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Remember when Obama was a dictator for using executive orders?

Republicans don't, but we do.

Trump seems to think the trade deficit is some sort of debt that we'll have to pay off in the future.

The overall goal of bringing manufacturing back to the US isn't necessarily a bad one, but this is probably the worst way to go about doing it. One article I read pointed out that it would take many years of consistent tariffs to generate that kind of interest and investment - but anyone with half a brain knows these tariffs could be gone tomorrow, so there's little inclination to actually try to build factories in the US based on this move. No reasonable investor would want to bet their company on Trump acting consistently.

I doubt it's a blackmail thing, because at this point, not one of Trump's supporters would give a damn if it was clearly proven that Trump personally took CP pictures.

I think Putin just whispers sweet nothings into Trump's ear and controls him that way.

I'm not sure I have just one.

First there was Snowball. Adopted him as an adult from a rescue, and apparently he'd been returned a few times. Food allergies, likely irritable bowel syndrome. Over the next 12 years I cleaned up a lot of cat vomit. Seriously - we have three cats now and it's still far less than he produced. Eventually cancer got him.

But he was my best bud for those years. When my girlfriend (now wife) moved in, she knew we came as a package. One time she said, "I don't think your cat likes me." And I was like, "Are you serious? He loves you!" She just didn't get cat language.

Late in Snowball's life (we didn't realize how ill he was at the time), we adopted a female tabby we named Minnie. She was so cuddly. She'd come up to me at night, and I would lift up the covers, and she'd curl up under the covers with me for a while. She was spicy, as one vet tech put it. But she was so fun too.

She had multiple medical issues that tended to interfere with each other, and she spent quite a bit of time in the animal hospital in her later years. We put her to sleep when she was 7 because she just wasn't getting better, and even if she had survived that incident, there was no guarantee she wouldn't be back in a few months with the same problems. I miss her so much. At least Snowball got a long life, he was at least 13 but could have been as much as 18.

These days two of the three are pretty cuddly with me. Stitch tends to curl up on my feet at night, though my wife has spotted him in my arms while we sleep too. Nibbler usually curls up on my lap and arm when I'm in the comfy chair in the living room. I'll miss them both so much someday.

And lately Stitch has been showing signs of old age, he has a few medical issues of his own, and his black tuxedo fur is fading some, so I fear he's older than we thought. (We've had him since 2016, and they thought he was about a year old then, but they really can't tell - he could be 5 or 6 years older than that.) I'm not ready...

Replicator Today!

On today's edition we're going to take a closer look at the odd colored blocks of food the Enterprise replicators produce!

Today we're making omelets with Owan eggs, for your least favorite humans and most favorite Klingons!

Cats are great examples of adaptation.

One of our cats ended up having a few inches of her tail docked. She was the same cat though, as active as ever, didn't care about the tail. It made me think about us humans and our reactions to disabilities.

Perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything!

The tunnel beast is adorable!

Thanks for specifying the movies. I was pretty sure that was Wrongfully Accused but not certain!

It's a great movie, if you haven't seen it. Worth the watch, especially if you're familiar with The Fugitive.

Edit fixed the subject of my second sentence.

Also taking this opportunity to add, "You need a man's drink!"

Or, do what the nearby horse farm does, just head to my neighborhood and leave the horse shit all over the trail and the road and people's yards!

Seems kind of rude to me, but what do I know.

Shouldn't the free market force pay to increase, thereby drawing more adults to the area?

Three days is the (generously calculated) time until civil defence will have soup kitchens up and running

Wonder if that's still true with the budget cuts to FEMA here in the US.

The baby looked at you?

I wouldn't be surprised to find that they knew and did it anyway.

Visited in 2016. It's worth seeing once despite being a "new" castle.

We got really lucky. It was snowing while we were there, but the trees had started showing green already. As we were leaving, the skies cleared up. It was so beautiful with the snow, the green trees, and the blue sky.

Man that was a great trip. 2 weeks touring Germany.

How many of us old Slashdot users are here, anyway? 5 digit UID here.

What's that B for?

How quickly do you think an os upgrade of this type finish?

This is what I've always done. It has worked fine for me every time.