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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Today, 10:45 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 1,426
Posted By bruto
Interestingly, I ran across this little quotation...

Interestingly, I ran across this little quotation from Roger Scruton in another blog. It happens that he was apparently arguing for a sense of nationalism, in particular for England. But it does, in...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Today, 01:44 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 11,007
Posted By bruto
One could, perhaps, find a few that could be...

One could, perhaps, find a few that could be applied to other members of the forum to avoid the autocensor. There are a few around here who could be described as scaturient, putrilaginous frape,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 11:01 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 1,335
Posted By bruto
But you must admit it has the virtues of...

But you must admit it has the virtues of simplicity and symmetry.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 07:22 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 11,007
Posted By bruto
Take up whittling, get one of the most popular...

Take up whittling, get one of the most popular tools for the purpose, and explain to passers by.

ps, as long as we're on the subject, I've found a number of recent political speeches rebarbative!
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th March 2024, 02:29 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 1,426
Posted By bruto
Thanks. I was about to suggest that there is a...

Thanks. I was about to suggest that there is a difference between "woke" and "stupid." Done.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 03:02 PM
Replies: 52
Continuation Electric Vehicles II
Views: 1,633
Posted By bruto
I think aside from subsidizing off peak use in...

I think aside from subsidizing off peak use in order to save on generation, there may be an issue in some places of actual power line capacity, and anything that can even out the load on the...
Forum: USA Politics 14th March 2024, 07:11 AM
Replies: 402
Views: 16,628
Posted By bruto
True perhaps, but unlike some forum arguments it...

True perhaps, but unlike some forum arguments it seems, even an ass has an end.
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 08:51 AM
Replies: 936
Views: 87,194
Posted By bruto
With any luck there will be a landslide this time...

With any luck there will be a landslide this time and he'll be under it.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th March 2024, 07:06 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 713
Posted By bruto
I did not realize the context, as the original...

I did not realize the context, as the original post in this thread looked as if it might be a joke from the start.

So yes, Isaac, you have landed in a place where, despite rules against personal...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th March 2024, 03:44 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 713
Posted By bruto
I saw a terribly frightening youtube ad last...

I saw a terribly frightening youtube ad last night. ( And as we've been informed in another thread, youtube is the fount of all human knowledge). A wheezing tenor voice with a familiar timbre told...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th March 2024, 01:30 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 713
Posted By bruto
There was an attempt by the British element to...

There was an attempt by the British element to stage a coup, but it was foiled.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th March 2024, 11:10 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 713
Posted By bruto
I wrote a treatise on the 17 different classes of...

I wrote a treatise on the 17 different classes of swarf and how to identify them in the field, and was invited to join the Aluminati. Unfortunately there's been a major disagreement among upper...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 09:37 PM
Replies: 402
Views: 16,628
Posted By bruto
'I thought he was a stable genius. Became...

'I thought he was a stable genius. Became smartest in the room when Mr. Ed died.
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 04:36 PM
Replies: 402
Views: 16,628
Posted By bruto
I might have missed this earlier, but here's a...

I might have missed this earlier, but here's a bit about Lara Trump signing on to the great replacement theory, and then some. Apparently Europe is already down the tubes and if you go there you...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 09:13 AM
Replies: 402
Views: 16,628
Posted By bruto
I've heard Trump described as a stupid person's...

I've heard Trump described as a stupid person's idea of a smart person, and a poor person's idea of a rich person. I think we should add a madman's idea of a coherent one.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th March 2024, 08:02 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 1,335
Posted By bruto
There's probably a helpful video on Youtube, if...

There's probably a helpful video on Youtube, if only you could find it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2024, 09:41 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 1,335
Posted By bruto
I'm not so sure about that, first of whether all...

I'm not so sure about that, first of whether all the information is there, and second of whether that alone would make it useful. If the information needed to make sense of the world is not separated...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2024, 07:19 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 1,335
Posted By bruto
There is some sense missing in that post, I...

There is some sense missing in that post, I think. I am not sure just what the term "authentic" means in relation to youtube, and I'm actually not sure whether the last statement is for or against...
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2024, 02:26 PM
Replies: 402
Views: 16,628
Posted By bruto
They're still falling the incomplete first time....

