Much to think about how wrong Kinzer is. He is among the likes of John Mearsheimer but more isolationist in his thinking. Even Gwynne Dyer understands the rationale to bring Finland and Sweden into the NATO alliance: https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/gwynne-dyer-farewell-to-neutrality-sweden-and-finland-arent-going-to-wait-around-for-russia-to-come-knocking-100733492/#.YpJQjPxbb7Q.mailto

Well, ain't that sumthin'.

Back then, kids had a daddy.

Got up this morning, drank two cups of coffee, wandered out to the garden and picked a five-gallon bucket of snap beans. It wasa nice morning, about as cool as it gets for us in May. Came in, cleaned up and managed to make church on-time. In Sunday School, discussion tuned to the recent shooting in Texas. In church, the service started off with a discussion of the SBC report. From the sublime to the somber, but still welcome.

@Mik said in My New Word: Good idea to have a backup. There is always semaphore, but that requires visual distance. But think what you save on Pigeon Chow.

@jon-nyc said in Suit to end the State of Emergency in Ca: I imagine he’s going to lose that suit. And he should.

Strange how the least exact part was the dismount. They had to move the mattress to catch him.

@Mik Charlie Behrens is a hoot. I first became aware of him from his "Manitowoc Minute" videos. Link to video Cooking tips: Link to video Outdoor sport tips: Link to video

Depends. I subscribe to Deep South Homestead. Danny King's channel is mostly about gardening, farm animals, food preservation, etc., and has about 210,000 subscribers. He's most likely making $1600-$2000/month from YouTube. He's also making money from Patreon. That's not a great living, but he's retired and the channel allows him to plug any other business ventures he has, along with picking up some freebies to test. Things like garden seed or a manual weeder (Hoss Tools). Since I've been following him, he's built an off-grid cabin, two hoop houses, a farm pond, bought two small new tractors, reworked some of his barn and bought some Dexter cattle. Looks like he's plowed all his YouTube profits back into his place and increased its value. Another guy I subscribe to, does videos on tanks and other modern armor, modern being WW1 on up to present. His day job is with a video game company, but he's also an officer ( light bird, I think)in the National Guard. He puts out less videos than Danny, but his views are about double, so his money is about double. And he's used his channel to flog a book he wrote on tank destroyers, along with cementing him as an authority on many things armor, especially WW2. So a YouTube channel can help a person create their own brand or niche, besides making a bit of side money.

Real ginger. Accept no substitutes.

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Which supplements do you take?: @89th said in Which supplements do you take?: Honestly if I wanted to do something for my health I would cut out booze but that’s easy to say until about 5pm each day… It stops being easy to say at that point because you slur your words so much? Hahaha I’m not as think as you drunk I am!

@Mik Betty took me and Mrs. George out to lunch yesterday. We walked about a block. It was slow, but, being 91 years old and having both knees replaced in the last 8 months will slow you down. God bless her.

Woke lexical imperialism.

@Ivorythumper said in The End of Hong Kong?: @Axtremus said in The End of Hong Kong?: Mass Exodus from Hong Kong https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html Singapore seems to be the destination of choice for those who leave Hong Kong. Who didn't know this was inevitable when the UK ceded HK, which was agreed to remain status quo for 50 years? Henry, the mild mannered janitor?

And when did body-shaming become a bad thing? Come on.

Not the end, Kong just goes underground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong