Martin Luther's Views on Governance The Apocryphal Quote The phrase "I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian" is often attributed to Martin Luther. However, there is no evidence that he actually said this. The quote appears to be a simplification or misinterpret...

Martin Luther's Views on Governance The Apocryphal Quote The phrase "I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian" is often attributed to Martin Luther. However, there is no evidence that he actually said this. The quote appears to be a simplification or misinterpreta...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 11:00 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:56 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:13 am Are you guys planning any trips/travel this year?

I might leave my house / property.

LOL

Maybe only his house to fertilize his garden?

I can't say that I have read much into the situation but I did read that there is now more European defenses going into Greenland now. I figured that was really the end goal. If he has to threaten to take it over himself to get it to be defended then that ends up being a pretty good deal. Coming of...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:13 am Are you guys planning any trips/travel this year?

Costco. Local grocery store. Church. Gas station. Friends. Restaurants. I’m going out on a limb here, but I might even take trips to the TV room and bedroom and bathroom.

I didn’t realize the MN fraud had been going on for over a decade. A couple of hi lights are below. The whole article is worth reading in my opinion. “It feels never-ending,” Thompson said. “I have spent my career as a fraud prosecutor and the depth of fraud in Minnesota takes my breath away.” Publi...

I can't say that I have read much into the situation but I did read that there is now more European defenses going into Greenland now. I figured that was really the end goal. If he has to threaten to take it over himself to get it to be defended then that ends up being a pretty good deal. Coming of...

Xan: the best forum steward on the internet! I'm glad you think so! I fear I've disappointed many of you on this private message thing, though. There isn't much that I could do to improve the situation, I don't think. Not me. The current setup is how I expected it to work. Thanks for running the fo...

I have always tried to follow the advice of my employer:

Never put anything in print you don't want to see on the front page of the newspaper.

I hope all my Gyroscopic friends have survived the recent blizzard conditions across much of the US. At least we didn’t lose power in our neighborhood; just a lot of snow and sleet and ice. We have been on level 2 emergency since Sunday - basically means only emergency vehicles and approved snow rem...

Good lord, what has the ipad OS update done to my keyboard? (Version 26.2) All my iPads are so old that it's been many, many years since any of them were able to get any form of update. Better not advertise that you have very hackable out of date hardware and software. Sure hope you aren’t keeping ...

I slipped on the icy stairs today leaving the house for work. >:( Stay safe out there, guys! As did I on the total ice on my driveway that I could not really see. I had to crawl across it to get to the snow to walk on it to get my accumulated mail and newspapers. Last February I had a violent fall ...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 9:57 am I slipped on the icy stairs today leaving the house for work.

Stay safe out there, guys!

Hope you’re okay. Those ice related gymnastics aren’t fun.

Merry Christmas Eve to all the Gyroscopic family! If you happen to party too hard in the next few days, please call Vinny for bail money.

You ‘da man, Xan. . Hope you’re having a great Advent.

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my favorite "Gobble 'til you Wobble" friends.

I don’t know. I’ve only bought ten-year-old and older computers lately. O0 Boy do I have a deal for you. 2009 MacBook Pro with upgraded memory and SSD and battery. One owner, me. It’s completely functional and in great shape. $5000. I’ll ship to you on my dime after receiving payment. Cash only, sm...

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:36 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:00 pm ChromeOS is probably my favourite Linux distro at this point

Being Canadian, you’re more used to having Big Brother watching over you.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:08 pm Was the forum inaccessible for a while for anyone else?

Yes, me as well.

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:10 pm I would add Atlas Shrugged. Not exactly a quick read though.

Agreed. And perhaps Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Mint? But I defer to the Linux gurus.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 7:56 am What are you, mining bitcoin with that monstrosity?

Monstrosity? That’s only a little better than my mid-2018 i7 MacBook Pro 32gb ram and 2tb ssd.

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 4:08 pm RIP Charlie Kirk

Horrible event. Evil perpetrator. I can only imagine the pain his family must be feeling.

Don’t want to miss The Big Day Vinny Switches Computers, or as ochotona might call it, TBDVSC. That's like waiting for the Great Pumpkin. TBDVSCATIAAB And Turns Into An AI Bot Just a thought prompted by a song my daughter texted me. Ask ChatGPT ‘who is Mason Jar Moonshine and who does he sound like...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Aug 29, 2025 11:16 am{ deleted }

Geezy peasy Dualstow. I sure hope Big Brother hasn’t deleted you.