Yeah, they could conduct a peaceful transfer of power without the congratulations. They would be ruthlessly mocked for being sore losers, but they would be internally consistent at least.

Exactly. His legacy is not doing what he promised, not being that bridge to the next generation. Only giving up his lust for being president when it was too late.

I’m not sure this one will pass congressional approval. I could see it easily going in either direction.

Rubio is probably the least controversial pick so far.

On the other hand I can see republican politicians pretending to be stunned in order to say one thing and do another. They get to pretend they don’t like it for the political game and then actually support it.

But really? Do we really have to implement learning programs for this shit or something?

Yes. Every time something new is introduced, people have to learn the new thing. Not everyone is as informed as you or I. Most people don’t care that much and have never considered alternative voting techniques.

It’s the paradox of choice. With more options, people become more likely to not choose because it’s overwhelming.

Florida would be the better option imo. During that time frame it won’t be tourist season, so those beaches won’t be over crowded either. Florida beaches get kind of nuts at spring break time. The flipside of that is that not everywhere will be open. I visited Destin in Feb before and some of the more tourist spots, like Shed BBQ for example, were closed.

Hawaii overall is nicer and more expensive than Florida, however Florida easily has the better beaches. Snorkeling is going to be better in Hawaii, but the beaches themselves are pretty rocky and kind of mid, to be honest. Florida knows its beaches are the money makers and goes the extra mile to make them nice. The sand is well groomed and it’s that powdery white sand that feels incredible.

I don’t know if it was vaccines, but he sent tests to him when we didn’t have enough for our own citizens. You know, America First sort of things.

Trump? He actually believes they work. He made sure he got vaccinated. He just knows he can pander with it.

That followed an announcement for their battery business if I’m not mistaken. Which isn’t what Musk was trying to pump.

I think that was a big reason why the stock took a hit. He keeps getting caught faking it, and even his fakes are decades behind Boston Dynamics.

He rolls out the same BS every time the stock needs to be pumped up. The good thing is, it didn’t work this time. This unveil actually made the stock drop because they’re so far behind.

His appeal to his followers is that he “says it like it is”. He wants you to believe he is being literal, so there is no reason to think those statements were hyperbolic. It would be pretty easy to attack his lack of internal consistency if he tried to claim that. Come to think of it, that probably should have been their line of attack the whole time.

But there are plenty of things Trump has literally said that you don’t need to reach. He has literally said he wants to be a dictator. He has literally said he wants to use the military against US citizens…

Sure, but I miss the days when I could just disagree with conservatives instead of fear them trying to push fascism.

That doesn’t matter though. His base is voting for him no matter what. That’s why it’s his base. It’s only the undecideds in a few states that matter. With Latinos voting GOP more and more, this could actually have an effect.

It is an appstore for Flatpaks. Flatpaks are a universal app package for Linux that runs in a sort of containerized environment. They’re very prolific in the immutable linux world.

And just legit starlink contracts. Like it or hate it (I hate it), Starlink is the best satellite internet service around right now.