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August 16, 2025

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wildswan said...: I've been thinking about the way in which our politics must now filter through NGO land. This group of people is unknown to sociology but immensely influential. But how does it work? It obviously completely stifles internal dissent, because, I suppose, you won't get promoted. But somehow NGOers must think that each opinion is freely achieved. How is that managed? And then, what do NGOers look like. Are they the ones following the various absurd freaks of fashion which Althouse mines from the pages of the NYT? Aren't we always asking - who does that? Maybe the NGOers, the secret leaders of anti-fashion fashion?; 8/16/25, 5:19 PM
TosaGuy said...: I don’t understand how Jussie Smollet could have been attacked a few years ago, he was armed with a subway sandwich.; 8/16/25, 5:19 PM
Original Mike said...: "I don’t understand how Jussie Smollet could have been attacked a few years ago, he was armed with a subway sandwich."

Sandwiches are a lot stronger now than they used to be.; 8/16/25, 5:24 PM
William said...: I just read a history of the terror during the French Revolution. Early in his career Robespierre wrote a treatise that preached against capital punishment. His thinking on this subject later evolved. He came to think that the Girondists deserved capital punishment because they had opposed the decapitation of the King.......There you have it. Robespierre went from being against capital punishment to killing people who opposed his ideas on capital punishment.; 8/16/25, 5:42 PM
narciso said...: provolone is certainly 9 mm ammo; 8/16/25, 5:53 PM
narciso said...: Lenin was against the Okhrana as was Dzerzinsky who had up close experience, it was situational; 8/16/25, 5:54 PM
narciso said...: was that Schama he captured the ethos in Citizens, he lost the plot afterwards,
but you look at the two minute haters, who cheered at Ashley Babbitt's murder and then are goo goo eyes about Mangione
they were never serious,; 8/16/25, 6:00 PM
Jaq said...: "If the war in Ukraine lasts another five years, it would be safer for Europe." —Bruno Kahl, head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND)

In "Deutsche Welle"; 8/16/25, 6:06 PM
narciso said...: Western Intelligence, is one of those classic oxymoron, remember that baltic offensive they had depicted last fall,
pepperidge farm remembers; 8/16/25, 6:10 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Rolling Stone : Someone Left Documents Detailing Trump-Putin Summit in Hotel Printer.

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again; 8/16/25, 6:20 PM
buwaya said...: Russia keeps going back to the same policies. The USSR had a lot in common with the Tsarist state, and post USSR Russia has a lot in common with the USSR.
Except for one thing - the Tsarist version of Russia had tremendous creativity in the arts, which the Soviets killed off, and which has not come back. A permanent loss.; 8/16/25, 6:21 PM
narciso said...: and if the German general staff hadn't shipped lenin back they might have held out for a generation, other seemingly bright ideas, it did end the war for them on one front,; 8/16/25, 6:24 PM
john mosby said...: Had a thought today about the postmodern generation gap. It's an analogy to myself.

I was born in the late 60's to a 36yo father and 40yo mother. Unusual then, usual now.

People who "should" have been my parents - the boomers about 20 years older than me - I never thought of as being like my parents. Didn't see them as being particularly worthy of respect, other than whatever was forced on me by a job or something (e.g., Vietnam combat vets in the Army). I went out with older women (40s and 50s when I was in my 20s) because I didn't see my mom when I looked at them. I just saw them as women. If any of them tried to give me life advice, I was quickly out of there, as I felt they didn't respect me. There are very few people 20 years older than me who I admire or hold up as heroes.

Some of the problems with These Kids Today (including Millennials who are now in their 40s) may be because they almost all have older parents. So the people they were supposed to respect - teachers, bosses, etc - didn't look like mom and dad. They looked like weirdo Cousin Ralph or Aunt Sue who everyone in the family badmouthed behind their backs. So they never had that sort of automatic respect that people had when we were in nice neat 20-year generational hierarchies.

