I do! I’m not a fan of that either. It goes both ways for me.

To be honest I’d get a little uneasy if Republicans had similar things for Biden or Harris

It’s a $100k fee, not a $100k minimum salary. Meaning it will be that much more expensive to employ them

Didn’t you know? We have brown people in this country!

You have to use words like “unalive” and it’s still popular?

You can shove that CNN article up your ass

Coming in strong there

I was there after the fact.

There as in boots on the ground on the campaign/legal team/whatever or there as in old enough to pay attention to the news?

Was 20 years old first presidential election.

Ah, I’ll assume the latter to my question above. How is that any better than someone who says they were 30 and believe the opposite? I’m just not sure why your age should matter here

Gore won it was proven in court

Which court? Was that ruling overturned on appeal?

Eh, I’m not sure it’s that cut and dry

Trying to keep some semblance of normalcy in the assumptions I make. Some people would find it laughable that an honest election would happen.

It’s not sustainable to just run politicians because their entertainment background makes them electable. Sometimes they need to make difficult decisions. It’s gotta stop some time

Maybe I would have supported Stewart running in 2024 against Trump, particularly with hindsight advantage. Fight fire with fire.

Of course I would also vote Stewart over any modern Republican, because those guys can do some damage

But with Trump not running in 2028, I don’t see a similar celebrity on the Republican ticket. I’m still dealing with a bad hangover from Kamala Harris 2024, but I would rather see her in office and making those tough decisions than Stewart, because she has the experience doing so.

I’m a firm believer that the person who most changed the modern world, or at least this country, completely by accident, is Elián González. Remember him? That whole thing turned off a ton of Democratic voters in Florida. Right before the 2000 election… You know, the hanging chads one that took forever to settle?

Imagine Al Gore winning in 2000. Imagine 9/11 and the aftermath (including the Iraq war) happening under his leadership… Or not. Maybe Gore would have taken action ahead of intelligence warning that planes would be used as missiles and prevented the whole thing.

It does make me wonder if that momentum would have continued into 2008 or if the pendulum would have swung to a Republican, but I would be so damn curious to see what things would have been like if his mother made it to Florida with him.

I think the point he’s trying to make is that there’s a certain combination of beliefs and personality that make Bernie so enticing to people, and his “successor” isn’t clear. Which… I half-agree with. AOC is a great contender for filling his shoes, if those coal country people aren’t too racist/sexist.

Trump is similar on the other side. Decades of name recognition. He has a charisma that attracts people who could fall for a cult. His nonsense way of speaking lets people fill in the blanks in a way that want to see. When he goes, who do you see as being the face of MAGA? Vance has the personality of a raw potato. Desantis has views virtually identical to Trump, but nobody really likes him.

Pam Blondie

It was right there this whole time! How did we miss it?

Trying to keep things factual and not inject my opinion, snark, or other whatabouts into things: The president has the power to remove people from the Federal Reserve Board, but only for cause. Basically, you have to have really effed up, a simple disagreement probably isn’t enough or he would have done it a long time ago.

Somehow (not sure) word got out that she purchased two homes within a short amount of time from each other, and had both as a “primary residence” in the paperwork. This can have more favorable terms when financing, but AFAIK you can’t have multiple “primary” homes. That could constitute fraud if true and pursued. Trump used that as his cause for firing her.

Of course, this was never adjudicated in court. And now there are new things coming out where she actually listed one home as a vacation home. Which should be a pretty damn good defense against that allegations if that’s the case.

Does the law go into more detail than that? Because thickeners can come from things that are really no big deal. Most jams and jellies have pectin, which is derived from fruit. Without it, I’m pretty sure we’d just have chunky fruit juice.

Gravy is almost certainly thickened with flour or corn starch or similar. So do many stews and stuff.

Mustard powder is a common emulsifier in things like mac and cheese. For those not aware, an emulsifier just keeps a sauce or whatever together

Flavoring agents? Like… If I add literally any ingredient for flavor would that be a flavoring agent? And flavor enhancers, would a little bit of salt qualify?

If you’re being facetious: this is a good thing. It doesn’t solve all problems but it’s a damn good start. No need to get critical about a pretty damn big step in the right direction, especially considering those starting this initiative in a local setting can’t change the healthcare system nationwide.

If you’re serious: admittedly (and thankfully) I haven’t had to take an ambulance, but when my daughter was born the deductible on our high-deductible plan (after which point all care is covered for the calendar year) was a fair amount under that. The system sucks, but that’s not how it works either.

$7500. $1500 at pregnancy + $500/month for first year = $1500 + $500 x 12 = $1500 + $6000 = $7500

Flint, MI

And it opens the door to even more data collection

What’s the best use of such a wide assortment of beans in one package?

No arguments here. My point was, even in a pretty blue state that should be safe, we still got (briefly) caught in a technicality because of this stupid timeline. Pretty crazy that Wyoming of all places had better laws, but I guess Wyoming is a different kind of red than, say, Florida.