The lack of preparation for the current situation over the last year is appalling. The government has been shit, and to be honest I think the general population has been pretty shit, too.

@george-k said in The Resident Needs More Downtime: He’s too tired to golf. TBH, I'm too tired to care. Next time, can you try electing somebody less shit? No, not him.

From my view, the US politics have always been like a pendulum. If it starts to swing too far to either the right side or the left side, the next election back towards the center. I think that this is one of the strengths and beauty of the US political system.

Mr. Biden told me otherwise.

@george-k said in Captain Amy: Are there other sailors who are just as qualified? A. She only got the job because of her gender B. There have been thousands of women qualified for this, but misogynists held them back. C. "I don't see a woman, I just see a Captain." Will Stockdale

The thought process and design of those things is incredible!!

Wow! Interesting story. Thanks for sharing

@taiwan_girl said in Running North: the "outside" world is so different Shawshank Redemption..."Brooks was here."

@lufins-dad Good point. I agree. And very rich people really lose sight of what the "real" world is like.

@89th said in Remind me how he got elected?: @taiwan_girl Good reply, overall you are accurate although a bit dramatic on both sides. I think a more accurate accounting is nearly everyone is in the middle of the bell curve. Sane, nice... would help you change your tire, or open the door for you, and probably doesn't want to talk politics or even care. But those in the media (news corporations as well as those who are covered by the news) make it seem like everyone is on the far left or far right. Here's what I think it really looks like. All rights reserved. [image: 1641391977243-chart1.png] NO MARKS for design, TOP MARKS for accuracy!

@lufins-dad said in When Electric Vehicles Stuck in Icy Winter Storm: In all fairness, he didn’t call out Youngkin, really, either. "If I was (sic) Glenn Youngkin, I'd be flooding the zone to get this I-95 crap fixed. DC suburbs are vengeful about this kind of thing. So, yeah, he did call him out, mistakingly thinking that GY was the governor. Alternative read: "The governor isn't doing his job."

I noticed 10% higher prices or more grocery shopping today.

More evidence that we don't know wtf is going on.

Took a generational songwriter and screwed him up.

More to this story. I'm sure it will come out over time.

@89th said in Where the Founding Fathers Would Stand Today: If James Madison were alive today, you know Trump would call him "Little Jimmy" on twitter Trump would also be relegated to only having the third most unconvincing hairdo in Washington.

I think the trick is using three Duracells and one Energizer. The differing battery chemistries lead to a magnetic imbalance in the tines of the forks which generates an alternating electro-magnetic wave/particle superposition effect.

I liked it better when we discouraged losing