This sounds like a long way to say "they don't respect their elders" but there's more to it. It's more like they don't even realize their elders are their elders.

I dunno. Just thought of it today.

RR
JSM; 8/16/25, 6:37 PM
buwaya said...: Our first was born when I was 35 and my wife 34. We thought that was rather late, and it still is. The current mothers age at first birth in the US is 27.; 8/16/25, 7:00 PM
buwaya said...: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-09.pdf; 8/16/25, 7:01 PM
Christopher B said...: john mosby, that was interesting. I was born in the early 1960's when my father was 40 and mother 38. I'm also the oldest of three. I suspect I was one of the few in my class whose father had actually served (noncombat) in WWII. Glad my son got to meet them.; 8/16/25, 7:08 PM
Kathryn51 said...: William said...
I just read a history of the terror during the French Revolution. Early in his career Robespierre wrote a treatise that preached against capital punishment.

There are only a handful of classes that stand out in my mind from college (late '60s) but always foremost in memory was what I thought would be American/Europe history but actually focused on 3 revolutions: French, English (Cromwell) and American. 3 mid-terms and one final.

The French were without a doubt the most hypocritical and blood thirsty. I got an A in the class once I figured out that each mid-term was focused on a specific revolution and the final would be a combination (compare/contrast). Professor was one of the few moderate/conservatives (translation: freedom-loving) on campus.; 8/16/25, 7:15 PM
Big Mike said...: I don’t understand how Jussie Smollet could have been attacked a few years ago, he was armed with a subway sandwich.

It’s one thing to have it, but it’s another thing to be ready and willing to use it.; 8/16/25, 7:18 PM
john mosby said...: Christopher B: "I suspect I was one of the few in my class whose father had actually served (noncombat) in WWII. "

My father was born too late for that - was in the Navy (noncombat, in the Med) during Korea. His older brother was a WWII Navy combat veteran. My mother's brother turned 18 in 1943, but was able to finagle several draft exemptions then and for Korea. I grew up surrounded by WWII vets in my family, Scout leaders, neighborhood guys, etc. Definitely a different mindset.

RR
JSM; 8/16/25, 7:33 PM
john mosby said...: Lem, ref the Alaska hotel printer leak: from the article, it sounds like it was just social/protocol stuff:

"The documents show the schedule of the summit with times and locations. They also show the lunch menu, the lunch seating chart, and the phone numbers of three of Trump administration staffers....The documents show which officials were involved in the summit. A "2:2" meeting took place among Trump; Steve Witkoff, special envoy for peace missions; Putin; and Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Putin for foreign policy and Putin's "America guru." Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were also involved, among others.
The documents show that Trump planned to give Putin an "American bald eagle desk statue." ....The lunch, which did not end up happening, was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin." The seating chart shows assigned spots for 13 officials, with Americans on one side and Russians on the other. Meeting organizers planned to serve filet mignon, halibut Olympia, and crème brûlée."

Doesn't sound like national security stuff. Most of the info was probably given to the press ahead of time, and all of it was certainly given to the Russians beforehand, or more likely hashed out with them before the document was even written.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/someone-left-documents-detailing-trump-putin-summit-in-hotel-printer/ar-AA1KE4U8?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Btw, "American Bald Eagle" and "Halibut Olympia" sound like niche OnlyFans specialties....

RR
JSM; 8/16/25, 7:39 PM
Eva Marie said...: Posted on X by Robert Kennedy:
“The swamp is in full panic mode. DC lobby shops are laboring fiercely to drive a wedge between President Trump and me, hoping to thwart our team from dismantling the status quo and advancing
@POTUS
’ Make America Healthy Again agenda. They’re pushing the flat-out lie that I’m running for president in 2028. Let me be clear: I am not running for president in 2028.

My loyalty is to President Trump and the mission we’ve started. Their attacks on my staff, especially Stefanie Spear — a fierce, loyal warrior for MAHA who proudly serves in the Trump Administration and works every day to advance President Trump’s vision for a healthier, stronger America — are proof we’re over the target. We’ll keep moving forward, we’ll keep delivering wins, and no smear campaign will stop us.

