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Not nice calling the commander-in-chief a moron, even if accurate. What's an oxy, anyway? Some kind of extra heavy duty moron? If so, he's one of them too. :)
@Ben- excellent point- we need to be clear about what we are calling "home" and what we click on to get there. My "home" page is always "Discussions +", and on the Firefox browser I've placed a little icon that always goes directly to that page. I'v…
In the past when I logged into the Discussion Home Page all the new or unread posts were shown with a white background and the word 'New' was highlighted in yellow.
• OK, that's the same
Posts which I had read at some point but had since been upda…
@Mark- At this moment I'm using my steadfast G5- hardly "the latest Mac OS". This old Mac uses a Firefox variant tweaked for the G5. So I can't tell you much at the moment, other than there's been no changes at MFO as you mention.
In a bit I'll get…
I realize that some of you may be mildly shocked when I say this, but by no means is all of this Trump's doing. It's been building for many, many years now, and the chickens that flew off have come home as swans. Here's a copy of something I just po…
@Bobby- If you need to edit or correct a posting, note the small "gear" symbol over on the upper right side of your post. Click on that, then click on "Edit".
@Mark- I have to concede that I was very much against the "offshoring" of such critical types of manufactures back in the 80's, and I've seen no reason to change my mind on that. In fact that's one of the few areas with which I basically agree with …
It would be helpful if the people at the top took this as seriously as they should. That's called leadership- taking your responsibilities seriously. As Captain Crozier did. It's too bad that HE isn't the president.
"How you get the potential virus contaminated cold milk/foods to your house and into your mouth (without virus entering through your lungs/body/blood) -other tough questions to find solutions to."
Did you even bother to read the article, @John? It d…
"Captain Crozier was faithful to his duty—both to his sailors and his country. Navy leadership sent a chilling message about speaking truth to power. The poor judgment here belongs to the Trump Admin, not a courageous officer trying to protect his s…
Courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle
@Mona- Don't know if this is the same pic as your link- Twitter, Facebook and almost anything Google not allowed on our computers.
And we certainly don't know that he actually sent "20 or 30" copies of his letter, either. The only source for that claim is one of Trump's "acting" flunkies, who will say anything that might cover their sorry "acting" asses.
@Crash- Yes, it's sarcasm, but distressing. Distressing because it's even necessary... to quash yet another typical far-right sanctimonious accusation, based upon nothing more than loud-mouthed blather totally unsupported by either facts or common s…
"he revealed to the world the location and current weakened status of a multi-billion carrier, threatening the lives of every sailor on board"
I totally agree.
The bad guys had no idea where that carrier was located, because they have no satellite…
"If I were a suspicious person, I'd wonder who might have known what he would say."
I wouldn't worry about any trading on inside info. If there was any of that Jared Kushner will surely find the bad guys and take appropriate action. He's kinda at l…
Yep. After a lifetime of this foolishness I've come to believe that a "value stock" is nothing more than a stock that was decent at one time, but no more. I guess that makes Boeing and GE now "value stocks". Boeing may turn out to be an exception, s…
Speaking of things budgetary, I just found this article in this morning's Chron. Edited for brevity:
The staggering economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to create a budget deficit in San Francisco of from $1.1 billion to $1.7 bill…
It will be interesting to watch for deterioration in San Francisco's tax base, as in recent years it has been so heavily dependent on ever-increasing amounts of office space, and ever-smaller (and closer together) living spaces. Methinks pride goeth…
@Lewis- As I commented over in the "The Thing That Must Be Driving Trump Crazy" thread:
If it doesn't flatter our legendary best-ever in the history of the US president, it's just a fake fact, no matter how strong the evidence to the contrary. Yo…
Lewis- A complete waste of time, I'm afraid. If it doesn't flatter our legendary best-ever in the history of the US president, it's just a fake fact, no matter how strong the evidence to the contrary. You've got testimony? You've got records? You've…
Instead of advising the country of the problem and announcing that they would move heaven and earth to deal with it they tried for the good ol' coverup. That seems to be the one and only play in this team's playbook.
The San Francisco Chronicle ("t…
Nomination for Weasel Phrase of the Week award:
"The likelihood is that we might"
Note: To be eligible for this coveted honor the phrase must have a Weasel Rating at least equal to that of the President of the United States.
Also unclear is the continuing ability of the US to be relatively energy (oil) independent. It looks like the frackers are out of business, at least for quite a while. Since much of the fracking was done with OPM (rather shaky bonds) there's going …
Despite the utter federal debacle Trump's approval ratings are improving daily. Trump, McConnell, McCarthy, et all are what they are, are what they always have been, and are what they always will be.
The true enablers are our fellow citizens who de…
