You can say that if you wish, but it makes you sound like you just don’t want to admit you were wrong.

There’s plenty to blame the U.S. for, but it’s important to be honest if you want to be taken seriously.

That’s what I was thinking.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the term, “Western Hemisphere”, is from the writings of Sir Thomas Browne in 1646.

It doesn’t really make sense to blame its creation on the U.S, as it predates us by more than 100 years.

Nothing says true religion like using police to force people to follow it.

“When a Religion is good, I conceive that it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its Professors are obliged to call for the help of the Civil Power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.”

-Benjamin Franklin

I’m assuming that the reason he shared state secrets with Epstein is because Epstein had something on him.

Well, it certainly wasn’t because he couldn’t implicate the billionaires.

https://youtu.be/HMIyDf3gBoY

Perhaps that’s the state secret he’s being punished for revealing: all the child rape among the rich and powerful.

I only have 40 yrs to go - if I’m realistic

Probably far less if society breaks down to the point that libraries cease to exist.

Everything I’ve read about this says that the misconduct in question was sharing state secrets with Epstein.

The child raping doesn’t appear to be concerning them.

I don’t speak Portuguese, but sometimes I get in a mood to listen to bassa nova. I like the rhythm.

Mas Que Nada - probably my go to. I listen to that enough to annoy people around me.

I also like Águas de Março, particularly Elis Regina’s duet with Jobim.

Unfortunately, Humanity lacks an enforcement mechanism.

You should have hung in there.

• CompuServe Chat
• Dialup Bulletin Board
• USENET
• Facebook
• Reddit
• Lemmy

Facebook was a horrible mistake. I jumped off when I realized I didn’t want to associate with the people there.

Jumped off Reddit when my app was blocked.

Edit: mid-50’s English speaker (well, American English, if that still counts), also remembered that there was a dialup bulletin board back in the day.

Not enough.

Your body adjusts to temperature changes.

When you experience the first cold day, your body panics and acts like you’re going to freeze to death. After a few days pass and you don’t freeze to death, your body realizes it overreacted and adjusts accordingly.

It’s just a Nervous Nellie.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/why-does-the-first-chill-of-the-season-feel-so-cold/1034520

The Olympics as we know them were born in Berlin.

Before 1936, they were disorganized and not particularly popular.

The Nazis saw the propaganda value in the spectacle, so they created the modern Olympics.

That’s a nice family you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to them.

Unless they knew something about rockets.

I’ll be honest, I’m pretty sick of the DNC, and I do give them plenty of blame, but I’ve always been willing to vote for them to give us time to get the guillotines deployed.