She's pretty and seems fun. I love her.
Well . . . here's more.
Like, a Tandoori oven. Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky ?
Uh, I think so, Brain. But where are we going to find Lederhosen in our size?
Apparently there is a newsperson, Carissa Codel, in Springfield MO who has been reading some of the comments she gets on air. I thought it was hilarious.
Since 2009 Greenland has been able to legally separate itself from Denmark. All it takes is a referendum amongst the people of Greenland and then a negotiated release from Denmark. So they can easily do that.
I'll bet Trump pulls this off. There's no reason for them to not want to deal like that. I don't think there are specifically tied to Denmark other than being financially supported by them. If we took over the financial support and we allow them to be autonomous, I don't see what the downside would be for them. They would have a hell of a lot more security. A hell of a lot more wealth and a higher living standard.
No downside for Greenlanders. But meanwhile, the US taxpayer would be overspending for the same security measures that can already be accomplished under the existing NATO structure. I don't see the upside.
Hope everyone's 2026 is better than their 2025.
Thanks. Aren't you JW?
I'd be surprised if there was more than one.
Link is to a Guardian article (fairly long read) about an 79 year-old running a tax evasion scheme. Would seem a kindred spirit to some personalities on this board (you know who you are). A couple excerpts:
"Over the ensuing hours, Ball makes confession after confession about his attempts to outwit the taxman with increasingly elaborate plans, his decades-long links to the Naples underworld, and how at this very moment there are buildings across London where he is deploying his unique snail-breeding method in a bid to cheat exasperated local councils out of millions of pounds. “I’m turning 80 next month and I haven’t got jack shit in my name. What are they going to do?”
Ball is proudly committed to spending his remaining years on this earth finding innovative ways to get revenge on the “bastard” authorities who he feels screwed him over in the past: “I just do it for devilment. I do it just to get away with it.”"
"I kept wondering why he was pushing on with his snail tax avoidance business, even though he was preparing to enter his ninth decade. Ball told me that fighting with the likes of Westminster council over tax helps stave off the boredom of old age: “All my friends who have retired, you can’t have a conversation with them, they’re just waiting to die. I’ve had a laugh. Every day, no matter what happens, I’ve had a laugh.”"
No he did not. I believe we are chosen and individually are given sight to see. He wasn't one given that sight. He was essentially a deist. He converted to mudslime at his mother's insistence he uttered the shahadah.
I don't think he gave it any credence. He paid lip service to please his mother to whom he was very devoted. He made absolutely no change in his steady as he goes lifestyle. Kind and trustworthy. One of these types who felt he needed no God nor gods. He was moral without religion. You could take him at his word. He wasn't given to much exaggeration.
I understand your point of view on the matter. But my understanding of what's stated in the Bible indicates there could still be hope for such a one. Consider:
Romans 2:6: "And he will pay back to each one according to his works"
Romans 2:14-15: "For when people of the nations, who do not have law, do by nature the things of the law, these people, although not having law, are a law to themselves. They are the very ones who demonstrate the matter of the law to be written in their hearts, while their conscience is bearing witness with them, and by their own thoughts they are being accused or even excused."
Acts 24:14: "And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous."
In the end, it's not for us to decide who will be granted the gift and who will not. But I believe more people than we think will be given the opportunity to show obedience. And unfortunately, many who believe themselves on steady ground in that respect will find they were mistaken. Time will tell.
By design we can live to be 120.
We just kill ourselves with crap food way before that.
By design, humans were supposed to live forever.
But ". . . through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned" - Romans 5:12
I'm feeling this one.
Very sorry for your loss.
"For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 6:23
May your friend receive the gift in due time.
I've been getting a pop up warning that my spreadsheet has too many custom styles (over 3000) and it is slowing performance.
My company has "helpfully" installed Copilot AI to help everyone do their jobs.
So I ask it, "Can Copilot delete unused custom styles?"
Copilot says, "I can only work with spreadsheets that have autosave enabled."
OK, enable autosave.
"Can Copilot delete unused custom styles?"
It says, "Yes, Copilot can delete unused custom styles if you ask it to."
Huh. "Delete unused custom styles." It spins about 15 seconds.
