@taiwan_girl said in $380,000,000,000 : Another way of looking at it: Tax Revenue as a % of GDP, which shows that there has not been a significant change in recent history. [image: 1686877408873-fredgraph-2.png] Apparently politicians got a taste for the money during WW2, and were incapable of ever giving it up.

“Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.” ― George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

@George-K said in Bye Bye, BMI: Weight problems have long been attributed to poor lifestyle decisions, such as eating too much due to lack of willpower. That is exactly correct. That is exactly what weight problems should be attributed to. When you go to Walmart and see a blubber butt, you can be sure that person ate too much. It is not because they didn't eat enough weight loss drugs such as Wegovy from Novo Nordisk.

Man, these Trump appointments are just BAD…

As I was saying, about the left's enthusiasm for the social death penalty against infidels.

@xenon said in What is the virtue of Wagyu ground beef?: For me, even a regular ribeye is at the edge of my “fattiness tolerance”. Anything beyond that is too rich for my tastes. Myself as well. I prefer a strip or a filet, even a prime flank or flat iron. If I'm going to have a ribeye, I want it as a big roasted slab of prime rib. As a steak it's just too rich.

Did mine last week.

In the wake of the retraction, Bailey and Diaz are re-submitting the manuscript to the Journal of Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science (JOIBS), a fledgling publication founded by scholars devoted to the principles of “free inquiry and truth seeking” and the belief that ideas ought to be scrutinized rather than suppressed. Regrettably, among medical journals this commitment appears to be increasingly the exception, not the rule. I wonder if even that journal will dare publish studies about IQ. So far, IQ remains the ultimate taboo that nobody but nobody with any academic reputation at risk, wants to touch.

@Horace said in Do we have Judicial Watch to thank for our summer entertainment?: According to the tweet, Fitton isn't a lawyer. I couldn't find any information online, including his own LinkedIn page, indicating that Fitton has a law degree. English Degree + Activist Website = Whining Combination

I have not but have heard wonderful things about it.

I’ll remind you that Target just took a beating from the right because of swimwear that had an extra pocket.

Shame on those activists.

That's a play fight, but dogs don't always know how to keep it at a playing level.

@Doctor-Phibes said in AI? No problem, says meta scientist: @Copper said in AI? No problem, says meta scientist: AI is not a nuclear weapon, it’s more like automobiles. They kill lots of people, but we still use them. It's potentially like an automobile with a nuclear weapon strapped to the hood. But don't worry - if it's not safe, we just won't build it! And the North Koreans and Iranians will undoubtedly feel the same way.

I watched this on the top of the BBC news last evening. Sobering to say the least. Would be interested in hearing TG’s observations of the BBC report given her past business dealings and trips into NK.

@Catseye3 Be on your way now! 555

The Pritzker money faucet is legendary throughout the state. Never forget the smashed toilets - it tells you everything you need to know about our dear leader governor.

"I can preheat from my car." Wow. Color me impressed. Can life get more phantasmagorical??? There is something about all this smart tech that strikes me as spiritually and philosophically obscene.

His brother Ben allegedly went missing a long time ago