Greetings all. I’m off to Tallahassee tomorrow to attend a “celebration of life”. I guess we if you don’t have religious leanings, you can’t call it a memorial service or a wake. Truth be told, I’m not looking forward to this, but it was the husband of one of my wife’s good friends, so we go to support the group. I have concerns that its going to be performative and maudlin, but I’ll hope for the best and not contribute if it starts going downhill.
But enough about me, you want links…
You know all those state colleges that have “IT” or “&M” in their acronyms? They were set up to be something more like this. A school for learning advanced technical skills (engineering, mostly).
If there’s one thing you can trust the lawyer’s guild to do, its defend their territory. I, personally, do not care if a press secretary merely has a JD or passed a bar examiniation. I don’t expect her to be on the bench side of the bar in her professional duties.
I mean… taking her on People’s Court was probably the last straw. Florida Man, you’re a bad dude.
This is why you should get licensed auctioneers like Sloopy to conduct your estate sales… So he can acquire WWII era explosives for himself.
This has been running through my head since things started getting interesting with Britian’s anti-immigrant protests
Condolences. It’s good of you to be there for others, if nothing else.
I’ll hope for the best and not contribute if it starts going downhill.
This is where I bring my skis and get the avalanche going.
There’s a case to be made for a university education that exposes the student to the broader liberal arts in order to develop their mind and reasoning, but since that’s not what a university education entails anymore, stand-alone colleges like that should be the rule and big unis should be the exception. There’s no reason whatsoever why business, engineering, and technical colleges should be attached to a university.
Oh… Well, that’s not exactly a huge savings over in-state tuition at a public uni, is it? My barebones, and admittedly fairly crappy, online college charged a flat fee per 6 months vs. per credit hour. At the time it was, IIRC, around $2,800 per term, and its now around $3,800 per term, 17 years later. Even if you take 4 full years to graduate, that’d be $30,400 for your entire degree program.
I technically have a liberal arts degree (BA with double major in CompSci and Physics).
And yes, there is value in having the broad education once you get past junior engineer and are expected to lead projects and communicate status (written reports and aural presentation).
It’s not uncommon for new grad engineers to be nearly incapable of writing a coherent sentence at this point.
+1 doing the needful
Vermont college aims to keep tuition low with no gym, meal plan, or sports teams
What about DEI offices and general administrative overhead?
The local HBCU (which was first in the nation) just announced a program (paid by taxpayers as they are part of the state system of higher education) costing $40 million to replace an aging gym. There are something like 900 students and were on the chopping block a few years ago until Gov. Shapiro heeded the “voices of the black community”). [P.S. there’s another Uni in the state system about 5 miles away that could easily absorb all 900 of them.] Propaganda was that the new sports facilities would promote leadership skills and future career success, keep up with the Joneses in their sports division, etc. etc. Like intramural sports doesn’t promote leadership? Does having professional coaches telling you what plays to run, etc., build leadership better than you huddling with your team mates and figuring out what play might work next?
I bet their midnight basketball is off the chain.
Why would a press secretary need any sort of law degree? Or any degree, really?
The same clowns trying to make this into an issue also insist Jill Biden be referred to as “Doctor” on account of her Ed.D.
They don’t. It has nothing to do with the actual role, but a gotcha on a Trump aide. She called herself a lawyer while only holding a JD and apparently practicing in China. The bar allegations are she held herself out as a lawyer while a resident of California.
Her LinkedIn profile has a title of General Counsel for a position at the non-profit Fix California…these lawsuits are so tiresome.
Dr-Senator El-Sayed reporting for duty! 🫡
Is that an XM25 strapped to a Boston Robotics Spot on the front image?
That’d be hilarious / terrifying.
The murder trial should also take place on People’s Court for the sake of irony.
Better to out with a bang than a whimper.
“Austin’s KLBJ news station identified at least three of the olive-colored grenades as Mk 2 anti-personnel fragmentation grenades, widely used by US forces during the second world war, and known as “pineapple” grenades because of their distinctive shape.”
The three grenades shown in the photo appear to be Japanese Type 91 grenades, but local TV news stations have never steered me wrong in the past on the subject of weaponry.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/10/14/us-army-to-address-parents-blocked-access-to-teen-medical-records
I thought it was just insane states like Oregon that denied access to parents/legal guardians of medical records for minor children. How about this? Parents have access to medical records of their minor children and so do sponsors/bill payers. Don’t like it? Get your own separate plan and pay for it.
Similar going-on for school records:
https://x.com/search?q=school%20records%20parents&src=typed_query
Insanity
Won’t let me look at it.
What does it say?
DOD medical facilities require 13 and up to consent for parents/sponsors to have access to records and prohibit 17 and younger from creating logins to access records.
Weird.
But I can see that being a thing as so many in the military are step kids/kids born at the end a a year long deployment…
Outrageous. Probably started because abortion and now tranny issues.
I don’t know about where you are, but in my family we still call it a Funeral. Or a Memorial if we’ve already had the Funeral and are just using the excuse of everybody being there to have a family reunion.
I think I’ll stipulate that mine be called a “celebration of death”.
Mine’ll be a “disposition,” I suppose. I wouldn’t want a service or memorial in any event, and there’s only 2 people I can think of who’d have any interest in one after I’m gone, and we’re all likely to be dying right around the same time anyway.
Appropriate music.
I’m good with that music.
An airing of grievances?
I can’t imagine that there would be anyone interested in a memorial gathering of any kind for me when I die. If Mrs. Dean goes first, it will be weeks or months before anyone even finds my body.
We’re not planning on any sort of recognition. I’m guessing the neighbors will have a big celebration though.
Humm, why would they wait ’til I’m gone?
