Peggy Noonan makes a point about the breakdown of community that could have been lifted from 'Bowling Alone'. But she talking about remote work and the end to office-time:
The primary location of daily integration in America—the coming together of all ages, religions, ethnicities and political tendencies, all colors, classes and conditions—has been, during the past century, the office. It is where you learn to negotiate relationships with people very different from you, where you discover what people with different experiences of life really think. You discern all this in the joke, the aside, the shared confidence, the rolled eyes. And with all this variety you manage to come together in a shared, formal mission: Get that account, sell that property, get the story, process those claims.
Daily life in America happened in the office. If it doesn’t, where will America happen?
And, this being a political column, my second worry. The end of the office will contribute to polarization. Receding from office life will become another way of self-segregating. People will be exposed to less and, in their downtime, will burrow down into their sites, their groups, their online angers. Their group-driven information and facts.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/04/the_point_of_no_return_147997.html
The Point of No Return
By Thomas Sowell
Posted by: jim nj | August 05, 2022 at 02:00 AM
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/03/why_we_lost_trust_in_the_expert_class_147989.html
Posted by: jim nj | August 05, 2022 at 02:07 AM
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-army-division-keep-patch-referencing-confederate-army
US Army division to keep patch referencing the Confederate Army
The 29th Infantry Division wore the patch while storming the beaches of Normandy during WWII
"The patch, introduced during World War I, is a blue and gray yin and yang that references the merger of the Union and Confederate units after the Civil War. The division is headquartered in Virginia, but has formations in the Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and Florida National Guards."
Yes, and "But that symbol was put at risk by the commission, whose focus has mostly been on renaming military posts named after Confederate leaders such as Fort Lee, Virginia."
Yes, so the city of Fort Lee, NJ, would also be up for grabs, because uh, lack of memory?
Posted by: jim nj | August 05, 2022 at 04:07 AM
Businessinsider:
Twitter paid to join a political group fighting against abortion as criticism from Republican lawmakers heats up
Posted by: Neo | August 05, 2022 at 08:19 AM
one state looks like another,
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2022/08/05/liz-cheneys-wyoming-campaign-ad-dick-cheney-leaves-word-wyoming/
Posted by: Narciso | August 05, 2022 at 06:37 PM
oh really
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/05/dr-ebright-to-lawmakers-faucis-statements-on-gain-of-function-research-have-been-untruthful/
Posted by: Narciso | August 05, 2022 at 06:38 PM
heh,
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/flordia-gop-runs-parody-ad-against-gavin-newsom-following-his-attacks-desantis?utm_source=sf&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twjtn
Posted by: Narciso | August 05, 2022 at 06:41 PM
enforcing the law is rare:
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/05/morning-joe-desantis-andrew-warren/
Posted by: Narciso | August 05, 2022 at 06:48 PM
Weight loss the technical way http://ace.mu.nu/archives/photoshopcourses.jpg
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 06:56 PM
indeed
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/05/grassleys-questioning-of-wray-suggests-biden-scandal-is-the-tip-of-the-deep-state-iceberg/
Posted by: Narciso | August 05, 2022 at 07:05 PM
indeed,
https://gatesofvienna.net/2022/08/swedes-prepare-to-shiver/
Posted by: Narciso | August 05, 2022 at 07:08 PM
These look hungry
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/morayeels.jpg
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 08:43 PM
This ship was also attacked by killer whales, this time by a pod of about 20 of them.
https://youtu.be/iEpvQKxz5JU
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 08:47 PM
Gorgeous pair of wolves. 💕
https://twitter.com/i/status/1553703988088152064
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 08:49 PM
Flying jaws🦈
https://twitter.com/i/status/1554767645404270593
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 08:53 PM
These seals are amazingly fast and incredibly brazen about jumping up on boats and demanding humans give them treats. They're practically muggers! This obviously isn't their first rodeo.
https://youtu.be/1uH6DSJ7CKg
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 08:57 PM
Belga whale plays catch with a rugby ball.
https://youtu.be/NQ3sAIEg6OY
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 09:00 PM
Scary underwater
https://twitter.com/i/status/1552695599421480960
Posted by: Davod | August 05, 2022 at 09:03 PM
Before the thread closes
The new CBS Reports documentary, "Arming Ukraine," explores why much of the billions of dollars of military aid that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine doesn't make it to the front lines: "Like 30% of it reaches its final destination." Stream now: https://cbsn.ws/3oV6hz5
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1555701550319898625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1555701550319898625%7Ctwgr%5Ed96502c0219315967b2214c2fbd695fc0941179c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriots.win%2Fp%2F15JAOFjXwU%2Fcbs-news--only-30-percent-of-us-%2Fc%2F
Posted by: Rocco | August 06, 2022 at 01:19 PM
New thread!
Posted by: sbwaters | August 06, 2022 at 07:19 PM
Even a blind squirrel like Peggy Noonan finds an acorn now and then. I've not been able to read a Noonan column all the way through--or even beyond the first two paragraphs for years now.
Posted by: Comanche Voter | August 06, 2022 at 10:56 PM
This was back in 2008 when you were still allowed to say it
https://twitter.com/i/status/1556329681787535360
Posted by: Davod | August 07, 2022 at 10:45 PM