@lufins-dad A friend from Ireland told me this joke: How do you tell the difference between a Irish wedding and an Irish funeral? There is one less drunk at the Irish funeral!!!

@george-k said in WSJ: "Not Demosthenes, but...": Mr. Biden’s confusion extended to foreign policy, which is supposed to be his strength. Regarding Taiwan—a crucial issue with China—Mr. Biden misstated U.S. policy. Asked “can you vow to protect Taiwan,” Mr. Biden said “yes.” CNN anchor Anderson Cooper must have figured this was news, because he gave Mr. Biden another chance: “So are you saying that the United States would come to Taiwan’s defense if—” Mr. Biden: “Yes.” Mr. Cooper: —“China attacked?” Mr. Biden: “Yes, we have a commitment to do that.” The actual U.S. policy toward Taiwan is “strategic ambiguity” about U.S. intentions. The Taiwan Relations Act commits the U.S. to help Taiwan defend itself but does not include a NATO-like commitment to go to war to defend the island democracy. Many people think the U.S. should make such a commitment explicit so Beijing doesn’t miscalculate and invade the island. Was Mr. Biden announcing a change in U.S. policy? Apparently not, because the White House soon walked back Mr. Biden’s words. Strategic ambiguity lives, or perhaps we should say strategic confusion in the case of Mr. Biden. You have to wonder what the hard men in Beijing think of this performance. Does the fast White House retreat from Mr. Biden’s words mean the U.S. doesn’t intend to defend Taiwan? What is U.S. policy? Wars have started amid such mixed signals to adversaries. Maybe this is like President Trump and his 4D chess. Act confused and befuddled and China will not be sure what exactly will happen. LOL

The stock shouldn’t make that much difference with that much beef in it.

Interesting. He was willing to have lunch, but said that he couldn't perform. I wonder if this was after his decision to no longer give live concerts.

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That's fun.

What I don't get is them OKing the mix and match approach. I don't have any problem with people doing it, but there can't possibly be sufficient studies for the government to come out in favor.

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@jon-nyc said in Handshake: The next partisan issue?: I’ve heard that Haidt guy is a moron. You are a little unfair. The other two work in a similar field, so they are probably morons, too.

In case y'all are not familiar with mash-up art... https://www.norrobey.com/

@improviso said in How does Google know?: @taiwan_girl said in How does Google know?: There was a guy (in germany I think) who got a bunch of smart phones (maybe more than 100), put them in a wagon and walked done a major street with them. Some people just need to get a damn life. Bizarre. I don't know - if Chris Christie had thought of that, he could have saved himself a whole lot of pain and money.

@copper did the kid then run home? 1-0 kid.

@jolly said in Bally's Bomber: This place is somewhat akin to that South Sea island cave that a WW2 marine takes cover in. He knows he's in front of his platoon, the first marines on the island and he's become cut off from them. He strikes a match, just to see what creepy crawly things might be in the cave, and he notices scrawled on the wall... [image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgcjY1tah-XaMRchGDhEXJwaPeLB1MRzj2jbtFxQ9D2RwFGO3OivckOmxaGHpQlVdvBe0&usqp=CAU] They put that in an obscure place on the WWII Memorial in D.C. I thought it was a nice touch.

@george-k said in Fastest Surgeon: I never understood the point - can't see anything anyway, especially in heart surgery. The first row of seats at Fenway Park have a TV screen at each seat. Maybe the operating room gallery needs TV screens.