President Trump is delivering on every promise beyond my wildest dreams — ending war, protecting free speech, rebuilding American industry and the American middle class, delivering transparency and gold standard science, and breaking the grip of entrenched interests.

The president has made himself the answer to my 20-year prayer that God would put me in a position to end the chronic disease epidemic — and that’s exactly what my team and I will do until the day he leaves office.“
I love this guy.; 8/16/25, 7:41 PM
john mosby said...: Buwaya - yes, good point that the average mum's age is still pretty low. I forget that so many of the These Kids Today articles are referring to Millennials and later from the laptop class. I would suspect that the age of first birth there is much higher. Your CDC sheet doesn't break it down by socioeconomic status - would be interesting to see.

Anecdotally, when I was in the Army (87-92), both the enlisted and officers were cranking out kids at much earlier ages than my civilian college peers. At least some of that is attributable to the Army's socialism.

RR
JSM; 8/16/25, 7:52 PM
Aggie said...: @TosaGuy: "I don’t understand how Jussie Smollet could have been attacked a few years ago, he was armed with a subway sandwich. "

..."Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against Subway Sandwiches, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I’ll tell you something my lad. When you’re walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don’t come crying to me!"

Next week: Bananas.; 8/16/25, 7:59 PM
Original Mike said...: I want to learn how to defend myself against a pointy stick!; 8/16/25, 8:06 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: @The president has made himself the answer to my 20-year prayer that God would put me in a position to end the chronic disease epidemic"

RFK's HHS hasn't eliminated a single vaccine since his tenure began. He still recommends the COVID19 vaccine.

RFK talked big, but has turned out to be a big fat nothing. Just another Kennedy sucking on our government teat.

Keep paying taxes, ya'll.; 8/16/25, 8:27 PM
Narr said...: Many of you will know where I got this.

A man goes to a movie and finds a woman and a big collie dog occupying the two seats in from of him. Oh well, he thinks, it's a service dog.

As the movie runs, he notices that the dog is very attentive and has reactions like a person--he laughs at the funny stuff, growls at the villain, tears up at the lovers' reunion at the end, and so on.

After the credits the man taps the woman on the shoulder and says, "I can't help but notice your dog--I'm amazed at his intelligence!"

And she says, "I'm surprised myself. He hated the book."

Dog jokes are the best.; 8/16/25, 8:31 PM
Eva Marie said...: RFK has suspended a Biden-era program rewarding hospitals for staff vaccinations, banned a mercury-based substance from vaccines, removed COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, fired the CDC’s vaccine committee, and canceled $500 million in mRNA vaccine research, including 22 contracts for new mRNA shots.; 8/16/25, 8:35 PM
Eva Marie said...: On May 27, 2025, Kennedy announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women.
The FDA, under Kennedy’s oversight, recently limited routine COVID-19 vaccine approvals to those over 65 or with underlying medical conditions.
So FormerLawClerk you are wrong.; 8/16/25, 8:38 PM
Eva Marie said...: Which is no surprise.; 8/16/25, 8:40 PM
Lazarus said...: Certainly the Communists did kill off Russia's cultural life, but what developed country does have the artistic creativity it had a century ago, or the intellectual ferment of even a half century ago?

