Epaminondas

re: Let’s over analyze why in the foxtrot uniform charlie kilo do people still wear masks

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/23/26 at 10:17 pm to rebeloke

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I played golf today with an Asian couple. The lady wore a mask outside while playing golf.

Why even associate with mask wearing people?

re: Perkins Rowe should see this as a warning

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/23/26 at 10:14 pm to Bourbon Bebe

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Reduce single parent households

This is the answer no one wants to talk about.

That's not the answer no one wants to talk about.

re: Trump rambles about sending his ‘pool guy’ to redo historic Lincoln Reflecting Pool

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/23/26 at 6:36 pm to DyeHardDylan

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It couldn’t be more obvious that Trump is just riffing this whole term. His biggest priority so far has been renovating the White House and Washington.

He captured the leader of a foreign country and effectively took control of a former enemy's oil. He reduced illegal border crossings to near zero and vastly ramped up deportations. He launched a massive air and naval war against Iran, an enemy the US has been in conflict with for decades, and even killed its Supreme Leader on day one of the war. (Agree with the war or not, it's obviously significant.)

But he's just renovating the White House. OK.

re: Iran has rejected a second round of peace talks with the US

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/19/26 at 1:48 pm to DyeHardDylan

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I’m still trying to figure out how any of this is beneficial to our country

Think about what a strait is. Think about the significance of energy resources in the area and what those resources mean for superpower nations and their militaries. Now think about who needs- really needs - those energy resources. Who is America's adversary? What would if mean if the US effectively controlled that adversary's access to critical energy supplies?

In the same context, think about what happened in Venezuela.

re: Trump to Hold News Conference in the Morning With Surprise Guest - Link Included

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/17/26 at 11:41 pm to AlterEd

Lane.

re: How would you feel about buying Iran's enriched uranium?

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/17/26 at 10:23 am to stout

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How would you feel about buying Iran's enriched uranium?

My tax refund would have to be huge.

re: Colored A$$ Wipe

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/17/26 at 6:19 am to Shanegolang

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there was a problem with the dyes causing allergic reactions in some people

That's a place where you really don't want an allergic reaction.

re: State Capitol Pride: Baton Rouge

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/16/26 at 7:22 pm to Everyday Is Saturday

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Know new BR bridge will spring eternity to time strangler it is. So no comment today.

re: How many white people in Louisiana have Spanish last names?

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/16/26 at 5:15 pm to UFFan

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Anyway, can you really describe people of Canarian descent as white? I mean, the Canary Islands are almost off the coast of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Spanish Canarians are supposed to have bred pretty heavily with the native Guanches there.

I don’t know about the genetics of the original Isleno settlers in Louisiana. They arrived a very long time ago, so anyone of Isleno descent today almost certainly has other white/European ancestry as well.

Also, in other areas, the ancestors of people with Spanish surnames/of Spanish descent were from Spain proper.

re: Stuff to do on and around campus

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/16/26 at 4:11 pm to Daveeed

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The Capitol observation deck is closed while they are renovating.

Thanks. I didn't realize that.

Tiger Rant

re: How many white people in Louisiana have Spanish last names?

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/16/26 at 4:07 pm to UFFan

Leander Perez was an Isleno. They are descendants of Spanish Canary Islanders. There are a lot of them in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes.

There are a lot of people with Spanish names in the Iberia Parish area where a lot of Spaniards settled. Iberia refers to the Iberian Peninsula. So, New Iberia and Iberia Parish are more or less like calling them New Spain and Spanish Parish. Also, Spanish Lake gets its name from Spanish settlers in the area.

re: Stuff to do on and around campus

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/16/26 at 10:23 am to pelicanpride

State Capitol and Old State Capitol. Both free and both really cool looking inside. It's nice because you can stay a while looking around or just do a quick walk through.

Also, at the capitol building, you can go to the observation deck.

Check the operating hours. The Old State Capitol is somewhat limited. Also, probably much easier to go on Saturday because not much traffic downtown.

Tiger Rant

re: Thief breaks in, cuts man’s yard, then steals the mower.

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/15/26 at 4:36 pm to SaintlyTiger88

If it's really hot outside, like say in August, I wouldn't even mind somebody stealing my lawnmower if he cut the grass first.

re: Anyone tracking the “incident” at the New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival?

Posted by Epaminondas on 4/11/26 at 1:32 pm to HenryParsons

I'm not up on the current trends and lingo. Are the giant puppets actually puppets or is that sime kind of euphemism? I really don't know what any of this means.