People making tiny inconveniences for themselves instead of imposing them on everyone else is the essence of civilization.

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If that doesn’t work, you could always deport as many vulnerable members of the lowest stratum of society, so you couldn’t work the factories even if you had the materials.

Try threatening some friendly allied countries for more land.

Found Satan.

Because it’s a quiet news time, with not much happening in the world due to the Christmas-New Year holiday season. The “year in review” articles fill the emptiness.

I’m guessing there’s a good chance you’d love it, but I haven’t seen the movie yet.

Are you familiar with the musical? How does the movie compare?

I don’t think it’s crazy, just desperate for validation.

There is a myth in evangelical Christian circles, I believe acknowledged in the article, that candy canes have their color (white for purity, red for blood) and shape (upside-down J for Jesus) and taste (sweet like the gospel) to explicitly communicate Christian doctrines. There is even a children’s Christmas musical performed in churches at Christmas based on this principle. As much as one may approve of the doctrines, Christians holding steadfastly to a particular origin of candy canes regardless of the evidence seems dishonest and misguided, if not outright idolatrous to me.

The amount of candy cane myth that is believed wholesale and unquestioningly by modern American churches is amazing.

Thanks, Duck!

The Red Rooster origin story.

I love Scott and his content, but the idea of naming asteroids is stupid vanity. Give them a number and be done with it, like every other astronomical object.

Is this Jeremy Kubica, noted asteroid finder?!