You might be interested to know that carbonara dates back to the 1940s & 50s and the story goes that after the capture of Rome, American rations were used to create the dish. So powdered eggs and bacon are the most "authentic" carbonara. The people who run all over town for guancale and the tattooed cheese are the foolish ones by my sensibilities.
Even little babies know the difference between mommy and daddy. The shift in attitude that's required to reform transphobia (I know) means digging into the basement of how you think of yourself and the people you love. This is threatening, it's scary.
For the conservative, a trans person should not exist. It contradicts the 'natural' hierarchy or is a rebellion against God. So their must be an alternative motive: sexual perversion. So you connect the dots between "scary" and "sexually deviant" and pedophile is the natural result.
Calling a trans person a sexual threat soothes the dissonance by shifting the identity "trans" into something where the repulsion and fear make sense. Pedophilia is a box where you can put people whom you fear and hate them actively without the need to examine your own motivations or ever, ever have to look at it from a trans perspective.
The aircraft carrier is about power projection. Kinda weird for a "defensive" force to want some.
You never see cats working with the police.
The best argument for Jesus' existence comes from Christopher Hitchens.
It goes like this: We know the nativity story is made up because of the census. There was a census near the time, but it was after Harrod's death and cannot fit the story. But why fabricate the nativity? Probably because Jesus of Nazareth is supposed to be born in the "city of David": Bethlehem. So then, if Jesus was invented whole cloth, why not make him Jesus of Bethlehem and save the aggravation?
Eratosthenes is a word I can only hear in Carl Sagan's voice.
The problem your going to have is lacrosse players become officers, and enlisted men are the ones who throw grenades.
Selling loosie cigarettes is a capital crime in NYC. I don't know if I'd risk eggs.
First my eggs and now my coffee? I was priced out of OJ years ago. Not only do we get the monarchy back, we'll be eating beans for breakfast in no time.
Just a reminder that Hamas is the recognized government in Gaza. Israel reminds us of this fact constantly in it's attempts to justify their collective punishment. But I see now that Hamas have Schrodinger's legitimacy.
The framing ~~their~~ they're going for is worthy victims vs. unworthy. It's a pillar in the project of acceptable mass murder.
Remember, it's not Thunberg's argument that aggravates the reactionary. It's her status to make the argument in public, and be listened to! It's the degradation of having to listen to the ideas of a "little girl", that's the pebble in their shoe.
Why does anyone still listen to Anthony Scaramucci or Michael Cohen? These guys were never whistle-blowers, just con-men who changed teams.
This whole thing hinges on Scaramucci's credibility, which means it should be ignored.