Beth

@Enco – having driven both the Model Y and the ID4, I am happy to keep my old BMW V8. (The E39, if that does it for you!)

@Jakelafort – glad you liked the video. I would recommend  David McRaney’s book too.  I have used his ‘technique’ in debates over the last year with some positive results. It helped to fine tune some of my own approaches.

Big Splash = Tidal Wave

@Unseen – I shared out the first linked post again. Hopefully it will work this time. I can share 10 posts per month with my NYT account.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The SCOTUS case that’s not getting enough attention.

Paywall.

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week everyone!

“Those people aren’t attacking Tesla dealerships. They are tourists showing love. I learned that on January 6th 2021” – FaceBook meme.

@Reg

You reaffirmed for me that I don’t want to live in any Muslim country and I finally know why the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza is justified.

Palestinians in Israel (as citizens) have more legal rights than those in most Arab nations and generally have more economic opportunities than Palestinian refugees in Lebanon or Syria. There are about 2 million Arab Citizens of Israel .

Many Arab countries have hosted Palestinian refugees since the creation of Israel in 1948 and subsequent wars.…[Read more]

We were in contact once. She was living in a “safe” country when I knew her. I have no reason to suspect that she does not continue to live a ‘normal’ life. I can only imagine her walking with her head held high, as befits her character.

Remember Nessrriinn from the old TA site?

Many Muslim women still need permission from male relatives for the little things……. like marriage, travel (in some cases), choosing what to wear, gaining an education, speaking, singing, reading and even getting certain medical procedures done. But apart from that……

Moral Purity rocks!!

Democracy dies in dumbness and stupidity.

“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.” – Plato

The above link has a good article on Bonhoeffer.

Regular table salt often contains anti-caking agents (like sodium ferrocyanide or calcium silicate), which are synthetic additives. These could further disqualify a product from being labeled as “organic.” But even if unrefined sea salt is used, it can never be labeled 100% Organic…..salt is a mineral so can never be called an organic compound.