One of my sisters is a big BLM supporter. She says that this quote is racist. I don't see it.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
If you had a mole of moles ... it would get pretty gruesome
(From XKCD author book What if?)
An eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) weighs about 75 grams, which means a mole of moles weighs
(6.022×10^23)×75g≈4.52×10^22kg
That’s a little over half the mass of our moon.
If these moles were released onto the Earth’s surface, they’d fill it up to 80 kilometers deep—just about to the (former) edge of space:
cross section of the earth's surface with 80km of moles between the crust and displaced air before space
"Ah! Rose, Rose, those who would do what is better than good sometimes bring about what is worse than bad."
Wilkin Flammock
The Betrothed
Sir Walter Scott
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
If you didn't have the media, most of what's claimed to be "important" would be imperceptible. Meanwhile, the sun rises each day. It does that with or without CNN. which is why the sunrise matters and CNN doesn't.
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I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
“The problem with Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric as a candidate and, at times, as president is that he poses good questions more often than he provides adequate answers.”
@silvermouse said:
“The problem with Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric as a candidate and, at times, as president is that he poses good questions more often than he provides adequate answers.”
-Dimitri K. Simes
One would expect that from someone new to the political realm . It is a shame however that career politicians all too often provide very few adequate answers as well.
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I particularly like the ones who do that and then throw the bag in the bushes.
I might be slow but I sure do poor work.
One of my sisters is a big BLM supporter. She says that this quote is racist. I don't see it.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
The fact that you don't see it proves you're a racist. ;-)
"I support the 2nd Amendment. But........."
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“If you had a mole of donuts, they would cover the entire Earth to a depth of 8 kilometers.”
Happy mole day! At 6:02 on 23 October, we can all have a little think about Avogadro’s number, 6.02 × 1023. (TedEd | 4 min video)
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/daniel-dulek-how-big-is-a-mole-not-the-animal-the-other-one
edit: oh, and it is also National Boston Cream Pie Day!
If you had a mole of moles ... it would get pretty gruesome
(From XKCD author book What if?)
An eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) weighs about 75 grams, which means a mole of moles weighs
(6.022×10^23)×75g≈4.52×10^22kg
That’s a little over half the mass of our moon.
If these moles were released onto the Earth’s surface, they’d fill it up to 80 kilometers deep—just about to the (former) edge of space:
cross section of the earth's surface with 80km of moles between the crust and displaced air before space
I think some of the guys on the forum have close to a mole of cigars, judging by the What Did You Get Today thread.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
And, if a BOTL happens to slip up and say the wrong thing, he could become a target for any number of those cigars. 😷
“A nation of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.”
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As we get older we get tougher. Or else we don’t continue to get older... 😜
- Me
FIFY
Unfortunately we got to this long ago.
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Hey, Peter, your village called. They miss their idiot and want you to come back.... 😋🙃😉
Hurry over here everybody! Curmudgeon fight!!!
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What your net don't catch ain't fish.
"Ah! Rose, Rose, those who would do what is better than good sometimes bring about what is worse than bad."
Wilkin Flammock
The Betrothed
Sir Walter Scott
A woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke....
Sheet in one hand and wish in the other, see which one gets full faster.
Some smart old guy
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
--Ronald Reagan
If you didn't have the media, most of what's claimed to be "important" would be imperceptible. Meanwhile, the sun rises each day. It does that with or without CNN. which is why the sunrise matters and CNN doesn't.
Adaptive Curmudgeon
www.adaptivecurmudgeon.com
“Who gives a f--- about Christmas stuff and decoration?” the first lady complained to a confidante on the phone. “But I need to do it, right?”
“The problem with Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric as a candidate and, at times, as president is that he poses good questions more often than he provides adequate answers.”
-Dimitri K. Simes
One would expect that from someone new to the political realm . It is a shame however that career politicians all too often provide very few adequate answers as well.
That is a problem--"career politicians". Term limits would go a ways toward correcting the pandering required to pursue said career.
If you can start the day without caffeine
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without alcohol,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
Then You Are Probably The Family Dog
And you thought I was going to get all spiritual ...
Handle every Stressful situation like a dog.
If you can't eat it or play with it, Pee on it and walk away.
So true.