@Loki said in From the former director of the office of government ethics:

The good points he makes from time to time are undercut when he can’t help himself with rhetorical garbage.

Remind you of anybody?

@Axtremus said in What if they tie?:

@Larry said in What if they tie?:

Trump did not tell anyone to do anything illegal.

Sure he did, on video, all over national TV. Trump may be too ignorant himself to know that what he told voters to do is illegal, but he sure told voters to vote illegally.

Son, occasionally you need an ass-whipping.

If you lived down here, people would stand in line to give you one.

Wouldn’t be the first person I know treated by a bunch asses.

No way to enforce intrafamily. As for the elderly...My opinion has always been that just because you are of legal age and breathing, does not mean you should vote.

@Axtremus said in Cutting the cord... Advice?:

@Klaus said in Cutting the cord... Advice?:

We have 100mbps. Multiple people streaming is no problem. If there is a bottleneck, it’s usually the upload speed, in our case about 7mbps.

You get Internet access for your house thorough a coaxial cable, right? Low upload speed is a typical limitation with coaxial systems. Most fiber optic systems (FiOS is one) usually have symmetrical upload and download speeds.

Yes, it's a coaxial cable. The other alternative here is DSL, which uses the telephone line. DSL has a similar asymmetry, though.

Out of curiosity I checked what the maximum speed is I can get right now. Turns out it is 1 GBit, with 50 MBit upload.

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@Jolly said in RCT of Vitamin D as Covid treatment:

Which brings up another question...How much better are we at treating COVID now, as opposed to last March?

Good point - and Bach commented that we're better at it.

The understanding that COVID-19 is, among other things, a vascular, not respiratory disease changed a lot (use of anticoagulants). Reducing the dependency on mechanical ventilation has helped as well - throwing out the old algorithms of who needs a ventilator and who doesn't. The other things that seem to be clear are the uses of steroids as anti-inflammatory and antibiotics to treat superinfection.

I'm not sure I understand the physiology of the benefits of zinc and vitamins, however.

@jon-nyc said in $17,253:

https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/george-washinton-bar-tab

The story on the amount of alcohol consumed is legendary.

https://reason.com/2014/02/22/george-washington-boozehound/

When I was at Mt. Vernon back in 2015, I bought a couple of bottles of "George Washington's Whiskey."

It's terrible.

Look at the big baby!!!

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When my son was born, I told my brother he looked like our dad. He replied that all babies look like our dad.

I first visited there 14 years after all the excitement.

At the time it seemed like the events were ancient history.

Now it seems like it was still fresh - the Hertz sign was still on the roof.

Cut 'm off.

I bet by his next birthday, he'll be able to teach you how to post a pic that doesn't make us all twist our necks! 😁

Happy Birthday, Fin!

Sent to kiddo!

No handshake

Because of covid

OK, that does it, the science is dead

If there are two people in this world that won't give each other the virus it is those two

Dead

@Catseye3 said in Best copyright infringement letter evah:

I never got Bill Murray. I respect that many people find him funny, but his schtick always went right over my head.

He's done a near endless amount of cool things for total strangers.