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36 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said:

In terms of broken bones I guess that would make six times. 

After re-avulsing my Achilles in September while beginning weight bearing, I started to ween out of the walking boot in early January (already a little longer than I clinically needed to out of precaution). After a few days I saw bruising and a lot of swelling...I sent pictures to the doctor, saw my physical therapist, and he determined it was a midfoot sprain; unexpected but not totally crazy given how long I was in the boot. I went back into the boot for another week or so, then began the weaning from the beginning (an hour a day at a time)...As I weaned I continued to see residual swelling, which my PT said would be expected, and that as long as I didn't see any more bruising I should be good to proceed. That brings the timeline into focus two weeks ago, when I worked my way up to being completely free of the boot - residual swelling, but I hadn't seen more bruising in that time, so I wasn't concerned.

Today my ortho took an x-ray and determined I had developed Charcot foot - a rare condition for people with neuropathy (primarily due to diabetes, though not in my case) and that four of my metatarsal bones were broken. So...Back into the boot for two months! I am allowed to walk on it at least, but it is certainly not fun to be that your foot is essentially collapsing in on itself.

That was pretty good, it rules that Denis decided to follow Nolan's footsteps and charm studios into letting him make arthouse popcorn flicks. And even though there are a lot of differences from the book, all of the differences stay true to the essence of the source material - almost like Herbert got a better editor five plus decades ago (and maybe did less shrooms). Just ordered a copy of Messiah so I can read that ASAP.

48 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

I heard on NPR, on the drive in this morning, that Republican's say the speech was "too political", so I take it old diamond Joe did a good job! 

I only watched clips but at one point he was openly taunting them over the many things they have supported and then backed away from, which was pretty damn funny! 

The new Rivian models announced today look absolutely beautiful. I don’t really know much about cars or Rivian’s quality but goddamn this design rules. 
 

I hope Tyson bites his ear off.

1 hour ago, Jason said:

 

We already know that the Republicans will just make shit up if you don't give them anything substantive. It's supreme naivete to think Democrats playing by the rules will have any salient impact whatsoever on what Republicans do. 

You can't even articulate if a ruling for Colorado would have been good for Democrats, so how can you say its naive to point out that it's bad to give them an even easier path? Again, no one said Democrats 'playing by the rules' will prevent Republicans from doing what they do.

1 minute ago, Jason said:

 

I'm not sure how much it would have ultimately helped, but I think it's pretty obviously naive to think the ruling against Colorado will prevent Republicans from pursuing in-kind retaliation. 

No one said it would be preventative, and I think it is far more naive to give bad faith actors even more leverage.

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

"Weird literally every single one of your submitted signatures are valid, better luck next time." 

Do you honestly think a ruling in favor of Colorado would benefit Democrats in the long run? 

33 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Imagine still thinking this ruling will stop Republicans from kicking Democrats off ballots for made up reasons. 

And ruling to the contrary would do nothing to meaningfully prevent Trump from potentially winning, so how is making it easier for the GOP a worthwhile give and take?

10 hours ago, Jason said:

 

It's good and correct to say that people who lead a violent insurrection to overthrow the government shouldn't be listed on the ballot. 

And the ability to do so could be easily abused with little to no recourse. You want to give Republicans that kind of power?

Just now, Jason said:

 

Determining candidate eligibility is a routine function of state courts/secretaries of state. 

In how many of those instances is a unilateral decision being made against voters? If a candidate meets all of the criteria to be listed, how is it good for elected officials to override those criteria with near impunity? 

2 hours ago, Jason said:

The part about "creating a chaotic state-by-state patchwork" is total BS because that's an inherent part of saying states get to decide how to run their elections. Off the top of my head, individual state rules for federal office elections include:

 

• New York has fusion voting.
• California has jungle primaries.
• Alaska has ranked choice voting (which was explicitly implemented for the express purpose of trying to fuck over Murkowski).

 

How many signatures you need to get on the ballot depends on what state you're in. Most states do primaries, but some do caucuses. Some states allow mail-in and/or early voting, some only allow in-person day-of voting for the vast majority of voters. Etc etc etc.

Because there is a significant difference between divergent voting systems and unilateral decisions made by the individual state secretaries/courts.

How does the combat feel in Remake/Rebirth? I only played XVI for like 3 hours because the enemies felt like absurd damage sponges, and the combat really wasn’t fun as a result. Do these games have the same thing going on?

I've heard the strip clubs there are absolutely incredible.

Anyways, back to the death throes of our ecosystem.

Pizza Boy and Ever Grain are always stops anytime we travel through the area - it is indeed quite nice. 

16 hours ago, marioandsonic said:

I think I said this in another thread, but just across the Susquehanna from Harrisburg

Camp Hill?

One of the best subs I've had in recent memory was the Italian from Potbelly; I had it on the train from DC while I was stoned out of my mind. Potbelly is like the number one chain I honestly yearn for.

2 minutes ago, Subzwari1987 said:

I thought the Republican party wanted women to produce more laborers for their factories precious children as God intended. Preventing IVFs seems counterintuitive to that goal. 

Think about who uses IVF and the answer to that question is apparent.

2 hours ago, ShreddieMercury said:

I don't understand how a complete federal takeover and dismantling of democracy would quite work in this country.  I know that they are trying, and fascism is on the rise, but the distribution of state power works both ways, and even conservatives will at some point not lie down and accept such an extreme attempt to strip away rights.  Not that the ensuing conflict would be much better, and I'm fairly cynical overall, but I also do believe that once you start interacting with real people outside of the internet, most have more in common than they realize, and that the cycle of hatred and oppression that we are continually exposed to online hasn't quite metastasized the way our media would have you believe.  The internet and social media are a grave existential threat and have been weaponized against us to nefarious ends, but they're also not reflective of reality in very key ways.

 

This election is indeed the most important in history, with extremely grave consequences should republicans again take control, but I think there are significant barriers to a plan like this.

By stacking the administrative state with people who are willing to do it...Project 2025 isn't about electing conservative politicians or stacking the judiciary, it's about making sure that even the OMB and SSA are staffed with ghouls.

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Anya Taylor-Joy confirms internet rumors about 'Dune 2' role

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Yes, Anya Taylor-Joy is in 'Dune: Part Two.' The 'Furiosa' star made a surprise appearance at the London premiere.

I was wondering how they would make that work! Interested to see how it translates to the screen.

15 minutes ago, best3444 said:

Is he even worth that? I know he states he's worth something like $2 billion but yea...

I'm sure his net worth is that high but he definitely doesn't have the cash in hand.

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