“The energy needed to refute BS is of an order of magnitude greater than the effort needed to produce the BS in the first place. ”
Brandolini’s law
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Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded -- here and there, now and then -- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck." -- Robert A. Heinlein
On the North River 
Off topic, but not really: saw an excellent commentary on Ukraine/Russia/the world posted on the Herald comment board. https://unherd.com/2022/03/was-ukraine-betrayed-by-its-own-elites/
This comes as part of the engagement in a battle of wits with unarmed liberals….
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I’ll check it out tomorrow. Today’s my birthday and I don’t need to be any more depressed by the news.
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Huh. My birthday today as well. Happy Birthday, pal.
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Well! How about that?
My girlfriend’s birthday was yesterday, I guess everybody’s parents got frisky in June.
Happy Birthday to you too.
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Again: huh. My girlfriend’s b-day was last week. What a world…
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Gets worse. We were both widowed eleven years ago, me in March, her in May. Met in 2015 when we got seated next to each other. I think they seated us together because we were two of the few conservatives in the room.
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My gal emigrated from Russia in 2013 and I’ve been getting an earful and eyeful of an education these last 3 weeks. I’m ready to teach a seminar, for cry-eye.
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