JCM 10/22/2023 12:44:48 PM

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I will be scarce this week. My entire team at work is remote, next week is a semi-annual event, if you will, where everyone comes into town. To meet face to face, attend and all hands meeting. Included are a few after hours events.

Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 6:23:24 AM

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In #1 JCM said: To meet face to face

WEAR YOUR DOUBLE-MASK!!!111!!!!!!

buzzsawmonkey 10/23/2023 7:44:11 AM

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vxbush 10/23/2023 8:22:13 AM

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In #3 buzzsawmonkey said: All the voices chorusing for Israel to negotiate with Hamas are actually suggesting that Israel submit to binding arbitration blinding Arab attrition.

Yeah, there is a definite pattern demonstrated yet again of wearing Israel down from its righteous anger to make them appease Hamas yet again. I'm sick of it.

vxbush 10/23/2023 8:44:20 AM

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We have reached the point where pretty much all government employees and government-adjacent employees have defined any religion but cultural marxism to be unacceptable. Today's data point supporting this thesis: Maya Kowalski Trial: DCF and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Did Not Let Maya Follow Her Catholic Practices

(I've changed the title of the link because I don't like the headline as it was written. It's accurate but not well understood by many people.)

vxbush 10/23/2023 8:48:12 AM

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More of this, please: Schadenfreude: Elon Musk Strips The New York Times of Its ‘Verified’ Badge

I mean, when they can't report the facts, they shouldn't get the privileges.

buzzsawmonkey 10/23/2023 9:51:32 AM

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vxbush 10/23/2023 10:39:43 AM

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In #7 buzzsawmonkey said: It appears that Starbuck's is suing its employees' union because it used Starbuck's trademarks when posting a (subsequently-deleted) message in support of Hamas.

*snicker* 

Oh, let's pop some popcorn and watch, shall we? 

Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 10:48:49 AM

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Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 10:53:34 AM

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Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 12:19:49 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 10:

Thank you!  I'm here all week!  Try your waitress!  And don't forget to tip your veal. 

buzzsawmonkey 10/23/2023 12:37:24 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:Reply to Occasional Reader in 10:

An interesting account of the Huertgen Forest campaign can be found in the book "Studio: Europe" by John Groth, a WWII-era illustrator for Esquire who was overseas then as a war correspondent.  The text contains sketches Groth made during the trip, and includes an encounter with Hemingway (also, then, a war correspondent) in Huertgen.  

Groth's account of how he gets a studio in Paris in the wake of the city's liberation is also worth reading.

Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 12:45:58 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:

So... no points for the shaggy dog/pun, I guess... 

Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 12:53:40 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 10/23/2023 12:57:16 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 14:

Joe Biden isn't a sabra---he's a sob-sister.

buzzsawmonkey 10/23/2023 12:58:25 PM

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In #13 Occasional Reader said: So... no points for the shaggy dog/pun, I guess... 

Oh, I liked your veal/waitress swap; it reminded me of when I compared "tipping your waitress" to calling her a cow.

Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 1:41:08 PM

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In #16 buzzsawmonkey said: Oh, I liked your veal/waitress swap

Well, that, but more about the referenced country/western song lyrics. 

Occasional Reader 10/23/2023 2:03:41 PM

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In #15 buzzsawmonkey said: a sabra

IIRC, the metaphor is to an eponymous prickly desert cactus of some sort - prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside?  Am I right, or badly misremembering? 

buzzsawmonkey 10/23/2023 2:08:08 PM

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In #18 Occasional Reader said: IIRC, the metaphor is to an eponymous prickly desert cactus of some sort - prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside?  Am I right, or badly misremembering? 

More or less; the "sabra" refers to the cacti in the Negev (southern-Israel desert), which allegedly has fruit which is outwardly prickly, but sweet if you can get through that.  It's a term applied to native-born, as opposed to immigrant/naturalized, Israelis---which, apparently, Biden is now claiming to be one of (who knew that Corn Pop was actually going to an Israeli municipal swimming pool?}.