Apart from that, to what extent has Russian retained the expansionist tendencies of previous centuries? More than other European countries probably. Perhaps less than some people want to believe though.; 8/16/25, 8:41 PM
Eva Marie said...: And don’t call him fat.; 8/16/25, 8:42 PM
Eva Marie said...: Although there’s nothing wrong with being fat. It’s just that it damages your credibility (if you have any) to call RFK fat.; 8/16/25, 8:45 PM
Eva Marie said...: Health wise it’s not good for you, but girth as an insult? No.; 8/16/25, 8:47 PM
Original Mike said...: Thanks, Eva.; 8/16/25, 8:54 PM
William50 said...: Brewers win their 14th in an 11 inning nail biter, 6-5; 8/16/25, 9:00 PM
Original Mike said...: Brewers extend their winning streak to a club-record 14 games.; 8/16/25, 9:02 PM
William50 said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/16/25, 9:02 PM
Eva Marie said...: So I asked Grok about alcoholism rates. As expected Russia has the highest AUD (alcohol use disorder) rate at 16% for men.
So then I asked about the US and found out Wisconsin has the highest excessive drinking at 25% while southern states like Alabama (13%) have lower rates. Excessive drinking rates correlate to AUD but are not exactly the same thing (whatever that means).; 8/16/25, 9:07 PM
buwaya said...: Youtube recommendation - Flashpoint History has a bunch of videos on the Portuguese empire - the explorations and conquests of Da Gama, Almeida, Abuquerque, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/@FlashPointHx/videos
In considerable detail and useful graphics. Its quite a story and an important if little known part of the "European Explosion".
These are the same guys who did the excellent "Reconquista" series.; 8/16/25, 9:10 PM
Narr said...: Oblomov and Kije' still play their roles.

The Russians have traditionally been harder to stir to lust for conquest than some other Europeans I can think of; the strength of their armies has more often been stolid endurance than brilliance, dash, or fanaticism--though of course all three can be found.

That's generally true of peasantry everywhere--it's usually the middle-class city dwellers who get carried away with aggressive nationalism and revolutionary fervor, and there are (or were) relatively fewer city dwellers in Russia than in the West.; 8/16/25, 9:17 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: "The FDA, under Kennedy’s oversight, recently limited routine COVID-19 vaccine approvals to those over 65 or with underlying medical conditions. So FormerLawClerk you are wrong."

If the COVID19 vaccine is safe, then it would be recommended for everybody.

If it's not safe, then it shouldn't be on the market.

Kennedy KEEPS the Covid19 "vaccine" (which isn't a vaccine) on the market because he is in the pocket of Big Pharma.

RFK, Jr. has removed NOT ONE SINGLE vaccine from the market that he RAILED against prior to his appointment as HHS director.

Not. A. Single. One.

As usual, I am right. I am always right because I research topics before I post about them.; 8/16/25, 9:38 PM
Iman said...: I just found out my uncle, a lifelong Republican, is voting Democrat Fall of ‘26. This would’ve never happened if he were still alive.

h/t Hunter Eagleman; 8/16/25, 9:41 PM
Yancey Ward said...: If the COVID19 vaccine is safe, then it would be recommended for everybody.

The definition of "safe" is relative to ones age and underlying morbidities. The Covid-19 vaccines were not safe for people who were under the age of 50 with no co-morbidities. However, a case can be made that they benefitted people over the age of 65. I don't think that case is very strong or even correct but it isn't slam dunk that it is wrong.; 8/16/25, 9:44 PM
FullMoon said...: "William50 said...
Brewers win their 14th in an 11 inning nail biter, 6-5"

Other day, they overcame 6 point(7?) deficit to win. Were the Brewers expected to be this good, or is this like a feel-good movie?; 8/16/25, 10:01 PM
Keldonric said...: @Aggie

I like Working-class playwright.; 8/16/25, 10:21 PM
Gospace said...: john mosby said...
Had a thought today about the postmodern generation gap. It's an analogy to myself.

I was born in the late 60's to a 36yo father and 40yo mother. Unusual then, usual now.

Unless you're an only child, that' not unusual- but for one thing. Your mother is significantly younger then your father.

My first child was born to a 25 year old father and 23 year old mother. 5th was born to a 43 year old father and 41 year old mother.

If you look at first birth ages, there are actually 3 averages in the USA, not just one. Based on educational attainment. Before age 18 for HS dropouts or women who will drop out of HS. 18-20 for HS graduates marrying HS graduates or marrying up to older men. Typically- college graduates. And 25+ for college graduates with a bachelors. A masters pushes the age higher. First pregnancies after age 30 are head to achieve for women. 5th pregnancies after age 40 pretty easy...

