@George-K I have been following that. The Philippines navy sunk a old ship on an atoll and have stationed a group of personnel there. I find it funny that the mainland China complains that the PI is trying to establish a permanent outpost there when you can look at the amount of "permanent" outposts the mainland China has put up over the past years, including airstrips, etc.

@Renauda said in The COVID Commission: @Doctor-Phibes ….mask was at most an inconvenience. That’s how I felt about most of the measures as well. An inconvenience. Same. Pretty much an inconvenience for me. Though I would say that when the outbreak first occurred, there was some fear of the unknown. I wiped down my groceries, etc. (but that did not last too long) Someone was joking that they would have more respect for the people who complained so much about wearing masks if those same people took a stand on the "no shoes, no shirts, no service" signs that are everywhere. LOL

Did the FBI lie on their own, or did Mr. Biden tell them to lie?

Making the change a long time ago doesn't change the effect. The DNC wants to override dem voters if they don't like the result. This applies to RFK and everyone else. It's their party, if you don't like it, start your own.

Drew Brees' winning percentage his last three years was 73%. Brees couldn't have thrown a 25 yard seam pass, if you had poked him with a cattle prod. It was dink-a-rama.

Well, if you're gonna get picky...

https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1695084473157558563

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=horse+fart Enjoy!

MAGAt vermin. Good riddance. The sentence was far too severe.

@taiwan_girl said in Interesting ‘4-lane’ model of the GOP primary: @Horace said in Interesting ‘4-lane’ model of the GOP primary: @taiwan_girl said in Interesting ‘4-lane’ model of the GOP primary: Interesting, and I think true, analysis in the article, though I would say that Tim Scott is closer to the 4th lane than the second lane. DeSantis and Ramaswamy are leaning into the culture wars, which is why I presume Yglesias buckets them together. Why do you put Scott there? I will have to look more into him, but my initial reading is that he is a "nice" Donald Trump. A lot of the same viewpoints and "rhetoric" but spoken politely and without name calling. Difficult to make any sense of this without specific viewpoints or rhetoric you're referring to.

Having spent plenty of time near and around Mexican campesinos this photo is either an extreme outlier or entirely staged. [image: 1694287965255-img_0324.jpeg]

Marshall was pretty good during WW2 at identifying talent and had absolutely no patience with commanders who could not produce. Lots of guys got relieved and replaced with more competent leaders, as Marshall saw fit. The American Army got a lot better, a lot faster, than many people thought they could, because of how fast their command structure improved. I'm not sure we have that kind of time during the next major war.

It doesn't tend to increase in real value, but it doesn't tend to lose, either.

Not a bad idea, but the devil, as always, is in the details. How are the boards populated? How do you avoid corruption? Nothing about that in the article.

@LuFins-Dad 555

It is okay unless it is in my backyard. LOL

@George-K @Horace I agree. Statistics can be made to made to follow a narrative that you want it to follow. But, I have not seen anything that says that, OVERALL, the Jan 6 people were treated worse than the BLM protestors. What is that meme that is posted occasionally here - "Change My Mind" 555 EDIT: Here is on that says that the Jan 6 protestors are treated worse. https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/09/realclearinvestigations_jan_6-blm_comparison_database_791370.html A pretty good analysis of the BLM protests https://acleddata.com/acleddatanew/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ACLED_USDataReview_Sum2020_SeptWebPDF_HiRes.pdf