No Irishman is sober enough to care.

@george-k said in HBO Broadcasts Conspiracy Theories: otes 30 minutes near the very end of his series to relitigating arguments that have been debunked a thousand times. Specifically, he presents about a dozen conspiracy theorists and members of Gage’s group, including Gage himself, in a back-and-forth with three credible scientists who investigated the 9/11 attacks in a teach the controversy–style format that presents the truth behind 9/11 as an open debate between two equally valid sides. In terms of conveying facts, this is a bit like presenting COVID-19 vaccine skeptics in a debate alongside Anthony Fauci, or Holocaust deniers alongside the Simon Wiesenthal Center, or a clique of climate change skeptics alongside the authors of the United Nations IPCC report. I met the A&E for 9/11 Truth folks at the AIA convention a few years ago. They focus on the collapse of WTC 7, calling it a controlled demolition. The video looks nothing like a controlled demo. They also ignore that at 800 deg F steel starts to lose 10% of its bearing strength, and typical office fires get up around 1500 - 1750 deg F, so even with spray on fire proofing, if its not a complete seal that the collapse will occur and the building will start pancaking. Which is exactly what it looked like. And they claim 3000+ members out of probably 600,000 registered architects and structural engineers in America. They're nuts.

Here’s the info on their tests. https://www.labcorp.com/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/providers/antibody-test

I hope you live forever, but actuaries are rarely wrong.

Jeebus. I don't blame you.

@89th said in James Madison University: I'm still surprised they haven't changed the name of the school. Yeah, I was chuckling about that while reading the articles…

@copper said in Building Godzilla: Is it just me, or does that thing look like Mothra? It's you.

BTW, you can slide dates as you wish. I just thought the last few months were the most interesting...

@kluurs said in Afghanistan weeks or months from economic collapse: I wonder if we (the US) offer to purchase some of that gently used equipment. I suspect a lot of that used equipment, especially the air assets, will be the beneficiaries of JDAM presents in a few weeks. Junk iron is $152/ton right now. But the Taliban would have to bear the shipping costs...

@doctor-phibes said in It's the American Way: @jolly said in It's the American Way: Good. Then double your taxes and you pay for it. If you pay my share of the military machine that you love so much, that's fine with me. I'll probably do pretty well out of the deal. Nah, but the draft would love to have one of your children....

Ok, I failed to see where Dominion or voting machines were mentioned in the essay. I'll look harder.

The tweet is still up amongst dozens of other photos. It may be perfectly wrong but directionally correct. Too bad they don’t teach that anymore. The zinger is the reward.

@jolly said in Samaritan's Purse: @lufins-dad said in Samaritan's Purse: Anybody else concerned about how easy it would be for ISIS and Al Qaeda to send over hundreds or even thousands of soldiers mixed in with all of these refugees? A guy named Trump brought that point up... I remember we used to have a President by that name. Those were better days. A time long past. Perhaps I'm looking back with orange colored glasses.

@jolly said in The Cascade: He hasn't helped matters. [image: 1629891732325-c0b46b1ce3d291bb91521ecf3b58fb87.jpeg] White House says it wasn't a "kneel" kneel; just a kneel.

We did have a Philips Rosita (a different model) when I was a kid.

@loki said in Economic Masturbation: @horace said in Economic Masturbation: @loki said in Economic Masturbation: Yeah, they had the good sense to separate it from the other bill. This is DOA but delivers to the base. It’s their ivermectin. Because in your mind, ivermectin-as-miracle-COVID-cure is as broadly a partisan issue as actual legislation actually being voted on in the actual congress along actual party lines. Because you're familiar with a podcaster and maybe some Facebook posts supporting Ivermectin. Actually I probably wouldn’t have been very aware of Ivermectin if not for this place. Neither would I be. And that was more or less my point. But, you've assigned Ivermectin advocacy to a broad range of people now, and ascribed to it a broad political base. It's ok. Emotional thinking is what it is. It's how we're all wired, to one degree or another. Not me, of course - I'm better than that - but that's only because I'm good looking, and good looking people are better at everything. Bret Weinstein was on my radar a long time ago and then I forgot all about him until you brought him up. My second take on him was very different from my first. I’ve been watching his tweets of late and he seems to be pivoting. Did I bring him up? I recall Klaus and jon dismissing him and his brother as conspiracy theorists, which motivated me to look up Bret's podcast to inform myself of this shocking turn he'd taken. In retrospect, I gave too much credence to the research and expertise he brought to the table to generate his opinions on Ivermectin. I'm still not clear why he was ever so convinced, nor whether he's less convinced now. By the way, Bret is a lifelong lefty, self-described, and in nearly all of his political views.

Hasn't been a U.S. combat death in Afghanistan in what...about 18 months? Oh, and the Korean War is not over, so make that 100% back to 1950.