Anything to drown out those women's voices.
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Anything to drown out those women's voices.
I remember the nuns in school saying to hit back at the bullies. Huh? Did Jesus say that? The one group of people I hoped might protect me, told me to quit crying and hit them back.
"anti-effeminacy"
I'm older, and had hoped these things would change with the wider acceptance of LBGTQ+, but it still goes on as bad as ever. Starts in first grade, when the people can't possibly know what the words mean sexually. Calling it "anti-effeminancy" captures the concept.
Yes. Have a higher voice, a non-violent nature, cry easily, and one endures years of gendered name-calling, along with physical bullying, having your stuff ruined, lies told about you, etc. Even the nuns in school said to hit back (huh?) and stop crying so easily.
There's a whole series of British Guitarist Listens to [various famous guitarists], which includes Mark and Chet and many other great pickers, incl. Roy Clark. Most of these are enjoyable. There's also a series "Bet You Can't Play This" which are awesome.
I found the spot, and since that time they have built several tall buildings obstructing the view.
Early 2000s, I took a jsp/jhtml class in a nearby building with a similar White House view - I was surprised, too. I was higher up, we could also see the WH roof. I'm no longer sure which building it was. Have things changed? The buildings are still there but maybe access is more restricted today?
"And the patches make the goodbye harder still"
Maybe their local teachers can ID all of them.
Gets past the guards at the door, prevents the inspection of packages leaving the White House.
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all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
Yes! SpinRite and those old click of death things. I also used Leaktest.
Why do no reporters ask: "Have you considered that you might be sent to prison for this, after your administration ends?"
Is Congress less likely to cooperate with Trump as the elections approach? Especially given the polls and special election results? They can't stay out of session forever, can they?
Could Congress retroactively approve the Trump tariffs, mooting the lower court ruling?
Or the whim of 9 justices, given the tariffs have been declared illegal by a lower court.
There have been incidents in the cool down room, I remember Rosberg throwing his hat at Hamilton one time.
Scenes from the Cool Down Room as the top 3 await the podium ceremony. Yes, they see some race highlights, etc. It let's them know what happened around them, maybe prevents some uninformed statements during the podium ceremony.
Did Stroll re-enter the track in an unsafe manner after his Q1 wreck? Was he lucky no one was arriving as he sped down the sand banking back onto the track in his damaged car? I haven't heard anyone criticize it, so probably I'm wrong. #F1 #DutchGP
Even today in a land of religious liberty, most Christians will drive past 12 other Christian churches to get to their special church. One church is right, and you are sure it's you. Religion is serious business, you can't fool almighty god. Probably still willing to die for their interpretation.
You think of AI as one thing, or multiple entities which will always agree on one true statement. But it might be like experts today who disagree. My AI expert disagrees with your AI expert. They will battle for years exchanging words of disagreement, while we have to go on living.
When AI says things like, We need to shut down the oil and coal economy to save the atmosphere, AI will be ignored, too.
Just asking questions - Do we call George Washington the first and second president of the United States? Do we call Jefferson 4th and 5th president? Madison the 6th and 7th president? Monroe the 8th and 9th?
Along with the bad people dying unpunished, I try to remember the good people who die unrewarded.
Here's what happens to them - bent, chipped, some warp like the crown of a road, some grow bubbles where the acetate (?) separates from the cardboard. I have three and they all look like this.
That's a nice Flexi-disk from the 1930s - mine are all warped and unplayable.
Dear Representative, Trump is not your constituent, I am. Trump does not vote for you, I do. Trump can't knock you out of Congress, I can. Sincerely, A person from your district.
They brag about skipping the engineering ethics lecture.
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
Countries with high antidepressant use include Canada, Iceland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. They don't seem to have mass shooting problems.
As of February 2025, there were 428 school shootings since Columbine. Three of the shooters, including the one in Minneapolis, were trans. So, 425 non-trans people - almost all white men - 99.3% of school shooters were NOT trans.
Just paintball red splats.
Yep, our beavers turned a temporary bridge into a dam by blocking up the drain pipes. When a section of the bridge washed out, the beavers dammed that up, too.
Walks back claim or walks back lie?
Chess is usually a 2 person game, but I play only against the chess bots, so it is like a one person game to me.
Guns don't solve problems. People solve problems.
Mark of the beast?
Spoiler: He never returns.
I see, ignore my earlier comment.
I'm making plans for in-person voting, which in Virginia starts on September 19. I hope to avoid the chaos planned for November. I used to mail in my vote, but I don't trust the post office any more.
the story includes murder, madness, and mayhem, and reads almost like a modern mystery except for the language. After about ten pages I was enough used to the run-on sentences and Victorian phrasing to turn a page per minute for hours at a time, until I completed the tome. Great summer reading! 2/2
Wilkie Collins' novel, The Woman in White, published in 1860, kidnapped me immediately and carried me away for 650+ pages in Victorian style. Considered one of the first "sensational novels," literature intended to thrill the emotions rather than instruct the intellect, 1/2
I'm so old I remember when we had actual journalists.
He'll be charged with public nuisance or starting fire on federal property, or similar existing laws, sadly.
He might be charged with public nuisance or fire in a federal park laws, sadly.
Maybe public nuisance? Or making a fire on federal property?
What law could they accuse him of violating? Executive Orders are not laws, not passed by congress.
I've said, the Republicans put him up and the Republicans will take him down.
