Joe V

This was an important step before the siblings candy swap stage.

Fresh back from the conclave?

It’s actually a fair statement, and the reason Trump/Project 2025 wants sycophants to replace the current public servants.

Warnings, not earnings, damnit.

So, some cancer drug commercial featuring a bunch of really old (like older than me) men golfing, and one of earnings is “use contraception”? Couldn’t they just say “give up your Viagra”?

How early!?!? It still gets dark by 7 around here.

Have listened to him talk about tariffs? He thinks the foreign government pays it. Penn should revoke his degree (business or Econ, whichever one he paid someone for).

Eggs down (yeah right), coffee up, maybe it balances?

Why on Earth would we attack Panama by attacking Colombia first? Although depending on how much Hegseth has been drinking, it could end up as the plan.

Columbia being an avatar for the US, yes he did. Of course, he could have meant the university.

Yeah, but considering far away they are, giving 5 of them is actually a lot of work.

And that’s not considering how big they are.

I do #1, but pretty sure that studies have shown that everyone riding the escalator maximizes throughput. Individuals get there faster walking up/down, but at a cost to total volume handled.

Originally, but then ‘nice’ meant ignorant or foolish. The 10% meaning has been only pedants for a very long time.

Yep. This is why I’m in favor of a no deferments draft, possibly with increased odds based on your family wealth. It’s easy to thank them for their service when it isn’t likely to be anyone you know.

Well the canal would be useful for reinforcements, notwithstanding that Tommy is an idiot.

Let’s not forget one of the MAGA claims for supporting Trump was he didn’t start any wars.

Not taken from the moon. Taken 1,000,000 miles from Earth, so about 760,000 miles from the Moon.

Southwest Airlines' Christmas Meltdown Shows How Corporations Deliberately Pit Consumers Against Low-Wage Workers Our system is set up to create mutual antagonism between members of the working class. Meanwhile, faceless corporate executives remain shielded like mob bosses.

I tried to capture the soul crushing nature of Delay policies a couple years ago. I think it’s an under appreciated dynamic subtly shredding our larger social fabric www.columnblog.com/p/southwest-...

You may not understand why, but the healthcare insurance and PBM contracts YOU have signed for Tesla, SpaceX , @X, along with CEOs of other big companies , have more impact on healthcare costs and quality of care in this country, than anything you can do with DOGE

I feel bad for the CEO and his family, but . . .

Great movie, and as an American from the Midwest I have no problem with Dick’s Cockney accent.

Saw Red One. My new favorite easy job is the person in the credits listed as ‘D Johnson barber’. #RedOne

It’s my David Letterman retirement beard.

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