@jon-nyc said in Ah-nold: I also liked the way he used his dad as an example of a good person taken in by propaganda. Oh and by the way? Do you all know where the bar is for shit like this? Read any and all freaking public remarks, speeches, or PR messages and then compare them to this. We've a daily diet of gutter trash, but knocking a guy because his comfort food wasn't perfect.

You take a good guitar player with you, same as with somebody who doesn't play piano. OTOH, if I were you, I'd hone in on what kind of music the lad wants to play. I'd take the wife with y'all. I'd ask to look at appropriate guitars with the salesperson playing a bit on each guitar...Same tunes and I'd play them soft and I'd make him dig into them a bit. Some guitars can sound pretty good at lower volumes, but the sound can mush at higher volumes. And guitars can be good, but not have a tone you really like. When shopping for my daughter a few years ago, she really thought she wanted a Taylor, but after shopping with my nephew (who I think plays well enough to work as a sideman) she really started to lean towards Martin or Martin-type (Blueridge) guitars. It's all in what you like and what you want to spend.

Child abuse. We used to lock people up for shit like this...

@George-K said in On leadership: Interesting comments from a retired Lieutenant-Colonel I'll vote for him.

Canada gives you the Keystone Pipeline, Russia gives you the Keystone Cops.

@Mik said in "The Supply Chain Task Force": It is time. It must be such a relief after that four year period of incisiveness, direction and competence, to realise that the HONK-HONK guys are back in charge.

15%ers

I saw this story yesterday. Speculation from the RWEC: Did China decide it doesn’t want any photo ops right now? If so, one would think they would have communicated that to Lavrov before he left. It seems more likely that Putin abruptly decided he needed Lavrov back in Moscow. And it must have been important business to justify canceling a trip to Russia’s one last meaningful ally mid-flight. Or, a third possibility: There’s a power struggle suddenly unfolding in the capital and Lavrov’s presence was urgently needed. Coincidentally, rumors are swirling that a top military official has been detained by the FSB: https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1504440205352349700?s=20&t=wNbNynn4I5b9VohkTdlcQg https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fura.news%2Fnews%2F1052539299

@Horace said in Chrome is Malware?: Without the invention of the wheel, we wouldn’t have pornhub. It really makes you think. That's not historically accurate. Pornhub was invented way earlier than the wheel.

When I know I'm going to be doing battle on the phone with weaker minds, I channel Clint Eastwood from El Camino. I've had some fun conversations.

https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-qb-baker-mayfield-requests-trade-out-of-cleveland

I was watching that! Cinderella!

@Doctor-Phibes only then did you realize you were tipsy and talking to an owl.

@Larry said in Business Insider 2013: Putin is a Badass: @Doctor-Phibes said in Business Insider 2013: Putin is a Badass: I hate to think FIFYNNTTM OK, what particular act of Putin's qualifies him as a 'genius'? If, for example, we take as an example of 'genius' as Napoleon Bonaparte, what has Vladimir Putin done that would make him in any way comparable? Alternatively, feel free to just insult me again. I honestly don't mind.

No Corned Beef or Bangers & Mash (need to drop another 15lbs by May…) So[image: 12_final.jpg]

Black>Brown>Yellow>White. There is a proper way to do these things...

From a movie.

All of which assumes the number is reasonably dependable. Fact not in evidence.

I see what you did there.