Looks a lot like and older Civilization and Sim City had a baby.

Perhaps. Looks like both CNN and NBC News have “stories” on their front pages as well.

Gotta love some hard hitting coverage by Engadget, followed immediately by “Best Amazon Prime Day 2025 deals.”

Start with the 128 Democrats who voted with Republicans to table an impeachment vote this week.

I do wonder if we’re going to see some websites popping up that kind of hit the reset button on social media and go back to smaller communities of folks with something in common.

I kind of miss the days of actually having online conversations with folks you know are real people (not bots), that aren’t trying to be an influencer, or get famous, or some how many money off your interactions.

I tweaked. Many (most?) don’t.

You know what else would help? Annual (or more) blood tests during routine wellness checks with your doctor.

Do you know why most people don’t get those?

Insurance won’t cover them. Many insurance providers won’t cover them.

Maybe start there? Although I’m guessing he has no buddies who would make money from routine blood tests.

If this election was held in 2023, you have to wonder if the outcome would have been wildly different.

For once, an encouraging sign for sanity and common sense.

Or NYC. Or Boston. Or Chicago.

TACO at it again!

Let’s see if they send National Guard to a red state. Keep going Dallas!

Many Democrats said party officers shouldn’t take sides in primaries, and Martin proposed requiring party leaders to remain neutral in them. Hogg had pitched a compromise, suggesting an internal “firewall” that would bar him from access to sensitive information in primaries his group, Leaders We Deserve, were involved with. But Martin rejected that deal.

“Party officers have one job: to be fair stewards of a process that invites every Democrat to the table — regardless of personal views or allegiances,” Martin said, urging Hogg to stay neutral.

IMO this is what it’s all about. They can talk about ‘procedure’ and ‘distractions,’ but at the end of the day Hogg has committed to running primary challengers against dead weight Democrats.

A good time to remind everybody that while rubber bullets are considered “non-lethal,” they can kill.

Back in 2004 a college student in Boston died from a bullet that missed its intended target, hit the ground and ricocheted into her eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove

So, while the shot certainly wasn’t warranted, IMO its worse because of what could have happened because this officer was taking a shot for fun.

I hear you, but I also feel its shortsighted.

The end result is somebody like MGT - who knows she’ll never have to defend herself in a race, so she goes way off the deep end.

The party is missing opportunities to tell their side of things and challenge the utter nonsense many GOP candidates spew.

This is one of the biggest failings of the democratic party. For too long they’ve had the “we aren’t going to win there anyway” mentality, just ceding the opportunity to represent different thoughts and beliefs and keep the GOP honest.

I agree. Time for a good old constitutional convention.

Anybody else feel like this might be Russia again?

Sanctions severely hamper individuals’ abilities to carry out even routine financial transactions as any banks with ties to the United States, or that conduct transactions in dollars, are expected to have to comply with the restrictions.

Making this move could seem to be a blow against the US banking system, once again undermining our influence in the world.

You know, you have to wonder how different the war might be if Ukraine was allowed to properly defend itself from the beginning.

Let’s also not forget Google wants you storing your photos on Google Photos, listening to music on YouTube, buying / renting movies from the Google Store, and streaming from Google TV.

It isn’t just YouTube. It’s their whole ecosystem.

By the way, I have a NAS setup. Was it pricey? Sure. But it cost about what it would to watch the NFL this year, and should last several years.

100%

Now if this guy was some kind of prodigy, that would explain the face. But the stories I’ve seen paint him as your typical dipshit, 20-something MAGAt.

Minus that, there’s a level of entitlement oozing from his face that screams “I think I’m somebody important because my dad/uncle/mom/lover thinks I am.”