You forgot to say "Trump-appointed judge."

You’re probably right. Best don’t even bother voting if you’re pulling a Trump lever.

I was afraid it was going to be much worse. We did that a few times on icy roads. If you ever hit a dry patch you’d lose teeth.

@Horace said in Today's Musical Interlude - boy band edition: 89th do you have a location on that one? I think it might be in hell.

Don't deface it with tire marks, or you may be up for felony charges. Link to video

AAPL has doubled since they split 4 for 1 in 2020. Wouldn't be surprised to see another 4 for 1 by the end of this decade.

It is quite an intuitive stretch to imagine that a mind can simultaneously contain an overwhelming desire to self-mutilate, while being functionally normal and peaceful in all other aspects.

I don't know anyone who takes the NYT bestseller list seriously, other than folks who are (a) libreral-leaning and (b) don't actually read all that much.

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Impressive piping. I didn't know the French blew. Oh, sorry, bleu.

@taiwan_girl said in The Future: Wells Fargo has conducted a rash of sackings in recent weeks after claims some of its employees were faking keyboard activity to fool the firm into thinking they were working. Mechanical device that fakes keyboard & mouse activities: https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/282910

They keep saying there’s no conspiracy to make people eat bugs or lab grown meat, then they pull this shit.

Those folks need a good sauce piquante recipe.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/13/world-tallest-dog-guinness-world-records-great-dane/74084024007/ The world has a new record holder for being the tallest dog on earth. His name is Kevin, he's a Great Dane and he hails from The Hawkeye State. According to Guinness World Records, the 3-year-old big boy stands a whopping 3 feet, 2 inches tall. [image: 74084579007-kevin-tallest-dog-9527-1-1.jpeg?width=660&height=495&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp]

@Mik said in Great account of the hostage rescue: Fauda indeed. I do rather wish they hadn't been quite so detailed about the pre-mission surveillance techniques. I had that same thought reading it.

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Is it a 'new right', though? The 10th Amendment says "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Since IVF was not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, and not withheld from the states, supposedly it's an 'existing right' that has been reserved to the people all along. Rather than creating a 'new right,' the bill blocked by Senate GOP merely wants to codify an 'existing right' that the people already have to prevent the States (or some other jurisdiction) from taking it away from the the people.

Jesus: The scammers claim that the testing is covered by Medicare, and therefore is free to the beneficiary. In reality, Medicare only covers genetic testing in limited situations, and only when ordered by the beneficiary’s physician. If a company bills Medicare for genetic testing, and Medicare denies the claim, the beneficiary could be responsible for the entire cost of the test – which often totals around $10,000. Somewhere in the (probably extremely) small print that has that disclaimer, "If Medicare denies the test..."

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@Jolly said in CNN Layoffs?: @LuFins-Dad said in CNN Layoffs?: @Jolly said in CNN Layoffs?: FOX News had a net income of $1.25 billion in 2021 and has inched upwards since then. Probably due to the election, income grew 8% last quarter in 2023. So yeah, they're making money. What’s their overhead? If I read it correctly, the profit that year was about $570M. Thanks! I had an argument with a Nationals fan a few years back where he wanted the Nats to give Bryce Harper, Max Scherzer, Trey Turner, and Juan Soto to $50M per year contracts. I pointed out that would mean a total Payroll of $350M for a team that had $328M in Revenue. And they still had to pay $68M per year for the stadium plus all of the other business overhead. He replied “The Lerner’s are billionaires, they can afford it” Uhm, no, they can’t. They didn’t become billionaires by running businesses losing $100M per year… This guy was an engineer, too.