Look at the maps for Plant Zones, which have migrated in the same way. www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1...
Every college campus gets invaded by Christian preachers standing on boxes and calling students sinners. Does anyone respond by converting? I doubt it.
Especially since the big market numbers concern speculative investments (gambling) on mostly overpriced and inflated goods, by the top 25% who have enough disposable income. I don't have enough money to waste anything.
Beating children is another thing the Bible got wrong.
Companies are dealing with the fact that their logo is 1/4 to 1/2 inch tall on the phone and people have to still recognize it when so small.
Companies are dealing with the fact that their logo is 1/4 to 1/2 inch tall on the phone and people have to still recognize it when so small.
I wonder how much the stats are affected by the autonomous vehicle obeying speed limits? Humans seem to drive 5 to 10 over the speed limit, and more. Haven't they shown that reduced speeds also reduce the numbers and seriousness wrecks?
Interesting, they drive more safely than we do. Probably they don't speed, don't try to race through yellow lights, don't drink alcohol, don't drive distracted by spilled drinks or screaming child. What happens when they do wreck? Same as with humans? No fault insurance? Tickets and lawsuits?
Interesting, they drive more safely than we do. Probably they don't speed, don't try to race through yellow lights, don't drink alcohol, don't drive distracted by spilled drinks or screaming child. What happens when they do wreck? Same as with humans? No fault insurance? Tickets and lawsuits?
Woe be unto everyone, when we the people start taking justice in our own hands.
When we join the social contract, we give up the right to take justice into our own hands. But when the government ceases to pursue justice, the social contract broken, and we will take justice back in our own hands. Woe be unto everyone, when the people start taking justice in our own hands.
I've read more now, and one problem is we don't seem to have all the info yet. There are a lot of confused people out here, including me! newsroom.intel.com/corporate/in...
Oops. I think I was forced as a little kid to eat potato pancakes, and the taste of fried potatoes brings back those bad memories.
Baked or boiled.
Intel's announcement says: "U.S. Government to make $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock." Intel's announcement says: "Intel is excited to welcome the United States of America as a shareholder," Is converting grants to equity something different than an investment?
Have the other chip companies complained? Should AMD, Nvidia, Micron, TI sue to get a 10% investment from the government?
Potato chips, french fries, hash browns, potato pancakes - any fried potato is gross.
With some training, the machines pass these things better than humans.
I have a Gene Austin 78 of Sunday, not this all-star lineup. (Victor 20411-B)
We have some of those very white ones, only the little black legs and belly, the rest is white. Looks like a cat until you realize the shape is wrong, the head too low.
My younger brother and everyone like him died from a cancer that now has a cure rate over 60%.
Or we could tax wealth, not income!
Maybe they could stop using unrealized gains as collateral.
Let's just make it clear - you're not going to get to keep all your immense wealth.
State socialism is a political and economic ideology within the socialist movement that advocates state ownership of the means of production. Wikipedia
Response to Hank Thompson's 1952 hit, "The Wild Side of Life"
More transfers of wealth to the wealthy.
I can tread water, too, learned it in the Scouts.
Buying vintage CRTs at the flea market for the frame rate.
Made a mint saying it's okay to hit your children.
There is some overlap in my humanist morality and christian morality, but my reasons are never, "God says so." I treat others as I'd like to be treated, I don't kill, hurt, steal. If there is fear involved in my morality, it's the fear of each other, not fear of a wrathful god or awful afterlife.
How can one tell if they are rare? I have a Puzzle 2500, which can't be too common. A few hundred thousands have it?
The only reason I have a favorite spoon is to keep me from accidentally using someone else's favorite spoon.
When I was young, we drove past 16 other Christian churches to get to our special Christian church. We never considered going to the nearest one. Or the next nearest. Or the...
Earlier you were asking for items in the Bible that could not be human contributions. Well, the omniscient narrator of the Garden and Temptation scenes would have to be God himself, right? đ¤Ł
I'm guessing the repair is considered an antique, too. Gum resin? Tar? Some ancient glue?
I see incomplete multi-volume sets at estate auctions and wonder, where are the rest of them?
Self selection over centuries of migration choices.
The Supreme Court decided federal courts cannot review claims of partisan gerrymandering. This isn't something the Democrats made up. It's something the N.C. Republicans did, and the Court ruled it to be a political question, not one the judicial branch can decide. (Rucho v. Common Cause, 2019).
We gave up all that, so the top 10% could get richer.
Best post of the day, thanks.
Trump's economic plans created huge deficit, worst in history.
After Gov Youngkin said those arrested by ICE were obviously dangerous because they were at the courthouse, it was revealed that 11 of the 16 were detained by ICE over minor traffic violations. (Chesterfield, VA) www.wric.com/news/local-n...
I wonder if there's a national shellac day for collectors of 78 rpm records?
Their lost legal expenses probably higher than that paltry fine.
âIt has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thoughtâthat is to be educated." Edith Hamilton
Not good enough for goons
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these â10 Commandmentsâ: âWhen a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU: 1. Donât know 2. Donât care 3. Donât tell 4. Donât have 5. Donât know how to 6. Donât give 7. Canât do 8. Donât sell 9. Donât show 10. Do nothingâ
Will science go the same way? Put Adam on a dinosaur? Replace the fossil exhibits with a life-sized model of Noah's Ark?
