Unrelated, but ever since I was a child I’ve been hearing a comic-book villain scream when I read, “IEEE!”

They aren’t really the opposition, they are fully in there spreading hate and lies with the rest of the Reich Wing. They just made greedy missteps out of greed. Mustn’t step on The Big Grift to fund your individual grift, bitches.

I hope they sold the old chair and used the money for the poor, but they probably just tucked it in the attic

Part of growing up is challenging the ideas you got from your parents and learning to treat people with the respect you’d like them to use with you. If she wants to continue being friends she needs to do this part of growing up.

I don’t know where you live but in California, the crows are native species.

Edit: so if they eat a sparrow they’re defending the environment

No, warm the whole thing to heat the air inside

Put the whole thing in a pot of water and start bringing it to a slow simmer. This will warm the air inside, expanding it and breaking the suction. I got my stuck blender jar open this way, taking it out as soon as the first tiny bubble escaped and quickly unscrewing it before it could cool.

They do, (thanks, Arrkk) and that’s a better answer.

But the schoolmarm in me brings me back to tell you that, because of the “y-” in the way “union” is pronounced, standard usage is “a union” even though it starts with a vowel. The reason we use “an” is to avoid an awkward slide from the a to the vowel, but in words that start with the “you-” sound it’s not necessary.

A ugly bastard An ugly bastard

A onion An onion

An unicorn A unicorn

That’s me done, and a gold star to you on catching my original error!

I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don’t have a gig

Certainly don’t sell now. You’ll soon be seeing the combined pressure of the moneyed on Trump, and he’s nothing if not chaotic anyway. “Strategy” is just what he calls his whim of the moment. This may not be the end of the dip yet, but the whole tariff scheme will fall apart and stocks will rally. You could, without touching anything right now, take a look at the stocks that your fund is made of, and see if you want to make changes for ethical or practical reasons, so you’re ready to do so on the upswing. But let the big money investors throw their weight around first.

Mostly because we’re stuck supporting the red states that suck at the Federal titty.

Sure, but: it was right there all along.

Separately, Elon might be on Earth, but he’s also sometimes on earth. Although he’s more of an indoors boy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin#%3A~%3Atext=This+contained+official+records+of%2Cofficially+recorded+victims+in+these

“Mysagonist” misogynist… Typo or am I missing a joke about agony under Stalin?

Ice cubes peppermint gum. To chew when others are having dessert. I’ve eaten, I don’t need empty calories, but my teeth are still hungry. Gum gives them something to do, and the little crunch of Xylitol helps it feel more like eating than other sugarless gums.

A teen watching full length continuous streaming porn? Hope he’s got some Gatorade in there!

I’m not really part of this discussion but for a lot of people brought to the US as little kids, they don’t know anyone in Mexico, maybe don’t even speak or read Spanish well enough to get settled there on a moment’s notice

The fact they kept the lid the same size probably helps the deception, especially once there’s no old cans to compare it to. This could actually work out to be a good thing if people buy fewer sugary sodas while thinking they’re drinking about the same

If any good comes of this shit show, it might be that our terrible example causes other countries to pull back from the fascist agenda

Well, I hate you, but that’s just personal.