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I want to thank everyone for keeping the discussion on such a cerebral plane. Had this thread sunk into the mud with blatant political partisanship, we'd have had to move it to the Current Events forum. People here are quietly expressing reservations and keeping those secondary to thoughtful policy discussions.

Wednesday! Time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE BLONDE AND THE RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT On a freezing-cold winter morning, a blonde and her husband were having breakfast when the radio announcer said, "We're expecting 8 to 10 inches of snow today. Please move your car to the even-numbered side of the street so the snowplow can get through." Being the helpful wife that she was, the blonde bundled up and moved her car. The next week, the radio announcer said, "Ten to 12 inches of snow today. Please move your car to the odd-numbered side." Again the blonde went out, moving her car compliantly. The next week, the radio announcer said, "We're expecting 12 to 14 inches of snow and you must park…" And POOF - the power went out. The blonde looked panicked and said, "Oh, no! I don't know which side to move the car to now!" With the calm patience that only a man married to a blonde could master, her husband lovingly said, "Sweetheart… why don't you just leave the car in the garage this time?"

This dude (former Federal prosecutor) absolutely barbecues the snooty, pearl-clutching Peggy Noonan. "It slices, it dices..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peggy Noonan and the Dangers of Uncritical Thinking Elvis Presley, as most would agree, sang beautiful songs. But he was wise enough not to attempt composing any of them. Peggy Noonan has written beautiful words and phrases, but she should have the wisdom to collaborate with a sound thinker whose thoughts, not hers, might be expressed through her belles-lettres. In her attempts to appear thoughtful, writing rhythmically from an Olympian perch, she dispenses vapidity disguised as wisdom. Her recent column, "A Republic, But Can We Keep It?" unwittingly shows the danger of a lack of critical thinking to our republic, not, as she claims to demonstrate, the dangers to the country of President Trump's unconventional, decidedly not pretty, style. This article purports to tell us all the ways that President Trump has violated our republic's sacred norms and thus endangers the republic. There is no doubt but that the president is often vulgar, profane, and insulting, offending those who value dignity in our country's officials. These are fair criticisms. But there is arguably a kernel of common sense in many, perhaps most, of his substantive projects that is lost on citizens who judge primarily on appearance. As John Stuart Mill so eloquently wrote in 1835, our republic was founded on liberty, which in turn is achieved by principled argument and discussion. Thus, what our republic urgently needs today are thinkers who can separate wheat from chaff and argue about this frantic presidency on substance, not style. We have plenty of TDS victims and Rachel Maddow commentators in the vast legacy media, and do not need any more reflexive bombast. The problem with Ms. Noonan joining this vapid, uncritical crowd is that she claims the conservative mantle of Reagan and Bush Sr. Peggy Noonan is a conservative and a Republican, so her criticisms of Trump must be valid. So, to the extent she cites conclusions that are supposedly beyond principled argument, she thereby uses her status to stifle the very debate that is so crucial to our democratic republic. [...] https://spectator.org/peggy-noonan-and-the-dangers-of-uncritical-thinking/

There's your answer, then. Good luck to you.

Related threads have been merged.

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: We zzz'd rather well overnight, wondering when the other shoe will drop on this man. Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., bye wee man man. Stayed up pending doc caucus with Uncle T-B., rather groggy we man man. Uncle T-B. beetched/moaned the whole short trip there, good grief man. In waiting room, kept rambling about nonsense stuff and expecting us to answer, man. Doc out-cleaned our ears, some improvement man. Doc out-cleaned Uncle T-B.'s ears, latter then complained that things were too loud man. Returned Uncle T-B. to his casa, return we man. Had to go in to out-straighten pill caddy hosed by casa-health nooser, man. Lunch was the Costco hotdog + Coke Zero, ingest F$WM. We opportuned* to buy two more on-sale lasagnas, F$WM. *cool new verb concising the cumbersome "took the opportunity to," brilliant we man Returned to casa, si man. Arranged for caucus with far-off windows/siding contractor, Wednesday eve man. An effective siesta was at last taken, zzz we man. Din-din was nuked Barrilla pasta + Aldi meatballs + Aldi meat sauce, ingest Two Guys man. It was somehow even better than in memory, culinarily proficient we man. Movie night was a Better Call Saul episode, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to an even Manyzen already for the week, quota achieved & smashed man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must visit Mama T-B. on Wednesday, needy senior she man man. Caucus with contractor before sunset, caucus we man with he man man. Non-Two-Guys eve Wednesday, sigh man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Now tell us how you REALLY feel, si mam ma'am. In our experience, the VERY worst batteries are Northern Tool + Equipment, si man. They spontaneously leak & corrode even when kept cool/dry/dark, sigh man. Why must the expensive Energizers be the only truly good battery, huh man?

