S. Joel Garver
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S. Joel Garver
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The unexamined life is unlivable for a human being. Philosophy prof. La Salle University (Philly USA). ΑΦΔ. La Salle AAUP. ENTJ. Always tired.
Including - Johnny Marks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Silver & Gold, Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne: Let It Snow! Mel Tormé & Robert Wells: The Christmas Song. Edward Pola & George Wyle: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wilson has attracted kinists, racists, misogynists, and the like for decades, long before almost anyone "woke" even knew he existed (and before we called people "woke").
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I asked for it for Christmas! Looking forward to reading it.
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Many of whom still have family members stranded in the asylum process.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
...Still, it is wild to see what kinds of things sometimes went on in an earlier era, often with permission or even support from parents - relationships that today we would rightly deem to be inappropriate.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
...when she was 25yo, after she had been in a prior serious relationship with someone her age. And she was the one with a good paying job, who owned a house and a car, and who could drive. My grandfather never got a license. This was not an older guy manipulating or preying on a naive young girl...
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
...have typically married in their 20s, and the average age difference is only a couple of years. I looked thru my family tree, and it overwhelmingly fits what is, on average, typical. Even exceptions seem unremarkable, e.g., my grandfather was 9 years older than my grandmother. But they married...
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
...Any other president would have been run out of office by this point. And don't come at me with him winning the election with some kind of "mandate." Tricky Dicky won in 1972 with nearly 61% of the popular vote and 520 electoral votes, and by August 1974 he resigned in disgrace over less.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
...that's what you'd expect leaders to say. All this raging & flailing on the part of the Temu Tyrant seems tantamount to an admission of guilt, especially since the PSA did not mention the President, any members of his regime, or any specific military actions. Methinks he doth protest too much...
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM