@doctor-phibes said in Cruz: The Fisher King. That deserves a re-watch. Thanks.

They should do Diogenes. Guaranteed he'd look like everyone's crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.

Does he get credit for time served during the lockdowns, lol.

Of course, all the risks should be considered. Then convert that to total long-term injuries and deaths. Then compare that to the number of acceptable long-term injuries and deaths. If we are below the acceptable losses, then go for it. The problem is that for some reason, your leaders still haven't published the acceptable casualty numbers.

That can't be Doc Martin. he's smiling. Sort of .

Seems unwise even if it were stable. You stumble out of the tent to whiz in the dark and off you go.

I've stayed in The Pearl too. Never again.

@jon-nyc said in The GOP’s golden calf: That’s right! Hundreds of them, all placed below the Jewish star. But it's the left-facing version, not the right-facing one.

@copper @copper said in Fun anecdote on DNC convention: @horace said in Fun anecdote on DNC convention: And the all-important endorsement of Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina was in play when Clyburn cornered Biden during a commercial break at a Charleston debate and urged him to promise to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court. “This wasn’t offered as a condition of Clyburn’s endorsement, but it was an expectation,” the authors write, parsing a bit too finely. Biden awkwardly complied. politics is downstream of culture. Black women have been the majority of judges on TV and movies for a decade or more now. Is it possible to make a tv commercial without an interracial couple? I’ve seen a lot of commercials with white couples. They’re all dudes, but they are couples and white...

@jolly said in China declares victory over “extreme poverty”: @taiwan_girl said in China declares victory over “extreme poverty”: @loki said in China declares victory over “extreme poverty”: Taiwan is coming. LOL I hope not and dont think so. If they think they can, they will... True. It will be "subtle" if it happens. Maybe start by taking over Kinmen and Matsu islands.....

I was going to make a joke about Aqua’s great aunt.

@jon-nyc said in 2MM a day: Wow that’s great. https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1366026420389105666

@klaus said in Puzzle time - algebra edition: A^B is the implication B -> A I tried that and ruled it out (erroneously) thinking it failed 7

@lufins-dad said in Vaccines for 12+: nor is the risk of transmission. That’s true with small kids, but older teens?

I could use some reversal of age-related decline Somebody could make some money on this Unless of course the democrats decide that everyone has a right to eternal reversal of age-related decline

At the top of the Amazon black history list 

I assume the judge will add his fee to the medical insurance claim.

Presumably, she's already had the virus - anosmia and all that....

AZ is 100% effective against serious illness, hospitalization and death. That’s some definition of suck based on what has happened over the last year to our people and our economy. But yeah people think it sucks. Weird.