Day: January 8, 2020

The Inexplicable Origins of World War III x-ww3

The Inexplicable Origins of World War III

Eric Medlin January 8, 2020

Fears about World War III, when they are not jokes, mostly revolve around an outdated view of...

Wednesday Writs: US v. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs of Coca Cola coca-cola

Wednesday Writs: US v. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs of Coca Cola

Em Carpenter January 8, 2020

In this week's edition of Wednesday Writs: the dangerous ingredients of early 20th century Coca Cola -...

From the New York Times: Trump Backs Away from Further Military Conflict With Iran Trump Run

From the New York Times: Trump Backs Away from Further Military Conflict With Iran

Jaybird January 8, 2020

The morning after Iranian missiles fell on bases housing American troops in Iraq, the president said no...

When A Feller Needs a Better Behaved Puppy CABriggs Friend 1060 Bad Puppy

When A Feller Needs a Better Behaved Puppy

Clare Briggs January 8, 2020

Dirty little pup paw prints

Dark Matter in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025almost twenty years after the Gazan withdrawal, I don’t think anyone can pretend the settlers aren’t…
Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsBack in 1997, William Topley went solo and came out with a really good album that nobody bought call…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Dave has a thread! They’re trying to change the rules because I'm not currently breaking them. As we…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025"Nut picking" Imagine, if you will, one of the Sunday shows in the US. This Week, maybe. Meet the Pr…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Probably the worst part of Trumps inviterate idiocy is how well suited and situated the strongman st…
James K on Pope Francis Dead at 88As an outsider, both to Catholicism and to Christianity, what I found interesting about Francis was…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Sure. And you can point at them and scream all you want. But they aren't in power, haven't been in p…
North in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Yes, and before the Vikings and their thralls settled it Iceland was empty. Those original settlers…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025I haven't been following the protests. However we need to be careful not to read too much into them.…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Beijing calls out Trump's lie on the United States and China actively discussing tariffs. https://ww…