Icarus27k

My former boss had an ice maker in his office. I got to use it a couple of times. It seemed like a silly, inefficient appliance that made a comically small amount of ice. Some engineer designed a silver box that made enough ice for one soda.

DC's greatest character gets his own show.

This could be exaggerated because the House Speaker can't just announce that an impeachment inquiry has commenced. A vote in the House has to be taken, or else it's just words.

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Spoiler: it's because of the expiration of generous Covid-era economic stimulus, including expanded unemployment insurance.

Lauren Boebert escorted out of “Beetlejuice” musical in Denver after “causing a disturbance” U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a Sunday night performance of the “Beetlejuice” musical in downtown Denver, accused by venue officials of vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance” during the performance. In an incident report shared with The Denver Post on Tuesday afternoon, officials with Denver Arts & Venues wrote that two patrons were asked to leave the city-owned Buell Theatre during the performance of the touring Broadway show. They previously were issued a warning during the intermission regarding behavior that prompted three complaints from other theatergoers, the report says. The report does not name Boebert as one of the patrons or identify the other person. But her campaign office — while disputing the behavior alleged — confirmed that she was escorted from the Buell on Sunday night during the “Beetlejuice” show. The incident report states that after receiving the intermission warning, about five minutes into the second act security officials received “another complaint about the patrons being loud and at the time (they) were recording.” Taking pictures or recording is not permitted at shows. The report quotes one of the ushers: “They told me they would not leave. I told them that they need to leave the theater and if they do not, they will be trespassing. The patrons said they would not leave. I told them I would (be) going to get Denver Police. They said go get them.” https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/12/lauren-boebert-removed-beetlejuice-musical-denver/

Aw, you ass.

#ElonMuskIsATraitor is Trending on the Platform He Paid $44 Billion to Buy Elon Musk infamously paid $44 billion to purchase Twitter, and on Tuesday, his pricey platform was promoting a hashtag dedicated to eviscerating him over his decision to deny the Ukraine military access to Starlink over Russian-occupied Crimea. https://www.mediaite.com/online/elonmuskisatraitor-is-trending-on-the-platform-he-paid-44-billion-to-buy/

It's similar to the criminal prosecution line: since you indicted Trump, we're going to indict you when we get power. Uh, no you're not because I didn't do anything. Good luck convincing a grand jury. If anyone is actually scared of that non-credible threat, stop being such an idiot.

I look forward to Republicans losing the House in 2024 so America can progress a little and get work done.

He's talking about Kevin MCCARTHY

The Republicans' attempt to impeach Biden has no basis in fact. It won't even succeed among House Republicans. If the House votes on it, it will fail because some Republicans will vote against impeaching Biden. Trump was a ridiculous criminal, on the other hand, and deserved both of his impeachments.

This is a stocktake report just released by the U.N. in the lead up to the COP28 conference in November. It shows the progress the world has made since 2010. Because I thought you deserved some good news.

I'm thinking North Carolina will be the next Republican-voting state to go blue in a presidential election. It's not that far behind Georgia in terms of its demographics shifts.

It's noteworthy Lincoln had an entire American Dad episode dedicated to the topic. Back when it regularly did political commentary.

I haven't heard that song in a real long time. Thanks for reintroducing me to it.

On my birthday, the year is 69% complete.

I'm okay with people having very negative opinions of Kari Lake or Reddy Ice. It's a free country after all. I do have a problem with social media moralizing though. Not because I think it's unfair. Just that I choose not to listen to it. I also don't read notifications. It really solves the problem of people wanting to troll or judge.

Right now, I am spending my birthday/Saturday playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on a big screen. They recently added new playable characters apparently. Birdo, Kamek, Wiggler and Petey Pirahna.

Oh wow, thanks all! I really appreciate it. Thanks especially to @André Toulon for getting into these boards again this year.

Reading both pro-Ukraine and pro-Russia takes on the current state of the war, there is a lot of triumphant "We're winning this war and our enemy is getting completely destroyed" talk. Like, no you are not and no they aren't. It seems particularly delusional as the war settles more into a stalemate.