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That's great! Wendy P.

The rules are here and here. Wendy P.

I can hardly wait. Wendy P.

I've only been a moderator for about 4 years; never a warning before or after. I don't know about Bill. None since I became a moderator, but it didn't work the same before, and I wasn't there. Wendy P.

And how does this differ from the war among the Republicans? Trump needs some of them to win. Wendy P.

The banning is just a function of the number of warnings you’ve had since the new software a few years ago. No deciding involved on our part. Get enough warnings, and you get banned for an increasing period of time automatically. We don’t decide the length Wendy P.

OK, now that's funny. And Bill's right, no video without commentary. Wendy P.

Sweden doesn't require them, but vaccinations are both free and optional (but recommended). Without as many people who have decoupled science from life (i.e. they remember that the reason these diseases aren't around any more isn't that we got lucky, it's that we got vaccinated). I don't know if they're required in the UK, but they're certainly recommended. Remember polio? Probably not, but it was greatly feared. As was smallpox, and plenty of others. Consider that right now Rwanda is having a huge crisis with cholera. We don't require cholera vaccines, because, well, it's not likely here in the US. But we're so very mobile that the possibility of being exposed is way higher than in some other countries. We tie school attendance to vaccination. Why? Well, because schoolrooms are little incubation chambers; all that exposure to and with people who don't pay a whole lot of attention to hygiene. And they're not required; if you home school your kids, you don't have to vaccinate them. Remember -- freedom isn't free, and all that. Wendy P.

Actually, maybe his son was interested in watching him be sworn in. Parents like to have their children along for that. Why some people even get married in hospitals. Wendy P.

Especially since it's landlocked Wendy P.

Not just any random dude. Someone who agrees with his viewpoint. Wendy P.

A year or two ago I read the book The Sum of Us, about what racism costs (and documentably has cost) everyone in America. Things like lower health overall because factories were built in poorer neighborhoods, even though better air cleaning technology was already available. Quite good Wendy P.

Too many of them seem to be able to be happy only if they know who is less happy, so they can compare. Making other people unhappy is one way to get there. Pretty stupid one, too, especially if it makes you less happy, too. Wendy P.

That’s because some of them haven’t had enough time to understand that sometimes the wallet influences the heart. No family, children — it’s easier to go for broke. Both metaphorically and literally Wendy P.

I blame wrestling. We need more flying scissor kicks and capes in Congress Wendy P.

Oh my. I never met her, but the life force and warmth are strong in her pictures. Wendy P

If it failed to grab me in the first 20 minutes (which is nearly 20% of the movie), there mustn't have been a whole lot of "there" there. Wendy P.

I managed to watch 20 minutes of it a year or two ago (well, 19, but who's counting). No, it wasn't convincing, especially when combined with the FACT that judges appointed by a variety of appointers (i.e. democrats and republicans, including Trump), were all unable to be convinced that there was a scintilla of admissible evidence. Why admissible? Well, because that's how the Constitution is written and interpreted -- for the last 250 years. Wendy P.

This. It’s why people have to understand that a Constitution is just the rules for a game (a country), and trying to change the rules is like trying to hide an attractive card in poker Wendy P.

Some of my more conservative friends in Texas are now posting about the Dunning Kruger effect; somehow I don't think they get it. They're the same ones posting about Joe Average COVID doctor, and how just about anyone can be a president. Wendy P.

I heard about it, and read some. The Heritage Foundation appears to be going off the rails, figuring that their desired direction is more important than the will of the people. Of course, everyone has things that they think they know better than the will of the people -- high-sugar and additive-laden food anyone? And just think of the success of the Prohibition experiment. Getting to a real civil service was a big effort in the late 1800's; it was something that Theodore Roosevelt championed (yeah, he was a Republican...) Wendy P.

While I can't do anything about layering in maps, Just off the top of my head I'm wondering what kind of scuba you do, because most of the places I can think of with relatively accessible mountains for hang gliding are close to cold, not warm, water. BTW, retirement rocks. Wendy P.

Irony meter exploded Wendy P.

I had the timing down pat on my Starlite; I really loved that canopy. No slammer openings, and since opening altitudes were a lot lower then, it would always open in time (I never got into serious low pulls -- no desire). I weighed about the same as I did for most of my Starlite jumps, and the DZ was at effectively the same altitude (very close to sea level). Wendy P.

Have you jumped one lately? I jumped a Starlite about 10 years ago (I have about 400 jumps on them). It was a lot harder landing than when I was in my 20's. Just sayin' Wendy P.