Ready to form a condotierre company, I see.
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Ready to form a condotierre company, I see.
I have never like cargo pants or shorts.
Carhartts for me.
Interestingly, Hitler complained that his generals were not as compliant as Stalin's. I read that either in a Liddell Hart book or one by John Keegan.
Well, duh. Of course.
You are now eligible for one of my sayings: You know you are getting older when you need your glasses to find your glasses.
" To the privileged, equality seems like opression".
Happy Birthday, Kat. Don't stop now, keep 'em coming!
I saw a WA State ferry towed once, but never pushed.
BREAK HIM.
#LockHimUp!
I read an article some years ago that a hospital instituted a simple checklist for all surgeons to make sure that they didn't do something like leave instruments in the body after the operation...
Most excellent and buona fortuna.
We missed our ex-patriate tide due to Covid. O well.
We can only hope that Kansas points the way and that Republicans get severely punished during the Midterms and again in 2024.
Everybody is right.
She was really careless.
Her prosecution is indeed poltically motivated.
States that are bad actors are just itching to mess with Americans to prove their street cred. I...
#13: I am completely confused why her doctor prescribed steroids and antibiotics and cough medicine when none of those things is effective against a virus. What the hell?
John Oliver did a satric bit on the two remaining candidates, and both did not come off well, but especially Truss.
Years ago I had the pleasure of seeing him live with Playing For Change.
I did the Newport-Bermuda Race on a Swan 48. Veddy nize...
"The impervious horror of a leeward shore".
#LockHimUp!
When Kentucky applies for Federal help, remind them of Reagan's BS line about how the worst thing is hearing " I'm from the government and I'm here to help'.
Tell them the old adage about how...
^ Married Quincy Jones, so she was cool too.
Paul Krugman of the NYTimes is strongly against her visit. Read his column today. He makes good points.
Meanwhile the chicoms have issued another classic ' the chinese people will not stand idly...
They are rebuilding Notre Dame with trees planted 400 years ago. Bless our forebears for some foresight.
The miserable S.O.B. was killed by two Hellfires, the special kind called ' flying Ginsus. i.e. kinetic energy weapons, no explosives, whirling blades. In other words, we literally instantly sliced...
#28: Yes. Until they hurt, they won't put pressure on Putin. Of course, history shows they have a high degree of tolerance for economic pain. Then again, this is not like The Great Patriotic War,...
Does she have a special Vespa backpack that you wear so you can take her on jaunts?
^ I forget, it must be fifteen years or more since I saw it.
^ Dabney Coleman was terribly miscast.
He was great in 9 to 5, and in the short-liverd TV series American Buffalo.
See the Canadian documentary The Corporation. In it, there is a very plausible argument made that corporations are, in the medical sense of the word, clinically sociopathic. Hell, Mitt Romney said...
IIRC, there was an episode where she and Kirk actually kissed, causing network execs to break out in a cold sweat. First interracial kiss on TV.
( BTW, the first interracial kiss in the movies...
It's wrong that he is in office, and even more so that his constituents elected him.
Wasn't this whole kerfuffle settled years ago with the female East German Olympic weight lifters? If the person has the right chromosome makeup, then Bob's yer uncle.
Trump's Early Plans For Garish Bedminster Mausoleum Were Buried By Local Officials | HuffPost Latest News
Read the article. It turns out that she is buried there because then technically the golf...
Two priests are driving down the road when they come to a state police road block. When they pull up, an officer leans down and says, " we're looking for two child molestors". The driver looks at...
Forever young, beautiful and scandal-free: The rise of South Korea's virtual influencers - CNN Style
Rei Toei is more advanced, but this South Korean Rozy points the way.
Life imitates art.
^ Just the proviso that Medicare can finally - FINALLY - negotiate for lower drug prices is worth the price of admission alone.
We informally named our old home on the west side of Whidbey, but other than that have never indulged in the affectation.
As an aside, I also have always been baffled by people who name their...
Republican hypocrisy is sickening. Do not vote for any of them ever again.
I have BobbyS on Ignore, so I can't vote for him.
I am baffled why anybody would give a damn about what the 1%rs think about Vespa colors. Jeesh.
And still the Stumps will wave the flag and won't care.
Tongue.
Tripe.
What a miserable creature he is. I long for the day when the Dems can increase their Senate majority enough to be able to tell Manchin to got take a flying hike. This bozo has almost singlehandedly...
I don't feel the groundswell for it yet.
^ My general belief is that religion preys upon the weak minded.
Way cool. We had a couple of 8-pointers do something similar just the other evening at dusk.
If, as Norman projects, there is a to be a new civil war, then I don't want right wing terrorists being trained on my tax money. Right wing ideology is a deadly cancer but especially in the ranks,...
God is good, etc?
PS: I am reminded of Lennie Bruce's sneer that " any preacher who owns more than one suit is a hustler".
In NYC I came out of a Greenwich Village subway staion once and the whole air was vibrating with thunder. I thought we were having an earthquake. Then I looked up and low-flying Concorde was...