for the constitution to work. Which is much more coherent than his framing, that it is a presumption that all politicians will be virtuous. Not sure about his analogy between China's manufacturing efficiency and predatory pricing. They were able to sustain that pricing indefinitely, which indicates it was economically feasible for them, due to some combination of efficiency and cheap/squalid worker conditions. I've yet to be convinced that bringing more manufacturing jobs into America is good for the average person. It certainly would raise the prices of whatever is manufactured. The rest of it seemed pretty good.

Cleese cuts out an important portion of the interview - an even better short of the interview with Applebaum: https://x.com/BohuslavskaKate/status/2023156262985208005

We have three of these for the cats. They love them and they never get stuck - they always find a way out. Link to video

For anybody interested in a good ol’ anti woke conversation, Stossel spoke with stalwart Heather MacDonald. Almost nostalgic. Neither side is focused on this anymore. Link to video

I sometimes worry about muscle tears or other structural damage when the cramp is super severe. Never happened thankfully. I bet it sometimes does.

@jon-nyc said in Jessie Jackson, 1941-2026: Sounds like Trump had some nice words to say about him, though I haven’t seen the whole quote. Trump had some nice words to say about himSELF. FIFY

That movie will break records, it'll get more than just 2 thumbs up

Option The whine of the drones at the Olympics. Cool video perspectives, but it's bordering on vuvuzela level annoyance while watching a sport.

Very much so. He was arguably my favorite actor. You never saw Duvall, just the character.

I don’t think the NY case (truly lawfare) was ever going to survive appeal. The Georgia case was in theory winnable until that stupid bitch decided to use it as a vehicle to make her boyfriend rich. But the federal cases would have completed at some point. Probably still not yet.

@LuFins-Dad Is most of the ice concrete gone? We had a nice melt recently and saw the marks in the grass from where voles like to dig around under the turf (under the snow).

@jodi great views, and I remember seeing CBS Sunday Morning segments about Butte. I also remember the one time I was in Montana the 80 mph on windy open highways felt dangerous with trucks flying by in the other direction. Maybe next time I'll drive on the right side of the road, though. @horace nice brag! The cost of living in my area vs northern virginia isn't as much of a discount as folks back in Virginia think but the biggest change I'll never take for granted is I go places without pulling up google maps or waze for "which way doesn't have sucky traffic". I did that everywhere in Virginia, but now I don't check the traffic at all. When I'm kid-free during the day sometimes I'll knock out like 6 places in a half hour (target, gas station, panera coffee [I have their Sip Club plan], HyVee [groceries], UPS store to return an amazon item, and maybe the hardware store). Parking and walking into a store without getting kids in/out of a vehicle is a luxury!

Beautiful yard, and it has all the internal space I'd need if I lived alone and liked to say the word "lovely" every 6 words. It is next to a busy road so that would be a deal breaker for me, sorry! I'll buy the next castle.

This is the second mass-shooting within 10 miles of where I live in as many months. Both of the shooters were apparently domiciled in Florida, although I'm sure that's just a coincidence Tom.

Happy Birthday Many happy returns.

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