https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/trump-should-make-tiktok-american/ Trump has said he wants to save the app. The way for him to do that — the only defensible way — is to facilitate a sale to one of multiple potential buyers, including Steve Mnuchin and Activision’s Bobby Kotick. A forced divestiture is the outcome that’s most consistent with Trump’s stated ambitions on China policy, and with both his first-term stance against TikTok’s Chinese ownership and his campaign-trail pledges this year. TikTok is a tool of the Chinese state, and the U.S. should recognize it as such. China’s leaders have long mistreated American companies and blocked U.S. social media networks — including Truth Social — from operating in their country. They have stolen American technology from firms that opened up shop in China and mandated that they set up internal CCP committees. Wresting TikTok from Beijing’s control would send Xi Jinping a signal about America’s resolve to counter China’s long-running history of outrageous behavior. It would be a small but prominent step toward reciprocity. It would honor the broad bipartisan consensus that produced the divestiture law. And it would place Trump in a position of strength as he begins the most consequential set of negotiations of his career.

Love watching Jean Pierre. The face and gestures he makes every time he eats something hot cracks me up.

@Mik said in Waffle House comedy: All are ok. Ihop gussies things up more than I like - whipped cream, fruit sauces, etc. Waffle House is higher protein due the the cockroaches but if you’re really hungry and they’re open…. Dennys is the best of the three if you get a good one. Big breakfasts, cheap price. Denny’s was always my favorite. I have always been amazed when I hear people denigrate Denny’s below IHOP and Waffle House. IHOP is bad, but the actual International House of Pancakes are quite good.

Yep. I’m with Jon. The med stuff I’ve heard lots of ways.

@George-K said in Kirsten Gillebrand Complains About the National Archivist: @jon-nyc said in Kirsten Gillebrand Complains About the National Archivist: Illinois was the 37th state to ratify it, in 2018. You didn't vote for it but the state house and senate did. Yeah...but at least 6 states voted to rescind the ratification - so it failed. Nevertheless, it's never been ratified. What's Gillebrand's issue? 36 years after the amendment nomination had expired.

Yep. There’s a song about that in 1776.

Wow.

Too many colors. It needs one color representing fat. Like this. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstylesdaddy.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2Fhuman-body-fat-replica.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=8781f9c66f1632787798e6b495498d3dcd8fc34f886603ecfd887dd9f8e81a82&ipo=images [image: 1734489541166-e48d03e0-1805-484e-b3ea-f187aceaf8af-image.jpeg]

Ok, I watched it. You could do this with tenderloin, but cook the whole piece. Medallions do not work as well imo. Also remember you will have to cook it on all four sides, not just two. Not sure the cold start really helps all that much, plus you should not use high heat on a nonstick pan.

Wouldn't that be more than just one state?

Damn, they beat Florida’s special elections… @jon-nyc should have taken the bet…

Foxx announced she would not be seeking a third term and was replaced by retired judge Eileen O’Neill Burke. “Burke was not sworn in until December 2. Foxx was certainly told by the MCLE Board and ARDC that her law license would lapse on December 1, but she still allowed [prosecutors] to file pleadings in court under her name on December 1,” the veteran lawyer contended. Lock her up.

What is the value of a Broadway performance? Did she declare it?

It might be a few years since I have watched it. But back in the day I thought it was the work of geniuses.

BTW, that's not what that crotch pocket is for.

Another reason why Blazing Saddles isn't seen anymore.

Put a secret camera on TNCR, you will hear the same story about Biden.

@Horace said in Another School Shooting: I think I followed her on BlueSky. You're doing God's work. Thank you, Horace.

@Jolly said in Midwives fired: If it's more than one hospital, the insurance stuff is probably true. The problem with some midwives is that they don't know what they don't know. I've read, and posted, several stories of home births gone wrong when the midwife was up to her elbows in meconium before calling for help. THere are reason that OB has among the highest malpractice premiums. Among them is the fact that for childbirth injuries, there's no real statute of limitations- so the parent of a 15 year old can sue, claiming birth injury because junior didn't get into Harvard. There's no reason a midwife should be practicing solo without the backup of an obstetrician ON SITE. We had one guy who would offer backup to a midwife - but from home (he was 10 min away). He eventually gave that up, and the midwife left. Ask yourself, if you were the insurer, would you insure a midwife for a $5,000 premium? Potential payouts can go to millions. I wouldn't. By the way, all four of my kids were born at that hospital. Delivered by a real OB.