Day: June 16, 2019

Ordinary Bookclub: HPMOR Wrap-up pendulum

Ordinary Bookclub: HPMOR Wrap-up

Jaybird June 16, 2019

Okay. Time to close the cover on another Ordinary Bookclub. We read Harry Potter and the Methods...

Remember The Man father's day

Remember The Man

Kristin Devine June 16, 2019

It's Father's Day, so here are some songs celebrating The Man in his various incarnations that we...

Sunday Morning! “The Faraway Nearby” Rebecca Solnit

Sunday Morning! “The Faraway Nearby”

Rufus F. June 16, 2019

On Rebecca Solnit's 2013 collection of interwoven, digressive, personal essays about the stories we tell to make...

Golfing Alone CABriggs Golf 5092

Golfing Alone

Clare Briggs June 16, 2019

DavidTC in reply to Jaybird on Back When Patriots Opposed KingsI think the best quote from that article is this one: If Trump were to become the president, the Rep…
DavidTC on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionSometimes it's easy to believe the Trump Administration cannot be stupider, and then it goes and dra…
DavidTC in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYes, Jaybird, it's 'Trutherism' to point out untrue things you said.
DavidTC in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Hey, look, it's the 'Palestinians beheaded babies' hoax on that very page. I again remind people tha…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025I wish many Jews would be capable of haggling or bargaining more. There are times I think that so ma…
Jaybird on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionRo Khanna is now tweeting about it: 5.3M borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Re…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025If we want to play the "well, now we're haggling" game, we're quickly going to be finding ourselves…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Less Than a Decade Prior to the MPAAInteresting. Thank you.
Dark Matter in reply to North on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan Collectioneviscerated the Dept. of Education’s staffing and thus have eviscerated said Dept’s ability to colle…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" seems to be some…