vxbush 7/29/2022 5:51:25 AM

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In a field where real-world results have huge consequences, clearly more diversity and equity training is needed. And it used to be the case that the world came to the US for medical treatment. 

And you know engineering is going to be next. 

Occasional Reader 7/29/2022 6:02:43 AM

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we are looking at truly dark times. Dark ages, perhaps.

Occasional Reader 7/29/2022 6:08:43 AM

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we are headed toward the “woke“ version of this:

https://youtu.be/BdPmNM0IF7Y

vxbush 7/29/2022 7:01:56 AM

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Only now we have proof of collusion between the federal government and Big Tech. 

Heads should already have started rolling. 

Occasional Reader 7/29/2022 7:16:23 AM

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Occasional Reader 7/29/2022 8:18:16 AM

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James Bond Theme trivia (hat tip to Insty). 

JCM 7/29/2022 8:31:58 AM

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Should come as a shock to no one.

WA State AG Sideshow Bob is going after a private, religious university.

AG Ferguson's office confirms civil rights investigation into Seattle Pacific University

This follows multiple sit-ins staged by students back in May after the university's board of trustees voted to keep in place school policies that ban employees from engaging in "same sex sexual activity.”

JCM 7/29/2022 8:50:48 AM

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Kafka and Heller suffered from a lack of imagination.

Bill to provide air conditioning also bans certain types, mandating the more expensive kinds.

vxbush 7/29/2022 8:56:28 AM

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In #6 Occasional Reader said: James Bond Theme trivia (hat tip to Insty). 

Thanks for sharing that. I'll note that the Casino Royal version he links to is different enough from Mancini's version that I would have recommended he link to Mancini's. The connection there is more pronounced than from this later scoring. But I still passed it along to my musical peeps. 

JCM 7/29/2022 10:23:42 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 7/29/2022 10:24:39 AM

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vxbush 7/29/2022 10:28:36 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: Today, I'm really getting a "things fall apart, the center cannot hold" kind of feeling. 

Then go read the bad cat. He's got a message today that goes right along with this. 

Occasional Reader 7/29/2022 11:02:40 AM

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China is threatening to shoot down Nancy Pelosi's plane, basically.  

But no mean tweets!

vxbush 7/29/2022 12:38:19 PM

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In #13 Occasional Reader said: But no mean tweets!

Wow. Just.... wow. 

lucius septimius 7/29/2022 12:53:45 PM

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vxbush 7/29/2022 2:33:31 PM

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Occasional Reader 7/29/2022 2:50:51 PM

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In #16 vxbush said: As if we needed more evidence, I've got an example up in the Frontier of some of the shoddy work going on in society today.

Replied, plus a little Frontier news of my own (don't worry, nothing bad!).