AdamSmith Posted May 2, 2019 Posted May 2, 2019 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Murray-Gell-Mann
AdamSmith Posted May 2, 2019 Posted May 2, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 9:45 PM, AdamSmith said: Beyond hilarious that the very self-aware chosen intro music for this clip is the ‘Entrance into Egypt of the Queen of Sheba.’ (Handel IIRC) This kid’s sense of humor has me in love. MsAnn 1
Members MsAnn Posted May 2, 2019 Members Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) The ongoing erosion of a Constitution and a Democracy. Worth the read... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/opinion/william-barr-testimony.html James Comey: How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive this president. By James Comey "You can’t say this out loud — maybe not even to your family — but in a time of emergency, with the nation led by a deeply unethical person, this will be your contribution, your personal sacrifice for America. You are smarter than Donald Trump, and you are playing a long game for your country, so you can pull it off where lesser leaders have failed and gotten fired by tweet. Of course, to stay, you must be seen as on his team, so you make further compromises. You use his language, praise his leadership, tout his commitment to values. And then you are lost. He has eaten your soul." Edited May 2, 2019 by MsAnn AdamSmith 1
Members MsAnn Posted May 3, 2019 Members Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) Holding back the years... Thinking of the fear I've had so long When somebody hears... Listen to the fear that's gone... Strangled by the wishes of pater Hoping for the arms of mater Get to neither sooner or later... Oh-oh-oh Holding back the years Chance for me escape from all I know Holding back the tears... Cause nothing here has grown... I've wasted all my tears Wasted all those years Nothing had the chance to be good Nothing ever could y-e-a-h... Oh-oh-oh I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on... So tired Alright oh now Well I've wasted all my tears Wasted all those years And nothing had the chance to be... good... Cause nothing ever could Oh yeah oh... I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on Holding holding holding A-a-a-h... va-la-la-la-la-la-la-la la I said ooh yeah That's all I have today It's all I have to say That's all I have today It's all I have to say... Edited May 3, 2019 by MsAnn AdamSmith 1
AdamSmith Posted May 3, 2019 Posted May 3, 2019 10 hours ago, AdamSmith said: So Sherwood’s problems turn out to be fairly much the same as Oppie’s at Los Alamos. Funny how much life resembles itself.
AdamSmith Posted May 3, 2019 Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 9:45 PM, AdamSmith said: Beyond hilarious that the very self-aware chosen intro music for this clip is the ‘Entrance into Egypt of the Queen of Sheba.’ (Handel IIRC) The Stanley Kubrick of organists today. MsAnn 1
AdamSmith Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 On 5/2/2019 at 9:54 AM, AdamSmith said: One of the key early people whose work taught me how to think.
AdamSmith Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 A Crack in Trump's Stonewalling The dike is sprouting more leaks than the president has fingers with which to plug the expanding trickles. MAY 1, 2019 David Frum Staff writer at The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/trump-cant-stonewall-much-longer/588547/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=yahoo-non-hosted&yptr=yahoo MsAnn 1
Members MsAnn Posted May 5, 2019 Members Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) 18 hours ago, AdamSmith said: A Crack in Trump's Stonewalling The dike is sprouting more leaks than the president has fingers with which to plug the expanding trickles. MAY 1, 2019 David Frum Staff writer at The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/trump-cant-stonewall-much-longer/588547/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=yahoo-non-hosted&yptr=yahoo It was a good read.... Edited May 5, 2019 by MsAnn AdamSmith 1
Members MsAnn Posted May 5, 2019 Members Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) Edited May 5, 2019 by MsAnn AdamSmith 1
AdamSmith Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 We don't need fraternities. Swarthmore was right to shut theirs down https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/04/fraternities-swarthmore-phi-psi-delta-upsilon-disbanded
AdamSmith Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 9 hours ago, MsAnn said: It was a good read.... Frum may be the last sane, sensible Republican on the planet.
