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Looks like a lighthearted space adventure, could be fun just to explore the galaxy.

We’re also a sit outside house. Luckily October is pretty warm nowadays (wait…)

Even if he thought he was going to win by a landslide he’d still be doing this. The goal is to sow doubt in the elections. Only HE is the source of TRUTH, everything else must be a lie.

Lol, you’re right. I forgot Nintendo be Nintendo. You might be right.

I agree, but with a much longer time window.

5 years from now the headline will be “Nintendo sunsetting music service” with the top comment being “What service?”.

The apps are already built and will require very little maintenance. Since it’s a “value add” it doesn’t need many users to convince Nintendo to keep it turned on.

after everyone had forgotten

And as a brief note of positivity,

Not everyone, https://rollcall.com/2019/07/23/photo-of-the-day-stewart-smiles-at-mcconnell/

It’s fatigue. If there were a turd-based fireworks show outside your house every night, eventually you just have to ignore it.

At first, exploding turds, I kinda want to see that. Eventually everything is covered in shit. That’s sort of a problem. A few folks try to clean it up, but it’s A LOT of shit. Your house is covered in shit. Your car is covered in shit. You go to the car wash and things improve… But your car is covered in shit again pretty quickly, so that felt like a waste.

Then someone asks you about that one time when a bunch of people broke into a building and let off shit fireworks everywhere. Sure that was new, but the nightly turd extravaganza still went off just the same. Plus the turd fireworks are always being set off in new and unusual places. I can’t be expected to remember them all.

Link: The Faces of Evil, for the Philips CDi.

Considered one of the worst games ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link:_The_Faces_of_Evil_and_Zelda:_The_Wand_of_Gamelon

I had no idea. I looked it up and the truth is even stranger still. Officially it’s named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, but seemingly to avoid having to make a proper deal with Babe Ruth.

It just “happened” to have the name of a famous baseball player who was experiencing a nation wide rise in popularity. It was named after the daughter of a president, a girl who A, was relevant 20 years ago, B, is no longer a baby, and C had passed away.

https://www.history.com/news/babe-ruth-v-baby-ruth

To clarify, he is a world famous golfer.

It’s like saying Tiger Woods is famous for cheating on his wife.

Michael Jordan is famous for playing baseball.

Babe Ruth is famous for the candy bar.

Arnold Palmer just happened to like lemonade and iced tea. It is weird what people are remembered for, but it’s not like he was just a dude who ordered a unique drink.

If Trump wins I don’t think they’ll immediately replace him. Keep in mind Trump is easy to influence. He’ll agree to anything if you butter him up a bit so a lot of damage can be done under the guise of “Trump did it”.

Only when he rants out of line or does something that can’t be sanewashed will he be removed. In terms of ideal timing (for Republicans) right after the midterms works best. Trump usually causes problems for the midterms, but assuming he can shuffle past, after the midterms would be best. It would give Vance the incumbency advantage and still allow him to run for two terms.

Of course Vance doesn’t have the charisma for that, so it’s unlikely to actually happen.

Based on, https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5096107/what-is-fracking-explained and https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/energy-execs-say-they-believe-vp-kamala-harris-is-indeed-open-fracking-2024-09-17/

It looks like Harris was against it before joining the Biden ticket + administration. Also it only gets buzz during election years. And sadly it also looks like going against the industry would be free cannon fodder for Trump.

Basically it’s not worth actually being a campaign issue, and no one actually cares about it outside of elections, so Harris is just taking a pass. Obviously Trump doesn’t give a shit and Harris doesn’t see it as worth the risk.

It’s a shitty situation to be in. On the plus side the numbers you mentioned mean it’s close to being unavoidable. Continuing to push is the way forward. Local politicians might also have better luck. Maybe it can get midterm traction.

On the plus side it doesn’t seem like Harris is throwing any Hail Mary’s, so she must be confident with the current strategy, and hopefully winning the state.

• From Dec 2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141613281/ftc-microsoft-activision-blizzard
• From July 2023, https://apnews.com/article/republicans-ftc-khan-technology-companies-41610756160e10732f7ded6c587cec0e
• From Jan 2024, https://apnews.com/article/ftc-antitrust-inquiry-openai-chatgpt-microsoft-anthropic-google-amazon-67feef411ef311f0be543f546ef34b3d

As a few quick examples of the work (not necessarily success).

Wikipedia probably has a better outline, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission#Biden_administration

I’m assuming we’re hearing about it more since it’s an election year.

I admit I’m far from an expert on the subject and position. I didn’t follow much until I saw her interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, https://youtu.be/oaDTiWaYfcM

Oh I agree. By quietly I just mean without undue political interference.

I admit it is a hope and not a guarantee. However I also learned that unless the President takes an active role and nominates someone (and they are confirmed), then the current member can just continue in their role as an acting member/chair.

So depending on the political climate, Khan may be able to just quietly continue her work.

If Harris is elected, she’ll govern using traditional norms and values

You’re right, but it probably also means she’ll keep FTC chair Lina Khan as chair of the FTC. As chair she’s been aggressive, in a good way. Musk and the FTC haven’t gotten along much over the past few years and I expect with more time the FTC with Khan in charge will cause problems for Musk, who continues to violate obvious laws and regulations.

So tails probably isn’t just doesn’t lose, it’s probably a real loss.

Exactly, the government is currently only temporarily funded until Dec 20. This is a nice juicy chunk of funding they can use to claim all sorts of bullshit.

Woodward has. Fear: Trump in the White House (September 11, 2018), Rage (September 15, 2020), Peril (September 2021), The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump (January 2023), and now War.

Generally right before a midterm or presidential election.

Sure you can.

And Colbert commonly has a drink with his guests (typically whiskey or bourbon).