As for military births- it's easier to have children because of a predictable paycheck and healthcare benefits. And having seen it way too many times- E3s and below shouldn't be having children. Even questionable for E4s. I was an E5 for #1, E6 a few months later. 28 days from retirement from active duty for #4, retired for #5.

I suspect most here have never actually been in real low income housing. Notable feature- no interior doors. Landlords can't afford to keep replacing them after tenants punch holes in them or rip them off the hinges. I have never lived in such an apartment. I visited several as an E6 and E7, all housing married E3s and below with >1 child. Sometimes shared with another E3 and wife and children. Each time as a part of some type of investigation or another. Depressing. Such apartments are near you - but their interior condition is completely invisible to you, so you don't know about them. Even now I know that the village area for my town and the one next door have such apartments.; 8/16/25, 10:24 PM
Eva Marie said...: FormerLawClerk, you are wrong. With any vaccine there are risks. In the circumstances the risks outweigh the benefits, RFK has removed the Covid vaccine from the recommended list. If you don’t understand that it’s because you don’t want to understand it.; 8/16/25, 10:44 PM
Drago said...: Just checking in. As I continue to recover from the complications from my "successful" surgery, if all goes well by mid-Sept I should be good to go.

I continue to read Althouse frequently and am not surprised in the least that the Althouse lefties and "lifelong republican" (wink wink!) lefties (looking at you lonejustice) havent learned a single thing over the last 10 years....which is why they are such good li'l lefties.

Take care all and I'll be back posting soon. I have to sign off now before rusty admonishes me about lapsing from my much needed hiatus.; 8/17/25, 1:32 AM
Big Mike said...: @Drago, good to hear from you! Keep on keeping on, Dude.; 8/17/25, 4:30 AM
Humperdink said...: The Brewers winning streak should include an asterisk. Included were games against the triple A team from my hometown of Pittsburgh. Run by the worst owner in pro sports.; 8/17/25, 4:31 AM
Big Mike said...: @Gospace, I know for a fact that some of the fellows in my BCT company were drafted in 1968 already having families with young children. So not just E3, but E1. All to feed Lyndon Johnson’s desire for cannon fodder for his war in Southeast Asia.

What we now know is that Johnson and his Secretary of Defense were prosecuting a war of attrition, so the loss of some poor blacks from the ghetto and poor whites from Appalachia or rural America, leaving young widows with little children was just part of the cost for American greatness.

Gawd, how I hate Democrats. Unlike Inga’s and Freder’s raw hatred of Republicans, I at least have reasons.; 8/17/25, 4:44 AM
wendybar said...: Drago...Glad you are feeling better. Continue what you are doing, as we look forward to you coming back full time!! We miss you!; 8/17/25, 4:51 AM
Howard said...: Drago, you ignorant slut... You better hit that rehab hard, swabby. Nobody wants to demolish your dumbass opinions if you're going to be a weak sister barely able to keep your head above water. Although I hope and pray Trump is successful in ending the Russian aggression in Ukraine before you come back because you'll need to hit softballs over the middle of the plate for your self esteem.😜; 8/17/25, 5:55 AM
Heartless Aztec said...: Florida surf check at 911surfreport.com; 8/17/25, 6:02 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Judge Sparkle has spoken.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/16/judge-says-ftc-investigation-into-media-matters-should-alarm-all-americans/

Not a Rowan and Martin skit.; 8/17/25, 6:10 AM
Leland said...: Good to read you, Drago. There is a new toy in comments when you come back. I’ll doubt it will get lost by the time you are ready to bat it around.; 8/17/25, 6:23 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: It would take effort to imagine Jeanne Dielman all enthused singing into her hairbrush to "Dancing Queen," and I suppose that's the point, but the internet tells me that something very important happens on the second day that never occurred to me, no way, no how.

