I am surprised he never mentioned fabric softener.
You’d think some people, many people, were using it as a cologne.
Unless there is a cologne and it smells like fabric softener and I’m unaware of it.
Just another off-topic, open-thread comment about something else I read.
That’s a link to an interview of Kamil Galeev, about the current state of chaos in Russia. Of course, much of the chaos has been caused by the war in Ukraine, but the interview is far broader than that.
I don’t know anything about Kamil Galeev, and my knowledge of Russian politics is extremely shallow, so I can’t critically evaluate Galeev’s opinions, but I will say that it’s the most interesting thing I’ve read about what’s happening in Russia. I admit that “interesting” is a bit of a weasel word. Even so, I’d strongly recommend the interview.
From my experience the typical American has far more clothes than folks in other countries. I can’t imagine what a European would think if they saw a walk-in closet that is now fairly common in American suburbs.
When I worked in Europe it was common for folks to wear the same clothes to work multiple, consecutive days. If the weather is mild and I’m not running to catch buses I don’t always dry clean my work clothes after just one day of wearing, but I would never wear the same thing two days in a row, or even in the same week.
Thanks very much for that fascinating link, Cornflour.
Not sure I understood much except that there are a whole lot of “unknown unknowns” and none of them are very attractive…
I don’t go into Abercrombie & Fitch, but I have never smelled whatever it is that bothers this guy from outside the store. Things that really bother me are the bath products stores, and Hallmark stores, which reek of perfumes.
Ed Bonderenka, when we go for evening walks the neighborhood is often redolent of dryer fabric softener sheets. Working women do their laundry in the evenings and pollute the air with those things.
So Her Wretchedness can’t sleep?
Because of Republicans?
Nah, must be her conscience….
(Or maybe Bill talks in his sleep… “Ah nevuh had…wi’ tha’…no, no’ tha’ one neither…nope, no’ her, no way…no’ no’ tha’ one…nevuh di’…her? you kiddin…no’ no’ her…)
We know she smells of elderberries she had the father of the pulse shooter in her crowd the danchenko dezonforma she paid for she gave aid and confort to the rrussian tech infrastructure
“When I worked in Europe it was common for folks to wear the same clothes to work multiple, consecutive days. If the weather is mild and I’m not running to catch buses I don’t always dry clean my work clothes after just one day of wearing, but I would never wear the same thing two days in a row, or even in the same week.”
Americans over launder clothes or don’t wear enough underclothes. Unless sweaty or otherwise stained, only underclothes really need washing after 1 use.
It ‘should’ be somewhere between how we do (currently) do clothes and how we do suit coats (more often than outer coats, but not as often as shirts or slacks, and more than undershirts/shorts/socks). Or dry clean only (as that is freaking expensive).
Probably something along the lines that the Democrats will NOT ALLOW the country to be hijacked by elections.
Waiting on tenterhooks for Stacey Abrams to chime in….
I am extremely sensitive to scents. I only use unscented everything. If I walk down the laundry detergent aisle, I can taste it in the air. In an elevator with someone with a perfume smell and I can taste it. Ick.
Barry Meislin, remember how it was said Trump was going to go Martial Law if he lost?
Projection.
I expect it from this crowd, though.
Not Projection.
But maybe this is how it starts…
Sounds right.
Indeed, they’ll try to do something untoward….”to save the nation” or “to uphold free and fair elections” or “to stamp out hateful extremism” or what-have-you…since as the events of Jan. 6 2021 have shown, TRUMP will stop at NOTHING to usurp power….
To be sure, the Democrats only do things for the good of the country and its citizens…and to uphold the law…with no exceptions.
And if they do make…SOME…exceptions, well…it it should be understood that it IS for the sake of the country…and so of course they should be allowed to make these exceptions….
For the good of the country.
And its citizens.
And the world.
…FOR ALL THAT IS RIGHT AND DECENT…
AMEN.
My most recent post: Trafalgar, 1805, and the USA, 2022:
Why…that’s enough to drive a grown woman to drink!!
(For the sake of argument, let’s assume that that 71% is a low-ball….)
And it would appear that the folks at twitter are doing their very best….