Keep us apprised.

Wonderful!

Wonderful!

Wonderful!

Among the most important.

Thank you for your helpful report, and congratulations again!

If this happens, use the GC to light a cigar as a parlor trick.

What a moonbeam. I'd've been livid, too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two Weeks Before Wedding, Bride Uninvited Half of Her Guests. When She Explained Her Reasoning, People Were Livid A bride decided to cut back on her wedding guest list just two weeks before her big day, leaving people furious over the last-minute changes. According to a post on the Reddit Wedding Shaming forum, a woman detailed the fiasco surrounding her cousin's wedding. "I'm still processing this. Wedding was supposed to be this Saturday in Asheville," the post started. "My cousin has always been into spiritual stuff. Crystals, tarot, astrology, whatever. Fine. Not my thing, but you do you. But about six months ago she started seeing this "spiritual advisor" who she treats like a therapist/life coach/oracle all rolled into one." [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/two-weeks-wedding-bride-uninvited-094800703.html

If he were Amish, he'd have been released with an apology. --- Wanna merge this with the big UK thread?

That was a spectacular (in the sense of "really a spectacle") fireball with smoke. Awful. Tom Llamas (NBC Nightly News anchorman) can't pronounce "Louisville" properly.

And isn't BearingArms.com a great website? Part of the Townhall.com group.

I'm even more surprised that he lived so long, with all the cardiac trouble.

Republicans Donate $50 Million To Kamala 2028 Campaign U.S. — After word that Kamala Harris had not ruled out another Presidential run, Republicans have generously donated $50 million to her 2028 campaign. The donors stated that there simply was no one else that they would rather see representing the Democratic party. "We love what Kamala brings to the table," said Republican donor Jerry Gondolin. "She has everything we want in a Democratic candidate. Honestly, I can't think of anyone better to give our money to. At least, since Joe Biden is unavailable." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/republicans-donate-50-million-to-kamala-2028-campaign

WNBA Players Assure FBI They Weren't Missing Layups To Throw Games, They Just Suck At Basketball U.S. — In light of the NBA's recent gambling scandal, WNBA players assured federal agents that they don't miss easy layups to throw games, they just suck at basketball. Suspicion had arisen regarding the effort of WNBA players, with many people leveling accusations at them for trying to intentionally lose games as part of an alleged nationwide illegal gambling operation. A group of players met with FBI agents Thursday afternoon to vehemently deny such rumors, clarifying that they were just all really awful basketball players. "I know it seems like a scam, but we're all just really, really bad at this game," said Chicago Sky star Angel Reese. "The truth is, [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/wnba-players-assure-fbi-they-werent-missing-layups-to-throw-games-they-just-suck-at-basketball

Thrilling Monday report, see man: Zzz'd rather well overnight, mirabile dictu man. Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., bye wee man man. Returned immediately for Siesta #1 and zzz'd rather well, mirabile dictu man. Lunch was 2 precooked Costco hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Visited Mama T-B., only a couple of yelling sessions man. Returned to casa for Siesta #2 and zzz'd rather well, mirabile dictu man. Din-din was an entire Costco lasagna*, ingest Two Guys man. *recently bought on sale, F$WM Movie night was 2 Better Call Saul episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2 +1) for the week already, minimum quota a cinch man. Dessert was strawberries (Aldi) and green grapes (Aldi), ingest Two Guys man. Miu consumed one of the greens from a strawberry, noncarniverous miu man. Miu rather quiescent all day except we had to brush her Many (2+1) times, service miu we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must take Uncle T-B. for mutual ear-cleaning on Tuesday, overdue for both man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

Bad insouciant mam ma'am! Bad, BAD insouciant INSOUCIANT mam ma'am! We recently did research and learned the following, see man: 1. "Super Heavy Duty" batteries are typically carbon-zinc and absolute poop, avoid them man. 2. Alkaline batteries can vary from name-brand to store-brand (e.g., Kirkland isn't automatically Duracell), si and no man. Regardless, they can last in wall clocks for 2 years, in general man. Many. The very best batteries for low- and medium-drain devices (= "place them & forget them) are the lithium batteries, such as Energizer Ultimate Lithium, si man. They have a life in wall clocks of Many (2+2+1) to Many (2x2x2 +2) years and don't leak, either, si and no man.

LPoP and unread, no see we or anyone man.

We say it without the superfluous "u," mam ma'am.