So second go round I kept an eye out for evidence of same and, by gar, I think maybe I spotted some but how much of that is attributable to the power of suggestion I'll never know.

Maybe people were naturally on the lookout for that sort of thing, back in the day, and it was obvious.; 8/17/25, 6:33 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: Maybe I'm an idiot.; 8/17/25, 6:34 AM
rehajm said...: The worst owner in team sports has to be Jerry Jones or maybe Woody Johnson. Hostage takers they are…; 8/17/25, 6:36 AM
William50 said...: Long-Term Damage to the Heart After Receipt of COVID-19 Shots; 8/17/25, 6:40 AM
Lawnerd said...: @Humperdink. Fellow yinzer here, I feel your pain. I miss the days of Willie Stargell, Manny Sanguillen, and Roberto!; 8/17/25, 6:49 AM
Humperdink said...: The Pittsburgh Pirates have the best young pitcher in baseball, but not for long. Pirate owner Nutting will trade him for 47 worthless prospects and a Mickey Mantle rookie card.; 8/17/25, 6:50 AM
William50 said...: The Brewers record for consecutive wins is 16 games that spanned over 2 seasons, 1986-1987.

List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks; 8/17/25, 7:10 AM
Rusty said...: Drago. Get better, you ass.; 8/17/25, 7:29 AM
Jersey Fled said...: You must prove legal residency to get commercial drivers license (CDL). Yet California issued an illegal from India name Harjindar Singh a CDL in defiance of federal law. Last week Singh made an illegal turn cutting through a no access side road that killed a Florida family of three. Singh has been charged with murder.

How many other illegal CDLs has sanctuary state California issued? Blood is on their hands.; 8/17/25, 7:33 AM
Original Mike said...: "The Brewers record for consecutive wins is 16 games that spanned over 2 seasons, 1986-1987."

I think the "over 2 seasons" streak records are dopey. YMMV.; 8/17/25, 7:49 AM
Original Mike said...: We need you, Drago. Get better.; 8/17/25, 7:50 AM
ronetc said...: I am not clear FullMoon is an actual baseball fan: "Other day, they overcame 6 point(7?) deficit to win." Runs, they are runs!; 8/17/25, 7:53 AM
Original Mike said...: Talk about dopey records. The seven run comeback against the Reds a couple games back was:

"According to Elias, it was the biggest comeback in MLB history to extend a winning streak to 13 or more games. The previous standard was five runs, by the 1934 Tigers for their 13th in a row and the 2002 A’s for their 19th.""; 8/17/25, 7:59 AM
rehajm said...: Runs, they are runs!

Forget it. He’s rolling…; 8/17/25, 7:59 AM
Humperdink said...: Jerry Jones worst owner in pro sports? Has he had an airplane circling the stadium during a game dragging a banner that says: “Jerry Jones sell the team”? Pittsburgh Pirate owner Bob Nutting has.; 8/17/25, 8:03 AM
rehajm said...: I didn’t realize aerial stunts were the best indicator…; 8/17/25, 8:13 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Anyone wonder why governors of OH, SC, and WV are sending National Guard troops to D.C. to supposedly fight crime when they have rank comparable to even higher in crime on their own streets?; 8/17/25, 8:19 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: Good to hear from you, Drago. Looking forward to you coming back and fisking and utterly destroying Rich and the Rich imitators (all of which think they are Chuck). Eva Marie has been doing a Yeoman's effort in that regard as evidenced by her disemboweling FLC's false assertions on RFK and his subsequent attempt at moving the goalposts (out of the stadium and down MLK Jr Blvd). Thanks, Eva Marie!; 8/17/25, 8:26 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: Just checking in here, FWIW:
First daughter born in Jan 79. I was 25, wife was 19.
Second daughter born in Aug 93. I was 38. New and improved wife, (Eva Marie is her name) was 37.; 8/17/25, 8:29 AM
wendybar said...: Wait. Is your Eva Marie, our Eva Marie??; 8/17/25, 8:54 AM
Peachy said...: Drago!; 8/17/25, 9:03 AM
Sweetie said...: The only 'state media' I consume is CBS on Sunday, both the general interest show and Face the Nation. 'State Media' and the Ds are on the same page. M'oh war. And as we get driven by these organizations to an inevitable WWIII I have to wonder what it's going to take to break the fever. I fear for countries like the Philippines, who absolutely NEEDS to have Russia on the side of the west against China to have any hope of remaining an independent country. The hardest part is to break the arrogance. They are the ones they were waiting for after all.; 8/17/25, 10:03 AM
FullMoon said...: "ronetc said...
I am not clear FullMoon is an actual baseball fan: "Other day, they overcame 6 point(7?) deficit to win." Runs, they are runs!"

