Bob S H
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I don't think Hegseth's Ivy education has much to do with all this. A challenging school with its complex social situations can help light the fuse but he is who he is.
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I don't think Hegseth's Ivy education has much to do with all this. A challenging school with its complex social situations can help light the fuse but he is who he is.
So this sounds like yet another guy who read Stranger in a Strange Land and thought it was profound. Great. Just great.
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
So this sounds like yet another guy who read Stranger in a Strange Land and thought it was profound. Great. Just great.
They forgot the alumni, and the shows of support from alumni of *other* universities.
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
They forgot the alumni, and the shows of support from alumni of *other* universities.
Saw a great show about this on PBS about a decade ago. A flock of wild turkeys is pretty smart, but I can imagine an isolated individual in a suburban setting having a rough time.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Saw a great show about this on PBS about a decade ago. A flock of wild turkeys is pretty smart, but I can imagine an isolated individual in a suburban setting having a rough time.
Apologies, I deleted my post because I thought it was too much like highjacking your thread about Mollie Sugden. But I talked about how much I enjoyed the clip the other day of Thornton and Inman almost making Trevor Bannister break. They played him like a violin or whatever analogy you want.
January 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Apologies, I deleted my post because I thought it was too much like highjacking your thread about Mollie Sugden. But I talked about how much I enjoyed the clip the other day of Thornton and Inman almost making Trevor Bannister break. They played him like a violin or whatever analogy you want.
I have never been a teacher (and I bless my old teachers daily), but I know my -parents- would have said, "First, what makes you think the machine is so smart, and second, why wouldn't you want to be the smart one?"
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I have never been a teacher (and I bless my old teachers daily), but I know my -parents- would have said, "First, what makes you think the machine is so smart, and second, why wouldn't you want to be the smart one?"
I started to try to answer this guy, then said to myself, "Not today..."
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I started to try to answer this guy, then said to myself, "Not today..."
Vital to my youth and to my father's (and my) love of classical music. I adore libraries just as I later came to adore used bookstores and then (even later) archive.org.
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Vital to my youth and to my father's (and my) love of classical music. I adore libraries just as I later came to adore used bookstores and then (even later) archive.org.
I liked the profile (or pinned?) picture at the old place, with him leaning on a doorway in the WH with his hands in his pockets.
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I liked the profile (or pinned?) picture at the old place, with him leaning on a doorway in the WH with his hands in his pockets.
Depends on the cat(s). They can surprise you by getting along and by not getting along.
January 26, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Depends on the cat(s). They can surprise you by getting along and by not getting along.
Ah - THAT feels like the future ... oh wait
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ah - THAT feels like the future ... oh wait
Same here. I was brought up in a small, theologically conservative Lutheran congregation in the 60s that proudly had a party for a young man who went off to the Peace Corps. That is just one vignette. True service was respected. Posturing got the old Norwegian side-eye.
January 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Same here. I was brought up in a small, theologically conservative Lutheran congregation in the 60s that proudly had a party for a young man who went off to the Peace Corps. That is just one vignette. True service was respected. Posturing got the old Norwegian side-eye.
This feels so much like Tweety Bird should be leaning out of the frame saying, "Pssst!!! Hello! Hint hint hint!!!"
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
This feels so much like Tweety Bird should be leaning out of the frame saying, "Pssst!!! Hello! Hint hint hint!!!"
She's loaded for bear, bro. A cat and a half.
January 19, 2026 at 1:22 AM
She's loaded for bear, bro. A cat and a half.
No, I'm not gonna call Ghostbusters, thanks.
January 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
No, I'm not gonna call Ghostbusters, thanks.
OK, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray will always trigger me because *even when those movies came out* I thought they had a shitty message, i.e., that a bunch of stoner amateurs could reform themselves and self-train to do anything better than a gov't agency filled with legit experts.
January 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
OK, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray will always trigger me because *even when those movies came out* I thought they had a shitty message, i.e., that a bunch of stoner amateurs could reform themselves and self-train to do anything better than a gov't agency filled with legit experts.
💯%. What in the world is the point of trying to get Tom to say "uncle" on this? I can't see any point whatever to jumping past the finish line and saying yes, yes, we are fascist now unless you want everyone to give up -- or have a fantasy of burning it down and starting over (fat chance).
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
💯%. What in the world is the point of trying to get Tom to say "uncle" on this? I can't see any point whatever to jumping past the finish line and saying yes, yes, we are fascist now unless you want everyone to give up -- or have a fantasy of burning it down and starting over (fat chance).
People want to think that the states in the middle of the country were disconnected from the coasts and the cities, but no. There was a pipeline to the same colleges. Rich folks took the same vacations as their coastal counterparts. Kids moved away from home even if they didn't go to college.
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
People want to think that the states in the middle of the country were disconnected from the coasts and the cities, but no. There was a pipeline to the same colleges. Rich folks took the same vacations as their coastal counterparts. Kids moved away from home even if they didn't go to college.
And a lot of it, I think, is driven by personal envy.
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
And a lot of it, I think, is driven by personal envy.
Opinions in the video room can't have been divided on what happened, because it was plain as day, only on how to deal with it.
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Opinions in the video room can't have been divided on what happened, because it was plain as day, only on how to deal with it.
Reposted by Bob S H
I found this insightful
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MAGA is a Genre
You want to know why all the savvy people -- every one of them -- were baffled and confused by the rise of Trump and MAGA, and s...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I found this insightful
driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/01/maga...
driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/01/maga...