The Evening Blues - 5-15-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 05/15/2026 - 3:00pm
Open Thread - 5-15-2026 - Cycles in Time
Submitted by studentofearth on Fri, 05/15/2026 - 5:00am
Morning
Interesting week in the rise and fall cycles of human civilizations. Was this the week the a pivot point for a new direction became clear? Time will tell.
The Evening Blues - 5-14-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 05/14/2026 - 4:10pm
Open Thread - 14 May 2026 - A President CAN be Arrested!
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 05/14/2026 - 5:00amA President CAN be Arrested!
A week or so ago I went down a rabbit hole about speed limits before motorized vehicles. Laws about reckless driving with horses or horse-drawn vehicles existed, dating from Medieval times at least. Colonial America had such limits as well. For example, what was to become New York city had one on galloping horses pulling carts, wagons, or sleighs in 1652.
These limits, on galloping horses, carts, carriages, etc, in cities, were in effect when Ulysses S. Grant was President (and, before that General). And he broke them, in DC, at least. He was arrested twice before becoming President (when he was still 'just' a lieutenant general of the US Army) in 1866. The first time, he drove off after getting the warrant, but showed up and paid the fine a few days later. He was "exercising his fast gray nag".
General Grant and Robert Bonner racing in a carriage in New York in 1868 - From Wikimedia.
The Evening Blues - 5-13-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 05/13/2026 - 4:00pm
OT WE 13 MAY 26 ~ Milky Way
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/13/2026 - 5:00am~
“Alien Throne” by Marcin Zajac
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The Evening Blues - 5-12-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 3:57pm
"When the course of human events"
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 9:47am
Don't know why that famous quote sticks in my mind. It is of course from the Declaration of Independence penned by Thomas Jefferson.
We've certainly had a great deal of human events since that time of struggle to free a people from immense tyranny, mostly originating from a power from far away, overseas.
The Evening Blues - 5-11-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/11/2026 - 3:47pm
Chief Executives to Accompany Trump to China
Submitted by fire with fire on Mon, 05/11/2026 - 1:07pmThe delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries, including Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla.