You are correct. Lost interest when my favorite pitcher, Joe Montana , retired.; 8/17/25, 10:08 AM
FullMoon said...: Nice to see Drago has not abandoned us.; 8/17/25, 10:12 AM
Humperdink said...: “I didn’t realize aerial stunts were the best indicator…”

Not the best indicator, but clearly a novel stunt. And it follows a long list of subtle and not so subtle protests. Additionally, when the lead sportswriter for the newspaper shreds/ mocks the owner on a regular basis, it’s a pretty good sign of the sentiment in Pittsburgh.; 8/17/25, 10:17 AM
Humperdink said...: Drago!!!; 8/17/25, 10:18 AM
Kakistocracy said...: “If the COVID19 vaccine is safe, then it would be recommended for everybody.”

In the future, wars won't be fought with guns and bombs. They will be fought with health misinformation.; 8/17/25, 12:34 PM
Iman said...: Go, Drago, go! On the mend…; 8/17/25, 12:57 PM
effinayright said...: buwaya said...
Youtube recommendation - Flashpoint History has a bunch of videos on the Portuguese empire - the explorations and conquests of Da Gama, Almeida, Abuquerque, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/@FlashPointHx/videos
In considerable detail and useful graphics. Its quite a story and an important if little known part of the "European Explosion".
These are the same guys who did the excellent "Reconquista" series.
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I may have reported here that my first two grades were spent in a one-room schoolshouse near Shanksville, PA , where United Flight 92 went down. No running water, and outhouses out back. Straight out of the 19th century.

30 kids, 8 grades, one teacher. One classroom.

That meant I could hear what the upper grades were being taught.

As a result I picked up a lot just by actively listening. On the first day of my 2nd grade, I came home to tell my dad, "I learned that Vasco DaGama was the first European to sail around Africa to India."

It was the first historical fact I recall learning.

I've loved history ever since.; 8/17/25, 1:38 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Saturday, hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held their Alaska talks.
The highly anticipated meeting in the remote US state ended with no breakthrough in halting Russia's more than three-year-long Ukraine invasion.
Ukraine's air force said Moscow had "attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 85 Shahed-type" drones, while also attacking "frontline areas" in four regions. TRUMP= no deal,, no sanctions, no tariffs AND MORE DEATH ,WHEN IS THIS GUY GONNA DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF TACO HIS WAY THROUGH RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA. MAGAS will make up al kinds of excuses and talk about a very great meeting with CRAPPOLA accomplished WAKE UP This fella is being played for a fool and the whole world watches it...TOO OLD AND SENILE FOR THIS ....; 8/17/25, 2:27 PM
FullMoon said...: In a strong message to zelenski, Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Saturday, hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held their Alaska talks.; 8/17/25, 3:44 PM
Iman said...: “I may have reported here that my first two grades were spent in a one-room schoolshouse near Shanksville, PA , where United Flight 92 went down.”

Man… what’re the odds of Flight 92 going down in the same place as Flight 93?!?!; 8/17/25, 3:57 PM
effinayright said...: @ Iman: heh; 8/17/25, 4:15 PM
effinayright said...: "TOO OLD AND SENILE FOR THIS ...."

Yes indeed, Dinky, you certainly are.; 8/17/25, 4:17 PM