That the Bush administration knew full well that bin Laden intended SOMETHING involving a jet in advance of 9/11, but decided to let him proceed in order to provide the "new Pearl Harbor" called for in the PNAC. I think they expected a hijacking and were caught flat-footed by what actually happened.
Librarians are the absolute best. In the 1980s during my pre-Internet adoption search I could call a random research librarian at a random library across the country, give them a question and they would call me back, long distance, with the answer a couple of hours later. For free! They are the BEST
I thought you said "Fetch TROMbone!"
Take the wrong lesson from a movie:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: eHarmony has live operators who will call you to help fill out your dating profile or bail you out of jail.
Take the wrong lesson from a movie:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: eHarmony has live operators who will call you to help fill out your dating profile.
Wifi at the laundromat was connecting, but wasn't distributing DHCP addresses.
So I guessed the IP address range and router.
It was my first concert youtu.be/0jn0ouzhXHQ?...
I was tear-gassed at an Alice Cooper concert in 1978 and he has NEVER asked if I'm okay!
My friend Steve was tear-gassed even WORSE than me, and he DIED* and we NEVER heard from Alice Cooper!
*In 2004 from skin cancer, but still!
The authors of the four Gospels of the New Testament
No, totally get it, and it's ABSOLUTELY deliberate, a further means of controlling workers
Employer. Not great insurance but I'm glad I didn't have to foot the whole bill.
My wife had her first kidney stone and the bill was $18K before insurance and $3k after. At least now we've hit our annual cap and can visit the doctor for only the cost of the copay and any words we exchange with the doctor that are not on the pre-approval list for the visit (usually about $500).
Deadnaming is hurtful and disrespectful and that's why I will always call it Twitter.
Our neighbor in San Manuel had back surgery, spent 6 months in rehab/recup. Then his insurance ran out and they sent him to this abandoned mining town with no health services. He kept posting on Nextdoor that he needed a medical person to help because he couldn't get out of bed. He died of bedsores.
Bluesky before Claude code/ Bluesky after Claude code
"Welcome to 'The Middle,' or as the rest of the world calls it, 'Fascism.' We explore the nuances between the American Right and Left: with questions like 'Lethal Injection vs. Hanging?' and 'Zero Taxes for Billionaires .. or should we GIVE them cash every April 15?' Today: The Poor: Edible or Not?"
Saint What of the Actual Fuck
"...but I'm SMARTER than MOST PEOPLE!"
Because of a lack of understanding of how rigged games work combined with Dunning-Krueger syndrome.
"Okay, sure, MOST of the time the house wins, but I'm smarter than most people.. "
I'm holding out for 'The Square Root of Godzilla.'
All of the Star Trek aliens have derogatory words for humans in their own languages, and all those words translate into "those losers with the smooth foreheads."
Scientists have determined how cows, not known for their intelligence, manage to navigate back to their barn every night.
They steer.
Done with Arizona.
Take a gander at this, babe!
We already fell for it.
The entire tribalization of Americans into "Republicans=tough macho patriots::Democrats=weak feminine non-Americans" is an entirely manufactured mindset, a product of deliberate and persistent corporate-backed propaganda over many decades.
The nation must work to reunite.
Yay, upholding standards is SO much fun! So that's one more sexual predator eliminated from our side and... once again, no significant consequences for the sexual predators on THEIR side... yes, yes, life isn't fair and we-can't-sink-to-their-level, agreed... But it's certainly not fun in any way.
Okay, but if the four of them are so smart why would they come back?
