I live in Miami and i hate to report that it’s going swimmingly well for the GOP. There’s a culture down here that anything even looking like it might be confused with a leftist policy is immediately labeled COMMUNIST and hated with incessant fervor. No one dares be seen as a Castro-fellating leftist scumbag so they’re constantly virtue signaling how republican they are. Same with anything the Catholic church doesn’t like as there are lots of Catholics here and they vote as they’re told. The result is you’re as likely to see a Trump sign in a million dollar yard as a broke-ass apartment complex. Spanish-language talk radio here is so far to the right it wants to harvest the poor for their organs and bone marrow.

If Florida goes for Harris I will be legitimately amazed. Thrilled, no doubt, but amazed.

If you want to punish Musk in a meaningful way, then once the fine has been paid in full, the countdown can start. Once the same amount of time that elapsed between Twitter’s first noncompliance and the fine’s check cleared, then Twitter should be allowed back online. There will always be money to pay fines but they’ll never get the time back. Other companies will take note.

Who fucking cares.

Telemarketer.

Musk isn’t hurt by the amount of money he’s fined, but it annoys him terribly that he can’t control the situation and that his usual tools for getting his way are useless. It is a pebble in his boot that he can’t bluster, cajole, or bribe his way out of the problem like usual.

Thankfully impossible. Musk is foreign-born and therefore ineligible unless the constitution is amended and that bar is too high even though the GOP controls most state governments (they need 2/3rds). The GOP played with this idea back when The Governator was polling very well but even then it never passed the trial balloon phase.

As I understand it, here in Florida you can sell plasma and you can donate blood or platelets. Blood donation places are not allowed to pay you for donating, but they are allowed to give you gifts like a gift card or t-shirt. I donate frequently at OneBlood (I literally hit 20 gallons this past Saturday!) and them being hacked is sickening.

Buy a gun or two. Nothing in this country has more rights than a gun.

I still remember Netanyahu bitching about Obama in front of the US Congress. He’ll call anyone on their bullshit but doesn’t like it when he’s called on his.

delay, appeal, delay, appeal, delay, appeal…every time with the motherfuckers.

That’s such a weird passage. I can’t be understanding this correctly. God tells David to count the people. David sends his generals to count the people. They report the count back to David, who apologizes and says he sinned for doing what God told him to do? IDGI

The sad thing about your comment is that it applies to Apple and to Epic… and just about every other company out there.

My kid consented. I think. Can she make binding contracts that she doesn’t tell me about because she’s looking for Blues Clues, or am I responsible for every OK she checks when I’m not present?

Not buying it and certainly not clicking on it. I’ve never heard of Siena and the Times is so conservative they only make right turns on the drive home from work. Trump hasn’t won a popular vote yet.

On the one hand, the GOP wants to punish people with nonstandard reproductive needs or habits as it pleases their base. On the other, IVF is an expensive revenue stream and they’re pissing off wealthy doctors and desperate people who want to be parents and have LOTS of disposable income.

I enjoy their self-imposed dilemma.

Fucking tired of people who suddenly see a problem when a) it happens to them or b) when they’re no longer relying on the problem for their income.

Discovery is going to be a hoot. I wonder who is going to make it worse on themselves by trying to cover their tracks.

This is a land grab. The first Israeli settlement in Gaza will prove it. My guess is that will happen sometime late this year, perhaps close to the US elections.

Splendid. Every dollar to Trump’s lawyers is a dollar that isn’t buying a Trump advert.

I’m wondering if the next line is “Proud Mary keep on burning” or “Carry me home to see my kin”