@klaus said in Who dis?:

@taiwan_girl said in Who dis?:

One of my bucket list items is to visit St. Helena, where Napoleon was exiled for a while and he ended up dead there.

They recently opened up an airport there, so it is no longer a 7 day sea voyage from South Africa.

I read somewhere that it is a dull place and the only reason why tourists visit is that piece of history.

Yes, I agree the history (and isolation) is probably the only main reasons to go there.

I wrote to their tourism department a while back asking for information on visiting, and they sent me a very nice package of material (DVD, thick "book" on sites, etc.). Maybe they dont get too many inquiries. LOL

@mik said in Famine & Politics:

Fascinating. We always think off Africa when famines are mentioned. I guess it stands to reason it would be in the areas of greatest population, i.e. Asia.

Agree.

That was interesting. George

@jon-nyc said in How did you do Thanksgiving?:

No tg dinner this year, we’re in Paris

Very cool! Did not know you were there. Hope you are enjoying!!

@brenda said in Sid and Mag:

I love that they can get along that well. 🙂

Well, "get along" ≠ "respect."

Maggie turned 5 a while ago - she's entering her "womanhood." She's becoming more affectionate, though not very much so. Sid is going to be 25 in August. He's very much set in his ways.

@klaus

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-the-4-skyhawk-ruled-the-skies-21967

Combined with its reliability, simplicity and low operating costs—only $3,000 per flight hour compared to $42,000 for an F-15—the Skyhawk remained popular as a trainer well into the 1990s. Several Skyhawks continued to be flown by private firms in the role of military trainers today.

@mik 4. He wrote “Wah Wah” the day he quit the Beatles

I hate that song.

@taiwan_girl said in Cohen says Trump won't run in 2024:

@jolly said in Cohen says Trump won't run in 2024:

If he runs, that's what you're gonna get. I'd rather have mean tweets and economic prosperity, thank you.

So, you were big President Clinton fan? LOL

(Just teasing, but how do you define economic prosperity?)

A rising tide for all individuals.

There will be squirrels in space…

Boring, but competent:

This is the best thing I've seen in weeks. I laughed and smiled throughout the whole thing.

I am curious to know what exactly their plan was to identify Bill 37 in a field of other Bills. 😆

A pretty clever move from him.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051023120710.htm

"Rittenhouse took the lives of innocent people with the intent to do so—by strapping an assault rifle to himself in a crowd of unarmed citizens. That is the textbook definition of intention.

Uh, no it isn’t. I think the school needs to look at some of their admissions standards in the other direction….

I wonder if they got dr. Fauci's approval....

That's something she'll remember for a lifetime. Impressive.

(Had I used a polarizer there'd have been no reflection. Ah well, fuck it.)

There’s no way that boat made it that far without an army of tug boats. Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?