They are just harmless fireworks. They are even useful for signaling ships at sea of dangerous tides.

Malls took the place of the town square, but the internet is killing them.

One thing you hear all the time from older folks. When they were young everyone in the area knew every kid. The people in the neighborhood would chat. These days, that’s rare. Kids grow up without the idea of having a social network in the real world.

If I’d had access to the internet growing up I’d have never left the house either.

I can’t travel with a library.

I’m the kind of traveler who, after I check in, the first thing I look for is the bookcase where they put all the books that other guests have left. I have to give it to the Germans; they dominate every bookcase I’ve seen.

Close. But what I really want would look like a blank book. The pages would feel like paper. When I down load the material, text appears on the pages and I can flip back and forth. When I’m done I can download another book.

I know it’s niche but that’s what I want.

Get real.

Mitch is going to die comfortably and probably have some schools named after him after he’s gone.

There would have to be a lot of people killed before things changed wnought to change that, and I don’t think it’s worth the cost.

If you want a serious mind fuck read “stand On Zanzibar” a science fiction novel from 1969.

One of the things that the writer predicted was Mr. & Mrs. Everywhere, a gimmick where your TV would insert your family into advertisements.

The novel is full of other, equally accurate predictions…

The scenario I’ve been imagining would go like this. The Cheney/Romney/McConnell GOP would abandon the Republican name to the MAGoos and do a hostile takeover of the Libertarian Party. Right now the Libs have about 800,000 nation wide. The Cheney bloc could join and overwhelm the old guard and be on the ballot in all fifty state instantly.

[off topic] If you’re at a peaceful demonstration and see someone getting ready to throw a rock at a cop be ready to stop them. Cops love to send in provocateurs so they can have a reason to bust heads.

Back in the day, Union demonstrators had their own goon squads to make sure things stayed quiet.

I’ll edit my comment

Schrödinger’s Country.

Sometimes it’s in Europe and sometimes it’s in Asia.

I mean, technically, Russia is in Europe.

Also, as the guys at NASA said back in the day, it takes a thousand failures to create one working rocket. Don’t look at something halfway done and call it a failure.

edit = apparently I need to learn to read a map.

Sorcerer is a remake of the original. There are a lot of changes. Both films stand the test of time.

There was an incredibly awful remake using the title ‘Wages Of Fear.’ 2024 on Netflix.

Haven’t used that a lot yet.

Thanks

There’s a lemmy sub ‘free movies on Youtube’ or something similar.

Enjoy.

See if you can find the original ‘The Day Of the Jackal’ with Edward Fox. Still the best assassin movie ever made.

What’s crazy to me is that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of great old movies that are mostly forgotten.

Look up a movie called “Sorcerer.” Incredible action, fantastic acting, impeccable script.

Full movie.

https://youtu.be/d6khax1ZHMk

Hate and greed are all they have.