It was interesting but not unexpected. The problems with the domestic economy are starting to been seen in China. And, it certainly does not look like it is going to improve.

Walsh has always been pro-vet. He may be a drug-addled crazy but I think he's a more reliable role model than anyone elected.

@George-K said in Fast Rocket: Embed the fissile fuel particles in an ultra-low density aerogel matrix to achieve a critical mass assembly Utilize recent breakthroughs in high field, high temperature superconducting magnets to constrain fission fragment trajectories between moderator elements to minimize reactor mass. Ugh, that's the 5th invention I had in high school, I forgot about it.

@George-K said in Meanwhile, in Russia...: @Doctor-Phibes said in Meanwhile, in Russia...: Is there nothing Joe Biden can't do? Stay awake? Utter a complete, coherent sentence? Climb stairs? Walk of stage? Steal an election. Weaponise the FBI. Turn the USofA into a fascist dictatorship. Destroy the Trump family business. Russia is the only country on earth suffering from high inflation that wasn't caused by Joe Biden. I'd say that's pretty impressive.

That is my SIL. She absolutely cannot keep any piece of information to herself. It must be exorcised verbally.

Will continue to do so, if that last poll posted has correct numbers.

@George-K Interesting articles to give some background. But I still think it is goofy a bit. 555

No outrage for Syrian Muslims. No outrage for Darfur. Wonder why.

Another potential Darwin Award nominee https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/16/bear-mauls-eco-activist-trying-to-prove-logging-emptied-den/ A bear in Poland’s Carpathian Mountains has mauled an eco-activist who was trying to prove the animal’s lair was abandoned due to logging. The German was airlifted to hospital following the attack and was said to be in a serious but stable condition. He had travelled to the bear’s den alongside another activist from the Wild Carpathians Initiative to check if the area had been affected by logging. The pair had expected the lair to be empty but the animal pursued them through the woods. The activist stumbled and fell before being mauled. [image: d567d1c9b7f756746b30c785916b0535]

Easy to campaign. Difficult to govern. I think that Rep. Johnson is finding this out.

@Axtremus said in WOKE MISS UNIVERSE GOES BROKE, DECLARES BANKRUPTCY: @Copper said in WOKE MISS UNIVERSE GOES BROKE, DECLARES BANKRUPTCY: According to media reports, JKN has filed for bankruptcy in Thailand which is called “business rehabilitation.” It's Thailand. They are have been more accepting of transgender people for a lot longer than we (Americans) have. Even before you folks start complaining about wokeism, the Thai people have hosted many beauty pageants for transgender people. But they are separate pageants. Pattaya, which is kind of known as "Sex City" is the host for most of these. To be fair, Pattaya has gotten better in recent years.

@Mik said in The guitar player picked a lousy day to be awesome.: no smoking. Brief hijack... When I left the university practice (Upscale neighborhood) and moved to the 'burbs, I was amazed at the difference in the population wrt to how many were smokers, and what ravages smoking wreaked on people. It got to the point where, just looking at someone, I could, with a fair degree of accuracy, spot a smoker. They always looked older, more wrinkled, and weathered than their non-smoking counterparts. Sorry, back to your MILF GILF thread.

I would love to create an administrative agency whose sole job was to identify and eliminate waste. And the funding for the agency would be a percentage of the identified and eliminated waste.

How can they post these things with a straight face.