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Is that the Late Show that Letterman hosted or Leno? You can tell I don't watch television often. I'll watch this when I'm in more of a romantic mood. I think it would go over my head at the moment.

Who knows, maybe Ohio will kick out some of the MAGA assholes that currently proliferate there.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34454589-the-handmaid-s-tale The signs were there all along, apparently.

@wtg Good advice. This miserable backwater requires that I call the county - CALL! - before each and every election to request a mail in ballot. We’re doomed.

Udder Bull****? It is a common practice to tie burlap bags to a cable and secure it high on a pole and to the ground. The bags are soaked with and insect repellent. The cows use it to scratch what itches. The insect repellent helps keeps the flies away.

FoxNews op-ed on the aforementioned university scientific research output ranking: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/harvard-gets-schooled-china-americas-universities-choose-activism-over-excellence It seems to boil down to "Harvard bad, DEI bad." It acknowledges China's state funding for scientific research, but silent on the Trump administration's cutting of scientific research funding.

Same here.

Certainly worth monitoring. The two largest losses of life in Pennsylvania due to dam failures occurred over a century ago. Most people have probably heard of the Johnstown flood caused by the failure of the dam upstream from that city. David McCollough wrote an excellent book on that disaster. The next-biggest, upstream of Austin, PA was the result of a paper mill's dam failure and killed 78 people (more details here: https://w.wiki/HJBV). Remnants of that dam remain to this day in a park-like setting. Big Al

@Axtremus said in 'Theater Kid' as the New Political Insult: "What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?" They have fun.

The odds of being charged when you are without fault are much higher when you use the self checkout. I avoid it if I am purchasing more than three items.

As I put it next door, we’ve seen this movie plenty of times. 1 - select your desired opinion 2 - look in the Bible for supportive phrases 3 - declare your desired opinion biblically correct 4 - tell everyone there can be no other Christian opinion on the matter, since you believe in the infallibility of [your interpretation of] the Bible. The part in brackets is unspoken but implied.