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Trump Sells $100K Gold Watches on Same Day Melania Insists People Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
  • Foreign nationals are prohibited from donating to Trump’s campaign fund. There’s no rule against them buying a dozen overpriced watches, though. They may not even be upset that their order is never delivered.

  • We're gonna need another Weyoun
  • Worf is a real head turner.

  • What is the best closing scene in the entire Star Trek Franchise, and why is it Kirk, Spock, and Bones singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"?
  • Also Spock’s “If I were human, I believe my response would be, ‘Go to hell.’ If I were human.” I love the dry wit we get out of old Spock from time to time.

  • Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and 'Downton Abbey,' has died aged 89
  • I think the first thing I remember seeing her in was Sister Act, where she played the unnamed Reverend Mother of the convent.

  • Doctors Describe the Horror of Israel’s Pager Attack in Lebanon
  • A targeted strike should not have this much collateral damage.

  • Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Hwy. 401
  • Ah, yes, a few more lanes, that’ll fix traffic.

  • Languages
  • It fits, English and JavaScript are both three languages in a trench coat.

  • Proving that you're a Trekkie
  • USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, no bloody A, B,C, or D.

  • Ron DeSantis bans Florida's sex ed classes from mentioning anatomy & contraceptives
  • To pander to the segment of the electorate DeSantis thinks is going to reelect him.

  • Trump hawks $100 commemorative coins in latest hunt for cash
  • You can’t launder foreign campaign donations by selling things at wholesale prices.

  • The Plucky Squire recently came out, and used the Steam Deck to represent PC
  • Is that DJ GabeN dropping beats on the Deck’s screen?

  • What fruit is tasty on a pizza?
  • No one’s said pineapple yet? Hawaiian is a staple pizza variety.

  • So, you’re sure the presidential race will be close? - Roll Call
  • I’m curious with all the nonsense Trump and Vance are spewing about Springfield if Ohio starts to come into play. I may be dreaming, they were up 8 or 9 points before the debate, but I haven’t seen any new numbers since.

  • 49 Times
  • They also had gone over budget on a few episodes earlier in the season (Elementary, Dear Data and Q Who, the first Borg episode, usually get blamed), and didn’t have much money left.

  • The best security minds in the nation at one convention!
  • Some dev was very happy when they figured out how to get work to pay for their trip to the furry convention.

  • Officer Demoted After Writing Traffic Tickets Gets $175,000 Settlement
  • Dispatch, suspect is asking if we know who they are. Contact the local Alzheimer’s care facilities, see if they have any runaways.

  • Pedal To The Metal
  • It’s not intentional gerrymandering the same way that can happen when laying out congressional districts every 10 years, but it’s a form of gerrymandering from where the state boundaries got drawn. In addition, smaller population states have a disproportionate number of electoral votes, because every state gets 2 votes from their senators + a number of votes from their House members proportional to their population (minimum 1 representative, so minimum 3 total.)

    Other than Nebraska and Maine, that splits their electoral votes, its winner take all within each state, so if you win a state by 1 million votes or just 1 vote, either way you win all of the state’s electoral votes.

    Someone ran the numbers, based on the 2012-2021 congressional map, and worst case, you could win the popular vote 78.7% to 21.3% and still loose the election.

  • Pedal To The Metal
  • The Republicans have won the presidency three times this century, but have only won the popular vote once, on George W. Bush’s second campaign in 2004. The Electoral College screwed us over in 2000 (Bush vs Gore) and 2016 (Trump vs Clinton).

    The Deomocrats have also won the presidency three times this century, but also carried the popular vote every time they did. (Also, every time they won, Joe Biden has been on the ticket…)

  • US Postal Service electric trucks are finally here and drivers love them
  • The last Grumman LLV rolled off the assembly line 30 years ago, and has been probably been driven six days a week, except federal holidays, ever since. I’m not surprised they’re on their last legs.

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