“Either everyone is on vacation or Twitter is throttling Republicans. Accounts that always get loads of retweets on key topics are getting maybe 15% of the usual amount or less.”— https://twitter.com/15poundstogo/status/1584942721550413832?cxt=HHwWkMDTtcDA7P4rAAAA
Everyone has to “help out” in this most righteous of battles…
Lovely discussion between Dr. John Campbell and cardiologist Aseem Malhotra (whose peer reviewed paper last month on the risks of the mRNA injections called for stopping them immediately until the risks are fully investigated) covering cardiac physiology and pathology–basic function, arrhymias, infarctions, myocarditis, cardiac arrest.
The video maker mentions toward the end (in the context of skunks) that he has a cat. Well, if he has ever wandered down the pet supplies aisle of a typical American supermarket, he’s doubtless noticed the abundance of brands of scented kitty litter. The stuff is scented for the benefit of humans rather than the cats– my vet says (and I agree) that cats hate the perfume-y smell of scented kitty litter and some won’t use the cat box at all if it’s filled with that sort of litter. I use only litter that’s made from pine sawdust– it has no added scent, the cats like it because it has only a mild outdoorsy odor, and they can dig around in it without scattering it all over the floor.
As for skunks– my maternal grandmother told me about my Uncle Karl getting sprayed by a skunk when he was a boy. The family lived on a farm in a rural area of central Pennsylvania, and Karl used to trap skunks for their pelts. One day a skunk got him first. Nana said he came racing back to the house hollering and teary-eyed (skunk spray is irritating to all mammals’ eyes), and it took her a long time to get the skunk smell off Uncle Karl let alone his clothes. Meanwhile his siblings, being typical kids, teased him unmercifully about the stench until Nana told them to stop.
My vet, BTW, told me a while back that getting sprayed by a skunk can be dangerous to dogs and cats, particularly if the spray gets in the pet’s eyes. Some pets will vomit as well as sneeze or cough if they inhale the spray. While there are some things a pet owner can do (see https://www.thesprucepets.com/pets-eyes-sprayed-with-skunk-spray-3385645), it’s best to check with the vet if your dog or cat is sprayed by a skunk directly in the face. One more reason why I don’t allow my cats to go outside!
Speaking of emitting surprisingly strange and unusual odors, here’s BHL Unbound.
I mean, Unhinged.
(Actually, I mean, Insane…temporarily, one hopes…)
“The Biden Miracle;
“On the global stage, he may just rise from the rank of a ‘caretaker’ president to one of the greats”— https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/joe-biden-miracle-bernard-henri-levy
Mercurial. Irrepressible. Brilliant. Excessive. Uneven. Proud. Irresponsible.
But what might explain this appalling assessment?
Some bad clams
Thank you for the link Lee. Worthwhile listening, very informative.
Well, if Twitter is throttling conservatives’ tweets it may be because the employees are taking Musk’s threats to fire 75% of them seriously. Free speech! The horror!
Actually, I was thinking that all this could’ve been prevented had Musk bought the damn thing weeks ago….
Now, I’m beginning to think that such an invaluable means of suppression and censorship WON’T be sold until at least after the election, if ever….
Related (alas):
“If You Liked Big Brother, Meet Google’s Big MUM”— https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19027/google-mum
…an infotech/search-engine horror story as told by Daniel Greenfield…
Key sentence (RTWT):
“…By reducing the number of sources to only those that agree with its agenda, Google is able to deliver fast results while getting rid of different points of view….”
Democrats between a rock and hard place on inflation and the economy.
(Gosh, wonder how THAT ever happened…)
The Seventh Fleet was receiving many messages directing their activities.
The British Navy, which had a carrier and a couple of destroyers in the area, received one message from the British Admiralty. “Protect the Queen’s interests.” I doubt the Brits are still operating that way these days. Bureaucracy has overtaken all.
Oh, for the simplicity of knowing what the nation’s interests are and then defending them.
In Vietnam the Pentagon was actually in radio contact with the strike leaders and directing activities on major Rolling Thunder ops. Comms technology has put the bureaucracy right on the warrior’s shoulder. Not necessarily a good thing.
Every squadron I was ever in that had a micro-managing CO also had low morale. There’s a lesson there.
lesson in choosing the ‘wrong side’ being the abraham accords
From my experience the typical American has far more clothes than folks in other countries. I can’t imagine what a European would think if they saw a walk-in closet that is now fairly common in American suburbs.
