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#31

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 10:03:01 AM

I'm not worried about the far left. First, their numbers are much smaller. Second, as soon as more than a dozen of them gather together, they collapse into infighting. Just look at Your Party in the UK.

The far left is more than political parties. Lots embedded in the cultural institutions, administration, education and media.
Their influence is significant enough to be bothersome negative in western Europe. And has been for decades .

But again: it's the authoritarianism that's the real problem since that mindset means that once power has been acquired, of any type, the ones holding it will try to remove any and all opposition from the conquered space.

#32

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:00:04 AM

Marco Rubio, the walking and breathing embodiment of the Peter Principle, has finally found a task that perfectly fits his modest skill set. Some may question Rubio's enthusiastic participation in the war on "DEI" - which seems to be inexplicably sprouting additional letters ("DEIA?") in fierce competition with the LGBTQetc. community - given that he is the administration's most prominent diversity hire in the senior levels of the cabinet, filling out the key demographics of "Hispanic" and "Not Insane". But such nagging inconsistencies take back seat to practicality.  The "war on woke" requires 3 key elements: Stalinesque repetition of slogans, finding the "bad" words in various texts, and figuring out what the last guy did so you can do the opposite. Rubio's mastery of the middle school level academic skills required for this effort is for the most part unquestioned.  He's the right man for the job and as long as he is doing it, we can hope against hope that some qualified person in the State Department is doing the actual work of Secretary.

#33

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Syt - Today at 09:30:05 AM

#34

Off the Record / Re: Australia begins enforcing...

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 09:30:03 AM

To the original question. Yes I support it. I enforce it towards the children I control internet access to.

#35

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 08:52:55 AM

I'm not worried about the far left. First, their numbers are much smaller. Second, as soon as more than a dozen of them gather together, they collapse into infighting. Just look at Your Party in the UK.

#36

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Savonarola - Today at 08:41:17 AM

Heh, sixes and sevens (as Evita uses it) dates back at least to Chaucer's time:

"Lat nat this wrechched wo thyn herte gnawe,
But manly set the world on sexe and seuene."
-Troilus and Criseyde

Good to know. Means I can joke to my oldest that he's using ultra-boomer language

Show him this if you really want to show him how square the slang is:

 

[On 3 January 1941, the Nazi Party ended this controversy by switching to international scripts such as Antiqua. Martin Bormann issued a circular (the "normal type decree") to all public offices which declared Fraktur (and its corollary, the Sütterlin-based handwriting) to be Judenlettern (Jewish letters) and prohibited their further use]

#37

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Savonarola - Today at 08:15:38 AM

Yet another casualty in the War on Woke:

Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri

Good night, sweet Calibri,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Comic Sans MS might be more appropriate for this administration.

Seems familiar.

The Fraktur typefaces remained in use in Nazi Germany, when they were initially represented as true German script; official Nazi documents and letterheads employed the font, and the cover of Hitler's Mein Kampf used a hand-drawn version of it.[6] However, more modernized fonts of the Gebrochene Grotesk [de] type such as Tannenberg were in fact the most popular typefaces in Nazi Germany, especially for running text as opposed to decorative uses such as in titles. These fonts were designed in the early 20th century, mainly the 1930s, as grotesque versions of blackletter typefaces. The Nazis heavily used these fonts themselves, although the shift remained controversial; in fact, the press was at times scolded for its frequent use of "Roman characters" under "Jewish influence" and German émigrés were urged to use only "German script".[7][8]

On 3 January 1941, the Nazi Party ended this controversy by switching to international scripts such as Antiqua. Martin Bormann issued a circular (the "normal type decree") to all public offices which declared Fraktur (and its corollary, the Sütterlin-based handwriting) to be Judenlettern (Jewish letters) and prohibited their further use.[9] German historian Albert Kapr has speculated that the regime viewed Fraktur as inhibiting communication in the occupied territories during World War II.[10]

Heh, that one I didn't know, but I know that font can be surprisingly political.  The script of late antiquity, Uncial, was developed because church leaders thought the standard Roman script looked too pagan.  The handwriting that the American posters learned, Palmer Script, was developed because Austin Palmer thought the standard American script, Spencerian, looked too feminine.

#38

Off the Record / Re: Australia begins enforcing...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 08:00:12 AM

Musk not shouting for the disestablishment of Australia?

#39

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by mongers - Today at 07:59:50 AM

Watching Norma Percy's excellent 'Watergate' series, at the time it looked like a bit thing to a 9 year old me, now, with this president it just seems quaint.

#40

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 06:19:26 AM

In more cheery news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly592lzp0no

It's going to be very hard to fix the mid-terms with this level of swing against the Republicans.

I'd feel a lot better about this if we hadn't already seen the exact trend of Dem victories in 2017-2019.