You better open it up!

I’m counting to three!

One…two…two and a half…

Awww, they’re growing up!

Last I heard, everyone is twelve.

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The cynic in me thinks Vance and the rest of the GOP are waiting until Jan 21, 2027, or shortly thereafter, to remove Trump.

That gives Vance a nearly two-year trial run, and the built-in incumbent advantage (as long as he can blame everything on Trump) in 2028. Being less than two years as replacement President also maintains his eligibility to run twice more.

If Vance takes over now, he can’t run in 2032 (assuming they do enough fuckery that he’s re-elected in 2028).

Remember when gas prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine? Biden’s fault. But when Trump invades Iran and gas prices spike? Also Biden’s fault!

/s

“I’ve been better. But I’ve been worse.”

Sewer line is sagging, so there’s a 30ft section that is trapping anything that gets flushed or drained. I called them out to fix a backup, and they found why it backed up alright.

He had to leave to get a better locator to see exactly where in the yard/street would need to be dug up, but it seems to be pretty close to the city connection, so probably in or near the street, which could make the cost that high if it involves excavating the road.

About 10 minutes ago my plumber said my problem may cost in the neighborhood of $30k to fix. Yay.

I only get to the theater maybe 5-6 times per year, and that’s almost always with my spouse, so the movie is secondary to the experience.

I do watch a lot on streaming, and between the summary, genre, actors, director, and reviews, both professional and word-of-mouth…I can usually pick out what I will enjoy. If it turns out bad, it’s one button to turn it off.

I will watch good movies, and skip terrible movies. Whether they are in a franchise or not has no bearing on it, for me.

So go ahead and make more. I may see it. I may not. But I’m not going to begrudge anyone who wants to see more of that character no matter what.

That never happens to Thor-opods.

Pain play with their version of Baghdad Batteries. No kink shaming.

Your link doesn’t mention Clinton at all, but starts with this:

Federal law does not allow national referendums in the United States where the general population gets to vote on an issue.

It happens at the State level regularly (in states where it’s used), but it’s not something a President can initiate.

Can you be more specific? The US doesn’t have any mechanism for a national referendum on a specific issue. Usually when people use that term, they’re talking about mid-term elections (and reelection bids) being a “referendum” on a President’s total popularity.

Our family computer at the time was well below the minimum specs, so i played for the first year or two at like 5 fps. Good game, not good as a slideshow. lol

I’m not aware of any top-tier professional team sports league that says “women can’t play on the men’s team.”

Some individual sports are totally segregated, but there are no rules that say Premiere League* teams or NHL teams can’t have a woman. The fact that no “mens” teams do play women says quite a bit about the level of physical separation at that top level. Even if it happens one day, and I think it will, it will be single digits per year, max, for a long, long time.

If women want to have a chance to play those sports at the top level, they need their own league.

* Maybe a bad example, I’m not actually familiar with those rules, but sub in any of dozens of other pro leagues around the world that aren’t segregated by rule, but are by pragmatism.

First game I specifically asked for from my parents: Stunt Driver. Must have been in the first half of 1990.

First game I saved up for and bought myself: Super Mario Bros 3. Much of the money I saved came in the summer of 1990, so that would have been in late summer of that year.

Star Trek: Mirror Universe

The Terran Empire are the protagonists under the Ellison regime.

This satan guy sounds like a hoot. I want to see more of that.

There are 14 competing standards. We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.