BarneyPiccolo

Now Hungary has the challenge of rebuilding their nation after 16 years of MAGA-style destruction.

The Political Grim Reaper

Uganda has always been a weird country. I remember the old Idi Amin days. More recently, Uganda became known for making homosexuality a capital offense, after being influenced by an American PsychoPreacher who was bankrolled by Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A.

Oh, sure, this will bring down gas prices.

You're definitely wrong, it's just that the evil minority is willing to cheat, lie, manipulate, bribe, etc., while the good majority won't stoop to that, and they've ridden that corruption to power.

What will happen is that they will eventually wake up to the fact that even kind, empathetic people sometimes have to defend their way of life against evil people who intend to take advantage of that kindness. When that switch flips, watch out.

I actually have, many of them. It's a joke, good musicians are insanely smart. They can be loose cannons though, that's no secret.

100%, my Danish brother.

I never dreamed I would ever be against USA

Me neither, and I'm an American, who grew up in a military family. I was born on an Army base in a converted barracks. And yet, I hate what America has become, and actively root against things like this war. I hope we lose this war in front of the entire world, in humiliating fashion. America doesn't deserve it, but MAGA sure does. MAGA is NOT America.

Stick with us, the good part of America, by far the largest part, will prevail, and then we will put have to put aside our kindness for a moment, as we deal with family business, and then return to the world with a responsible attitude, and the hope for redemption.

Thanks, great clarification. I still don't understand the application of algebra, but I'm sure it's good for something. I don't question it, because I don't have knowledge about it. I know a lot of really arcane, obscure, super advanced musical stuff, but I understand why casual bystanders wouldn't get it at all. The difference is, I wouldn't expect middle schoolers to learn obscure musical knowledge that they'll NEVER, EVER need.

I understand "business math" very well, percentages, profit margins, etc., and use it every day. But not once in my entire life have I said "I really wish I'd paid more attention to Algebra." If I've ever needed it, I didn't recognize it, and have no idea how it would have solved my problem.

You mention that Algebra, etc. grows out of fractions, and I understand fractions, but have no idea how fractions fit. Another guy I knew told me that once you understand how Algebra relates to a circle, it all makes sense. WTF? I've never heard that before or since. Now you say its all about fractions with the same level of confidence. I don't understand what either of you are talking about.

I think American students would be better served if the math curriculum emphasized Business Math, with advanced math like Algebra, Calc, Trig, etc., available for students on a engineering, aeronautics, aerospace, etc. track.

It's gonna be a hell of 4th of July. Let's blow up EVERYTHING!

If you were studying all that, double majoring and double minoring, you aren't a musician, no musician is smart enough for all that. You were a computer/science guy who was also good at music.

My brother is one of those bona-fide geniuses, and he was also a decent saxophonist in high school, but he wouldn't have described himself as a musician. He also loves sports because it has lots of interesting statistics, but that doesn't make him an athlete.

Okay, thanks for the correction, my math was off a little bit, but absolute panic is still called for.