Seriously! How the fuck do I get some? Is the difference really morals? If I sold my morals would I have millions? Fuck these wankers, their lack of morals, and every penny to their names. Fuck them.
Sure, but you don’t just do one or the other. You diversify. If you had all of these coming after you, which would you find more deadly, the dog or the drone? For me, I’d say the grenade drone. You can manufacture a lot of grenade drones for the cost of one gun dog.
Yes, the first half definitely sounded like the beginning of a death announcement. I’m guessing they did that intentionally to point out his age and make us associate him with old age. They’ve been making lots of money off of Biden and Trump relating to age and whether someone so old is fit for office.
I, personally, don’t care about age. I care about values, performance, and ability to carry out the duties of the office. Bernie certainly aligns with my values, and has performed well in his terms. If he continues to have the cognitive abilities he has demonstrated, I’d support him until term limits were passed.
My recollection was big characters had a higher top speed, but slow acceleration. Small characters were the opposite. Medium characters didn’t excel or suck at either.
That was not my recollection of how it was supposed to work or how it worked in practice, but I found an archive of the original guidebook, and it says exactly what you said. Interesting. I got passed up by Donkey Kong and Bowser on straightaways all the time, but maybe that’s more of a mirror mode challenge thing than a size of the karts things.
I think their point was that while both sides may not be great options (the original comment’s point), there is a huge difference in the level of how not-great they are, and leaving it at t"hey are both not great" is a disservice to those not immersed in the political landscape because this election could be VERY close and the consequences of not voting for Biden, despite all of his shortcomings, significantly impact the entire world, especially Americans.
No one is saying that. They’re doing the opposite of that, actually. If they were saying black or white, they would both be 10 or 0. Instead, they’re saying that on a scale of 1-10, Biden is a 2, at best, but Trump is a -50.
There are no great options, but one option is significantly worse than the other.
In general, yes, run a candidate that is popular with voters. You can’t do that this year. No one who is unknown would have the time to get enough traction to beat Trump. No one who is well known is liked enough to motivate people to get to the polls.
I don’t think people are saying don’t criticize Biden or don’t criticize the system that resulted in Biden being president the first time and a candidate the second time. By all means, criticize away. He could be worse, sure, but he could be so much better.
What I think people are saying is that when you are comparing Biden and Trump, it’s important to point out that while both are not ideal, one is way worse. People who aren’t paying attention to the level they should will be less motivated to show up to the polls if they just think “everybody sucks.” Biden isn’t great, but Trump is a criminal scumbag who wants to let others strip us of our rights so that he can play king.
In many elections, that would be reasonable. The difference here is Trump. We have not had a president who so blatantly breaks the law with the level of support he has while his supporters either willfully ignore it or even support it.
So few thought he had a chance to be the Republican nominee in 2016, including Hillary’s campaign. Then, he stomped all of the other Republicans. Still, people he had no chance of winning the general election, and he won. While it is clear he hates learning of any kind (as evidenced by appointing Betsy DeVos, his inability to pay attention to briefings, etc.), his campaign has had opportunities to learn what works and what doesn’t. If the opposition is not unified on ONE candidate against Trump, Trump will win. The consequences of that are too dire, and this we gotta eat the white bread with Kraft singles sandwich. It’s better than the diarrhea sandwich people keep pointing to.
The difference is that great. Trump is a criminal, and not ashamed of it. He will sell all of our rights and all of the things that make America a great place (I’m not saying it couldn’t be better, but there are many great things about the US.).
If our election systems were better, yes, that would be more likely to be successful, and it would certainly be preferred (at least by me). Ranked choice or approval would be awesome!
We have 6 months to go. In my opinion, the chances of having a different candidate who will beat Trump in that time is low. Six months ago or more, I would have said it was doable. Statistically, incumbents have a higher rate of reelection than new candidates. Who knows what’s going to happen.
Also played Roach in The People Under the Stairs. Creepy-ass movie that I haven’t watched since I was little (7-ish?), and haven’t wanted to re-watch it to see if it is still scary or it was just scary because I was little.
“Given the importance of the trial schedule, the key practical question is whether the court focuses solely on Trump’s case or endorses immunity in other instances. Smith’s gambit is a fallback that would let the court order the trial to proceed even if its opinion extends to broader principles of immunity.”
It certainly feels that way, but it’s important to have all of your ducks in a row before you go after a former president, especially one who has had such crazy influence on a large portion of the country. It would not do well to miss something or make a misstep that results in a not guilty and immunity via double jeopardy. Getting through the investigation and all of the interviews would take forever, not to mention charging others to get them to flip.
Again, what if they hadn’t crossed all of their t’s and dotted all of their i’s for that one charge? Look at all of the stunts he has pulled so far. There’s a lot that goes into making charges stick. This is how the justice system works for big cases, not just for Trump. You’re right about him being free all this time, though. That was an injustice against the American people. If most people did what he did, we would have been waiting in jail. That’s where his money and influence really aided him. Although, putting him in jail may have caused his supporters to try again, and in far greater numbers, to bring down democracy. That’ll probably happen anyway, but him being free has delayed that inevitability.
Anyway, I’m not suggesting we have to like how it has unfolded. I am suggesting that if it had happened some other way, it had a good chance of failing or leading to the fracturing of our democracy.
Many changes need to be made to prevent this from happening again. He’s a buffoon and his tactics are obvious to everyone except his biggest supporters. It’s almost better that he has done this and exposed many of the flaws in the system, because a competent person would have been successful and wrested power during the last presidential election and there wouldn’t be another this year.
