He does make the point that James Watts’ steam engine could be seen as the true infernal machine. The great irony of the era, as he details, is that once the leading anarchists of the time were deported to Russia, they found not the workers’ paradise they’d envisioned but yet ...
He is totally dependent on the repressive state apparatus. His political survival is at the whim and fancy of a parliamentary majority that hasn’t a hope in hell of ever surviving another election. They don’t like the idea of elections. Neither does the President who failed to get elected...
I have a friend who complains when he goes to the grocery store and pay $20 more a week than they did the previous year. . His car insurance went up 15% YOY. Yet he does not realize that his 401k went up by 25% or $300k and his house value went up $50k thanks partly to infl...
Technique-wise, Wick is conservative in his edits, but he does use Adobe Lightroom. “If you’re taking an image with your iPhone, or a JPEG file on a camera, you’re basically getting a boxed cake mix,” he says. “If you shoot raw and adjust the contrast an...
Or does it mean I’m an affirmative action beneficiary? I *really* want to know what you mean. Thank you in advance for your consideration. macroduck January 2, 2022 at 5:18 pm Manfred is apparently confused by the distiction between merit and privilege. There’s a lot of that going...
a top New York PR firm, to spruce up its image. “I can’t emphasize strongly enough that the reason that these lawsuits have gone as far as they have is because this industry has done a very poor job of communicating what it stands for and what it does in the area of safety and ...
Or do you drag that person along by helping to him all his life, even if you clearly know that person does not deserve it, so you know if something really bad happens that person going to look for you immediately? Is it simply a matter of good old lack of OPSEC, because over the ...
my question for you is: "what does *it* mean when you randomly *place* asterisks in your writing? By StartingOver — On May 26, 2009 I am a 42 year old stay-at-home-mom who has been married for 15 years and am now just starting to try and build some credit for myself. Or...
ANNE:What does it even mean to have a knack for fundraising? And know that this question is being asked by an introvert who would rather die than ask people for money every day as part of my job. What does it take personality wise, skills set wise?
“Honey, the only thing that mask is gonna do is make you feel better, and give you a probably false sense of security.” OTOH, since it’s a dye class, and the mask might actually work at keeping out the dye particles, well it probably does make sense during class hours. Afterwards...