Rufus T. Firefly:
Couldn’t look it up now, but as I recall in 1900 quite a few deceased Americans left behind no more than a few changes of clothes and a footlocker of some books, keepsakes and a modest amount of cash.
I doubt most Americans understand that Europeans, for all their sophistication, live about half-class down from America. Middle-class in Europe is lower-middle-class in America.
If Peter Zeihan is right, that’s about to get worse.
This is why I wear a Barbour coat and hope to pass it on to my heirs, along with my modest accumulation of Stickley furniture.
_________________________
The Barbour Way of Life – Their Jacket, Their Story
The people that I associate with my Barbour jacket would be my parents. They bought their Barbour coats from the North Shields factory when we lived in Newcastle. They were the only coats recommended. Everyone wore them because they were the one coat that kept out the wind, rain and snow. I was only two, and after that, nearly every memory of my mum out on a walk has her wearing her trusty Barbour. I still see her, collar up, walking through the New Forest, hands in pockets, talking to friends on a Sunday stroll. I can still feel the waxy hugs and that Barbour smell.
Years later, that coat was passed on to me. I had it sent off, repaired and relaxed, and I started my own adventures with it. It was the only coat that comfortably fitted my baby bump when I was pregnant with our daughter. Whilst I now have a Barbour of my own, mum’s coat is hanging up, waiting to go to my daughter when she’s ready to have her own adventures.
@ David Foster > “My most recent post: Trafalgar, 1805, and the USA, 2022:”
Excellent article, and interesting comments.
Obligatory nitpicking: Your headline actually reads
“Tragalgar, 1805, and the USA, 2022”
I don’t know if you can edit posts or not, but it was a bit disconcerting to wonder if I had chanced upon the wrong battle.
@ Barry > ““If You Liked Big Brother, Meet Google’s Big MUM” ”
I liked their neologism “prebunking” aka anticipatory debunking
Jigsaw, the company’s most explicitly political arm, is researching what it calls “prebunking” or attacking views it opposes before they can even gain traction.
Prebunking, hmmm. Have they not heard of the ‘Streisand Effect’?
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I am surprised he never mentioned fabric softener.
You’d think some people, many people, were using it as a cologne.
Unless there is a cologne and it smells like fabric softener and I’m unaware of it.
Just another off-topic, open-thread comment about something else I read.
https://www.chinatalk.media/p/kamil-on-nukes-and-civil-war-in-russia
That’s a link to an interview of Kamil Galeev, about the current state of chaos in Russia. Of course, much of the chaos has been caused by the war in Ukraine, but the interview is far broader than that.
I don’t know anything about Kamil Galeev, and my knowledge of Russian politics is extremely shallow, so I can’t critically evaluate Galeev’s opinions, but I will say that it’s the most interesting thing I’ve read about what’s happening in Russia. I admit that “interesting” is a bit of a weasel word. Even so, I’d strongly recommend the interview.
From my experience the typical American has far more clothes than folks in other countries. I can’t imagine what a European would think if they saw a walk-in closet that is now fairly common in American suburbs.
When I worked in Europe it was common for folks to wear the same clothes to work multiple, consecutive days. If the weather is mild and I’m not running to catch buses I don’t always dry clean my work clothes after just one day of wearing, but I would never wear the same thing two days in a row, or even in the same week.
Thanks very much for that fascinating link, Cornflour.
Not sure I understood much except that there are a whole lot of “unknown unknowns” and none of them are very attractive…
I don’t go into Abercrombie & Fitch, but I have never smelled whatever it is that bothers this guy from outside the store. Things that really bother me are the bath products stores, and Hallmark stores, which reek of perfumes.
Ed Bonderenka, when we go for evening walks the neighborhood is often redolent of dryer fabric softener sheets. Working women do their laundry in the evenings and pollute the air with those things.
October non-surprise:
‘Hillary Clinton warns Republicans are planning to ‘literally steal the next presidential election’ ;
‘ Former presidential candidate says conspiracy theory is “keeping [her] up at night.”—-
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/hillary-clinton-warns-republicans-are-planning-literally-steal-next
So Her Wretchedness can’t sleep?
Because of Republicans?
Nah, must be her conscience….
