@Jolly said in Piled higher and Deeper: We're doing a lousy job educating people, if we want to stay up with the best of the world in STEM. STEM is a code word that means men are bad.

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Some of us are heading down the path of becoming permanent conscientious objectors to voting in American presidential elections.

@Copper said in Hillbilly Elegy author eyes Senate run: I just watched the Hillbilly Elegy. It's not much fun. I don't think the movie will hurt Mr. Vance in this election. I'm not sure it will help either. Agreed. I found the book profoundly depressing, despite Vance's story of success. Will it move the needle? Just might.

@George-K said in Ronny Speaks: @LuFins-Dad said in Ronny Speaks: and was/is addicted to Ambien and was passing them out like candy I think this goes back to the Obama administration - handing out sleepers and uppers during foreign trips on AF1. Yep. Now you can argue that he was investigated over it because of his relationship with Trump, but it’s still acknowledged that he did it, and he certainly hid the demotion futing his congressional campaign.

BSOD around the world: https://www.theverge.com/24202037/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-blue-screen-error-photos

There’s some noise that he won’t do it before Bibi’s visit Wednesday.

He’s definitely veered into imbecility by that definition. My guess there’s some personal snub from the campaign or Trump himself. Remember they were seen dining together in Mar al Lago not that long ago.

I'll say nothing, except that I'll say nothing.

@LuFins-Dad said in Cigars with the boy: Worst thread drift ever. Well, we are talking about the smell of lit dog rockets....

@Doctor-Phibes said in JD Vance and LOTR: I know a bunch of people who are seriously into LOTR and to describe them as alt-right wouldn’t be strictly accurate. In the course of my seasonal job, I've met scads of people who can recite for you any part of Tom Bombadil's songs you'd like. These people are: • D&D fanatics • Burned out English teachers who think America was lost the day Andy Griffith was taken off the air • MFA students who, you can be sure, have their chosen pronouns on their license Their only commonality is that none of them watch football.