I think about this, and do this math in my head too, all the time. 80 mothers to Ancient Rome. 400 mothers to start of farming.

Vietnam is too small, can never win against America

But they passed a whole bunch of other racist anti immigrant stuff

If Obama had imprisoned Trump for the birther lies we wouldn't be here now

There is a brutal man with a gun, controlling and threatening a group of good citizens with consciences. He's going to do terrible things to them, and make them do terrible things themselves.

They have him outnumbered, but he has the gun. If they rush him, they can easily defeat him. But, the first one or two or three or four people to move forward will be shot and probably die painfully. Going first is going to cost a terrible price and you don't know for sure that anyone else will follow you, that your sacrifice will be for anything at all.

You feel a little paralyzed and at the same time ashamed you are just standing there.

What happens next?

She forgot to be a billionaire

"Kushner admitted to paying a prostitute to seduce a brother-in-law and have their sexual encounter videotaped. Kushner then sent the tape to his sister in an effort to intimidate her against becoming a witness in the federal investigation.*

It was bizarre to see the medical report mention that he won his golf tournaments. No doctor wouldn't add that.

Source: am doctor

I went to Catholic catechism as a child and one of the few things I remember was Jesus washing other people's feet. I like the humility of that and it inspires me to want to do acts of service

I know we are used to it by now, but the ALL CAPS seems increasingly crazy.

Driving in the USA is like standing too close to the window in Russia

I was just a medical student. Called the senior resident when Mr. D wouldn't wake up. Myxedema coma, likely triggered by the small dose of Ativan I ordered for him the night before. It was 36 years ago and I still think about him all the time.

When they added the Borg "queen", I was really bummed - because I had definitely thought of them as an autonomous collective.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

Brendan Behan

For someone used to desktop Linux, where respect for the user, consistency, customisability, and performance are still held in high regard, Windows 11 feels like an endless string of punches in the face.

ISIS having to work hard to prove they were the ones who did it, since Putin is so excited to blame Ukraine

2017 study by the Sylvia Rivera Law Project found that 75% of trans women respondents in New York state prisons were subjected to sexual violence by a correctional officer

I'm so glad Ken M is still out there.

Like this guy, who just puts it out there.

Don't disagree that he's embarrassingly old, but the gaffes were always part of the deal with Biden, going back to the 1990s.