(Or maybe Bill talks in his sleep… “Ah nevuh had…wi’ tha’…no, no’ tha’ one neither…nope, no’ her, no way…no’ no’ tha’ one…nevuh di’…her? you kiddin…no’ no’ her…)
Broom is in for repairs you know how it goes
On a serious note
https://www.frontpagemag.com/
We know she smells of elderberries she had the father of the pulse shooter in her crowd the danchenko dezonforma she paid for she gave aid and confort to the rrussian tech infrastructure
OT(?)
Incredible stories of Werner Best and the Boxheim Document.
Embarrassed to say I had never heard about either of them until just now…
https://aish.com/hitler-and-the-boxheim-documents/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Best
“When I worked in Europe it was common for folks to wear the same clothes to work multiple, consecutive days. If the weather is mild and I’m not running to catch buses I don’t always dry clean my work clothes after just one day of wearing, but I would never wear the same thing two days in a row, or even in the same week.”
Americans over launder clothes or don’t wear enough underclothes. Unless sweaty or otherwise stained, only underclothes really need washing after 1 use.
It ‘should’ be somewhere between how we do (currently) do clothes and how we do suit coats (more often than outer coats, but not as often as shirts or slacks, and more than undershirts/shorts/socks). Or dry clean only (as that is freaking expensive).
Ahhh… Now THIS is “more like it”…
“White House to issue election security warning just two weeks from anticipated Republican blowout;
“Intelligence bulletin reportedly set to be released this week.”—
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/white-house-issue-election-security-warning-just-two-weeks-anticipated
Probably something along the lines that the Democrats will NOT ALLOW the country to be hijacked by elections.
Waiting on tenterhooks for Stacey Abrams to chime in….
I am extremely sensitive to scents. I only use unscented everything. If I walk down the laundry detergent aisle, I can taste it in the air. In an elevator with someone with a perfume smell and I can taste it. Ick.
Barry Meislin, remember how it was said Trump was going to go Martial Law if he lost?
Projection.
I expect it from this crowd, though.
Not Projection.
But maybe this is how it starts…
Sounds right.
Indeed, they’ll try to do something untoward….”to save the nation” or “to uphold free and fair elections” or “to stamp out hateful extremism” or what-have-you…since as the events of Jan. 6 2021 have shown, TRUMP will stop at NOTHING to usurp power….
To be sure, the Democrats only do things for the good of the country and its citizens…and to uphold the law…with no exceptions.
And if they do make…SOME…exceptions, well…it it should be understood that it IS for the sake of the country…and so of course they should be allowed to make these exceptions….
For the good of the country.
And its citizens.
And the world.
…FOR ALL THAT IS RIGHT AND DECENT…
AMEN.
My most recent post: Trafalgar, 1805, and the USA, 2022:
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/68453.html
No 3
https://www.weforum.org/people/rishi-sunak
Thanks David.
Extraordinary post.
(Excellent comments, too….)
The smell of napalm in the morning …. or so it goes?
The smell of diesel at the job site (yay!, you are working) …
Wearing ammonia cartridges on my full face respirator while in the nuclear waste tank farm; vapors and smells are a bad thing.
The smell of conifers in the forest or national park ….
None are like Brandon sniffing a young girl’s hair …. Another bad thing.
You were sayin’….
“Dry Shampoo Products Recalled Over Potential Presence of Benzene, Which Can Cause Cancer”—
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dry-shampoo-products-recalled-over-potential-presence-of-benzene-which-can-cause-cancer_4818380.html
Seems like a waste of good benzene to me…but what do I know….
– – – – – – – – – –
As for Hillary’s “Sleepless in the Saddle” fears, here’s another possibility:
“Poll Shows 71 Percent Say US Heading in Wrong Direction 3 Weeks Ahead of 2022 Midterms”—
https://www.theepochtimes.com/poll-shows-71-percent-say-us-heading-in-wrong-direction-3-weeks-ahead-of-2022-midterms_4812589.html
Why…that’s enough to drive a grown woman to drink!!
(For the sake of argument, let’s assume that that 71% is a low-ball….)
And it would appear that the folks at twitter are doing their very best….
