TSE said: "I'm thinking about doing a cashless society thread for Sunday." Thanks for the warning. For some reason, I am reminded of this bit from one of my favorite authors: "Not… (View Post)

Nick Palmer - About 1 in 4 American homes still have land lines. They are more common among the elderly -- no surprise -- and in the Northeast. (Full disclosure: I have one, and like it enough so tha… (View Post)

FPT: Malmesbury - Here's an explanation of "stage trees" from Larry Niven, himself: 'One-and-a-half billion years ago, a race of telepaths called the Thrintun used their overwhelm… (View Post)

One of my favorites among political movies is "Duck Soup". (I suspect I would give a nod to Chaplin's "The Great Dictator", too, if I had seen it within the last 40 years.) (View Post)

Off topic: Mitch McConnell defends the independence of the US Supreme Court. And he has the numbers on his side: "During the latest term, according to calculations produced by my staff, the cour… (View Post)