Day: September 11, 2011

A Song for 9/11 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-adam-birkett-716051-unsplash

A Song for 9/11

Erik Kain September 11, 2011

Elvis Perkins (again). This time While You Were Sleeping off of Ash Wednesday.

A Work In Progress IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426204

A Work In Progress

Burt Likko September 11, 2011

The English word “republic” is taken from the Latin phrase “res publica,” a concept which embraced the...

On the Changing of Narratives IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-thyssen.piazza-navona-rome-47

On the Changing of Narratives

Jaybird September 11, 2011

My recollections of what I was doing on 9/11 are the recollections of someone in Colorado who was...

Terrorism and the Mind-Killer IFRL-TLC-Scenery-thomas-griggs-641511-unsplash

Terrorism and the Mind-Killer

James K September 11, 2011

I didn’t find out about 9/11 until many hours after it happened. The first plane struck just...

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…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…
KenB in reply to Dark Matter on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftLet me add my voice to the choir -- thanks much Will for carving out a chunk of your vacation for us…