“Either everyone is on vacation or Twitter is throttling Republicans. Accounts that always get loads of retweets on key topics are getting maybe 15% of the usual amount or less.”—
https://twitter.com/15poundstogo/status/1584942721550413832?cxt=HHwWkMDTtcDA7P4rAAAA
Everyone has to “help out” in this most righteous of battles…
+ Bonus:
Some good news—signs of SANITY in the NY courts…
“New York Supreme Court Orders NYC to Rehire, Pay Back Wages to Unvaccinated City Employees”—
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-supreme-court-orders-nyc-to-rehire-pay-back-wages-to-unvaccinated-city-employees/
Hmm
https://twitter.com/15poundstogo
Even more money dumped in
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/people-are-increasingly-anticipating-something-market-about-be-shocked-treasury-buyback
Easier said than done
https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/24/alaska-gop-censures-mitch-mcconnell-for-meddling-in-race-between-two-republicans/
Ha
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2022/10/25/twitter-employees-circulate-letter-to-elon-musk-demanding-to-retain-their-jobs-and-benefits-n648697
Lovely discussion between Dr. John Campbell and cardiologist Aseem Malhotra (whose peer reviewed paper last month on the risks of the mRNA injections called for stopping them immediately until the risks are fully investigated) covering cardiac physiology and pathology–basic function, arrhymias, infarctions, myocarditis, cardiac arrest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtPykIjP7h0
31 minutes; those oh so soothing British accents…
October NO-surprise:
“New Email Reveals Answer to Establishment’s Efforts to Oust Trump;
“New detail in Danchenko trial exhibits suggests that FBI intentionally targeted Trump on false Russia collusion charges”—
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-email-reveals-answer-to-establishments-efforts-to-oust-trump_4815112.html
https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1584600242963390464?cxt=HHwWgICljdDh0P0rAAAA
It’s over…
Or is it…?
(Can it EVER be…over?)
The video maker mentions toward the end (in the context of skunks) that he has a cat. Well, if he has ever wandered down the pet supplies aisle of a typical American supermarket, he’s doubtless noticed the abundance of brands of scented kitty litter. The stuff is scented for the benefit of humans rather than the cats– my vet says (and I agree) that cats hate the perfume-y smell of scented kitty litter and some won’t use the cat box at all if it’s filled with that sort of litter. I use only litter that’s made from pine sawdust– it has no added scent, the cats like it because it has only a mild outdoorsy odor, and they can dig around in it without scattering it all over the floor.
As for skunks– my maternal grandmother told me about my Uncle Karl getting sprayed by a skunk when he was a boy. The family lived on a farm in a rural area of central Pennsylvania, and Karl used to trap skunks for their pelts. One day a skunk got him first. Nana said he came racing back to the house hollering and teary-eyed (skunk spray is irritating to all mammals’ eyes), and it took her a long time to get the skunk smell off Uncle Karl let alone his clothes. Meanwhile his siblings, being typical kids, teased him unmercifully about the stench until Nana told them to stop.
My vet, BTW, told me a while back that getting sprayed by a skunk can be dangerous to dogs and cats, particularly if the spray gets in the pet’s eyes. Some pets will vomit as well as sneeze or cough if they inhale the spray. While there are some things a pet owner can do (see https://www.thesprucepets.com/pets-eyes-sprayed-with-skunk-spray-3385645), it’s best to check with the vet if your dog or cat is sprayed by a skunk directly in the face. One more reason why I don’t allow my cats to go outside!
Speaking of emitting surprisingly strange and unusual odors, here’s BHL Unbound.
I mean, Unhinged.
(Actually, I mean, Insane…temporarily, one hopes…)
“The Biden Miracle;
“On the global stage, he may just rise from the rank of a ‘caretaker’ president to one of the greats”—
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/joe-biden-miracle-bernard-henri-levy
Mercurial. Irrepressible. Brilliant. Excessive. Uneven. Proud. Irresponsible.
But what might explain this appalling assessment?
Some bad clams
Thank you for the link Lee. Worthwhile listening, very informative.
Well, if Twitter is throttling conservatives’ tweets it may be because the employees are taking Musk’s threats to fire 75% of them seriously. Free speech! The horror!
Actually, I was thinking that all this could’ve been prevented had Musk bought the damn thing weeks ago….
Now, I’m beginning to think that such an invaluable means of suppression and censorship WON’T be sold until at least after the election, if ever….
Related (alas):
“If You Liked Big Brother, Meet Google’s Big MUM”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19027/google-mum
…an infotech/search-engine horror story as told by Daniel Greenfield…
Key sentence (RTWT):
“…By reducing the number of sources to only those that agree with its agenda, Google is able to deliver fast results while getting rid of different points of view….”
