Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

While we are visiting Astronomy, this just in....

The 1st much anticipated image recently came in from the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope......

That made me laugh!

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Nope, not funny. Downright lame in fact. Those idiots could learn something from The Onion.

Not sure why I even clicked on his post - I normally just skip over them since they're usually some combination of not true, not funny (well, not INTENTIONALLY funny), word salad, and/or pure insanity.

Hi Brian:

I agree that the Bee is typically not as funny as the Onion, but still...  you and me might not be the Bee's target audience.  Some folks, Rich for example find them to be funny often enough to re-post.  One thing I agree with Rich on, the "woke" have entirely lost their sense of humor.  I think it is fair to say that the "woke" are generally left of center too.  Seinfeld quit doing stand up on college campuses years ago because of the pervasive humor-killing wokeness of modern college culture.

None of us here are particularly woke, by the way.  We can still laugh at Animal House or Tropic Thunder.  Can you imagine the reaction of the Atlantic scold who interviewed the Bee's editor if she were forced to watch Tropic Thunder?  (See the link in Richard's second or third post)  That link, was terribly funny in my opinion; at the Atlantic's expense...

Jim

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Hi Jim,

I never even heard of the Bee until now. I just read the seatbelt article and since that was pretty lame I stopped there.

BTW, I have zero tolerance for the "woke" crowd. Thankfully they don't seem to occupy my universe. They wouldn't last one day in the office environment that I work in (90%veterans). LOL

Happy New Year!

Brian

Thanks, Happy New Year to all of you!

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

And now for the guy who just might be president:
"Well, I think that poll of almost half of Americans being in favor of me running for president is so humbling."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/entertainment/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-interview/index.html

Certainly better than either candidate in the last two presidential elections!

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

And I'd consider voting for only one of them. Guess who?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/586002-the-10-republicans-most-likely-to-run-for-president

Trump of course.  Just kidding, obviously the last guy, whom I've never heard of.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

An accurate meme for once lol

This is not PC, but I think a better label for each of the top 6 would be "moron."

Is the woman in the bottom left Jeffrey Epstein's enabler?  I don't recognize her.  Guess I need to watch more TV.

Originally Posted by James Brown

obviously the last guy, whom I've never heard of...

I guess I have heard of Larry Hogan on the edges.  I ought to get used to him, I might have to campaign for him if it comes down to him v. Trump.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

We can't continue to let every Covid variant outbreak, especially the ones like the Omicron, which will in fact kill far, far less individuals than the yearly flu does around the world, keep us locked up like cattle in a pen and dictate how we operate our lives.

Glad to hear that you are feeling better.  I had a "cold" between Christmas and New Years that could have been Omicron.  I had the right symptoms, but of course it could have been a cold too.  Home tests are nowhere to be found at the local Walgreens/Walmart/CVS etc.  I did not feel nearly bad enough to bother a hospital or Dr. for a test, so I may never know.

I agree with most of the quote above, but as far as I can tell, with a few reasonable exceptions, the US and Colorado have petty much gotten back to normal.  The sporting events are playing to packed arenas, some people mask, some don't.  I wore a mask the last time I flew (Thanksgiving) and I wore a mask to the eye doctor a few weeks ago, according to their policies.  Otherwise, I have a mask in my pocket when I go out, but I generally don't wear it.  Hardly like being locked up in a pen.  Not for me at least.

Our office, per state regulations requires masks or proof of vaccination to enter the building.  This too is a pretty minor inconvenience.  Most everyone is vaccinated and lots of us are still working from home anyway.  

I'm not sure if Omicron will kill far less than influenza, but I hope you are right.  I read an article the other day noting that there are 4 broad strains or families of coronavirus that cause the common cold.  Of course they mutate all the time, but there were four ancestral strains.  The epidemiologist who wrote the article speculated that each of these strains might have caused it's own pandemic killing many when that particular coronavirus crossed over for the first time into the human population.  Now after 1000s of years of coexistence we just have to deal with annual colds.  Covid 19 might be headed that way, with Omicron being a good step along the path.  Let's hope so.  Jim 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

I was wondering about that, too, Although, if he's posting here he's probably okay.

Thanks guys, the fires are a horrible thing.  They did not affect me or our Denver property at all.  At least not directly.   I worry about fire and our mountain place every year, but typically in the summer.  We have a nice layer of snow from the storms that I gather are blanketing the Midwest and East right now.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Heck it sounds like most other countries around the world are as crazy and totalitarian as the leftist Blue States are in this country.  

Hi Richard:

You and I live in a blue state now, and I sure don't see anything crazy and totalitarian going on here in Colorado.  Are you seeing it differently?