Day: September 30, 2011

Weekend Question Ending in a Preposition and Open Thread IFRL-Mindiv-Comics-Owl-2

Weekend Question Ending in a Preposition and Open Thread

Jaybird September 30, 2011

So… where’s your head at? Consider this an open thread.

A conversation for the times IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_battle

A conversation for the times

Erik Kain September 30, 2011

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What...

Something to Go Galt About

Something to Go Galt About

Jason Kuznicki September 30, 2011

So we all agree that it’s precipitous, or maybe something more pejorative, to withdraw from society over...

A Lemon Of An Idea In Alabama IFRL-Plague-Bird

A Lemon Of An Idea In Alabama

Burt Likko September 30, 2011

If you are convicted of a misdemeanor in Baldwin County, Alabama (that’s on the east side of...

The Scooby-Doo Ending IFRL-NaPP-Asia-3g10434v

The Scooby-Doo Ending

Christopher Carr September 30, 2011

Writes Will Oremus at Slate: Unemployment is high and wages stagnant, but that hasn’t stopped health insurance...

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…