[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not sure that more loose cannons is the solution to the number we have now. I suppose if he was on a tight leash they could always threaten people to smarten up or they won't hold him back.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't classify it was witty. Pithy, succinct, a truism, sure, but not particularly notable beyond who said it.

If I was looking for a witty saying by Voltaire, I would go with, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Note also that it's value is not because it is witty, which I believe it is, but because of the content of the words. Unlike your words, which I can only hope was an attempt to be witty, yet also had no content.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I like Lewis, but he might be a little too angry to be in charge of missiles.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Voltaire said, "A witty saying proves nothing." In your case, this only partly applies.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If 1% of your city are criminals, you let in 200 people, and one of them is a criminal, has the crime rate gone up?

Those damned immigrants.

Edit: Ah, shit, it's you again...

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Care you explain why he's better? Is it his business acumen? His morality? His honesty? His willingness to do what's best for the American public? His faith in the bureaucracy that allows any large organization to work? His support of the legal framework of the country? His physical fitness? His intelligence? His past record as president? Honestly, I'm curious why you think he's the best option for this job.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Like the camel's nose, once you let a little bit of dictatorship into your country, you soon find out there is no room left for democracy.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I heard it was due to greater blood flow to areas that routinely don't experience that level of flow, kind of like how you really notice the breeze on your face after you shave off your beard. Now, I don't have any proof this is it, but a month or so of regular brisk walks should be enough for your cardiovascular system to adapt to the new requirements, causing the sensation to vastly reduce if not disappear completely.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Related to that, and a line that just stuck with me: A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

My qualifier for the 200 years or more is because we have some crops that we've only grown extensively for a couple hundred years, and the almost is because I don't know the details for some new world crops such as quinoa and amaranth.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Philip K. Dick would either be proud or try to kill you for reading his mind.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There are a number of antiviral medicines, some of which work against influenza A and B. I'm pretty sure these are prescription medications in Canada.

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