wcw43921

One time when I was sick, the room was spinning while I was unconscious. I woke myself up because I was loudly saying over and over, "Computer: medical emergency over-ride, need site-to-site transport to Sickbay.
 
Probably the second neatest thing I've ever done while I was unconscious.

Fred Rogers never talked down to anyone. He treated everyone with respect and compassion. He always told the truth, and didn't shy away from addressing difficult issues. No wonder this administration doesn't understand that that comparison is no insult.

Internet Leaps To Mr. Rogers' Defense After Trump Staffer Mocks Biden Town Hall

It came from a small town just down the road from Vladivostok.
 
It's called Laffinkstok.

A teacher asked his class how many of them were Trump fans. Not quite knowing what a Trump fan is, but wanting to be loved by the teacher, all of the kids raised their hands, except Little Johnny.
 
The teacher asked Little Johnny why did you decide to be different... again.
 
Little Johnny said, “Because I'm not a Trump fan."
 
“Why aren't you a Trump fan?"
 
Johnny said, “Because I'm a Democrat."
 
The teacher asked him why he is a Democrat.
 
Little Johnny replied, “Well my mom is a Democrat and my dad is a Democrat, so I'm a Democrat."
 
The teacher, annoyed by this answer, asked him, "If your mother was an idiot and your father a jerk, what would that make you?"
 
Little Johnny replied, “A Trump fan."

Image of tiger hugging tree wins 2020 wildlife photographer award

There is a difference, though. Gingrich actively pushed the idea of casting the Democrats, not just as another political party, but as the enemy. In public they categorized Democratic policies as bad for the country, in contrast to good Republican policies. They stressed that Democrats had to be defeated at the polls for the greater good of America. Voting Republican would be an act of patriotism. That strategy was a significant contributing factor to Reagan's presidential victory. Yes, Gingrich was practical in negotiating deals once in power, but gaining power became the party's first priority. Over time that's morphed into its only priority. That attitude has certainly infected the Democrats too, but under Trump the Republicans seem to have abandoned any pretense of other principles or goals.

Actually that's the way Reed figured out how to defeat Gladiator, because there's no way he could pick up the building like that.  So Reed concluded he's using some sort of telekinesis to protect himself and deal damage, so they distracted him and Susan knocked him out.  Some day I want to have that entire Byrne run, its so well done.
 
By the way, if you pick up a copy, it helps the sales (and hence, the wallet of both me and Hero Games, who gets a cut) if you drop a review on the site.

Reminds me of the right-wingers who told same-sex marriage advocates that they can marry whomever they want, so long as that person was not of the same sex. Condescend much, Senator?

Today I thought of a color that doesn't exist...
 
but then I realized it was just a pigment of my imagination.

Biden campaign quickly sold out of a “Truth Over Flies” fly swatter
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/520156-biden-campaign-sells-out-truth-over-flies-swatter-after-fly-lands-on-pence

I'll refer again to the episode of On the Media I linked to a couple pages back. Christianity does have a longstanding persecution complex. (Though many Christians resist it; and one might argue that to see Jesus as persecuted is a deep misunderstanding of the Sacrifice of Christ.) Now, Christians *are* persecuted in some parts of the world, but the USA is not one of those places.
 
For comparison, I heard "Islamism" explained like this: A Muslim is a person who believes in and practices Islam. An Islamist is a person who believes Islam should hold institutional dominance over the rest of society. You can be a Muslim without being an Islamist (and many Muslims are).
 
The sort of Evangelicals who rage at a supposed "war on Christianity" may or may not be Christians; that is between them and God. But they sure seem to be "Christianists," more interested in institutional power than the saving of souls. Which from my outsider's perspective seems doctrinally dubious, given Jesus' repeated scorn for worldly power.
 
Dean Shomshak