Day: December 11, 2024

Returning to Iceland gottfolk

Returning to Iceland

Jaybird December 11, 2024

Iceland was beautiful in the way that something that will kill you is beautiful.

What Santa Brings for Boys santabrings

What Santa Brings for Boys

Clare Briggs December 11, 2024

When a Feller Needs a Friend

From The New York Times: Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History 7977634550_dd1034f994_m_statue-liberty-vegas

From The New York Times: Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History

Jaybird December 11, 2024

That’s a faster pace of arrivals than during any other period on record, including the peak years...

Has Trump Already Lost the Trade War? Has Donald Trump Already Lost the Trade War

Has Trump Already Lost the Trade War?

David Thornton December 11, 2024

Vader-like ultimatums only work from a position of absolute power over adversaries. Donald Trump is not in...

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…