Day: August 30, 2013

Snowden!

Snowden!

Glyph August 30, 2013

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

A Thoroughly Unreasonable Request IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alexander-londono-322213-unsplash

A Thoroughly Unreasonable Request

Burt Likko August 30, 2013

In my business, I go to considerable efforts to make it as easy as possible for my...

Linky Friday #38 IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-441123

Linky Friday #38

Will Truman August 30, 2013

Science: [S1] We’re apparently making monkeys dumber. [S2] Our kidney shortage hits the unemployed hardest. Writing: [W1]...

Ordinary Times Fantasy Football: Join Us! IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-113763

Ordinary Times Fantasy Football: Join Us!

Burt Likko August 30, 2013

You're only a few clicks of the mouse away from humiliating us all!

On War and Declarations of War

Jason Kuznicki August 30, 2013

The power to declare war was not given to Congress by accident. Nor is it some arcane...

Probably not getting enough attention… IFRL-TLC-Patterns-35835910874_1b7b4201e7_o

Probably not getting enough attention…

Nob Akimoto August 30, 2013

A couple of rather large things lately on the criminal justice front. There was of course the...

Preseason Week Four IFRL-TLC-Scenery-tony-detroit-362133-unsplash

Preseason Week Four

Jaybird August 30, 2013

Tim Tebow defeated the 2011 Superbowl Champions today, 28-20. Believe it.

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…
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…