Democrats between a rock and hard place on inflation and the economy.
(Gosh, wonder how THAT ever happened…)
And so, it’s time…to throw Jerome Powell under the bus:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/recession-and-mass-layoffs-imminent-dems-throw-feds-powell-under-bus-risking-millions
(Well, you gotta blame somebody…Palestinian Rules and all…)
All of which might make one wonder, is all this Joe Manchin’s doing? Joe Manchin’s achievement? Joe Manchin’s “coup”?
Joe Manchin’s revenge?
IOW, did the wily Schumer sweet talk Manchin into destroying the Democratic party? (Or helping mightily to do so?)
And if so…do I owe Manchin an apology…for something he never intended to do??
File under: Doing the right things…for all the wrong reasons…?
Good point, David Foster. Reminds me of the two dustups over Quemoy and Matsu Islands in the Taiwan Straits.
“In 1955 and again in 1958, China and the United States came dangerously close to active combat over control of Quemoy and Matsu, two small islands just off the coast of the mainland PRC.”
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/10/the-taiwan-crisis-you-are-missing-a-chinese-invasion-of-quemoy-and-matsu/
The Seventh Fleet was receiving many messages directing their activities.
The British Navy, which had a carrier and a couple of destroyers in the area, received one message from the British Admiralty. “Protect the Queen’s interests.” I doubt the Brits are still operating that way these days. Bureaucracy has overtaken all.
Oh, for the simplicity of knowing what the nation’s interests are and then defending them.
In Vietnam the Pentagon was actually in radio contact with the strike leaders and directing activities on major Rolling Thunder ops. Comms technology has put the bureaucracy right on the warrior’s shoulder. Not necessarily a good thing.
Every squadron I was ever in that had a micro-managing CO also had low morale. There’s a lesson there.
lesson in choosing the ‘wrong side’ being the abraham accords
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11353433/Ex-Trump-advisor-Tom-Barrack-says-tied-Trump-disastrous-business.html
From my experience the typical American has far more clothes than folks in other countries. I can’t imagine what a European would think if they saw a walk-in closet that is now fairly common in American suburbs.
Rufus T. Firefly:
Couldn’t look it up now, but as I recall in 1900 quite a few deceased Americans left behind no more than a few changes of clothes and a footlocker of some books, keepsakes and a modest amount of cash.
I doubt most Americans understand that Europeans, for all their sophistication, live about half-class down from America. Middle-class in Europe is lower-middle-class in America.
If Peter Zeihan is right, that’s about to get worse.
This is why I wear a Barbour coat and hope to pass it on to my heirs, along with my modest accumulation of Stickley furniture.
_________________________
The Barbour Way of Life – Their Jacket, Their Story
The people that I associate with my Barbour jacket would be my parents. They bought their Barbour coats from the North Shields factory when we lived in Newcastle. They were the only coats recommended. Everyone wore them because they were the one coat that kept out the wind, rain and snow. I was only two, and after that, nearly every memory of my mum out on a walk has her wearing her trusty Barbour. I still see her, collar up, walking through the New Forest, hands in pockets, talking to friends on a Sunday stroll. I can still feel the waxy hugs and that Barbour smell.
Years later, that coat was passed on to me. I had it sent off, repaired and relaxed, and I started my own adventures with it. It was the only coat that comfortably fitted my baby bump when I was pregnant with our daughter. Whilst I now have a Barbour of my own, mum’s coat is hanging up, waiting to go to my daughter when she’s ready to have her own adventures.
https://www.barbour.com/us/blog/my-barbour-jacket-story
_________________________
Tradition!
@ David Foster > “My most recent post: Trafalgar, 1805, and the USA, 2022:”
Excellent article, and interesting comments.
Obligatory nitpicking: Your headline actually reads
“Tragalgar, 1805, and the USA, 2022”
I don’t know if you can edit posts or not, but it was a bit disconcerting to wonder if I had chanced upon the wrong battle.
@ Barry > ““If You Liked Big Brother, Meet Google’s Big MUM” ”
I liked their neologism “prebunking” aka anticipatory debunking
Prebunking, hmmm. Have they not heard of the ‘Streisand Effect’?