BarneyPiccolo

Valid.

I didn't say that, I said I couldn't do that.

My point is, I always monetize my hobbies, even when I swear I won't. That means I'll still be working in my retirement, it will just be working at something I enjoy.

During the pandemic quarantine, I discovered that I will not retire well. I will just get into a hobby, and eventually monetize it, and I'm back in business. I can't just sit and watch daytime TV, I'll always be doing something.

War is a great driver of technological innovation.

The airplane was first flown in 1903. When WWI broke out, airplanes were nothing more than fruit crates with wings, with a canvas covering and the equivalent of a lawnmower engine. They could literally tear themselves apart doing acrobatic flying. The first time they tried to mount a machine gun in front of the pilot, he shot up the propeller.

By the end of the war, only a few years later, they had aluminum frames, turbocharged engines, and machine guns that were synced to the crankshaft, and fired between the propellers. They could handle the twists and turns of the most acrobatic dogfight. Without the war, it's doubtful that the aviation industry would have been as motivated to advance so quickly.

It's Russia, you might not be far off.

If you want to see how fast even the Dems will bend over the wealthy, look at the government shutdown. When it was all about taking away food and health care from the poor, then nobody can figure out a solution, but as soon as the airports started falling apart, and the corporations couldn't move around the country, the whole thing is over in a couple of days.

Fuck this! The student answered according to the teacher's instructions. If she didn't like his interpretation, she should have been clearer in her instructions, and used the word ornaments, or an adjective to describe the balls.

I'd give him an A for using Critical Thinking Skills. If I was that kid's parent, I'd be having a talk with the teacher. Give my kid an F for properly following your poor instructions? I don't think so.

No! This lesson has been learned in Germany.

This lesson was learned by the entire world! The problem is that the good people won, and we're all so polite that we have even let the biggest enemy of the last century gain strength and rise again.

We need to learn the lessons of history and our mistakes and our experience, and stop being so polite to people who have made it very clear that they intend to enslave and murder us.

Embroider this on a pillow for the ages.

Nonsense. Conservatives don't do martyrdom well, because they don't really care about other people, even their colleagues. They appreciate the initial outrage that the martyrdom causes, but creating and maintaining a martyr requires dedication and constant hyping of the martyrdom, and conservatives just don't have it in them to care about anyone else that much.

Also, when it's bad guys that get wiped out, people like that.

Just use the words "They are a national security threat," and you can pretty much do whatever needs to be done.

I told you I was done with you days ago, and you keep re-engaging. You are now stalking and harassing me, and you've been reported.

Let me be clear: Stop bothering me.