Like Saturn, the revolution devour their own children.

The other day I heard a song on the radio from Soundgarden. I excitedly mention to my wife "That's from their new album, I've been meaning to get that !" That "new album" was released in 1996... Think about it this way, we are now as far away timewise from the best days of Sting and the Police as Sting and the Police were from Glenn Miller...

@jolly said in American Thinker du jour - Chicago Give Up Edition: Again, why not address the ludicrousness of medic kits? Because it's QED, I guess? I mean, okay, I'm glad they have them because obviously they're going to need them, but I don't see how you can rationally argue that this is a solution to anything. I mean this is almost literally a band-aid on a gunshot wound.

Bad George! Bad!

Biden likes the way you think...

Yeah, but in what direction?

Why bother? Of course they have it, or have had it.

@mik said in Alter Ego: Can't get into any of these...masks, dancing, any of it. For AGT and The Voice I can only stomach the auditions. Although The Voice has gotten away from more auditions in favor of telling every contestant's sob story beforehand. Ugh. My nephew was in the running for a singing show that never hit the air like that. He had a pretty idyllic upbringing and they wanted him to manufacture some sort of tragedy or something to gin up sympathy. He refused and was cut. The Masked Singer, I like. There are some folks on there, you never knew could carry a tune.

I hope he's off to buy a lottery ticket

“and an entire colony was later discovered to be living in his home. “ Now what does that mean, like hidden in a deserted attic, or actually hanging from the ceiling in his home? I mean maybe Batman didn’t really have a firm grip on reality from the onset?

@jolly said in My Train Wreck: A train wreck has got to be a scary thing... A couple of years ago, we were stopped at SPUD (St. Paul Union Depot) for a while. It's a longer stop - refueling, crew change, etc. On that particular day, they were adding some private cars to the end of the train for the trip to Chicago. It's a beautiful ride along the Mississippi river. Mrs. George and I were in our sleeper bedroom, and when they coupled the private cars onto the rear of the train, it was quite a violent event. We were both thrown backward. I'm sure this was only about 5mph, or even slower, but it made me aware of how things like this can be dangerous. In contrast, when we take the Empire Builder to Portland, the train is split into two sections in Spokane. The two lead locomotives and about 4 cars are detached and proceed to Seattle. A third locomotive is attached to the remaining cars and that section proceeds to Portland. It usually occurs in the middle of the night, about 1:30 AM. I've NEVER felt anything when that exchange occurs, and I've been there 8 times (4 westbound, 4 eastbound). You'd never know anything happened.

Caught off guard? Bushwa.

Nah, cutting some ears off of dead Taliban and wearing them as a necklace would be a bit trashy...

@george-k said in Plaid vs McLaren: @doctor-phibes said in Plaid vs McLaren: playing computer games in service stations YOUR OWN CAR, MAN!! That's totally different. OK, sitting there playing games in your car and telling passers-by 'This thing is faster than a Mclaren, you know!' Why not just paint a bit 'L' on your forehead and be done with it?

Link to video

Seems to me like you've had two crap Presidents in a row. I know, I know, I'm Mr. Negative. Still....

I can buy this - but, still a horrible sequence of steps on the execution.

@george-k said in Pay it off or invest?: @jolly said in Pay it off or invest?: I hate RMD's. Worth it to back-door a Roth? Not a bad thought, though I'd pay a ton of taxes doing that. At my age, would I recoup that payout by converting to Roth? My guy at Fidelity said I would not. Then how about a QLAC?