The Frankish Reich

Damn. We've got a real competitor.

Damn. Old ***** can still throw.

Why do I love watching Aaron Rodgers and/or his team fail? Am I a bad person? Please help me.

Lincoln’s first love is thought to be Billy Greene, who tutored Lincoln in grammar when he moved to New Salem, Illinois in 1831 at the age of 22. They shared a cot together for 18 months, and at one point Greene wrote in a letter that Lincoln’s “thighs were as perfect as a human being could be.”

I honestly couldn't remember what it was. Took me a few posts from the start to figure out if was the jury verdict in the hush money trial. Not exactly "where were you heard JFK was shot" moment.

Well now you've switched to that "what about the children" thing. Your original post was about mRNA vaccines in general. And the idea that a waiting period of 5 or even 25 years would be appropriate, in this case for no solid reason other than "it's new."

Please remind me. What was that moment that I was supposed to remember for the rest of my life? Because I've forgotten it.

Interesting link. Thanks. You will notice two things: 1. Yes, we are amongst the lowest tier tariff countries. 2. The higher tier tariff countries are not exactly something to emulate.

Ugh. I'm not sure whether Trump believes his own bs (it's certainly more disturbing if he does). But what bothers me is that a lot of uninformed people believe this, that tariffs are a no-cost way of raising federal revenues.

Elon Musk is obviously a polarizing figure. Which makes it weird (that word again) that I'm kind of an Elon agnostic. Overall, he's been a critical and important figure in pushing technology forward. That has been good for the world and good for America. But being a brilliant innovator (and salesman - the cult of Elon is not unlike the Cult of Steve Jobs) doesn't necessarily mean your political philosophy is correct or even coherent. There's this Silicon Valley oriented politics that is really a modern-day version of Plato - the idea that the country should really be run by a wise intellectual ruler or rulers, who just happen to be Peter Thiel an Elon Musk and people just like them. It's fundamentally anti-democratic. There's an argument that we have too much democracy and that they have a point, but we really ought to be having a discussion about that. Instead we have the smart guys propping up a kind of dumb guy who they believe they can manipulate into furthering their agenda.

Kyle Smith is correct here. I fully expected Biden to get a real primary opponent or two. And the Dems would be in a better position now if that had happened.

Are they still waiting to substitute Michelle Obama in?

"Cottage Grove, WI." Never heard of it. So I looked at the map. Suburb of Madison, the most liberal/progressive area of Wisconsin. Did it occur to you that maybe this is what they want their schools to do? That this is actually in place because the voters of Cottage Grove want it to be in place? Local control. Sometimes what Madison likes isn't what the Southern Tier of NYS likes. Shocking, isn't it?

There is nothing incorrect in this story. It is objective. But it is still silly because it insists on going meta. Kamala's momentum has stalled. The race is now a statistical tie, with the electoral college favoring Trump. We could write that story (the NYT did), and we could cite the NYT story here. But let's quote some guy named "Matt Margolis" pushing out silly content trying to frame it as "NYT upset that Kamala is no longer ahead." It adds nothing. It simply demonstrates how addicted certain people are to the trash alt media spin on every objective fact.

The root of the problem (here in Europe, but no doubt just as big a problem in America). I could have also posted this in that Problem With Boys thread.

We can argue all day and night about whether Biden is mentally fit. Can we agree that Olivia Nuzzi is physically fit?

They can have the geese.

I think Bezos would have beaten him but for an ill-timed divorce ...

We should definitely wait 25 years before any invention is cleared for use.

The old days of the combined punter/kickoff specialist?

There is zero incentive not to kick it through the end zone. Which puts a premium on guys who can kick it through the end zone nearly every time. Which apparently we don't have.

Luddite.

COVID + regular flu vax. Then went on a 20 mile bike ride. Feel great. Not scared of needles. Not a wuss.

Big tough hard-nosed "scientist" NCBills afraid that Bill Gates is altering his DNA. And he wonders why his career stalled out.

Funny you should mention that. I just altered my DNA again thought the newest Moderna vaccine. My DNA is now better, stronger, faster than yours.