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And you guys haven't even mentioned European Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) yet... At least there is a vaccine.

In Vienna, Johann Springer Erben. In Ferlach (which is farther away than where you'll be) there is a wonderful museum. Salzburg has been covered above. Ditto on the Sacher Tort.

Wait a minute... if we could put that on Pay Per View...

Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode: "How to Serve Man". Last line in the episode was "Wait! It's a cook book!"

Naval Chaplains have similar responsibilities. What I think is really bizarre is the Secretary getting involved in uniform design at all. Seems to me there are other things that require focus.

Yes, and... To answer Tanks' question: a Chaplain, by definition is commissioned, and therefore a Chaplain's insignia by itself would be how you would know. Red Leg is not incorrect, but for a complete answer, we'd need more information. Specifically, on which uniforms? What I mean is...

I think the more salient point is how much "house" do you get for "median"? In 1920, the "average" sized home was 1,048 square feet. Based on average family size, that was about 214 square feet per person. By 1940, the "average" was 1,177 square feet, about 321 square feet per person. By...

This. Exactly this.

It's funny. I just went to USAJobs.com. "Logistics" was the first word that popped into my head. I'm biased that way. It's an 8040 thing. That part I guess is difficult to explain. But I digress. The first job that popped up just looking for "Logistics" was this one...

You know, in reading this thread, it's almost like Google, Duck Duck Go, or even WebCrawler were never invented. I think I'm going to make a search site called "MUSS.com". It will stand for "Make Up Some Sh--" and every time someone posts something that just comes out of thin air, with no...

I like VV powders because they burn very cleanly. I've used a lot of N160 in my Steyr Classic II .30-06. I was getting 0.75 MOA with 165 grain RWS Scorions. I'd have to check my log book to be sure, but I think a little less than 1 MOA with RWS HIIT bullets. Brass was RWS and/or Brenneke. I...

Why does it have to be so binary? Could not both be true?

The Stanley Cup weighs 34 and a half pounds.

Alas, I wish that it did. Instead, you see replies, with the heading "you are ignoring posts by this member", so you don't see what the reply is all about. It's an imperfect system. Then again, I learned a long time ago that it's an imperfect world. Screws fall from ceiling ducts all the time...

I mean, they were literally saying "yes, this is not normal, and if we're going to do this, it must be justified. They then went on to list the issues, to include saying they were petitioning the king, and he was not listening, and instead Parliament was passing other laws in his name. "assume...

Seems to me that someone already spelled it out in clear terms:

Yeah. I mean, what would a guy who went to Yale Law School, then worked on the boards of several venture capital companies, founding advocacy organizations, or serving in the US Senate know about negotiation? They should have hired a professional, like this guy. He would have come home with a...

At the risk of being pedantic, I believe you left out Wilbur and Orville.

Well, there's a lot to unpack here... and there's a lot that could be "conspiracy theory" stuff... And of course "experts" are paid to come up with "interesting" things. And of course you need to wrap "plausibility" into it in order to make the rest of it sound good. But consider the obvious...

Well, you can call me McCarthy, but you have to remember the Venona documents pretty much proved he had a point. Certainly, we know for whom Alger Hiss was working, and my Polish colleagues and relatives do not exactly thank Mr. Hiss for his actions in Yalta. But I digress. As far as...

This. Exactly this.

I think you're being deliberately obtuse. The real issue is not the "difference". I don't think there's anyone who doesn't understand that eventually, if "police can enforce your key laws on them" people will eventually assimilate. It is when we do NOT enforce laws, deliberately, out of...

Actually, I'm more concerned about things like this: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89ezepnj0jo

Cash was sent. They said it was from "frozen assets", but Congress never authorized "unfreezing" anything. Also, it was not a treaty, as it was never presented nor ratified by the Senate.

So he just "died"? Was it a heart attack? Sudden stroke? Maybe Long Covid? Allergic reaction to seafood?

Yes on the monthly fee, and with that you receive one credit a month. But you can purchase as many more as you like. I'm personally not a fan of the subscription model, but that seems to be the way of the world these days. Then again, there was a time I fell for Columbia House too, so...

In other words... it's Wednesday.

We're not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean...

What I've noticed is the "straight news" pages tend to lean left, while the Editorial Board leans more right. I guess that's where they get "centrist". I guess that's what the reports you linked say, but I've definitely noticed it in my daily reading. Agreed on the Portland part. That...

So I thought this was an interesting discussion of the problem: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-do-democrats-mean-by-democracy-1b3fd663?st=XLUCZv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Well, but what if the birds had Mk20 Rockeyes and napalm?

Um, point of order: The GOP just needs a majority of the votes, or "plus the VP" if there's a tie. They need 60 votes to bring a motion to the floor, which is similar (can't get voted on if you don't bring it to the floor), but not the same thing.

Well, how exactly are you defining reform? Are you reforming, or deforming? The examples you listed can be considered problematic. Alaska has tried rank-choice voting. To put it politely, there were many unintended consequences. Independent electoral commissions? Well, if truly independent...

I was going to explain that Presidents don't create deficits, because Congress creates budgets. And "Tax Cuts" affect revenue, not spending, and it's possible for revenue to go up, but spending to go higher. I was going to explain total US Spending is about $10Trilion, and total US Defense...

For the love of... https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=proven+election+fraud+cases

You people are boring the hell out of me. https://electionfraud.heritage.org/

So this is an anecdote. But it explains why we need to do something regarding voter registration. When I turned 18 in high school, I registered for the draft, and I registered to vote. I mention the draft thing only because I know there is a government database where you can retrieve your...

I'm just sitting here trying to figure out why Federal involvement in elections was a brilliant idea when Nancy Pelosi wanted it, but now is the end of the world as we know it. Then again, perhaps if one truly wanted to preserve democracy, it would seem ideal that one ensures only eligible...

I'm not sure where "first" was, but I can tell you I read that in a Bob Bondurant book about sports car driving some time in the early '80s...

Well, at least one of those two is on my blocked list, so my honest answer to your question is "I don't know."

There are no completely non-biased news sources. The ability to think critically contains the ability to evaluate the source, consider the biases and how they influence the article, and draw conclusions from that.

Boise remains my favorite California city.

Does anyone else wonder if Frosty moved to Norway?

You know, it's a funny thing about Norway, and about US presence in Europe. I frequently hear things about the US should leave Europe, or pull their bases and stations, etc., etc., etc. This was especially true when I was speaking with the 40 and under crowd when I was living in Germany...

Well, since you asked: According to Statistics Norway, the median income for all households in Norway is 676,100 krone. Based on today's search on DuckDuckGo, this equates to $70,442.024...

OK, I'll play silly games. I find it interesting that people are quoting the figure of "70,000" without questioning who provided that estimate, and how accurate it may or may not be. Maybe that's picking nits, and I'm just being pedantic again, but I think it's at least worth discussing. I...

Gosh I sure hope so.

I wonder where those internal agitators are getting funding? I mean, it couldn't be traced back to a C-17 somewhere along the line, could it?

Along with previously stated: They won't need to, they have the range... and the F-35, unlike the Cobra, is fast enough to escort the MV-22s. And the LCACs can avoid most, if not all of the mines and mean no beach is out of reach. The distances involved really aren't that great. Only...