Hm? What's this then?

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@George-K Their beliefs make things a bit suspicious, but they did link to "legitimate" organizations.

(But I still believe that masks help a lot LOL)

Inappropriate humor doesn't appeal to some folks.

Let me guess. I bet your dad never said "pull my finger."

Bob liked to keep you off of the plate. Crowd it, and the next fast ball would take the tip of your nose off.

The country parody:

I recently watched on line a show called Frontline, which talked about the current campaign and discussed the two candidates.

I thought it was quite good. Talked about them in a pretty unbiased manner and showed both their faults (like the one above) and also the good sides of both men.

Frontline TV Show on President Trump and VP Biden

Typical politician. Pretending or trying to talk down what he did in the past if it doesn't fit what is current.

@taiwan_girl said in Snake with a tape.:

@Jolly Easy way to clear up the "you say, I say" would be to illegally release the actual document. LOL

@bachophile said in Discover instruments: The Baroque Trumpet:

Always amazing how composers are able to write music for instruments they don’t play

There's a story about the Stravinsky violin concerto.

Willy Strecker of B. Schotts Söhne, Stravinsky's music publisher at the time (and also a friend of Dushkin's), asked Stravinsky to compose a concerto for Dushkin. Though Stravinsky was reluctant, citing unfamiliarity with the instrument, Strecker assured the composer that Dushkin would consult about technical matters. Stravinsky noted in his autobiography that Dushkin's availability for such advice was a factor in his undertaking the Violin Concerto. He also sought the opinion of composer and violist Paul Hindemith, who allayed Stravinsky's fears, suggesting that his unfamiliarity with the instrument might help him come up with new possibilities. Stravinsky met with Dushkin at Strecker's residence in Wiesbaden and decided to go ahead.

Early in the compositional process, Stravinsky devised a chord which stretches from D4 to E5 to A6. One day while he and Dushkin were having lunch in a Paris restaurant, he sketched the chord on a napkin for the violinist, who thought the chord unplayable, to Stravinsky's disappointment. On returning home, however, Dushkin tried it out on his violin and was surprised to discover it was actually quite easy to play. He immediately telephoned Stravinsky to say that it could be played after all. The composer later referred to this chord as his "passport to the Concerto"

The "passport chord" is heard at the beginning of every movement, each time in a different configuration.

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This is a weird spin.

Especially the part about ‘most of us pay our taxes this’. As if payroll withholding and obscure carryover tax credits written into law by lobbyists for developers are somehow the same thing.

When a poor family has no tax liability due to the EITC I wonder if this author considers then to have paid $x,000 in taxes. Haha no I don’t.

@George-K said in San Fran Nan speaks:

asshats on both sides of the issue exist.

Yup. I am not surprised!!!

@Jolly said in Therapeutics:

China has now said publicly, they will not vaccinate their entire population, but will rely on the new wave of therapeutic drugs.

"Treat" rather than "prevent."

Interesting.

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Can two people in different carousels “kiss” each other when the two carousels are closest together?

It would be very impressive (and dangerous) if the tolerance is that close.