They're still falling the incomplete first time. I mean, there are probably still people right down the road from here hoarding bullets because they heard 15 years ago that Obama was going to take...
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2024, 02:22 PM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
It might take a while, or until global warming...

It might take a while, or until global warming gets a little further, because most of the nice states to be in seem to be in the north where the weather is loathsome and half the year is dark and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 01:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 358
Posted By bruto
You can dim an incandescent light by lowering the...

You can dim an incandescent light by lowering the voltage, but it's either expensive or wasteful. You can reduce voltage by resistance, but the excess voltage is dissipated as heat and wasted, and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th March 2024, 07:27 AM
Replies: 52
Continuation Electric Vehicles II
Views: 1,633
Posted By bruto
I just read somewhere that a huge unexpected...

I just read somewhere that a huge unexpected deposit of lithium has been found in the US.

https://www.techspot.com/news/100117-potentially-world-largest-lithium-deposit-has-found-us.html
...
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2024, 10:49 AM
Replies: 564
Views: 9,784
Posted By bruto
But social acceptance doesn't necessarily mean...

But social acceptance doesn't necessarily mean you can or will do a specific thing. Professional associations and religious sects have rules which members are expected to adhere to even if they...
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2024, 07:07 AM
Replies: 564
Views: 9,784
Posted By bruto
When they shoot a lion with a tranquilizer dart,...

When they shoot a lion with a tranquilizer dart, do they need to find a vein first? And so what if they hold their breath? They can't hold it forever. You can't execute a person without their...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd March 2024, 04:20 PM
Replies: 564
Views: 9,784
Posted By bruto
I consider the thread hypothetical because it...

I consider the thread hypothetical because it starts with the assumption that execution should happen. Suicide is neither entirely in nor entirely out of that question, because it depends on how...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd March 2024, 08:41 AM
Replies: 564
Views: 9,784
Posted By bruto
I'm inclined to agree with much of the above, but...

I'm inclined to agree with much of the above, but it's probably not really in the context of this hypothetical thread. What is, though, is the nonsensical "can't find a vein" problem, which is...
Forum: USA Politics 1st March 2024, 06:11 PM
Replies: 1,656
Views: 69,642
Posted By bruto
It's also remotely possible that the polio...

It's also remotely possible that the polio incident was one of the very very few instances where the initial Salk vaccine went wrong. There were only a very few, but of course everyone heard about...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th February 2024, 02:32 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,692
Posted By bruto
I think it depends on the work. If the work is...

I think it depends on the work. If the work is motion on land I have heard a person on a bicycle is the most calorie-efficient thing there is.
Forum: USA Politics 29th February 2024, 11:47 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 2,199
Posted By bruto
I have a feeling that the Hate Hillary industry,...

I have a feeling that the Hate Hillary industry, finding little to do recently, has just shifted gears into a Hate Harris industry. And of course since those sorts of people are so good at...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 09:43 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,185
Posted By bruto
Without trying to take sides in this particular...

Without trying to take sides in this particular situation I would just like to point out that noting the similarity between statements has little validity on its own if one person is lying and the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th February 2024, 09:30 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,692
Posted By bruto
Yes, but all of them seem to lead back to the...

Yes, but all of them seem to lead back to the Rolling Stone article, with no specific attribution. I'd be surprised if Trump's and his minions' actions are not consistent with the idea of a holy...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th February 2024, 03:35 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,692
Posted By bruto
So far it seems that the only use of the actual...

So far it seems that the only use of the actual term "holy war" is from Trump allies and persons said to be close to him, not specified, and I see no actual quotes from him using the term. So once...
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2024, 03:27 PM
Replies: 402
Views: 16,628
Posted By bruto
Ice cream has been woke forever. Remember that...

Ice cream has been woke forever. Remember that the only emperor is the emperor of ice cream!

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/01/25/21/3091864E00000578-0-image-a-43_1453757330226.jpg
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2024, 10:19 AM
Replies: 2,020
Views: 99,171
Posted By bruto
No, of course it's even stupider. Aside from...

