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Pfizer or Moderna though? I need to figure out how to link this to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

Seriously. If I somehow came out of an experience like that unscathed, I’d just want to go home. He or she is processing the likely deaths of 6 coworkers, while being grateful to survive, while also processing the guilt that goes along with that. That’s a lot to unpack.

I know it's popular to rip on the ineffectiveness/incompetence of government agencies, but the actions those individuals took this morning, literally in a matter of minutes, was outright heroic. They had processes and systems in place to get the SOS signal and do something about it. And when the time came, they took action and probably saved dozens of lives. My heart goes out to the six people that are likely dead, but this could've been so much worse than it was. There's no way they respond this quickly without having assessed the risk beforehand, making plans for how to address it if/when it happens, having communications in place to hear the SOS and talk to each other, and then putting competent people in place to take action incredibly quickly.

If we can blame things on DEI, can we also go back in time and blame random events on the lack of DEI? If so, then I contend, without any proof whatsoever, that Abraham Lincoln wouldn't have been shot if he'd hired black bodyguards.

Just for everyone's reference-- the sizes of container ships in 1970 (when the bridge was designed) versus today is different by a huge factor. Ship sizes are measured in 'twenty foot equivalents' (TEUs) which is basically the number of containers the ship can hold. (I am NOT a shipping expert but feel free to correct me). In 1970, when the bridge was built, the typical ship was 1,000-2,000 TEUs. Today there are ships out there that are well above 20,000 TEUs. (I'm extrapolating from this article: Evolution and Upsizing of Container Vessels (marineinsight.com)). This is having all kinds of impacts on the shipping industry and the cities and thrive off it. Even if the bridge was designed for a collision with a boat, there's no way it was designed to withstand a modern container ship. This is awfully horrific. I watched the video of the last 2-3 minutes and watching all those headlights traversing the bridge made my stomach turn.

I think it’s 100% different this time. The previous iterations of this sentiment were driven by over-reaction to demographic trends or the oddities of our electoral processes (republicans felt invincible after 2004– they won the election mightily and red states were slowly growing larger. Their confidence was completely logical until Virginia flipped from red to blue, and Colorado ceased to be a swing state). In this instance though, the Republican Party is literally becoming a criminal organization. I don’t think hardcore MAGAs will suddenly change their political views but I do think they won’t have a party to represent them after our courts bury the GOP.

Serious question— what happens after the Republican Party destroys itself? I’m pretty liberal but a system where there’s only one major party is not a good thing— we need a legitimate conservative party that actually has conservative values. All of the third parties waiting in the wings are also wackos.

LOL does this libertarian scholar have any ideas on how a large building should prepare itself for JetBlue plowing its fuselage into their 78th floor under his new guidelines? Also relevant (jump to 3:56):

Another Boeing accident in Houston this morning…

Bible fan-fiction is a genre I never thought would exist, yet here we are.

Have they announced what time Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are coming to each person's house to take our guns and forcibly transition our kids' genders? I got a couple of things going on during the evenings this week, but I wanted to be home to get a selfie with them. I even filed my 1040 extra early this year to get to the front of the list.

I just had my annual performance review too. It’s not always fun but the feedback is critical.

LOL, that’s a great point. If it wasn’t for Taylor swift, the Republican self-victimization machine would be preaching about how the fix is already in for those hippie San Franciscans to defeat the Real Americans who work for a living and live in Kansas. (Yes I know Kansas City isn’t in Kansas, but I’m just running with the complete lack of logic)

On an unrelated note, I also have tickets to see Madonna in concert tonight-- between that and the new Billy Joel song, I'm not sure what decade it is. Just need some Joe Gibbs and Cal Ripken, Jr. to round it out.

I'm a massive Billy Joel fan and based on the way they're promoting this, the lyrics of this song and how chummy he's been with the producer on Instagram, I have to think he's teasing a full album. I'm also loving the fact that my 17-year-old niece listened to it this morning when it was released on Spotify and texted me because she was floored.

You'll get that tape out but it'll never be the same-- from this day forward, Madonna will forever sound like she's drowning for those few seconds.

When Gus Frerotte started doing WWE moves on Sunday Night Football.

The saddest part of all this is that in the lead up to the 2016 election, there was a widespread alt-right belief that Taylor Swift was secretly a white supremacist and she’d make her views known after trump became President. The fact that she never denied it was even more evidence in their eyes that it was true. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/05/27/479462825/taylor-swift-aryan-goddess

Who knew... George Soros forced Zay Flowers to melt down and then made Lamar Jackson throw a pick into triple coverage as the final step in his ultimate plan of letting Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce brainwash us.

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Gives a whole new meaning to this classic:

Nikki Haley has been running to lead a Republican party that no longer exists | Moira Donegan | The Guardian "... Haley’s campaign, focused on a revival of a hawkish neoconservative foreign policy and a comparative de-emphasis of social issues, seemed uncannily retro and anachronistic – a 90s-era Republican wearing a 21st-century blazer set."

There's a wide variety of reasons people become vegetarians. Generally from my observation: People who grew up vegetarian: Find the pseudo-meats are disgusting Animal rights vegetarians: Some of them still like the taste of meat and see it as a way to get something similar in what they consider to be a more a humane way Health vegetarians: Same as the animal rights vegetarians-- they get something close without the cholesterol or saturated fat