“[O]ne can dislike Trump and still recognize the accomplishments are real and laudable.”
Does Frank Know?
Frank By Name, Frank By Nature.
Kinky Jackboots: Emrys Graefe’s top NSFW pickup lines
Number 1: “At the risk of an HR complaint, you look like a super hot dominatrix who may also want to capture Harry Potter’s soul."
Todd Battis Remembers
During the design process, wind tunnel tests were done to establish how much pressure winds would–oh fuck now nobody cares
In 2001, [I] was a science correspondent for CTV News. On Sept. 11, a story that [I] was working on was set to broadcast on CTV National News about a Canadian wind tunnel built to demonstrate how wind sheer affected the Twin Towers… It was the day everything changed.
–Todd Battis, CTVNews.ca, Sept 11, 2026.
But people who were born before the attack might remember it, depending on their age.
[A]n entire generation, born after the attack, has now come of age. For them, there is no memory of the day.
–ibid.
Why, I remember when Ground Zero was in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Really makes you think.
Almost immediately, new terms were imposed that are now part of the lexicon: “Ground Zero,” “9/11,” and “the war on terror.”
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Fortunate Scions: Debank Caroline?
A shame to see the bootless and unhorsed begrudge Caroline Muldoon Lapham her latest well-earned earner as vice chairthingy of RBC. Similar credentialist resentments arose in 2023, when Premier DoFo gave Princess Caroline her King’s Counsel, honouring her three-day career as a lawyer (non-practicing) in Ontario.
Ivanka had previously described herself as a lawyer, but the evidence was always scant. She did article for a large NYC firm for a year after graduating from NYU law school. (Bay Street tycoon Lawrence Bloomberg subsequently gave her a job in “client services....Read More
