The thing is, the Dems CANT abuse the power. If they do, they’ll get crucified by both sides for it. And that’s what the Republicans want. They’re simultaneously making it so they’ll stay in power when its their turn, and daring the Dems to do it knowing it won’t go well for them. Its a win-win in their eyes. Especially while you have some of your people sitting on the highest court in the country.

And this is the flaw with a two-party system. If one party decides to play dirty, the other is either forced to play just as dirty to keep up, (devolving into anarchy) or trying to play by the rules and getting blocked by the other team at every turn.

I’m pretty sure some of those fancy restaurants that pop up everywhere already do this. They’ll put bacon on anything

They just don’t want the world to see how little people like them now

You forgot to turn on Rain Mode

Doesn’t that open them up for a lawsuit then? Either breach of contract if it’s in their legalese, or at least false advertising.

Then how do you learn about new music?

I thought about (and still want to) keep a self-hosted music library, but one of the things i look forward to is the New Music playlist that updates every Friday on YTM. I’ve found so many good songs and artists that way.

Ngl, you had me in the first half

Begins? It’s been slowly getting worse for years

I’m calling it now. In… 5 years AI will be so advanced and readily available that you won’t be able to tell a real person from an AI in the digital realm. The biggest problem with that is when it’s being used by bad actors. From scammers to presidential candidates to foreign governments. Scammers can already call your mom or dad, use AI to spoof your voice from even a sample of a recording (like a voicemail greeting), and fool them into giving them money. Anything other than in-person conversations can be fake. This can only have negative consequences.

Bewildered, even!

Same. Apparently my car is a “smart phone on wheels”, so they were getting pretty much everything.

Do you think if the Satanic Temple made a line-by-line copy of their app, but painted it black/red, the Evangelists would cry foul and complain about everything we’re complaining about?

What am i saying? Of course they would.

I wonder if there’s a way to disable that kind of reporting. Obviously, that’s not an acceptable answer to the issue. Sharing of information like that needs to be opt-in with full disclosure and not buried within pages of legalese.

But as a moderately tech savvy person, maybe there’s a way to disable it’s network connectivity so it can’t phone home anymore.

Good! Stay down!

Seems like a good deal. A few million dollars in exchange for Trump to fuck off to Russia, never to step foot on US soil again.

I was actually gifted that book by a roommate who was a trump supporter during his presidency. It was worth more as kindling for my bonfire.

Thanks, edited. My mind was in two places when i wrote my comment.

I think that’s the whole point. He knows Thomas won’t take the money. It’s not about the money.

Oliver is just using the money as bait, so when Thomas says “I’m not taking the money because my job is about being just and whatever.”, he can fire back by pointing out everything that was discussed in the video.

Best case scenario, Thomas takes the money and retires, then Biden appoints a Democratic-leaning judge to fill the spot and bring more balance to the Supreme Court.

Worse (and most probable) case, Thomas ignores the offer for as long as possible. Pretends like it never happened. Then when someone eventually asks about it, he can play dumb or list whatever bullshit high-horse reasoning he wants, which Oliver can then point out the obvious hypocrisy and that’s that.

For a group that talks shit about “snowflakes” always crying about everything, they sure like to cry about everything

For anyone who has filed with it, how much does this return differ from using a company? Is your total return the same or can a tax professional get you back a significant amount more?