With you Steve. We humans are weird in the things we're attracted to. I think the days started better watching Captain Kangaroo than listening to the news. There's some comfort in that. Best to get out of our houses - and take a walk in the forest - or look at the stars from time-to-time for a counterpoint to the madness that exists outside. Find a quiet place to retreat to from time-to-time.

@Bernard said in NIPSCO: Capitalism at it's finest. :rolleyes: Electricity should be a public utility like it used to be before privatization. My sister-in-law got hit with an astronomical increase in her electricity bill making it $800 and a $600 propane bill to heat here house within the same few days. The electricity bill made no sense but had to be paid and she and her son had to endure a night of sub-zero temmperatures without propane to heat their house. She had to spend $600 on tires at the same time. She was not in a good mood. I didn't ask but I'm assuming she had electric space heaters so their lives were not in danger or not in too much danger. This is happening all over the US. This never happened when I was growing up.

Heh. That guy should have been locked up in jail a long time ago. I’ll never understand why he isn’t I have no interest in anything he has to say.

I have a warm spot in my heart for Minnesota as I was born there many years ago. Didn’t live there long, but we used to go back and visit relatives from time to time and I remember them as being good solid Midwestern people. I’m very glad to see them standing up for their values.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he was "not in favor" of federalizing elections a day after President Donald Trump said on a podcast that Republicans "ought to nationalize the voting.” “That’s a constitutional issue,” Thune told a reporter who asked him about Trump's remarks. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-gop-leader-john-thune-says-disagrees-trump-congress-nationalize-rcna257260 Well, unlike the orange guy, at least he knows it's a constitutional issue. And he actually said so out loud. I guess that's something. edit: Mike Johnson, OTOH, is still a complete idiot.

Thanks for that article, Bernard.

How many people have your seen try to bring """service animals""" in somewhere that clearly weren't really? How many people don't quite honestly file taxes? How many people speed when they drive or don't come to a full stop? How many people aren't quite honest when writing a resume? The list could go on...

I would not use the word "critique" to describe A.O. Scott's explanation of why Biery's order is a masterpiece of judicial writing.

Did he sleep his way to the top too?

@wtg said in Kennedy Center: Don't forget the Arc de Trump. Or the Institute of Peace. Is the Arc de Trump something he wants to build or something he wants to put his name on? I can't see him renaming Washington Square Park, Trump Square Park, or the Washington Arch, Trump Arch. This probably wouldn't be grand enough for him.

We're having a terrible early February. By now I've studied survival skills, e.g. how soldiers in the field kept from freezing to death during WWI and WWII. What I wouldn't give to have wool bedding and clothing. I've learned a bunch of facts about the different kinds of wool, the different ways it's processed, and the different methods used to make wool products.

Penguins come in from the cold. https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/penguins-at-long-island-aquarium-brought-inside-due-to-extreme-cold/

@Daniel said in Some jokes landed with a thud, and the room fell silent repeatedly.: Why does he try so hard? He wants to be liked, probably. Many people want the same, supposedly.

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