@Doctor-Phibes said in The Apology: @Copper said in The Apology: We all know people who were shot down with the guns she posed on. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale One of the bones of contention my Vietnamese friends would bring up was how much emphasis Americans would place on the effect the war had on America, and how little they seemed to care about the effect it had on the Vietnamese and Vietnam. Yep. That's what we do.

DEI is based on scholastically lazy ideas that can’t stand up to simple academic review let alone rigorous testing and evaluation.

That would be a miraculous recovery.

@LuFins-Dad said in Where did they all go?: That leaves 230,000 unaccounted for They probably just changed their gender.

So stupid

@Mik said in For the remote workers: [image: 1677165825705-fe92a598-125f-485a-886d-e897139f2227.jpeg] Let's play "Shit I may or may not have done on a Zoom call"! Ignored the call to do my actual work Eaten lunch Checked my mail Made coffee Paid my credit card bills Compared gutter cleaning service prices Practiced guitar Taken a shit Recorded the meeting on my phone to make a meme for my coworkers, to be shared with them while the meeting was still going on Rolled a new D&D character Played D&D Assembled Ikea furniture Changed diapers

Eyeroll. Delusion is everywhere.

They only come in twice a week. Why do they need their own desk?

@Wim said in Guantanamo detainees released after 20 years - without charge: @89th Either you charge and prosecute someone, either you release him/her. Overall I agree. But I'm also aware there's situations that are complex during wartime. The last thing a President wants is to release a prisoner and later find out they helped carry out a terrorist attack.

@Mik said in Watching a house being built: Did you already pick your trees? Most of those in the list drop nuts, which you don’t want. I’d go for the redbuds. They were planted by the builder. We got live oaks, two in front and two in back. And one bottlebrush tree, which we suspect might be dead. It is showing no signs of life since the deep freeze over the holidays.

I don’t really think that ‘a a Trump factor. Frankly, Trump didn’t shut out the press in that type of manner. He did, however, bypass them by taking it directly to the people through Twitter and other sources.

Some years ago I redd that Colombia was developing the means to export roses. I don't know what became of that. It seems as if Colombia is trying to get away from dependence on cocaine, or coca . . . ?

Who could have predicted that? Oh, yeah...anyone with a functioning brain.