Why do they still call it “New” York? It has been around for ages.
Here’s an explainer, Hamish!
even old New York was once New Amsterdam
why they change it I can’t say people
just like it better that way
Archives for 2024
New York Times: “institutional lack of skepticism”
Judith Miller says the New York Times found that the paper had lacked skepticism
, but they did not interview any of the editors or name specific reporters as responsible.
Miller disagrees that there was insufficient skepticism, but that we were accurately conveying wrong information
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Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
Incredibly, the birds spent just 1% of their time aloft flapping their wings, mostly during takeoff. One bird flew more than five hours, covering more than 100 miles (160km), without flapping its wings.
Ken Klippenstein: White House Falsely Declared it Warned Iraq of Impending Airstrikes
In the speech, Biden decried chaos
and declared that order must prevail
. He repeatedly condemned threats of violence, again failing to address the substantive demands of the protesters, reducing the problem to antisemitism and threats to ‘national security.’
Nancy Pelosi say Congress Should be able to Trade on Insider Information
Nancy Pelosis said that Congress people should be able to trade on insider information because this is a free market in people we are free market economy they should be able to participate in that
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Cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face
Have you every wondered the origin of the phrase: “cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face“?
Here’s the historical background:
Viking conquerors led by the sons of Ragner Lothbroc, King of Sjaelland and Uppsala (parts of modern Sweden and Denmark), conquered Norway and landed in East Anglia, sailed to the mouth of Tweed River, and sacked and burnt Coldingham in 870. As the army approached, Æbbe persuaded her nuns to disfigure themselves by cutting off their noses and upper lips to avoid rape.
Love is weaker than vs Fear (short-term)
in Jewish theology, there are two ways of serving God. There’s yirah and ahavah. There’s fear and love, and fear in many ways is more immediately effective. When you’re driving over the speed limit, is it love for your fellow drivers or the presence of a police car that will get you to slow down faster? Fear is in some ways more immediate and effective than love, but love is more enduring.
In 1995, Saddam’s Son-in-law said weapons programs had been been destroyed
How can you get a bigger story than the head of the chemical biological nuclear and strategic missile program in Iraq? Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law who is in charge of all that tells us what he defected in 95 that those weapons (there were no nuclear weapons) but the others were all destroyed at his order?
‘Not The Free Speech That I Know Of’
In a hearing on the weaponization of government, Congressional Delegate Stacy Plaskett took issues with Robert F. Kennedy’s statements about Covid 19 vaccinations saying: this is not the kind of free speech that I know of
New York Swagger
In the American Masters series, Anthony Fauci says:
President Trump and I were both born and raised in New York City. You know he has that New York Swagger about him that I can relate to I feel comfortable with that kind of bravado that he has went a long way to having us develop a reasonable relationship.