Day: June 9, 2014

You Know Tod’s Rule For Conservatives? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.nocturne-battersea-bridge-22

You Know Tod’s Rule For Conservatives?

Patrick June 9, 2014

Duh

Stopping the Shooter IFRL-Mindiv-raoul-droog-771488-unsplash

Stopping the Shooter

Guest Authors June 9, 2014

Mad Rocket Scientist looks at the latest mass shooting, and it's surprising conclusion.

Peter Jackson, JJ Abrams, and The Sterility of Fanboy Criticism IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43222484310_5ce40553e9_o

Peter Jackson, JJ Abrams, and The Sterility of Fanboy Criticism

Tod Kelly June 9, 2014

Fanboy Criticism is a growing form of art criticism that makes the oddest of demands from today's...

A Call for Fewer Calls for Critical Thinking IFRL-TLC-Scenery-lee-junda-366904-unsplash

A Call for Fewer Calls for Critical Thinking

Vikram Bath June 9, 2014

The people who most bemoan the lack of critical thinking in others are those least likely to...

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…