@aqua-letifer said in The TSA instagram page: @george-k said in The TSA instagram page: Just think on that a second. Somebody wrote that shit. And probably got paid to do so with tax money. Yup. @Catseye3 Trees are as weird as I want to get. Sounds reasonable to me. And a lot more sane.

@george-k said in Campbell on embedded media myths (Watergate): “To say that the press brought down Nixon, that’s horseshit.” They certainly contributed. Maybe not just Bernstein and Woodward, but a lot of others stuck to the story. The same break-in during the Biden campaign would have had no effect at all.

I did actually root for England. They were clearly better in the first half. But the penalty shootout strategy was just terrible. Who the hell told them to attempt these circus tricks that don't work?

It is good that we have someone making sure the churches deliver the right message.

I would like to have a better understanding of the sorts of squabbles these Chicagoans are dying over. The media is not exactly all over the particulars of these sorts of stories.

@mik Gimme!

@horace said in Russia, China, and Iran Are All Screwed: Western progressivism is loathe to find enemies outside their own borders. It sniffs of xenophobia. Plenty of enemies within the society they come from - the other political side. Those people who, culturally, are more similar to them than any other people on the planet. They are the evil ones. There's no need for other forcers of evil to message against. So true. How you can be woke and be indifferent to the horrors that go on in other countries is still very very confusing to me.

On the other hand, it might have been built by a democrat.

Police: "Sir, I am sorry, but it Looks like your wife has been hit by a truck." Husband: "Yeah, I know.,., but she's a good cook and the kids seem to like her...,"

@horace said in The Tomorrow War: @doctor-phibes said in The Tomorrow War: I really hope they do a good job with the LoTR universe - I've been a big Tolkien fan since I was 10. It would be very easy to make a mess of it. I wonder if they'll follow any canonical story. The characters or plot lines don't need to come from any canon, they just need to avoid contradicting canon. They should have a fair amount of freedom, as it's set in The Second Age. Presumably they'll dip into the Silmarillion for ideas - there's a ton of potential material in there.

@aqua-letifer said in American Thinker du jour...: @horace said in American Thinker du jour...: How much of politics comes down to those who pay taxes vs those who want the taxes of others to support them? MMT will be tested more and more as demographics dictate that the takers, with their useless degrees, useless or non-existent jobs, low salaries, and low tax burdens, inexorably outweigh the providers. Better hope America can squeeze enough out of Gates and Bezos. The actual economic contributions from both groups isn't as clear cut as that. I'm not saying economics dictate votes. Even if they did, tribalists won't give an inch about whether one side is better than the other. (Have you heard that the economy does better under Democrat presidents than Republican presidents? If you haven't heard that, feel free to skim any conversation in any forum anywhere online. That factoid will be mentioned within the first three responses. Thus, anybody who has an issue with MMT inspired Democrat economic plans, is simply ignorant.)

@klaus said in NBC seems to think we are close to war with China over Taiwan: @aqua-letifer said in NBC seems to think we are close to war with China over Taiwan: No more bike componentry imports. The prices for bike components are already through the roof right now! And I hope you like chrome and black because buddy, that's all you're gettin'!

The very least.

@copper [image: 1625953605415-screen-shot-2021-07-10-at-4.46.28-pm.png] "When I'm 79...."

Pretty bad He will do worse

Complaints equal 0.0000767%. I think I’ll take my chances. Chances of dying of Covid are much much higher. The odds are about the same as being hit by lightning. You can’t make this stuff up.

Yup

@jolly said in CDC sez....: My point is this...Masks only provide a fraction of barrier protection that is not nearly what most people think. And as far as staff masks in the office go...I'm telling you what I see. When the employees or docs are around patients or walking down the hallway, they mask. Behind closed doors, staff tends to lay them on the counter or pull them down. I have not seen the back areas of the hospital treated the same as the public areas. Not in some time... I think we all get that. Why people go to war over masks is the question. The outrage is a strong indicator of a sick society, like whales beaching themselves or bee colony collapse.