The Evening Blues - 8-12-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/12/2021 - 3:21pm
Diaries
On Good and Evil
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/12/2021 - 12:14amThe oldest law of the internet is Godwin's Law. When a Hitler/Nazi comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever made the comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.
This is what I thought of when I read this headline: This Is 1938, With the Nazis! First, They Came for the Unvaccinated!
Couples Cooking...the Cataract Surgery Episode
Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:30pmNow, it has been a while since I wrote of the efforts to blend two different cooking methods. One method, A's, is a timed function. B's is to look at whatever food is cooking. (Please note: B is the one who had the surgery and lo, and behold, can now actually SEE.)This has led to many lively discussions between A and B whilst cooking, especially grilling.
So, in order to keep B's eyes from getting smoked, A took the 4th place batter for the clean up position.
Neofeudalism and Billionaire Warlords: If things keep going in the same direction
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 3:21pmIt's always a hazard to make any long-term predictions, and they are generally wrong.
However, there is value to making a statement of "...if things don't change..."
The Evening Blues - 8-11-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 3:07pm
Open Thread WE 11 AUG 21 ~ memory hole
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 4:00am
..the chief problem in historical honesty isn’t outright lying, but rather the omission or de-emphasis of important data.
Howard Zinn
Credibility Gap -- According to Wikipedia
Submitted by fire with fire on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:08am.
Credibility Gap -- According to Wikipedia
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IPCC Report: stumblings on the way to reality
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 3:01pmBeat reporters are now panicked because they read the IPCC report released yesterday. Never mind that the IPCC reports are distillations of previously-conducted research and that they could have bothered to read that research. The IPCC has spoken!
The Evening Blues - 8-10-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 2:40pm
Our puppet government in Afghanistan is collapsing
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 12:12pmThe Afghan army, an army that we've armed and trained for 20 years, at the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, is collapsing before an army that is only a fraction of its size.
Maybe the problem isn't the amount of guns, bombs, and men.
