Happy birthday to Michelangelo, artist who inspired comics, cartoons, action figures, films, and other products (although I suspect he looked less like a turtle than how he is portrayed in media).
I would really, really like to see a coherent statement of Trump's goals for the Iran war. When can we be done?
Is Epstein Island for sale? I bet it would be a great place for Ingen to build a wildlife resort.
American culture is notably individualistic. However, the American Christian must not forget our responsibility to care for others.
From the years 1975-2025, there has not been a year without war (either international or civil).
Happy year of the Fire Hose! the Fair Horse! the Fir House! the Fur Hearse!
Fine. Celebrate whatever you want.
dclr42
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25 years ago today, Bad_CRC posted the primordial meme video "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" on Newgrounds.
In honor of this important anniversary, I downloaded the original Flash SWF file from Internet Archive, played it using Ruffle in a full-screen window, and replaced the audio with the original MP3 of "Invasion of the Gabber Robots" by The Laziest Men on Mars. So this is probably the highest fidelity encoding possible, without going back to the original forum GIFs.
https://jwz.org/b/yk3i
Curious what you think about this approach to AI:
https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening
He's thinking of changing his name to Martin Gras.
"What is truth?" becomes even more difficult to answer when it's asked by Pontius Microsoft CoPilate.
These two podcast episodes do a good job of discussing how and why we should do a better job of thinking about faith, government, and politics:
https://www.holypost.com/post/alex-pretti-s-killing-and-not-letting-rage-win
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/naw-dawg-to-the-doj/
Breathing new life into a classic genre: a rap opera, Wagner's Bling Cycle (or Der Bling des Nibelungen).
"The question is where to draw the line."
There are a lot of things that are clearly on one side or the other of "the line." Some things are much, much harder. What is a line you find it hard to draw?
Politicians haven't changed.
1 Kings 21:4-16 (paraphrased)
Ahab lay in bed sulking & refused to eat. His wife Jezebel asked him, “Why are you so sullen?”
He said, “Because Naboth will not give me his vineyard."
Jezebel said, “Is this how a king acts? I’ll get you the vineyard.”
She wrote in Ahab’s name to the nobles:
“Seat Naboth in a prominent place but seat two scoundrels opposite him to say he has cursed God & king. Then kill him.”
As soon as Jezebel heard Naboth was dead, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard. Naboth is dead.” And he did.
Rick Astley was born on the 7th anniversary of the patenting of the microchip, which was patented on Bob Marley's 14th birthday, who was born on Ronald Reagan's 34th birthday, who was born on Babe Ruth's 16th birthday. February 6!
Don't Be a Sucker:
https://youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?si=CVI1GSlTKt_Ayu1f
Measles was eliminated from the United States in 2000. We recently un-eliminated it, which has now led to cancellation of some of my kids' activities. The failure to maintain measles elimination status is a national embarrassment.
Disclaimer: I understand that medical decisions are highly individual and there are many things parents must consider in the care of their children.
Opinion: "My body, my choice" is a ridiculous slogan.
The Epstein files reveal those who earned frequent flyer Epstein miles, those who suffered Epstein wiles, those who visited Epstein's isles- in short, they reveal Epstein's viles.
Improve something today.
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