I Shrugged wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:01 pm

I went into a big chain hospital today. No masking requirements for entry or otherwise.

I gather that this is still not the case in some US states?

LOL

NY Gov Kathy Hochul on rehiring unvaccinated health care workers: Not the 'right answer'

There was an AOM podcast on sleep last year where the guy basically says to forget about setting bedtimes, just wake up at the same time every day. So what I've been doing is setting an alarm every day, and if I'm not asleep in time to get 7.5+, I'll stay awake long enough to make it a <6 hour slee...

There was an AOM podcast on sleep last year where the guy basically says to forget about setting bedtimes, just wake up at the same time every day. So what I've been doing is setting an alarm every day, and if I'm not asleep in time to get 7.5+, I'll stay awake long enough to make it a <6 hour slee...

Vinny, do/did you watch Big Bang Theory? No. My TV watching is fairly much confined to C-Span, the Yankees, the Celtics, Providence College basketball, MLB Network. No TV shows. The main character, Sheldon Cooper, is a lot like you describe yourself. In many ways, the more I think of it. You might ...

vnatale wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:42 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:50 pm

Vinny, do/did you watch Big Bang Theory?

No.

My TV watching is fairly much confined to C-Span, the Yankees, the Celtics, Providence College basketball, MLB Network. No TV shows.

More perfectly good sarcasm wasted.

vnatale wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:40 am

Maddy wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 18, 2023 5:39 pm

C'mon, everybody's heard of Queen Nephrotiti.

This is the first time I am ever seeing her name!

Is this who it is?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti

Who I also have no memory of ever prior seeing?

The way you process sarcasm is unique.....

It's not only the parents. Today's "rubber room" culture makes sure that kids don't have any skin in the game. I honestly believe that many of them have no idea what it feels like to work hard at something--anything--and to reap the reward. But this again falls back on the parents allowing their ki...

I blame Boomer and GenX parents for making things too easy on their children while simultaneously micro-managing their lives, leading to lack of ambition and lack of personal responsibility. You do or do not belong to one of those generation categories? If so, how would you rate your parenting in t...

Millions of immigrants willing to work harder. Automation taking more jobs. Yes, but the attitude is what causes the problem. Good times make weak men. I blame Boomer and GenX parents for making things too easy on their children while simultaneously micro-managing their lives, leading to lack of am...

Re your spinach concoction: Sounds great. When you say "the rest of the spinach tossed with garlic and olive oil first," do you mean whole-leaf (un-pureed)? Any cooking involved? Yes, the remaining spinach was whole leaf. So a spinach/ricotta base, then mozz, then whole leaf spinach thrown on raw (...

Xan wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:24 am

Couldn't you move those mutual fund holdings back to Vanguard to sell them?

You could. IIRC, Vg was at one point allowing free conversion from MF to ETF with no tax consequence. If that is still an option, the best solution would have been to make that conversion prior to moving to Fido.

It's too late now, but you will probably incur a hefty fee to sell those Vanguard mutual funds at Fidelity (that does not apply to ETFs, which trade commission-free like stocks). OTOH, if you have a large paper gain on said funds, liquidating them prior to the transfer might have had unpleasant tax ...

You’re right. What happened with the lockdowns is the same as shooting people in the head, and gassing other people with zyklon b and then putting them into ovens for incineration. Well, putting some of them into the ovens alive, but there I go again, splitting hairs. What happened in 2020 is the s...

You don't get the irony of a Jewish guy supporting concentration camps for people who have the good sense to stay away from an experimental, barely-tested vaccine? Sounds more like he's supporting banishment to me. You invoked concentration camps because he's Jewish and connected your own dots from...

“Such people have to be– they should have the decency to remove themselves from the community, if they refuse to do that, then measures have to be taken to safeguard the community from them” “Then comes the practical question that you asked: How can we get food to them? Well, that’s actually their ...

I think the holdup is the environmentalists who think that nuclear is super scary Correct but eventually they're going to have to realize that green energy can't meet the world's needs and that nuclear is a lot better than fossil fuels, which will wind down at some point anyway. I wouldn't bet on t...

boglerdude wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:03 am

You're still going to be ranting about Ukraine, as you're put into a truck by a CCP/DNC agent and sent to a pandemic camp There's more than one threat...

It's awesome how red pilled you have become in just a couple of years....

Okay, thanks for the clarification. But it still seems like if the pols just stayed out of it and let market forces work, you wouldn't have to create incentives for developers to return, no?

RENT CONTROL LOL. This is so classic. The Dem pols create a problem - high real estate taxes - that they try to solve with more bad policy - rent control - bc lower income folks are getting priced out. But instead of helping the poor, they create a black market system which, of course, gets exploit...

Dieter wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:28 pm

One opinion on what might have happened if NATO hadn’t helped Ukraine

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... rt/672547/

Yes, and the Atlantic is a credible, non-biased publication.

However, the Twitter Files don't appear to show that the government gave orders to Twitter — only that the company received "requests" from both parties and also at times consulted with the FBI and other agencies .[/i] Which, is completely legal and is what most companies regardless of this specifi...

SilentMajority wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:17 am

I put "documentary" in quotes because it blurs like line between documentary and docu-drama.

I'll see if I can dig up a link somewhere, I'm sure it's all over Twitter.

But not on the basketball threads, which is why he couldn't find it....

While I was on Twitter last regarding my favorite college basketball team I got a lot of enjoyment reading all the excited responses by fellow fans to the exciting double overtime win that had just concluded moments before. And that right there explains your jaded view of the situation. I guess nob...

glennds wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:26 pm

DogBreath wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:11 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:28 pm

So who are you then?

The artist formerly known as pugchief. I was not banned, I left voluntarily.

The Puginator!
A Christmas gift come early!

It's nice to know I was missed. Thanks to all for the welcome back.

Murphy was the anti-semite. Not sure why Somedude was banned other than his anti-vax opinions. His posts were intelligent and well thought out IMO, but against the mainstream (usually wrong) narrative. So who are you then? The artist formerly known as pugchief. I was not banned, I left voluntarily.