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Chopper

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  1. Never thought I'd go on a cruise, for all the reasons Sydney mentioned earlier. But the wife and I are about to go around Japan with a stop in Busan, Korea too. On the same cruise line @Ghost of LL mentioned. We're not big drinkers, nor gamblers. The ship we're on doesn't have a casino, afaik. It has frequent ports of call, and excursions are included - can even go on one in the morning and one in the afternoon. To my understanding there's nothing on board that requires extra payment except for spa visits (but the cruise price includes credit toward), some ultra-premium liquors, and if you require the more expensive caviar. They even have free, stocked laundry rooms on each deck, for the plebes like me. If you're in a higher-end suite, laundry service is included. Wifi is included but I may have to upgrade to premium if I want to stream the RRS in the middle of the night. I think we'll mostly use the butler for setting up morning coffee service on the veranda, and probably to indulge in caviar in the afternoon. I've heard the food is sensational, especially on the trips around Asia, as they base on the ports of call. It's definitely expensive enough to keep out the riff raff but whether that will be sufficient to exclude people who'll I'll find annoying af, or make them easy to avoid, is TBD. I expect this will be our only cruise - one and done.
  2. The most recent concern I read about was Ruzzia potentially withholding enriched uranium in trade. The US (and Europe) buy it because we stopped producing our own in hopes that closer economic ties with Ruzzia would be beneficial. Instead all it's done is leave the US and Europe vulnerable to energy shortages.
  3. I thought I'd have my exit strategy in place by now, if needed, but it's been delayed by unforeseen circumstances. As if we don't have enough to worry about now, the projected map for 2032 looks quite challenging without a major shift.
  4. "FSD is suspect" is quite an understatement. Looking forward to many spectacular robotaxi crashes, hopefully with Elmo as a passenger. Weeks out from Robotaxi unveiling, overall performance of Tesla's camera-enabled, autonomous-driving software is suspect. insert gif :elon furiously tweeting in passenger of robotaxi as it smashes into a concrete barrier at 60 mph:
  5. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/23/mark-robinson-porn-sites-00180545 https://www.wral.com/story/robinson-rejected-offers-of-tech-help-to-investigate-posts-on-porn-site-sources-say/21638904/
  6. Elon is tired and very annoyed by so many people blocking him and has decided to strike back. Over/under on how many days this change will last?
  7. That's what the announcer said. But I don't think the damn football was above the post! Also within a few plays after aggy kicked off following the allowed field goal, there was a verrrry late hit out of bounds that was uncalled. The announcers correctly noted it. But the refs gave it zero thought. edit, found it - here at 2:17, 28 seconds - the missed/made field goal was a minute prior
  8. The refs literally gave them the game
  9. Huh maybe my "Chocolate Is Delicious" and "Oxygen Is Good" shirts are now back in vogue.
  10. Yeah, it barely made the news. That's really distressing. New Hampshire just passed it (it takes effect after this election), and I doubt most of the state's aware 30% of NH women are about to be disenfranchised. There's unreliable Dems on the Senate side right now like Sinema, Manchin and Fetterman, and who know where we'll be after this election. And then there's the unpredictability of a fully politicized and untethered Supreme Court. It's something that needs much greater awareness.
  11. That's obvious. But also not the point.
  12. There hasn't been much discussion anywhere about how the bill Dotard has been pushing to get into law (under the fake allegations that people here illegally vote) would have immediately stopped about 30 percent of the women in this country from voting, because their married name may not be one their passport, or the name they registered to vote under. If that shit were to pass, even after the election, it will be a huge hassle for a huge number of women.
  13. I feel like I know way too much about Space Karen but I may have to read Character Limit just to read the bit about a former Twitter data scientist.
  14. Tell me this is the first time you've paid close attention to a US election without telling me.
  15. https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-sec-intends-seek-sanctions-against-elon-musk-twitter-probe-2024-09-20/
  16. Not based on what various journos were saying last night but I have no idea. Honestly her cheating on him, or not, is not even part of the story we should care about. It's the way she tilted not only her coverage but probably influenced others. edit - someone posted a video back on page 728 of a short clip of her speaking and there's definitely notable body language to read as she speaks.
  17. She's phenomenal. I didn't realize until her speech at the DNC that she reps District 30. She's only a freshman in Congress and appears to have unlimited potential. A good friend was -- before she moved to the private sector -- a top aide to her predecessor, who was loony tunes and held that district forever.
  18. Ryan Lizza achieves new level: Has successfully avoided the subject.
  19. Elon Musk: Useful Idiot. At the very least.
  20. "apparently" doing a lot of work here
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