interesting.

Yup, the "middle" type of politician is hard to exist in today's world. Looks like it would be an interesting reading. Somewhat related, was looking through Chicago Tribune newspaper and there was an article about a former governor of Illinois named Jim Edgar who just died. He was one of the most popular governors in Illinois ever, but said in a article that he "would have trouble winning a primary in todays world" Edgar’s fiscal conservativism and moderate stance on social issues, including his support for abortion rights, for years made him the template for a successful statewide Republican candidate. But in recent years, that template has been ignored by many hopefuls who wound up going down in defeat. Edgar himself said he doubted he could win a primary in the Trump-era of far-right GOP ideology. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/former-two-term-illinois-gov-jim-edgar-who-led-the-state-through-much-of-the-1990s-dies-at-79/

Ha that’s actually what I did. Gotta check to make sure I’m not still playing for Disney or HBO separately now though.

@Doctor-Phibes I do admit though that in when I saw a picture of his face posted in the news, it was immediately familiar. No idea from when or from what source. It was just familiar. Possible that he was on an interview or member of a panel discussion I watched sometime in the past number of years.

It's hard to take anybody seriously who thinks that Tommy Robinson is part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

I’ve opened a can of worms. They just sit there, the worms. Hardly the chaos that’s been advertised.

@bachophile said in Some maps: [image: 1727681551631-7e37aee7-623b-4102-a01c-45979447e4f2-image.png] Something similar in SE Asia, but specifically Indonesia. The term there is "jam kurat" or "rubber time". LOL

Sorry I didn’t get more details at the time. I’d imagine he filled out some prompts about that stuff though.

https://x.com/interesting_ail/status/1967295317990089005?s=46

I still like connections although at times the obscure pop culture references escape me. I’ll have to try the others you mention.

@LuFins-Dad said in Asshole of the month award goes to…: Seriously, @89th 89th? It’s about basic human politeness and also a little self dignity. The whole idea that he can get to that ball quicker than she can so he deserves it is pretty much the philosophy of the asshole of the guy that grabbed the stuff away from the kid that started the thread. You can argue that it was about giving to kids, but maybe she was going to give it to a kid that wasn’t there? And even then, it’s a nice thing to do, but it’s not a moral imperative to do so. It doesn’t matter that he gave it to his kid or that it was the kids birthday. It was because his instinct said I’m big enough, fast enough, that I can get that ball before her and he chose to follow that instinct. That’s behavior that a polite society is supposed to frown upon. Not at all. A ball lands in the stands, it’s not “oh you go first” it’s fun to see who can get to it first. It landed in his row… in fact I think it’s a bigger sin to go into someone else’s row to get a ball, if there is any sin here at all!

Okay, this is taking a weird turn. So it is credibly reported that the roommate that turned over the messages wasn’t just a roommate, it was his partner, who is a Transwoman that is medically transitioning. https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-lived-with-transgender-partner/

I would love to visit Vermont. Seems quite pretty there.

@Horace Yes, welcome back!!!

On the other hand, I’m old enough that I don’t fight anymore but the idea of life in jail is nowhere near as scary.

Bless his memory. What a hero!

@jon-nyc said in Forum Issues: It says excessive load. Maybe 89 sat on the forum again. Couldn’t have been me, I delivered my load to your sister last night