Day: April 6, 2012

Can We At Least All Agree that John Derbyshire is Racist? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-525498

Can We At Least All Agree that John Derbyshire is Racist?

Tod Kelly April 6, 2012

OK, I know that for supporters of the Right here that it’s a sign of either my...

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Draft Protests

Christopher Carr April 6, 2012

Perhaps it’s best to think of our historical opposition to war not as war protest but as...

Friday Morning Jukebox: Matthew Ryan IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.fishing-upon-the-blythe-sand-tide-setting-in-274

Friday Morning Jukebox: Matthew Ryan

Will Truman April 6, 2012

A couple songs from Pennsylvania native Matthew Ryan. Ryan has a rather… distinct voice. If that’s the...

Art, Morality, Music, and Fallout Open Open Thread IFRL-TLC-Scenery-natanael-vieira-578708-unsplash

Art, Morality, Music, and Fallout Open Open Thread

Jaybird April 6, 2012

We were arguing about art at work in the lab the other day. Not the aesthetic value...

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…