“Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can’t be traced or confiscated due to sanctions,” Hosseini told the newspaper.
Oh shit, it’s one thing to be on the wrong side of the US Army. But the Iranians are about to be on the wrong side of Monero shills, who will loudly proclaim “Bitcoin isn’t untraceable, they should use Monero instead” from the comfort of their parents’ basement…
Can they both lose, please?
I will always upvote a Phillies loss
Think of the defense contractors, though, who get contracts to replenish all those missiles. They will be happy …
I remember going to a Mets-Giants game there in 2015 where the ticket on StubHub was cheaper than the beer, lol. I know exactly which game too: it was the one when MadBum homered off of DeGrom. You don’t see that every day.
Actually, this one has some facts behind it. To the extent that Trump has any faith, it was shaped by Norman Vincent Peale, as the Trump family attended his church in Manhattan. Peale’s theology isn’t quite as “fuck poor people” as Prosperity Theology, but is just as narcissistic.
This looks like an idea some MBA who has never been a baseball fan came up with.
The toilet is malfunctioning, but only for liquid waste, somehow
What you are ignoring us that the new Congress will be in place by then, and as long as the election isn’t ratfucked the Democrats will probably gain a slim House majority. This means not only that the Democratic Speaker will be third in line for the Presidency, but also that the Democratic House (and the Senate)will have to approve whoever Vance picks as his VP. They could just sit on it and not do anything, in which case the VP slot remains vacant, and that House Speaker is now second in line (plus, ties in the Senate can’t be broken, which can be handy if Republicans still hold that.)
So, they may pull the trigger* early if they don’t think the Congressional election is in the bag
*= Hey, FBI, that’s only a metaphor…
I keep reminding people that the 25th Amendment is not the solution here, because it requires a higher bar to enact than simply impeaching the guy. You need to have the VP and half the cabinet on board to trigger it, but then the President gets his office back by simply telling Congress “Nah, I’m good”. But then if the VP and cabinet still insist, it would take a 2/3 vote of both houses to trigger.
Impeachment requires no Cabinet officers, and only a majority of the House (but still 2/3 of the Senate to convict).
It would be fitting, though, if for all the dumb, impeachable shit he’s done, the thing that finally did it was swearing in a tweet on Easter…
Not pictured: all the bags of pee
Actually, I recall reading elsewhere that they would pee in pouches if the toilet failed, and being the pouches back with them, just like the Apollo astronauts did.
If this is the worst problem they have, I think we’ll all still call the mission a resounding success
Generally a good piece, but I have one nit to pick:
Here’s the truth nobody wants to admit: the music industry isn’t run by musicians anymore. It’s run by promoters, ticket scalpers, streaming executives, and a shadowy network of middlemen who’ve figured out how to extract every last penny from your nostalgia and FOMO.
When was the industry ever run by musicians?
50 years ago, didn’t Roger tell you the name of the game, boy? He called it “Riding the Gravy Train”…
The Iranians never said they had a pilot, though, they said they “foiled an attempt”. I bet the Americans made more than one attempt, and one was sucessful.
What a wholesome Easter message
What do you mean, he has no qualifications? Haven’t you seen those bad-ass Nationalist Christian tattoos?
He is a bona-fide, 100% qualified NatC…
Wasn’t a general forced to retire last week? I wonder if we get a few more, until they find someone willing to give that order.
Where’s the link?