bluestem75

Bad Monkey

Folks. China does some amazing things. But, just like the Soviet Union before it, it’s all veneer and facade. Of course, the airport looks amazing because that’s what people see first when coming to China. (So does the new MSY terminal. And the new LaGuardia. And the new SLC.)

What they don’t show you is the massive poverty there. The inability to move out of your social and economic bracket easily, The coming demographic cliff. The empty ghost towns with skyscrapers built for no one. They are so obsessed with building and competing that they dredge their continental shelf so they can have enough concrete. Their cities are so polluted that everyone wears masks just to be able to breathe.

Are they formidable? Maybe. Are they smart? Definitely. Is this airport representative of what the whole country is like? Heeeeelll no.

Time of year?

Happy 250th, America!

Men and women GOLDEN!

They’re not supposed to pray in the street if it is unclean or if they can go to a mosque.

Pretty sure that street is grimy af. Pretty sure a mosque was available for prayer.

Totally perverting their own practices for political purposes.

24 is almost double the medals the US won at any single Olympics before the turn of the century (13 at Nagano 98). It’s a good showing so far with potential medals in hockey for both men’s and women’s and another potential medal in women’s figure skating tomorrow.

3 medals for the US in cross country is unheard of. Never done that before.

There’s huge pockets of Chinese and Vietnamese here in D/FW. Most of the Vietnamese are Catholic. And don’t think all the Hispanics are going to be down with the this Islam crap.

Am I concerned? Yes. Does the Texas legislature and executive need to act? Yes. Do schools need to avoid favoring one religion over another? Yes.

But these Muslims need to be ready for their grandchildren to start leaving the religion in droves once they get a taste of pluralism. People in this country don’t like being told what to do. Don’t underestimate the DNA of liberty in this country.

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The voters there have been putting Democrats in office like crazy. I fully expect them to vote in this amendment.

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Will probably happen BUT there’s a lot of buyer’s remorse happening in VA. People are not happy about all of the taxes the Dens there have just pushed through.

The way the ending comes together is downright Shakespearean in style. Really great writing. They don’t make them like that anymore.

This ^^^

Add one more judge as an alternate to judge when a judge’s compatriots are competing.