It says, "Copilot cannot delete unused custom styles. I can 1) show you how to delete them manually or 2) provide you with VBA code to delete the styles."
I click on option 2. It spins for 15 seconds.
"Copilot cannot provide you with VBA code to perform that action. Would you like to see how to delete them manually?"
So I turned autosave back off.
I would have thought Ukraine would have a use for them.
Once Poland owns them, I would imagine they could do with them what they pleased, including giving them to Ukraine.
I've thought that could be the ultimate angle Trump is heading for. He can claim to have supported US-first policies and that he can still be an arbitrator between Ukraine and Russia by not giving aid directly to Kiev, but rather selling NATO members whatever they want and allow them to then do with those items whatever they please. Earns dollars for US contractors / manufacturers paid for in real currency from stable states rather than paid for in promises from a country whose long-term existence is in doubt.
But that assumes there is a plan to begin with, and more often than not I don't think there is.
I know I'm herding cats here. I expect a complete disregard of the standard from you miscreants but there it is.
I'm guessing you just started another Beatles thread.
buzzards gotta eat. Same as the worms
Something almost the same in Two Mules for Sister Sara:
Oh no! They elected LITERALLY HITLER!!
My favorite quote:
"The fact I have this name does not mean I want to conquer Oshana,"
I ONLY play destroyers, thus see subs as an opportunity. Usually they are too close to supporting fire to get near them, have to bide your time
I find them especially annoying when in a DD. If you are in a cruiser or a battleship, when the torps get close enough they lock. They don't seem to ever lock for destroyers. I find it utterly ridiculous I can dodge torps semi-reliably when they launch at my BB from a nose or stern angle, but I struggle to dodge in a destroyer.
Nevermind the ludicrous speed the subs travel while submerged. Forget trying to catch them in a tail chase.
Have they fixed them? Has the gameplay gotten any better?
One thing they DID finally fix is that their torps do less damage when close . . . I forget exactly but I think within either 2km or 3km each torp does only 1k damage (or maybe 10%). So they can't shotgun effectively anymore. They also gave airstrikes to some cruisers that used to only have depth charges, and lengthened the strike range of some of the ships to make it more consistent (no more 6km range for Thunderer, for example). Some cruisers not equiped with hydro have been given a consumable that detects subs (only) within a given distance (like 6-7km) for about 15 seconds. All of that has helped, but they are still annoying and often complained about.
I've been saying since subs came out that I am going to quit WoWs as soon as my premium time runs out.
Only 351 days to go, I can't wait.
Other contributing factors... We're all full of microplastics and we all drink and bathe in birth-control-tea. That's the biggest source of the spike in trannies, and I'm sure it contributes to the low birth rate. Birth control itself is a huge factor. It hasn't been around very long in the grand scheme of things, and we're probably just starting to see its effects on the culture. Who knows how much further that will go?
I agree with birth control having a larger impact beyond the obvious. Women having kids later in life by choice tend to find they have a lot more difficulty getting pregnant than they assumed, and so are more likely to stop at one (if any) because of the time/expense of just getting the first one to happen. The difficulty itself I don't believe is simply age-related -- it stands to reason that all that artificial stuff for so long would have lasting impacts to their reproductive health.
I also think there is a huge psychological impact from the constant doom and gloom for humanity stuff that permeated the Western culture for the last several decades. Global warming, we're all dying in petroleum soup, suntan oil kills the reefs, slash and burn is turning the Amazon into a desert, etc. etc. are all variations of "People are the problem." Those that buy into the man-made catastrophe philosophy often choose to "not make it worse" by denying themselves the right to reproduce.
“Harboring drug runners has never been considered a use of force under international law or an attack under international law,” Dan Maurer, a former Army judge advocate general who now teaches at Ohio Northern University, said on a call with reporters this week.
Like this means anything. This president has not been shy about creating precedents.
Neither have his opponents, but that's another topic.
So what changed?
More funding for schools if they had a high percentage of kids with "disabilities."
More parents wanting to show how brave they were fighting through their children's "difficulties."
More government money to throw at more studies that all come to a conclusion that we need more money to study these things.
A lot has changed.
This guy is a bit to "steam punk" for me
Too. Too "steam punk."
You're slipping.
(I was going to say "your slipping" but I fear you've fallen too far to catch the irony.)
