SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org

@Saederup92 is having any view racist or having certain views? For example, one might think that people from Spain speak Spanish, or that people from any certain culture of subculture think a certain way or do things a certain way. Or that a Thai restaurant would serve Pad Thai and Drunken Noodles because that's food that people from Thailand likely make.

Are these racist?

Only wondering if such a broad statement paints everyone as racist.

A weekend project is still a weekend project no matter how much time has passed between the start and end weekend...right?

Frosted conifers earlier this week. It was uncharacteristically foggy and (characteristically) freezing. Not sure if freezing fog is responsible for the cool way the snow formed or if it was just coincidence.

Senate Democrats Block Bill to Stop Infanticide

https://www.lifenews.com/2019/02/25/senate-democrats-block-bill-to-stop-infanticide-and-care-for-babies-born-alive-after-abortions/

#uspol

"Medicare for all" increases costs in Colorado. Affordable Care Act.

@freemo That article continues on to say that it was moved half way through the work to continue on the other half. The "mooning the pope" I wonder about. Seems suspect that it was meant to be so offensive yet nobody noticed it for centuries, and it is in a gigantic painting with tons of nudity. Was it just part of the art or was it trolling? Important mystery we may never know the answer to.

@freemo
Not an expert, did find this: "Contrary to myth, Michelangelo did not paint on his back, but on a platform of his own devising that extended over half the area of the chapel and allowed him to stand upright."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/rome/articles/Romes-Sistine-Chapel-50-fascinating-facts/

Headline after headline drive a narrative, what we all think we know about what's happening in our own country or another is usually just the Avaliably Heuristic of what we recall from headlines.

Inventing claims discredit real issues. Telling fantasy stories about how evil The Other is like this actor has done isn't fighting against hate. It is hate and it stokes hate.

Sadly many in the major media outlets and in politics are happy to stoke hate like this a people divided is easier to gain power over.

Headline : Smollett staged attack because he was "dissatisfied with his salary,"
https://www.cnn.com/entertainment/live-news/jussie-smollett-arrested-chicago/index.html

'Never Trump' leader says final blow to movement may be far-left move by Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/never-trump-leader-says-final-blow-to-movement-may-be-far-left-move-by-democrats

@albert I suppose in either case it's shorthand.

America is not a continent, there's "North America" and "South America," "The Americas" for both, I suppose...though that seems odd. The country isn't America but "The United States of America".

I suppose American could mean "Anyone from the two distinct but connected continents." but that doesn't seem terribly specific as a descriptor of someone.

It could also probably mean a descendent of Vespucci. :)

Having kids who both enjoy board/strategy games AND have learned to read leads to a more fun weekend.

@jeremiah @AtlasFreeman it feels odd that I really like that analogy.

When Trump devotees told me he was like King David, I found him to be more like Rahab (of Jericho). If he's the right person for the job, he's not someone I'd have a reason to expect it from.