No, of course it's even stupider. Aside from being crazily paranoid and false, if someone in the country, even illegally, speaks a language, it's demonstrably untrue that nobody in the country has...
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2024, 08:22 AM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
I suspect you're right here. I don't think it's...

I suspect you're right here. I don't think it's the origin of the laws but the scrutiny through which they pass that characterizes a theocracy. I would consider Iran a theocracy, but I suspect that...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 28th February 2024, 07:49 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,074
Posted By bruto
I was going to add Henry James along with Dickens...

I was going to add Henry James along with Dickens in my post above but forgot. Actually there are a couple of others worth considering, like Edith Wharton and George Eliot. Like James and Dickens,...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 27th February 2024, 12:54 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,074
Posted By bruto
I would differ on The Bridge Over the River Kwai,...

I would differ on The Bridge Over the River Kwai, which I read many years ago, and enjoyed, and details of which I confuse with the movie. But maybe it was a better translation.

I think this...
Forum: USA Politics 27th February 2024, 10:25 AM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
For the relationship between a blastocyst and a...

For the relationship between a blastocyst and a baby, it's true that they share DNA, but so does a nail clipping. Many things share many properties with many other things. Many things come from...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th February 2024, 04:48 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,692
Posted By bruto
Just for clarification, too late to edit, in the...

Just for clarification, too late to edit, in the post referred to I think I put an extra "don't" in. "It's not that I think live performance is a bad thing...." was what I meant to say, and I hope...
Forum: USA Politics 26th February 2024, 11:24 AM
Replies: 1,656
Views: 69,642
Posted By bruto
No, I think Mongrel has a point. Try or not,...

No, I think Mongrel has a point. Try or not, they're likely to fail, and to kill their children while enjoying the immunity they claim to despise. And likely, after burdening the health care system...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th February 2024, 11:18 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,692
Posted By bruto
I would add to Thermal and theprestige and likely...

I would add to Thermal and theprestige and likely others' points, if it hasn't already become obvious, that "fan" and "hater" are not the exclusive binary choices here.

I don't much care what she...
Forum: USA Politics 25th February 2024, 04:41 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,923
Posted By bruto
Judging from his posting history, one might...

Judging from his posting history, one might suspect this statement of being a prediction of Biden's defeat, but on its face I hope it is true, and that, if Trump actually dares to debate, Biden...
Forum: USA Politics 25th February 2024, 01:14 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 98,753
Posted By bruto
I always figured a peach tree dish is a pecan pie...

I always figured a peach tree dish is a pecan pie without visible flies.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 25th February 2024, 01:10 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,185
Posted By bruto
I can't read minds, but somehow or other it seems...

I can't read minds, but somehow or other it seems possible that even if everyone involved had thought about it they did not think about it enough.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th February 2024, 09:38 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,692
Posted By bruto
While that seems obviously true where the sale of...

While that seems obviously true where the sale of recordings and the like is concerned, it doesn't go all the way to explaining why people would pay big money to go to such things as a Taylor Swift...
Forum: USA Politics 24th February 2024, 07:41 AM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
And once again, though you may be correct in...

And once again, though you may be correct in assuming The Atheist's "lots of the US" as a lot of states, and thus not accurate, if you failed to read it before, anywhere a law refers to a person, the...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2024, 08:25 PM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
I believe there are laws in most places that...

I believe there are laws in most places that refer to the killing of persons, the definition of a person being left to the courts. If the court says "this is a person," then all laws concerning the...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2024, 12:31 PM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
It's the law in any state where the moment of...

It's the law in any state where the moment of conception is presumed to be the beginning of a human life for the purpose of reproductive legislation. So far it does not appear that such laws have...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2024, 11:45 AM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,908
Posted By bruto
I think it's important to remember that the legal...

I think it's important to remember that the legal definition is based on a fundamental and intractable biological ignorance (and of course religious misogyny) to begin with, so if you go on the usual...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2024, 11:21 AM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 98,753
Posted By bruto
I bet plenty of their followers will pony up the...

I bet plenty of their followers will pony up the cash to cover the fines, while simultaneously complaining that they pay too much for their kids' education, and don't have enough left to put gas in...
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