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That was my grandpa's constitutional. Noxema shave plus a splash of Aqua Velva Blue after.

God Speed Sir.....

Good karma sent your way Frank.

I'm glad you have a path to wellness. A good friend had pancreatic cancer, had radiation and chemo, and eventually beat it. She was fortunate that it...

Great news. Here's wishing for a smooth path back to full go. It's also reassuring news for me because I'm in a similar situation. Kind of the...

We need you on that wall Frank. Thanks for the update.

The general electorate doesn't seem to realize that like every Great Power before us, the USA is simply the present day hegemon in decline; the West,...

I see the chart, and although everything increases, the two that stand out is healthcare and education. Both are easily corrected exempt for the...

First day of spring. Well it done sprung and was nothing but cold and drenching. We are forecast to have a more promising spring day in the next...

A lot of the local Trump supporters say, "Finally a real leader is cutting the crap out of the government so that it can focus on what is really...

Re: Saint Ronnie- watch him in “Storm Warning,” where he plays the good guy v KKK. Re: the Trojan horse that is the internet, the first “Invasion of...

V salon OT: come for the intelligent perspectives, stay for the laughs 👍 Greg

the grifter cicada

It'll be specified with an orange paint option, a combover cockpit, YUGE numbers identifying the aircraft, the capability to land/takeoff on Jeffrey...

More like Battlestar Galactica, the USAF is building Cylons, those worked really well, didn't need any humans. For our European friends, think...

My understanding is the F-47 is like the node of the hub which flies with a hive of support drones as autonomous wingmen. Eventually...

It already smells like shit, too.

So like its namesake, will the F-47 be overweight, have terrible performance, and be very noisy? Greg

The cursed corpse of Spiro Agnew has mixed feelings — actual sacks of cash passing over the Resolute Desk should be the goal

It pains me to say this as a PNW lifer but that is the most appropriate airplane manufacturer + politician pairing I can think of at this point in...

"President Trump announced that Boeing has won the contract for the next-generation fighter, which he said would be called the F-47 — a number...

Under-employment is going to be a problem until the working class who benefited from the post-WWII industrial dream economy all die. The factories...

There are some people on the right who correctly identify what all the rage is about, Oren Cass among them. In a nutshell, one male income used to...

I'm not sure if this is tounge-in-cheek, but the internet is a solution to zero of our political problems.

14yo me came home one day from the Red White and Blue Thrift Store wearing a green Army jacket (Viet Nam era) ala John Lennon, complete with corporal...

I remember as a kid that the local Army-Navy Surplus store had WWII and Korean era stuff in abundance. Childhood memories of musty smelling green...

An interesting read: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/10/abundance-ezra-klein-derek-thompson-book-review

This silly Harry Potter party is interesting. Do they have a candidate running in an election near me?

an independent candidate can win a rare race in isolation (see Gov Ventura), but by and large they only play spoiler given that we declare election...

Well, the cynicism is really for the coordinated duopoly. Since Ross Perot scared the duopoly, they have continued to make it harder and harder for...

Pay to play, baby. I thought that stuff was illegal. Like anybody would prosecute.

The fact that people who proclaim themselves as Christians then go and support a POS like Trump is beyond me. However, I remember having a discussion...

It's not just hypocrisy, it's pathetic. From the link I posted: "The firm, the White House claimed, also acknowledged the wrongdoing of...

The US doesn't have a president, we have a Grifter in Chief. The hypocrisy of the GOP is mind-boggling.

Disgrace. Crook. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/trump-rescinds-executive-order-paul-weiss

I'd have agreed with you a year ago. But the political climate may be ripening for a coalition built on progressive, kitchen table issues like...

and suddenly out of thin air jill stein shows up every four years

Your last paragraph sums up the left leaning voters to a tee. As for the GOP coalitions, two main questions to ask for each group: a) what do...

We are, but now we refer to them as data centers for the cloud or chip fabs. Haven't you been to Arizona or Tennessee?

I think it harkens to one of the fundamental problems facing the democrats (and by proxy, liberals). Since the US uses First Past the Post to...

Out of curiosity (and asking solely seeking to understand), what would such a project look like today, and how much larger would it need to be...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xBaXKCaoRrCEeAsTHX4P9?si=ghqhcwcLSS-ws3ZuPsLLsQ This is a great listen, and entirely relevant to this morning’s...

Still walking the dog while wearing surplus fingerless gloves purchased there for $5 many years ago.

Edmund Morris's biography of Reagan covers this well. While the book has been criticized for its fictionalized narration, it does illuminate Reagan's...

Thereby absolving everyone, rather than viewing it as elemental to our nation as a country built on slavery and inequity and this is just the current...

I think this is a more accurate framing: The results of decades of DP and GOP behavior & policies have caused enough harm and cultural heartburn to...

A couple years ago I was riding a bus through Rome with a priest. He pointed to the 1930s-era flats lining both sides of the road. On one side, he...

Democrats made Republicans rape your country. Nice. The mind-trust behind Reagan grew out of a group of people who rejected the concept that all...

Todd: 1) No offense here; I get it. 2) I started a response but it would take me forever and it would still be inadequate. Suspectdevice is...

Todd, The disparaging comments from Democratic candidates were the icing on the Let Them Eat Cake ideology that the Democrats have been pushing...

Half the comments since my last comment are discussing how to blame the Democrats for this mess. How are we going to get out of this if we don;t hold...

Interesting Scientific American article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-gen-z-men-voted-for-trump/

Coffee

My guess is that's coming April 2 on "Liberation Day."

same thing that stops Trump from disregarding court decisions. Whoops! He's doing that now.

In order: Always a possibility but over a month we got to know each other pretty well, and got along swimmingly. No surprise. Adults act like...

What stops him from declaring martial law?

I always understood the original sin of 2016 for the democrats as the super-delegates. Superdelegates were influential members of the party deemed...

Suspectdevice, I respect your efforts. If Bernie could run the place, I'd be much happier than now. I do not think that the Democrats overall are...