The phenomenon has already gotten bacteria from Georgia, among other places, elected to congress. The horse is way out of the barn by now. And Reuters as an unreliable source is something I've seen now for well over two years.
Toasting everyone equally? Count me in. The hate-fueled inferno - not so much. This, btw, is one of the big reasons I’ve always been in favor keeping open the political forum. Yeah, there’s some trolling and things do get personal and spin out of control. That all needs to be controlled. Hopefully, self-controlled. BUT, in theory, everyone is on this site because we share at least one common interest unrelated to politics. For the most part, that helped keep discussions respectful. Not always, but mostly. I get why others don’t agree. I just think they’re all stupid and should all burn in gasoline fires, their ashes fed to sharks, shat-out, used to fertilize GMO cornfields, made into grits, served in a Red State breakfast diner, puked into a roadhouse toilet and then flushed with some teenager’s aborted prom fetus.
I know you're a fan of his work, but this is all sounding like a familiar thread from a recent Neal Stephenson novel. People end up employing editors to filter all the shit out of the media input streams they subscribe too.
The socialist virus elected in New York is a lot more detrimental to this country than the one in Georgia because she has a lot more young people rallying behind her. The dipshit in Georgia is relatively irrelevant with a minute following.
Well, supposedly he was going to be paying out of his "own pocket" but is it really his own $/£ in the end? Kind of screwball how that works. Anyway, speaking of conspiracies, I thought this was hilarious. I came across this completely by accident (not verbatim): The Queen has been diagnosed with COVID leading up to Her Platinum Jubilee. Prince Charles had it twice, the last time very recently and it turns out he was positive when visited her. Did he infect her? Is he trying to move his ascension to the throne along because The Queen said Camilla Parker-Bowles will be named Queen Consort when she dies? I sure 50% of this is stupid tabloid nonsense trash, but still funny. I'm thinking Andrew will be named Court Jester regardless.
The royals are all independently wealthy beyond what the Queen and the Public grant provide. This is because they've all been able to invest in various opportunities over the years and money makes money pretty easily in the laissez-faire economy of the last two decades.
It's a cultural thing. Our generation just pretty much suck at using multimedia that didn't even exist until we were in our 40's. At least I do.
@Br4d, I'm usually OK with posting pictures, but I think sometimes it's the source (Twitter, FB, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit, etc.) because I don't belong to any of them. @Acad23 Ha, I saw that photo, too. EDIT & P.S.: Word has it that video surveillance is rather uncommon in French jails. I guess if you're Papilon in French Guiana! Drums, cymbal. In all seriousness, I did read that, but it does sound a bit too convenient.
Aaaaaand, scene. U.S. Senate promotes Ghislaine Maxwell's judge to appellate court https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-senate-promotes-ghislaine-maxwells-judge-appellate-court-2022-03-24/
Nathan is still presiding over the Ghislaine set-aside attempt. If she rules no and the case goes to the appellate court she sits on she would have to recuse herself.
Well, looky thar. New trial denied, conviction upheld: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/01/us/ghislaine-maxwell-juror-trial/index.html