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Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/19/2025 11:35 am

It took days for the media to discover the name of the boat and about as long to forget it: Adriana

Two of the five adventurers who died on the Titanic exploration were Pakistani.

Pakistanis on the Adriana were not allowed on deck, confined to the hold, but comprised perhaps half the 700 passengers. Only 12 survived. 
They were just refugees.

Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/16/2025 6:47 pm

TW: Miss the point much?

Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/16/2025 3:15 pm

Final report is out of the cause of the deep sea "tragedy" that instantly, painlessly squashed four rich men and one teenager in the midst of a great, very expensive, adventure over two years ago: Crappy engineering by one of them.
All the details are available.
Two days before that event, a worn out fishing boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea
 after days of terror and sickness, killing perhaps 700 refugees, most trapped in the hold.

Reporting of that incident was minimal then and hard to find now.
What was the name of the boat?
What is the Pakistani connection?

Current Events » 25th Amendment » 10/01/2025 11:36 am

We are going to need some study of the topic.
One tough part will be dealing with concurrent inabilities in the cadre of "principal officers."
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
 

Technology & The Internet » Technology pissing me off today.. » 9/22/2025 11:46 am

Diaphone Jim
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I think maybe the early years of devloping the computer and the internet were so successful that we got a really good result.
The thousands of experts are now trying to justify their pay and improve it.
It is not working. My first three computers (and their software) were mostly delights.
My current HP/Microsoft/Bing/Copilot/and? machine pisses me off constantly.

Current Events » Gaza, the obvious » 9/21/2025 11:08 am

I have been surprised by the lack of interest in my post above.
I think that the source is believable and reports a difference in deaths of ten times: c. 60,000 vs c. 600,000.

Health » In the hospital AGAIN. » 9/12/2025 10:57 am

Diaphone Jim
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I never heard of Keryx and a web search didn't help much.
Good luck.

Politics » The Perfect Word » 8/28/2025 12:44 pm

Actually Aaron James' book is only indirectly about Trump, but it fits perfectly..
Its title is Assholes: A Theory.

Politics » The Perfect Word » 8/27/2025 6:30 pm

Not bad but need seven letters.

Politics » The Perfect Word » 8/27/2025 11:50 am

Aaron James of UC Irvine wrote a book about Donald Trump. In it is this definition:
“A person, who is almost always male, who considers himself of much greater moral or social importance than everyone else; who allows himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; who does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and who is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people. He feels he is not to be questioned, and he is the one who is chiefly wronged.”

Guess the term defined and the name of the book.

 

Politics » America has spoken » 8/06/2025 6:42 pm

Diaphone Jim
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Mike Huckabee spent five hours in Gaza a few days ago
That poor SOB started coming unwrapped at about age 10.
Things are fine. Israel is acting honorably. Nothing to see here.

Current Events » Ethic Cleansing » 8/05/2025 10:57 am

"Netanyahu was even told this Oct 7 attack was coming.  By many other nations and (apparently) by their own intelligence agents."  
Where are good citations for this?

Nothingland » Words that need to be taken behind the woodshed and shot » 7/23/2025 11:28 am

Diaphone Jim
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griff wrote:

Nice

Is that a comment on Flint's post or a word to be woodshedded?
 

Current Events » Epsteen or Epstine » 7/23/2025 11:26 am

Can you find a recording of Epstein saying his name? Or Trump? 

Nothingland » Monkey pics: Orangetan » 7/21/2025 11:51 am

Diaphone Jim
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I wonder how much of the vandalism DT has wrought across the country and the world has just been do try and distract us from this story.

Health » The Covid » 7/21/2025 11:48 am

Diaphone Jim
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Methinks The Donald doth protest too much (and too long).
What a pile and such an obviously political one straight from the White House.

The best thing about it is the confluence of Trump the bone-spun draft dodger and the head-of-the committee podiatrist.

Current Events » Epsteen or Epstine » 7/19/2025 6:25 pm

Albert Einstein (Inestine)
Harvey Weinstein (Winesteen)
Jeffery Epstein (Epstine sometimes, Epsteen sometimes)
 

Current Events » Rocks » 7/17/2025 11:04 am

I intended to put this in the Science thread but discovered we don't have one.

I don't completely buy the story about the origin and transport of the pricey "Martian" rock sold at auction yesterday. 

So I am curious if there are any Earth rocks on Mars.

Home Base » Texas flooding July 2025 » 7/07/2025 11:41 am

Diaphone Jim
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I would like to see the forecasts for the day or two before that night's storm.
With today's weather resources, somebody absolutely should have seen it coming!
Actually, I bet somebody, or maybe many, saw it coming and the "authorities" ignored it.
This is going to be major story for months, with the buck ending up where it will be lied about and buried. 

Cities & Travel » ADK » 6/27/2025 10:56 am

Diaphone Jim
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Serious joists!

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