I know you're being sarcastic, but if does point out the fact that capitalism is only held in check by government. RockStar obviously waited until they knew they could get away with it given the current attitudes in all branches of the US government.

Exactly! It's going to be a flying wiretap with every enemy of the US scrambling to get their electronics in before Qatar closes the deal with Trump. I wouldn't be surprised if there were eavesdropping circuits baked into the silicon of every system in the plane.

What a fucking nightmare - but on brand for this kleptocracy of an administration.

Anyone with more than sawdust between their ears knew he was going to do this. It's his modus operandi: cause chaos and watch the markets plummet - then buy cheap and reverse course. Markets recover, and he (and his cronies) profit!

It's fucked when you're looking in from the outside. From the inside, they're all convinced that they're correct about everything and that Trump is their Messiah. It's a cult.

This has the same energy as the Russian cannon fodder in Ukraine who film those videos appealing directly to Putin about their situation. They refuse to believe that he would allow it. If only he knew - he would fix it.

Cult!

Trump and Co. are gambling that they can achieve dictatorship before the violence and other shit starts.

Putin smiles in Moscow. Chaos and violence in America is his win. It's also his win if the US slides into dictatorship and the US population shrugs and goes along quietly.

It was painfully apparent she was confused after returning to the Senate earlier in the year. This is a clear-cut case of manipulation. Also elder abuse.

I agree, but this dumpster fire is burning inside the US government. It's going to take some critical stuff with it as it burns itself out. :(

If that's pizza, it's seriously undercooked.

For a while it'll be true. Then the strong German labor unions/laws will be seen as an impediment to profitability. Of course this won't be spoken aloud. However, the assembly jobs will be moved back to China piecemeal. (Not fast enough to alert lawmakers and cause a commotion.) Until finally the entire operation is in China. The name (which is the valuable thing) will live on - affixed to a fully Chinese designed and manufactured item. Sold on Amazon to people who don't know better.

This is any corporation.

My parents adopted a quirky cat that seems to have had some past trauma. She's finally getting more friendly and less skiddish - AFTER FOUR YEARS.

Sometimes it's just love and time that helps them get over past trauma.

Anything to diminish California. Trump and MAGA can't abide California functioning well because it contradicts their message that liberal-run states are implicitly worse off than conservative-run states.

100%

His behavior during the NABJ interview was classic Donny: a narcissist doing everything he could to deflect and avoid been held to account for his prior words/behavior.

Just happened that he let his racism shine through as he tried to worm his way out. Which shows how cognitively impaired he is.

Don't forget! A lot of the slop on those first few pages of results is AI-generated.

Ouroboros is a very apt moniker for this phenomena.

Poor Texans. They keep electing climate-change-denying GOP goons because... God, guns, and gays.

I guess they're in the FO part of FAFO now.

Tragic. /s

Dude looks like a mini boss from the Borderlands franchise.

Yeah, you're right. I did leave that part out. Thanks for pointing that out. sigh

Murican here. Usually you can ask for a child's portion. It's an option in some places. However, it can also be prefaced as 'only for ages 12 and under'. Depends on the place as to whether or not they care if you don't meet their criteria. Sometimes they'll charge you for an adult small. If that's the case, just get an adult small portion and eat half. Either toss the rest or share it with a friend.

"We've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas."