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- Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:05 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: A first-hand account of Senegalese culture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 898
Re: A first-hand account of Senegalese culture
Surely Senegalese culture is like that only because of systematic oppression by white Westerners... right?
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:49 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Tortoise's baby
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4437
Re: Tortoise's baby
Many thanks, everyone! I really appreciate it.
Pugs, didn't you say a while back that you're anticipating a new arrival fairly soon, too?
Pugs, didn't you say a while back that you're anticipating a new arrival fairly soon, too?
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:19 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Forum updates
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3599
Re: Forum updates
Thanks for the helpful forum updates, Xan!
Sorry for the belated reply — newborns are a lot of work.
Sorry for the belated reply — newborns are a lot of work.
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:16 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Tortoise's baby
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4437
Re: Tortoise's baby
Quick update: My baby girl finally arrived this past weekend! Baby and mom are both healthy and doing really well.
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Signatures
- Replies: 194
- Views: 265289
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Johnny Depp left broke after losing $650m movie fortune
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3963
Re: Johnny Depp left broke after losing $650m movie fortune
In case any of you haven't read the Rolling Stone article from 2018 about Johnny Depp's trials and tribulations, it's definitely worth checking out: The Trouble With Johnny Depp There are a few things Depp insists TMG got wrong – for example, the $30,000 a month the Mandels claimed he spent on wine....
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 2150337
Re: Coronavirus General Discussion
How has The Patriot Act affected your day-to-day life? After 9/11 everything was supposed to have different, to have changed, In the summer of 2002 I was on subway cars in New York City with police in them carrying heavy duty semi-automatic rifles. By the summer of 2003 the presence of the police w...
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2970
Re: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
Currently 7 (54%) have lied at least once, and 6 (46%) have never lied.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:56 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 2150337
Re: Coronavirus General Discussion
In California, the Orange County Board of Education voted this week to reopen its schools for in-person attendance, but Emperor Newsom overruled their decision today and mandated that those schools (as well as all other schools in counties on his "watch list") must remain online-only this ...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:02 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2970
Re: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
Should the poll have a third option: When asked for whom I will vote, I have avoided the question by say artfully changing the subject. I would consider that not lying. Both in the technical sense, and also in the sense that most people probably sense that if you duck the question, you plan to vote...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:10 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2970
Re: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
I never comment on politics unless I am 100% sure the other person has very similar views. I want to keep my friends. And family! I've lied to my own liberal wife and most of her liberal family, all of my liberal coworkers, and many liberal acquaintances about my support of Trump. My typical lie is...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:05 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Dr. Fauci today!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4701
Re: Dr. Fauci today!
So Amazon has decided to jump on the censorship bandwagon too, huh?
I wonder why the "Item Under Review" notification only shows up for the Kindle version and not the hardback or paperback versions. They all have the same content, don't they?
I wonder why the "Item Under Review" notification only shows up for the Kindle version and not the hardback or paperback versions. They all have the same content, don't they?
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:56 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Poll for Trump Supporters Only
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2970
Poll for Trump Supporters Only
Note that this poll should only be taken by people who plan to vote for Trump in November. Scott Adams took a similar poll among his followers recently, and I think he said a large percentage of them (something like 40%) said they had lied at least once about supporting Trump -- presumably to avoid ...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:27 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Johnny Depp left broke after losing $650m movie fortune
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3963
Re: Johnny Depp left broke after losing $650m movie fortune
At first I was confused as to why you were linking a picture to some random guy in this thread. Then I was like "holy shit". Yup, it's Depp! I thought the arm tats would give it away, but I probably should have been a bit more obvious. The sad thing about that photo is that it was taken b...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Dr. Fauci today!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4701
Re: Dr. Fauci today!
Personally I don't know who to believe any longer. Maybe Fauci is right. Maybe he is wrong and lying, or wrong and not lying but just very cautious. Although to be so cautious on health, when there is countervailing evidence say from the cruise ship situation, and not to look at the entire situatio...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:38 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Signatures
- Replies: 194
- Views: 265289
Re: Signatures
I just noticed this addition to your sig, Smith. Good one!
Knucklehead (noun): Someone who knows the expense ratio of everything but the value of nothing.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:10 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
- Replies: 840
- Views: 257312
Re: Is Trump doing a good job?
Political ads are always a stark reminder of how low the average person’s IQ is.
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:03 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 2150337
Re: Coronavirus General Discussion
For what it’s worth, I personally know a few teachers, and all of them put in many more hours (including during summer “vacation”) than what they officially get paid for. One of them used to be a nurse, and she told me nursing was less stressful. It sounds like hard work — at least for the teachers ...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1781374
Re: The GOLD scream room
The Knuckleheads are anti-LTT as well? Huh. What’s their main reason — because a diversified total bond market fund is supposedly safer, or because Treasury bonds tend to have the lowest yield?
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Your tax dollars at work
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2457
Re: Your tax dollars at work
Could there be a way of de-activating this "feature"? That would probably require an admin modification by Xan. The workaround I use is to always click "Preview" before "Submit". That way the new-post warning (if any) shows up on the preview screen and doesn't interfer...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:16 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Johnny Depp left broke after losing $650m movie fortune
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3963
Re: Johnny Depp left broke after losing $650m movie fortune
When you wake up from a drunken stupor with melted ice cream in your lap and realize you've hit a new low: https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/hPyP7L.SAhYmXPfL3PvCBg--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/https://media-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com/creatr-uploaded-images/2020-07/c4ba3d60-c540-11ea-b...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 2150337
Re: Coronavirus General Discussion
You know how the media and Emperor Newsom have been saying that California's Lockdown 2.0 is a response to the state "reopening too soon"? I.e., California supposedly screwed up by reopening too soon, and there's been a big spike in cases as a result? Well, I decided to look at the "T...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Your tax dollars at work
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2457
Re: Your tax dollars at work
By the way does that "feature" which has caused me more problems than ever provided any benefit....has it ever been of any benefit to you (or to anyone else reading this)? I've never benefitted from it. Usually any new post that appears while I'm writing my post doesn't change what I plan...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 4:11 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 2306
- Views: 1438899
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
What a disappointment. Easily [Schiff's] worst interview on JRE. Don't get me wrong, he had great insights as always. He just never bloody took a breath. He just kept going and going and kept bulldozing Rogan every time he wanted to ask a question or change the pace of conversation. It wasn't a pod...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 2150337
Re: Coronavirus General Discussion
The stuff that drives me crazy is that I have to put on a mask to go into a restaurant and then walk 20 feet to my table, Then I can take it off. I would love for an expert to calculate for me the chances of catching or spreading a virus in that 20 foot walk. Especially when the restaurant is runni...