We probably read the same thing. The right hand side being where the host sits on USian talk shows, right? Thus implying that he was the permanent, stable guy and the guest might be entertaining for a night but has to go home. Wonder if the author of that has followed up.

Obama's word shouldn't be taken as final. There's no way he'd allow even the tiniest chance of publicly supporting Biden dropping out only for Biden to go on and somehow win. If Biden is to step aside, he'll at least allow him the dignity of claiming it was his own decision. I expect there will be a discussion between all the key players and it could take a little planning to arrange that without revealing that they're sitting down to discuss this very topic. Bonus points if they schedule it at 9 so night Joe can attend.

Or he could really be pulling a controlled flight into terrain, who knows.

knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night.

Did/does Alan Moore have cats? That sound is mating or kitty wanting a door opened.

They give the unsigned renewal letter teeth (or else why would they even set a month-to-month price there) in a clause in the original lease, solely dependent upon giving me written notice and explicitly stating "without necessity of your signature."

Inhaling forearm gas lets you walk on water.

In general, working people at any income stratum flatter their economic positions when they think they'd be worse off under socialism.

There are two ways my income privileges me: what I consume and what I have.

I consume space in a building, food, clothes, furniture, electronics. Nothing we can't make available to everyone. Some of my things are nicer, but then they get worse and need to be replaced due to planned obsolescence. Under socialism, this wouldn't be a thing -- every chair can be a nice chair that will last decades and if demand for chairs drops, good; everyone's sitting comfortably. What I'm getting at is that nice bougie shit, precluding ostentatious chandeliers filled with rare gems and gold-plated lambos, could be the floor for what we provide people. Or even briefer, we can do LGC right now.

Then there's what I have, which is a six-figure ball of investments designed to sustain a future me who, for whatever reason, doesn't have the well-paying job nor access to a social safety net. This shouldn't be necessary and it's horrifying that so many people in my country are walking a tightrope without that circus net. So fuck my portfolio, I'd gladly give it up for the revolution.

The IT support desk is the new mailroom as the place where you can start and work your way up. You don't need to know IT to start and a lot of places will have you only walking users through the easy calls (password resets) and passing anything more complex to senior. Ngl, a degree will help you immensely, but you might find a company that will help you with that.

Did you get wasted?

Congrats for getting as far, and as fast, as you did.

Is that sort of pace now forced upon you by climate change, or is it possible to start earlier and get north enough before it gets too hot? Say in 2 years.

You can pretty much copy-paste this.

I had this nagging incredulous feeling that the Cuba trade embargo could be so effective since I learned about the 180 day rule and finally ran the numbers today. Surely Cuba, I thought, having 11 million people, could sustain healthy trade even if shipping companies had to segregate Cuba and non-Cuba ships. But a container ship carries 24,000 container-equivalents, so, ignoring the massive inequality and converting by population alone, the US's 22 million shipping container-equivalents per year would amount to 22M*(11/333) = 730,000 container-equivalents or 30 ships per year. Even if Cubans consoomed like USians, that's looking like such a small market that it makes sense for shipping companies to ignore it rather than maintain a shipping route that comes so close to the US without being able to dock there.

Death to America

The US doesn't rule the world anymore

Bro said the US doesn't rule the world anymore