Day: December 22, 2009

Holiday Movie Recommendation IFRL-TLC-War-rawpixel-id-325105

Holiday Movie Recommendation

Will December 22, 2009

Our end-of-year movie podcast featured plenty of spirited argument, but one point of unanimous agreement was the...

No Condescending Voyeurism Here! IFRL-Plague-Steampunk

No Condescending Voyeurism Here!

Will December 22, 2009

Seriously, read The New York Times on Jersey Shore. Do you think the paper’s audience is on...

Why I’m supporting the Senate HCR bill IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-Maiko

Why I’m supporting the Senate HCR bill

Erik Kain December 22, 2009

The Senate bill isn’t perfect. It builds upon many things in our system that we’d do better...

Podcast: Holiday Movie Edition IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-altesnational.the-singer-francisco-dandrade-as-don-giovanni-in-mozarts-opera-the-red-dandrade

Podcast: Holiday Movie Edition

Will December 22, 2009

Blogging is going to be pretty slow around these parts for the next few days, but before...

David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Um, no. Literally none of what other people do is relevant to if a specific person committed a crime…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…