Bail is allowed for folks who are not likely to reoffend/commit other crimes while they wait for trial. I would say he is likely to reoffend/commit other crimes. So, bail should not have been offered. If you or I did what he did, we’d be in jail.
As an aside, paying for it just means rich people have it easier than poor people. So, again, if he were like us, he’d probably still be in jail.
Yes, my wife and I considered not for environmental reasons. My parents thought we were nuts citing the threat of nuclear war when they were kids and everyone continuing to have kids then. They’ve come around to understand our hesitation now, mostly, but it was distressing that they couldn’t understand , if not agree, with hesitating.
Of course, the environment is just one thing that gives us pause these days. People are crazy. Politicians and the laws they create are (or the dissolution of certain laws is) crazy. Plenty of reasons to pause.
Yes, the same here. We had 2 kids (and then a vasectomy). We’re not rich, but we do have a house we could sell to aid leaving, and we have enough in savings to make it without selling the house, if we needed to leave right away. Of course, environmental issues will be a global problem, but the response to those will likely be better in some places as compared to others.
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with...
When I was a kid, some piece of computer hardware came with some game demos. There was one called Taskmaker. It was not good graphically, but I really enjoyed it. It allowed access to three areas, I think. I played so much that I was able to beef up my character significantly. I was eventually given the full game. I played it so much. I tried bribing all of the NPCs to see what they’d say/do. There was a text box where you could type spells into. The normal progression of the game didn’t really give you many of them, but bestowing stuff to NPCs was one way to learn some.
Anyway, I found an abandonware version of it a while back and installed it on an old Mac virtual desktop. It still holds much of the same magic for me. I don’t have time to bribe every NPCs now, but I remember a lot, and google helps me with the rest.
It’s a huge amount of mass that was in motion. Who is disagreeing that it could take out a bridge? Also, bridges aren’t usually designed to take so much force from that angle.
That doesn’t surprise me. I could see something like this being done in a terrorist attack. Of course, I wait for the evidence, and don’t speculate wildly and publicly.
I think it’s reasonable to ask questions, explore possibilities, and verify with evidence. What those “news” organizations are doing is beyond irresponsible.
And yet, it is just. He has been screwing people over for decades to amass what he has, and it’s time he paid for his criminal (tax/loan/whatever fraud).
This just in: Victim of leopard mauling says he won’t give leopard second helping.
Fuck this guy. I’m not giving him credit for not being a completely horrible person when he has been a horrible person. He hasn’t learned anything, made amends, etc. He just doesn’t want the person who put hundreds of people on a mission for his head to have total power.
With Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler embroiled in scandal, the group is now on the defensive—and that will hurt Republicans in this fall’s elections....
I know a mom with an STD. She’s a good person and good mother, moreover she opposes MfL entirely. Let’s not shame people for things that don’t reflect on their poor character.
Trump Mega Donor Miriam Adelson Opens Up Cash Spigot (www.thedailybeast.com)
China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs (www.cnn.com)
Coming soon to a western military near you…
Trump Just Sold His $10M Jet to One of His Megadonors (www.thedailybeast.com)
Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision (globalnews.ca)
An ambulance collided with a moose early Sunday as it responded to another crash, also involving a moose, Ontario Provincial Police say....
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Au contraire, mon capitaine! We're back! (lemmy.world)
Did anyone else find it odd that Q opens with French while coming back with a Mariachi Band? No love for “No, Capitan! Estoy de vuelta”!
Galaxy class delta shift sucks. (lemmy.world)
Winning the Gold Cup on Mario Kart 64 as Yoshi (lemmus.org)
Ted Cruz humiliated as Pecker spills beans on Trump's vicious insults (boingboing.net)
Is this the way you'd treat your mother? Is this the kind of abuse that poor woman must endure? (lemmy.world)
‘Sleepy Don’: Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial (www.independent.co.uk)
His ‘Sleepy Joe’ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ‘Sleepy Don’...
The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states | It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. (www.vox.com)
Do you know where yours is? (lemmy.world)
Template just in case.
Trump Bond’s Cayman Connection ‘Stinks to High Heaven’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Column: Jack Smith's latest push to get Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial moving before the election (www.latimes.com)
“Given the importance of the trial schedule, the key practical question is whether the court focuses solely on Trump’s case or endorses immunity in other instances. Smith’s gambit is a fallback that would let the court order the trial to proceed even if its opinion extends to broader principles of immunity.”
Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates (www.nytimes.com)
This works because almost all the US uses first-past-the-post elections for the Presidential general election. So you get outcomes like this:...
Every time (lemmy.world)
Republican who supported “Don’t Say Gay” law sues Pride parade for barring his participation (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Population tipping point could arrive by 2030: global fertility will drop below replacement level years earlier than expected. (www.science.org)
Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. (lemmy.world)
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with...
Hush money prosecutors say gag order covers judge’s daughter after Trump attacks (thehill.com)
Although... no bowling alley on a cargo ship. (lemmy.world)
Still Unable to Post Bond, Trump Has Most Crazed Meltdown Yet (newrepublic.com)
Donald Trump has no idea how to post bond in the fraud trial—and he’s absolutely losing it....
Peter Navarro asks Supreme Court to let him avoid reporting to prison next week | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Texas governor predicted donations would pay for busing migrants out of state. He’s collected less than 1% of that cost | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Mike Pence not endorsing Donald Trump (www.newsweek.com)
Moms for Liberty Is Slowly Imploding, and That’s Bad for MAGA in 2024 (newrepublic.com)
With Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler embroiled in scandal, the group is now on the defensive—and that will hurt Republicans in this fall’s elections....