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Hopefully. Things being crazy for a couple of months of transition is OK, but four years of bouncing off the walls is going to take it's toll on America.

So, Musk is cleaning up the Federal government and saving the citizens trillions of dollars, building eco friendly cars that are saving the world's environment and THEN in his free time is saving astronauts trapped in the endless void of space! Damn, a simple change in the Constitution and the right guy could be our President.

Forget about the "Birthright" amendment, we need the "Musk" amendment!

Great diagram. The timelines are interesting. They should have Egypt--those guys had a loooog span. Also, as an "empire by other means", America would really be an interesting addition now that it seems to be coming to an end.

Don't F people over. It bites you in the ass eventually. It should have been one of the Ten Commandments.

@Jolly said in The Fake Office:

If Trump had done something like this, the whole troop of you shitheads would be screaming to the rafters that the country and democracy were dead.

Biden does it and there's not even a whimper.

Exactly. But a fake President would have a fake office, wouldn't he?

@jon-nyc said in The Fake Office:

So what’s the theory here? That a guy who lived in the white house was too tired to go downstairs so he walked to the Executive Office Building instead, where he had an identical setup? It doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Four years of that kind of stuff and you end up with Trump. What's not to understand?

@89th said in Seems legit:

I heard a podcast one time that talked about how murder rates are not as clear cut as you think as sometimes it depends which places don't have the best hospitals/trauma centers to save the lives of people who come in with life threatening conditions.

Along as there isn't a demographic concordance.

As bad as Trump is sometimes we do need him to save us from people like this.

@Jolly said in Khalil gets his own thread:

Jeannine Pirro pulled the statute and read it on The Five.

All Rubio has to do is have his staff draw up the papers and sign it. It is a non-judicial, non-reviewable decision.

As it should be. Khalil is here at the pleasure of the American government and people. He's not an American citizen and he isn't covered by any laws the US doesn't want him to have. And this is the same way with any other country--if they decide for whatever reason you are person non grata then you have to go. Nothing special here.

I belong to a University Club and we have monthly books we read and then discuss--this book is in the "classic" area. We also have reading groups for modern fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction and maybe other things too. It introduces me to books I normally would not think of reading for myself.

Following the dialogue in this book is more difficult than reading Chaucer.

Sicily (Not really, but that where I'd go!)

I'd thought you enjoy the joke! I'm sure the Cincinnati River is quite delightful!

But you gotta admit a contributor to the forum adding what its like to live in Italy is WAY more interesting.

More interesting then the usual old Trump sucks or Trump is great.

Great post on where America and Europe are today. To be fair France, Italy and a myriad of other European countries have have their share of psychopathic leaders. Our turn in America. That being said--if you are retiring to Italy (which I got from your intro) that is WAY MORE INTERESTING than some old political discussion! We all know what Jolly thinks ("them damn Ecuadorians need some culling on out") and Jon ("your understanding of the problem is sadly Frequentist not Baylean") and Mik ("the Cleveland River is smelling better--really, REALLY").

We don't know what it's like to move to Italy!

Tell us all about it. And I am personally in love with Stephanie Smith of Lionard Luxury Real Estate.

@jon-nyc said in Down 90%:

Did a child write this?

I bet President Trump wrote that himself. It seems to be in his style.

@jon-nyc said in RIP Gene Hackman:

She was a classical pianist. I wonder if her exposure was related to her piano.

It is a well know documented fact that the better a person can play the piano the more abbreviated their lives.

From my playing ability I look to live well beyond 90, maybe even to 100. I wish you all well.

One would though it was someplace more "Iron Curtain" than Cleveland.

Woman's pole vault!

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
the unwavering support Canada gives their nation its just struggle against tyranny.

Show off.

Pop or metal it still sounds like 1980. I like it better than the original though.

Here's a video by a Russian woman explaining why Russian men volunteer to die in Ukraine.

If I was a Russian I'd probably be fighting in Ukraine too.