Time to go to the casino, George.

Make Wisconsin like Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary...well, you get the point. The italicized countries are MORE restrictive than the proposed legislation. @klaus had the best suggestion: Pick a number and make everyone unhappy.

@Axtremus said in Millions for Ukraine: Biden Trump wants an open border. FIFY. Look at what those nasty Republicans have done over the last three years! [image: 1706368446590-image.jpeg] https://jabberwocking.com/illegal-immigration-skyrockets-in-december/ As usual, about 50,000 of these were asylum seekers who made appointments via the mobile phone app, while the rest were apprehended trying to cross the border illegally. One of the more interesting videos about the border was seen when POTATUS went for a photo-op visit to the border. The streets were clean, there were no encampments, and not one person was crossing the Rio Grande. A local official commented - if they can stop it overnight for a visit by Biden, they can stop it overnight. And they don't. Ask yourself why.

@Jolly said in The Fix Is In: Going back to beat on the article a bit...The current trend in national politics worries me a bit. Politics ain't beanbag and it's always been a rough and tumble profession, but this concentrated effort to run a microscope through candidate's lives, to manufacture stories if facts don't exist and the willingness of the MSM to absolutely abandon any semblance of fairness and independent research, does not bode well for the good of the Republic. Trump is once again functioning as a Rorschach test and a mirror for the establishment. A chaos test that shows all the weaknesses in the system. Whether is he is elected or not, we have some serious problems we need to change, such as the concentration of nonelected power in The Swamp, the abandonment of fairness in the media, the use of lawfare as a campaign tool and the lack of penalty for using government agencies inappropriately. Spot on. The lack of guiding ethics is appalling.

Drive-ins and movie theaters are an experience. Streaming at home is not.

Yup.

@LuFins-Dad said in Childcare Costs More Than College?: For the cost of childcare centers, you can actually have a live in Au Pair. For kids below school age, I suggest checking your local community centers… There are programs at mine with classes of 8 for Finley’s age for around $300 per month Mon-Fri from 9-1… Agree. It’s not exactly daycare but we are putting our 3 year old into a part-week, part-day preschool program. It’s cheap compared to full daycare, and it’s with a church which adds a nice benefit too.

Give you a sideways hint...The movie had a credited actress who starred in multiple films and had two sisters that also worked in vaudeville and in Hollywood.

Fish jokes and romance would seem to be incompatible. But she could likely make me happy with some great smoked salmon and madly expensive caviar.

@Copper said in An Experiment: Just send them into a doctor's office without a mask, during covid season. That should do it. Make sure...Make them take the jab, too!

Determining Apex predators...

I've bought a few things from Elderly over the years, the last instrument being an autoharp. Unlike Musician's Friend or other chain stores, they'll set up an instrument before they ship. In the case of the autoharp, it arrived in tune and the pads were correct.

The thing I like about king is I just know I’m going to enjoy the writing no matter what the plot. I felt the same way about Le Carre. When I have long plane trips coming up I always keep a new king ready for download for the trip. For example, I have a trip to Atlanta in March for a conference and I’m waiting for the trip to download his latest, Holly.

In a country where some states are taking kids away from their parents if they refuse to allow transition, and in a world where 50 year old perverts are being allowed to change in dressing rooms with teenage girls and compete with them on a teenage girl’s swimming team, if Ohio is going to make error, I would rather it be in this direction.

Even in Oregon. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oregon-county-officials-dismantle-1-million-a-year-diversity-office-and-now-say-they-want-to-focus-on-merit-and-not-to-racialize-the-workplace/ar-BB1hhdmj?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=357465111298405c8b816427c089b505&ei=54

Toddler tartar...

I used to worry about how to protect my boy from the internet. Now I worry about how to protect the internet from my boy.

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