Happy Pi Day!

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The history of pi dates back to the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians. Babylonians estimated pi as 3.125, and the Egyptians approximated pi to be 3.1605. However, it was the Greek mathematician Archimedes that calculated pi to be between 223/71 and 22/7. A general estimate for pi is 22/7 or 3.14.

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It’s Caturday!

 

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I question my own fascination . . .

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General Discussion, Saturday, March 14, 2026

Day FOUR HUNDRED NINETEEN of Presidential recovery.

 

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Trump the GOAT!

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Cuba’s president confirms government is in talks with US

Miguel Díaz-Canel, the current president of Cuba, confirmed Friday morning that his government is in talks with the U.S. and the two countries are “using dialogue to find solutions to our differences to bilateral problems.” 

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Bad luck?

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General Discussion, Friday, March 13, 2026

Day FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN of Presidential recovery.

 

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ISIS-linked Mohamed Bailor Jalloh ID’d as Old Dominion gunman

New York Post

The madman who opened fire at Old Dominion University on Thursday, killing a retired military officer instructing an ROTC class, has been identified as an ex-National Guard soldier convicted of trying to support ISIS, The Post has learned.

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, stormed into a classroom inside ODU’s Constant Hall and asked if it was an ROTC class. When someone confirmed that it was, he launched the suspected terror attack, shooting the professor several times, law enforcement sources said.

A heroic ROTC cadet at the Virginia school jumped to action to prevent more carnage, stabbing Jalloh to death after the crazed suspect gunned down the class instructor, the sources said.

The instructor was a retired military officer who was declared dead at a hospital, according to sources.

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The Steak and Lobster Brouhaha

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TMZ followed by several different other “news” sites (I use that term lightly) published a story with this all caps headline “PETE HEGSETH
BLEW BILLION$ ON FRUIT BASKETS, LOBSTER” accompanied by a photo with him, surrounded by a bunch of plastic lobsters.

If you’ve never covered the military, or served, or if you don’t have any family or friends in the military this would seem like a shocking story.

But it’s not–not even remotely.

It is a common practice for our country to provide these special meals to our service men and women at least once a week–Has been for decades.

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