jakelafort wrote:
Never mind Pope. After reading your line again i think you are indicating that the meaning has been watered down so that ambiguity is read into it rather than questioning its plain meaning and efficacy.

I wasn’t implying that, although that may not be inaccurate. SCOTUS itself has been watering down and resetting precedents on…[Read more]

Reg:

Agreement isn’t my issue with the NYT. My issue is that when it goes wrong on facts, it goes wrong big.

i aint played wordle. Am aware it is popular. My game is called Word Blitz. Ya gotta think a little quicka first a lambent then a flicker. I have gotten to the highest level but am far from the best player. If ya ain’t ya ought’r. First few times you’r fodder. Soon enough you’ll slaughter.

Fellow Unbelievers:

Where I’m at, it’s 97°F and feels like 102°F. With temperatures like this, some cooling thoughts are welcome.

The Genius Design of the Ancient Persian Yakhchal | 2500 Year Old Freezers in the Deserts of Iran

The Yakhchal! A giant ice machine that ran without electricity or pumps fed by u…[Read more]

I like the NYT because it has articles that I like and agree with and some I totally disagree with. And Wordle too 🙂

Reg:

I’m sure the Ukraine story is touching, but what a source!

Reg:

Here is the link again. My sub (for the NYT) allows me to share so hopefully this attempt with punch a hole in that wall.

No hole yet.

Sorry, the record of “The Newspaper of Record” is “All the News That’s Made to Fit.”. So, it makes it hard to for me to want to break the wall myself.

Denmark fights back against Islam.

Will other European nations do it as rationally and without personal blame?

Greater number of deaths in this senseless war than i realized.

AI quote: Russian Forces: UK intelligence agencies estimate that Russian deaths are approaching nearly 500,000. Independent tallies have verified the names of over 223,000 individual Russian soldiers killed, though the actual toll is significantly higher. Additionally, a report from…[Read more]

Reg,

You flip flopped duration. Current war longer. Former war more gruesome. Neither one peaches and cream.