@horace said in Just No: What would China prefer? That it be a state. They've already paid for this President.

@taiwan_girl said in Merrick Garland, AG nom: @george-k I was braking it down in two categories Governors by party State control of legislatures by party So, in some case, there is a Democrat governor but the Republics control the legislature You missed another one. 2017 was coming off of a Obama presidency. Midterms and end of Presidential terms usually cause a power shift.

Mr. Trump's departure should have fixed that.

@axtremus said in Office of The Former President: @jolly said in Office of The Former President: ... Joe taxing 401k funds ... There you go again with a half truth. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Repent! Lad, if anybody needs some Jesus around here, it would be you.

Where's Uncle Fester?

@brenda said in When it rains...: @george-k said in When it rains...: Holy cow. What next? Locusts? Wishing her a break from all this agony. Hope your hand is better, too, George! Shhhh! Don't speak things into existence! Although a locust invasion during Biden's first 30 days would be pretty neat.

@lufins-dad said in Here comes the Biden market crash: Next you’ll tell me to buy Blockbuster. It’s a dead end retailer. Oh you’ll love BlackBerry (NYSE:BB).

For us Netflix is annoying. It can take a long time to load and sometimes will need to be rebooted.

I don’t know. It’s a broad mandate the commission has and he has republicans on it too. Not to mention you don’t get 51 votes in the senate to expand the court. Seems like he is going through the motions to placate some faction or another.

We are so close to getting masses vaccinated. Why not be extra cautious now?

Hoo-ah!

Saw a video on YouTube, where a guy was making pet crates out of 2x4's, 2x6's and rebar. The crates did double duty as end tables for smaller animals and tv tables for larger animals. Might work for grandchildren. Would make a fun project.

@xenon said in ________ Studios: Monetization model is tough. Hard to get people to leave the house to go to the movies. Big movies win... big movies are risky... risky = generic, repetitive IP. But I hear what you're saying. Attack the cost side... cheap movies with good writing can be monetized differently. I agree. The target customers are primarily the streaming services, with "cable" channels being the secondary market.

@xenon said in On Gates Foundation's contribution to Covid: A) This is great +1

@brenda unlikely. Its just not her nature.

There are some unusual ways to stay young. I find them.

I almost bought $2,000 in GameStop stock in april. Would now have $200,000. Oh well!