RC. I try to keep in regular co tact with my mother as that will likely be the case with her. One other neighbors got ahold of me several years ago because he noticed her garbage can had been in the street for two weeks without moving.
In the case of several of my former buddies I know I’ll be the last to find out when they pass.
Yeah, the celebration here is a picnic, outdoor affair with no formalities. A few pictures of the deceased (I almost wrote diseased). No alcohol.
Always in the nicer weather. Not a sad affair because often it’s several months after the death. I was at one about 3-4 months ago, saw a number of folks I don’t have a chance to see too often.
Was notified of the death of a cousin (the one I was closest to when we were youths) this morning. Perhaps the service will be an opportunity to see many cousins I haven’t seen in decades.
Sorry creech.
Funerals in my family for a while doubled as family reunions. That’s dying out with the older generation.
My condolences, creech.
Condolences.
I got drunk AF at the last funeral I attended; well, at the memorial service afterward. The widow of my friend’s dad really appreciated our energy.
Here in the Guns and Bible belt it’s something like this:
Wake = Standing around a body in a casket for an afternoon. Takes place in a funeral home.
Funeral = An official church service, usually the day after a Wake. Takes place in a church.
Service/Memorial = A ceremony that happens instead of a funeral. Takes place in the funeral home at the end of a Wake.
Celebration of Life = A hippie thing that happens anywhere, any time, with no set rules, usually not in a funeral home and with no body present.
In my neck of the woods (not that far from you,) the wake is more often called “visitation” and may be the evening before and/or an hour or two immediately before the funeral. And the funeral can take place in the funeral home – it’s right there in the name. 🙂
Similar where I grew up in PA except “viewing” instead of “wake”, and the viewing would be the evening before the funeral.
Don’t Wakes absolutely require a significant amount of alcohol?
Adding to my comment based on GT’s comment — Visitations are dry, Wakes are wet.
I’m off to Tallahassee tomorrow to attend a “celebration of life”. I guess we if you don’t have religious leanings, you can’t call it a memorial service or a wake. Truth be told, I’m not looking forward to this, but it was the husband of one of my wife’s good friends, so we go to support the group.
Sorry
Delusional
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson told New Hampshire Republicans in Portsmouth Wednesday night that Anthony DiLorenzo will win the NH01 race over Democrat Stefany Shaheen, and when he does, watch out.
“On election night, the polls close on the East Coast first, and then it fans across the country. Everybody’s going to be watching New Hampshire’s First District,” Johnson said. “And when this guy gets elected on election night, Democrats’ heads are going to explode, and I’m going to have a great time.”
Maybe on election night we should have a special Zoom where we all stay up late in our jammies with bowls of popcorn watching the results trickle in. Or maybe we should just go to bed early which is way more productive.
Or have an informal bet on the results? I’m predicting the Dems will end up with a 30 seat majority in the House.
The Senate? I fear it will be 51-49 Democrat.
I think you’re right on how the election will turn out. And I already lost one election bet with you, and for other reasons I really can’t bet right now.
As for an election zoom, maybe. If local liberty orgs have a election results watch party, I’ll be joining that. The NHLA had one a few cycles ago which was a good time.
That’s a Tuesday night, so I’ll probably stay up to the late hour of 9:30pm occasionally checking X or Fox News. A presidential election is usually worth staying up a little later for.
I think by that time we’ll have a good idea of what the trend will be.
Mrs F will stay up, meaning asleep on the couch.
I’ll go to bed, knowing that the BS was BS and nothing will get better, though it may change for the worser
A few of my MAGA friends think I’m nuts to predict a blue wave. To me it feels like a re-run of 2010, except in the other direction. You’ll remember the GOP picked up 63 seats in 2010, with Tea Party anger and Obama’s unpopular programs.
This year, the leftwing anger seems much greater than the Tea Party anger did, and Trump is more widely hated than Obama was. Plus, one side has learned how to better game election results. Yes, there has been some GOP redistricting since 2010, which may mitigate the disaster; but I still believe a 30 seat majority is possible for the Dems. So invest in popcorn futures.
I think it will be a blowout for no reason other than OMB.
The Dems have absolutely nothing to offer except spite and hatred. I fear where that is going to lead. A couple years of impeachment theater at least, and then when they “win” in 2028 it’s all bets off.
Have no fear! Flamethrower robot dog is here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj9JSkSpRlM
I’ll take four.
They’re an Ohio company.
More Cornell 7 info
Apparently the statute of limitations has passed for suing the guys who are not charged with felony rape. Like, a year ago.
So they are gonna move to be dismissed from the case.
But…
The statute of limitations for charging a misdemeanor is 1 year from the date of the event, which is up on like the 28th of October or so.
Aaaaand…
There is an exception to the 1 year statute of limitations for filing a civil case on a misdemeanor…. it resets when charges are filed.
And now you know when James will be filing, at least on them.
Have no fear – the NY State Assembly will surely pass a new law giving a one-month window to file charges going-back 20 years.
The statute of limitations for charging a misdemeanor is 1 year from the date of the event, which is up on like the 28th of October or so.
I thought the party took place in 2024. So almost two years ago. What am I missing?
Israeli spyware reaching millions of phones worldwide, researchers say
Israel should really hire a PR team or something.
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
The advantage of computers is that they do math really really quickly.
Yet the stupid goddamn AI can’t math for shit. We’re burning all these extra CPU cycles to fail at simple arithmatic.
Why don’t you want the right people to get paid?
Because I want good, correct, consistant results.
The right people getting paid is consistent. I guess from their perspective it is good and correct. Otherwise they wouldn’t be the right people. QED.
(This is sarcasm by the way)