Comments on: Open thread 12/10/2024

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 06:11:46 +0000

@ AWOL > ” If we are to Make America Great Again, surely a part of this effort must be the revival of the cities, based on pro-human urban planning and architecture. (As opposed to the monstrosities we see popping up everywhere.)”

I totally agree.
Are you thinking of something like this?
https://www.archdaily.com/934164/three-comments-on-the-executive-order-making-federal-buildings-beautiful-again

(Other posts from 2020 are less welcoming of Trump’s proposed EO, which I don’t think he ever signed; and if he did, Biden quashed it along with all the other good things from 45.)

By: buddhaha

buddhaha — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:19:23 +0000

There are two things that justify the existence of NYC.
The jazz clubs and Central Park.

At least those were the places I went when I spent time there. 🙂

By: Gringo

Gringo — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:54:30 +0000

Frederick Law Olmsted was a man of many talents. His three books on his travels through the antebellum South in the 1850s are historical landmarks. They can be found at Amazon: Frederick Law Olmsted and Gutenberg: Frederick Law Olmsted. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States (Amazon-Kindle 0.99) A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier (Amazon-Kindle 0.99) A Journey in the Back Country (Amazon-Kindle 4.99) His three books were condensed into two books: The Cotton Kingdom, Vol 1. Gutenberg The Cotton Kingdom, Vol 2 Gutenberg Amazon-Kindle sells The Cotton Kingdom for 0.99, but I don't know if it consists of just Vol 1 or both volumes.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:15:58 +0000

If we are to Make America Great Again, surely a part of this effort must be the revival of the cities, based on pro-human urban planning and architecture.
==
Yep.

By: AWOL Civilization

AWOL Civilization — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:21:57 +0000

When discussing Frederick Law Olmstead, let us not forget his other remarkable projects, particularly the fabulous park and parkway system in Buffalo. If we are to Make America Great Again, surely a part of this effort must be the revival of the cities, based on pro-human urban planning and architecture. (As opposed to the monstrosities we see popping up everywhere.)

By: Xylourgos

Xylourgos — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:51:18 +0000

Although what I posted earlier today was written as a slightly tongue-in-cheek proposal, it has a serious point. It is extremely necessary to reform our federal and state voting practices. The way voting is now structured results in a lack of confidence of the correctness of the vote tabulation.

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:55:07 +0000

Lots of major events happening—Trump being elected and the subsequent freakouts by Harris supporters, Assad deposed in Syria, a possible peace deal in the Ukraine, etc., etc.

Meanwhile, in the background, drones, basically ignored–sometimes swarms of them, and some estimated to be the size of a SUV–are flying over our military bases, over some Trump properties, over our cities and homes; and, increasingly, they are being seen all over our country.*

Yet, our authorities claim to be completely ignorant of what these supposed “drones” are, what their objectives might be, and who is controlling them.

Has no one shot one of these drones down, opened it up, and gotten any information from it?

See https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/fbi-to-frustrated-congress-we-just-don-t-know-who-is-behind-mystery-drone-flights-in-nj/ar-AA1vD5er

and https://nj1015.com/drones-threat-new-jersey/ (This article includes a detailed, illustrated history of the high points of the UFO phenomenon over several decades.)

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:47:09 +0000

It seems that Biden is doing things which Trump said he would do… first, they are objecting to the sale of US Steel to a Japanese company. Second, they are going to look at banning the red food dyes within the next few weeks. They want the credit for doing things.

By: Mike Plaiss

Mike Plaiss — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:15:57 +0000

So does the prosecution wind up plea bargaining this thing out of fear of some leftist morons making it through and onto the jury?

By: Karmi

Karmi — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:29:41 +0000

Too much good news can spoil one...or as the Mundaka Upanishad's might say about 'Two Golden Birds' – too much sweet fruit invites a taste for sour fruit: NY AG Upholds Fraud Case Against Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James has confirmed that she will not dismiss the $454 million civil fraud judgment against President-elect Donald Trump. Despite Trump's appeal and his status as President-elect, James argues that presidents are not immune from civil lawsuits. The case involves allegations of fraud in real estate valuation and continues as the legal battle moves through the appeals process.