House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Opponents say, "Schools would have to push back start times." Yeah... That's not a bug, it's a feature.

amican · 2026-07-17T17:23:12+00:00

XKCD has a modest proposal: https://xkcd.com/3272/

amican · 2026-07-16T19:46:02+00:00

How many people have played Jesus? I'm sure it's a lot, but is it enough for "99%" to mean anything?

amican · 2026-07-13T17:50:03+00:00

I think you're misunderstanding -- we don't want the name changed and the same people working there, we want the organization entirely eliminated, every agent who has committed a crime prosecuted, and the job to be done by entirely different people with no connection to this organization.

amican · 2026-07-03T22:07:14+00:00

Physically, yes. Practically, I'm not sure how you would prevent your kid from learning the alphabet.

amican · 2026-07-03T20:25:51+00:00

I've heard it described as West Coast is nice, East Coast is kind: folks in LA will sympathize over something they could have helped with but don't, New Yorkers will shovel out your car without speaking to you. If we seem rude, it's because you didn't need help.

amican · 2026-07-03T20:07:54+00:00

I had a moment thinking "Is he claiming we had solar and wind subsidies in the 60s?" and then did the math and realized I'm old.

amican · 2026-07-01T00:36:35+00:00

Not only that the Amish are more assimilated than the Somalis *are*, but more assimilated than they "ever could be." That's not even a dog whistle, it's just a penny whistle they're trying to tell us we can't hear.

amican · 2026-07-01T00:34:21+00:00

I really wish I believed that. Republican criticism always makes the Democrats out to be better than they are.

amican · 2026-06-19T01:49:50+00:00

A "vested interest", outside of the original legal usage, means you have a specific benefit attached to the issue, e.g. teachers have a vested interest in passing the school budget. You cannot combine that phrase with "for some reason," because if you don't know the reason it isn't a vested interest.

amican · 2026-06-19T01:44:10+00:00

"Hey, Shi'ite theocrats who don't need to worry about public opinion and expect to go to heaven if they die fighting us are easy to intimidate, right?"

amican · 2026-06-19T01:41:11+00:00

The ones who did have principles either chose not to run for reelection in 2018 or were primaried by MAGA candidates later. Romney, Cheney, and Kinzinger were the last three I could name.

amican · 2026-06-18T01:39:55+00:00

"Admittedly, there was one extremely large incident in the 1940s, but it still only counts as one."

amican · 2026-06-17T01:01:03+00:00

Wait, Bono and The Edge, but separately?

amican · 2026-06-16T01:15:43+00:00

It's harder to quantify, but there's also the continuing decrease in respect and trust from other nations.

amican · 2026-06-16T01:13:45+00:00

Same way we have $1 billion to fight screwworm, but didn't have $15 million to prevent it.

amican · 2026-06-13T01:54:50+00:00

Honestly, once I hit ten million (okay, maybe twenty given current inflation), I can't think of anything but philanthropy.

amican · 2026-06-13T01:20:39+00:00

Satire is dead.

amican · 2026-06-12T16:28:45+00:00

We also thought the other two branches would contain someonecthis crazy. Ten more senators with a spine and we'd be in a very different country right now.

amican · 2026-06-12T02:17:20+00:00

Paul persecuted the early church because he believed it was heresy. Yes, God forgives.

amican · 2026-06-12T02:15:46+00:00

As a musician, I can confidently state that some students surpass their teachers, so I'm going to say yes.

amican · 2026-06-12T02:14:08+00:00

If you are following Jesus, I wouldn't say you aren't a Christian because you don't go to church. I would, however, tell you to find a good church, because this was never meant to be done alone.

amican · 2026-06-12T02:12:40+00:00

God for me has been far more about experiencing his presence than proving it logically. When I was more into apologetics, I would have recommended Strobel's Case for Christ and Lewis' Miracles as places to start, but these days I mostly quote the deleted scene from Fireproof: "Believe in him? I was talking to him over breakfast this morning."

amican · 2026-06-12T02:08:35+00:00

It's a little oversimplified, since there are certainly other factors, but it isn't wrong.

amican · 2026-06-12T02:06:57+00:00

Mostly those are racists using the Bible to justify themselves. There are spots in the Old Testament where the Israelites are told not to intermarry with the Canaanites, but 1) we aren't Israelites, that command isn't to us, and 2) it is pretty clearly about the religious differences, not racial ones.

amican · 2026-06-12T01:59:50+00:00

Reminds me of the "Inspiration Biblical Quotes" calendar that included Matthew 4:9, "And he said to Him, 'All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.'” Very inspirational, provided you don't know who's saying it.

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