I've gotten to the point where she is popping into my head more than Magic when all the letters are capitalized. MtG still rings true, but fuck her (somebody else's job, not mine!) for being this stupid and annoying for this long.
No he can't, because he's biden/democrat. The supreme court made it particularly clear that they get to be the arbiters of what is allowed. They are going to allow everything if the president is republican, and deny everything otherwise.
This is classic republican style speech/base-rousing. '[insert city/state/region/country here] is terrible, it was once so much better, but now it's horrible. It's not you [insert crowd euphemism here] here, it's all those damn [insert boogeyman euphemism of choice here] coming in and ruining things! We've gotta take back the city/state/region/country!'
It's exactly what old what's-his-face did with the Haitians and dogs, the 'illegal' settlement in Texas, etc. Trump and his team are just so stupid because they take it so far that even the republican politicians in those areas look at them with stupefied expressions and correct the record.
That's pretty much how I do it. The interstates in the US make it simple to get to just about any major city, and friends might boggle a bit, but they can tell you what the minor highway/street you need to look for and give you a landmark.
...It really drives home how the old horror movies weren't unrealistic in folks getting lost randomly.
The first and second one just seem wrong somehow. Voting is definitely supposed to be anonymous. Why would (aside from stupidity) would that sheriff recently make the statement about noting who has democrat signs in their yards if they could just find out everyone who voted democrat?
Different in some ways? Sure, maybe, but go watch the videos of people at the Beatles concerts, or Michael Jackson concerts, etc. etc. They look like they're losing their minds just while he is standing on stage looking around before the performance. Humans have incredibly sick relationships to any 'star.' Look at athletes and their incredible influence on kids. Holy hell, for a recent one just look at taylor swift and getting people to register to vote.
Forming a band? Tons. You couldn't drive down a neighborhood block without hearing someone banging on drums in a garage, or an amp pealing its notes out from an open window.
I would bet the amount of 'bands' that formed and the amount of kids that post videos to become influencers have a pretty similar number.
I wish that the criminal laws against violating someone's civil rights would get applied in these situations. The mere potential of a (way) post hoc punishment from a civil trial is too small punishment for first amendment violations. Those laws exist to give teeth against police officers violating rights (even if they're rarely used), and should be used to go after the politicians who direct these actions. In order to not punish poor Greta who just works at the office handling these though, they should be automatically applied to the highest level that signed off on it, and whoever wrote the policy/procedure that is carried out. That will create a daisy chain effect where each person asks their supervisor for approval, and will eventually snowball desantis right onto his face (or desk).
While you're giving good advice, remember to tell these poor folks in the path that staying in the house is not the safest option. They need to be outside the house, or any other form of potential collapse or collateral damage such as cars, sheds, trees, etc. They need to huddle about 15 feet away from any of those things, keeping the object of choice between them and the wind.
If an American flag is nearby, grab it and wrap yourself and your family in it, praying to god with all your might so he will protect you. My aunt Mildred had to do that in Helene, and god saved her by wrapping his holy hands over her family.
A few days? Mate, I hope that's the case, but my experience with direct hits from cat 3+ hurricanes is weeks to months. Only the lucky get it back quickly.
I, sadly, call bullshit. The last time the democrats were actually good at pushing back forcefully with campaign messaging was when I was still in diapers. Now add in that democratic points actually need a modicum of thought put into them to accept them, while republican points are like grade school insults and comebacks that just 'sound good,' and I doubt we'll get big gains from republican-precipitated disasters.
Edit: Seriously... think about how many people believed that photo of trump wading through floodwaters. And how many others don't even care about obviously fake images like that, choosing to have the idea that such things are normal and okay.
The problem is it turns the swing states into guaranteed wins in the short term, and the census isn't for another 6 years to balance house seats to match the populations.
I was with you until the Deep Rock Survivor, but good lord, that one is way better than halls of torment. While it's not necessary, the ability to mine traps and hallways to escape is a sweet addition.
I have seen constant spewing of the bit about FEMA wasting all their money on illegal immigrants and 'now they don't have money for americans!!!!!!!'
Plus, Elon controls the conversation on shitter, so I've already seen his retorts being spread by acquaintances deep into fud territory. You can't even argue with the idiots, because the facts don't matter. The only thing that matters is how much the post in question resonates with their beliefs.
Aye that's part of what I was saying. Now, the argument could be made that if the octopus is smart enough to have the goal of moving through the tract, they could muscle open the sphincter. I haven't ever tested an octopus against a sphincter. The controlled variable would have to be octopus size...
Off hand, I think the sphincter would win out until the octopus is too big to fit through without rupturing other areas.
I've always wonder what those were called. I know that I could hear highway construction ones about two miles away in a building I was working in.