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Slide Rule · « **Reply #452 on:** February 12, 2026, 01:41:35 pm »

Trust is typically unobservable on the News.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #453 on:** February 12, 2026, 01:43:18 pm »

Pattern Recognition.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #454 on:** February 12, 2026, 01:51:48 pm »

Voter ID

Bigun · « **Reply #455 on:** February 12, 2026, 08:05:15 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #456 on:** February 12, 2026, 11:06:53 pm »

No talent hacks.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #457 on:** February 12, 2026, 11:10:25 pm »

Its ok to be white.

Hoodat · « **Reply #458 on:** February 13, 2026, 08:31:48 am »

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #459 on:** February 13, 2026, 07:43:16 pm »

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #460 on:** February 13, 2026, 07:44:42 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #461 on:** February 13, 2026, 10:31:43 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #462 on:** February 13, 2026, 10:33:02 pm »

ChemEngrMBA · « **Reply #463 on:** February 14, 2026, 09:28:14 am »

Quote from: Slide Rule on February 13, 2026, 10:33:02 pm

The last public outdoor hanging in the United States took place on August 14, 1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky, when Rainey Bethea was executed before a crowd estimated between 10,000 and 20,000 people.

He was charged with the rape and murder of 70-year-old Lischia Edwards in Owensboro. He confessed to the crime.

Key details
Person executed: Rainey Bethea, age 26

Location: Owensboro, Kentucky

Date: August 14, 1936

Crowd size: Roughly 10,000–20,000 spectators

Significance: Widely recognized as the last public execution in the U.S.

Aftermath: Public outrage and media attention led Kentucky to outlaw public executions in 1938.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #464 on:** February 14, 2026, 10:38:36 am »

Quote

The last legal hanging in the United States took place on
January 25, 1996, in Delaware. Billy Bailey, a convicted murderer, was executed by hanging after choosing it over lethal injection, becoming the third person to be hanged in the U.S. since 1965.

It's still an acceptable method of getting the job done, just isn't public any more.

240B · « **Reply #465 on:** February 14, 2026, 07:06:26 pm »

With great power comes great responsibility.
With no power comes freedom and clarity.
No desire for wealth or for 'power'.
I would much rather to be left alone.
Let them chase their tails, and in the end they will die anyway.

Bigun · « **Reply #466 on:** February 14, 2026, 08:52:49 pm »

DCPatriot · « **Reply #467 on:** February 15, 2026, 05:53:44 pm »

Bigun · « **Reply #468 on:** February 15, 2026, 10:25:42 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #469 on:** February 15, 2026, 11:11:52 pm »

I'm not touching you.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #470 on:** February 16, 2026, 10:39:59 am »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #471 on:** February 16, 2026, 10:44:12 am »

240B · « **Reply #472 on:** February 16, 2026, 12:28:28 pm »

240B · « **Reply #473 on:** February 16, 2026, 03:39:21 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #474 on:** February 16, 2026, 10:21:52 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #475 on:** **Today** at 07:24:20 am »

Who Cares What LeBron James Thinks About Israel?
Lakers star held news conference before NBA All-Star Game

Bobby Burack
February 16, 2026 5:50 PM EST

https://www.outkick.com/analysis/who-cares-what-lebron-james-thinks-about-israel

BET host Marc Lamont Hill reacted as well. "LeBron James just said he’s ‘heard nothing but good things’
about Israel. I’m nonplussed. Seriously. Nonplussed."

At this point, one might expect me to either defend James and Israel or condemn them with a passionate
stance. Those appear to be the only two lanes available.

Here’s a better question: Why would anyone care what LeBron thinks about Israel?

Slide Rule · « **Reply #476 on:** **Today** at 07:27:32 am »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #477 on:** **Today** at 08:01:49 am »

Perhaps this is the path to fire AI.

Hit them where it hurts. Employ your attorney as there
will be large and fast payouts.

Expert systems have been around two decades or more.
When there is an expert system error, they call in the
real expert. A human. He modifies the decision path to
improve it.

What is called AI is an expert system that is grabbing
its key bits of knowledge from the internet.
Good luck with that.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #478 on:** **Today** at 08:08:03 am »

240B · « **Reply #479 on:** **Today** at 01:42:54 pm »

240B · « **Reply #480 on:** **Today** at 02:47:03 pm »

240B · « **Reply #481 on:** **Today** at 03:10:24 pm »

This is true. I have known this forever, for a long time.
Abara <- I will build or create
C <- meaning 'as' or 'that'
Debera <- Speak or say
Abaracdebera <- I will create as I say

libertybele · « **Reply #482 on:** **Today** at 03:34:54 pm »

Quote from: Slide Rule on Today at 08:08:03 am

She's a freakin' ding bat!!

ChemEngrMBA · « **Reply #483 on:** **Today** at 04:05:57 pm »