Shingles #2 kicked me in the butt! I had to knock off work after just a few hours. It didn't last beyond that day for me, though. Hope it's the same for you.

LOL. Shades of Edward Murrow.

Remember when the U.S. armed forces were in the business of killing ISIS leaders?

Hoo boy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/13/netanyahu-mulls-plan-to-empty-northern-gaza-of-civilians-00183574

American candidates have historically made appearances at churches. Since DJT isn't really a churchgoer, this is probably as close as he's gonna get.

6 years is a long way off.

I never said Baltimore schools were great. I'm sure there are plenty of other cities with schools that are just as abysmal.

Anyway, Freddie isn't quite as down on American public education as you seem to be. At least, that's what I take from his piece.

I think this comment (and the included Twitter link) is informative.

https://open.substack.com/pub/freddiedeboer/p/the-basics-school-reform?utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=72006874

"Up until recently, a plurality of struggling students in American schools were white, and this has changed because of evolving American racial demographics, not an improvement in white student scores; it remains true that a very large portion of our struggling students are white, despite assumptions otherwise."

Perhaps Baltimore isn't the outlier it's purported to be here on this site.

I think this is right. It probably won't be soon, but the sooner we turn the Middle East into a backwater the better.

More like religious hatred. As lovely as the precepts of the 3 faiths that look to that region are, in practice they've proven to be more trouble than they're worth there.

Exactly. We've been devoting a huge amount of money, concern, and column inches to an area the size of Vermont.

https://maps.cga.harvard.edu/cmes/Map_02.pdf

As much as I'd hate to lose J.B. as a governor, I think he'd make a fine president.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/fourth-school-joins-wave-women-s-volleyball-19812157.php

New method of winning conference championship discovered.

The Troubles are over in Ulster and have been for 30 years. Obviously, neither party in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is interested in seeing and end to it or we'd be there.

This is probably the best way to sum up all of the VP debates. Especially points 1 & 3.

You're doing the Lord's work watching this slop, Jaybird.

Pitcher of warm something or other. I’m with InMD. Currently watching playoff baseball.

Given the average major leaguer's propensity for and indifference to striking out, I'd say Joltin' Joe's record is quite safe. Only 2 guys had 200 hits this season!

I remember more his chase of Dimaggio's hit streak record in '78. Maybe it is unbreakable.

I'm not sure executing someone based on circumstantial evidence, no matter how damning, is something the state ought to be doing.

The weird all-powerful sheriff think on the right is something to behold.

"Let me be clear, it is my intent to ensure every legitimate vote is counted and everyone who is legally permitted by law to vote has the opportunity to vote one time.”

This guy has absolutely nothing at all to do with the counting of votes.

Let's hope not!

There's a big elephant no one's talking about in this very dark room.

Let me tell you, knowing what the Mossad does to its enemies, if I know how the pagers got turned into bombs, I ain't talking.

Too lazy to look right now, but do you know if any criminal charges were brought to bear? A half-dozen people lost their lives.