Pound of flesh?

I thought the role of the press in a democracy was to hold leaders to account? Not to sing them endless praises, Petey?

I take it that Trump is giving the Doctor a handjob?

If you think you can cope with never being 100% sure if it’s real or not, be my guest.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116408554531050811

Turkeys make the best roast dinners, but these turkey chefs don’t big it up because they’re ashamed to be associated with the genocide of their turkey brethren.

That reminds me about Vladimir_Komarov on Soyuz_1.

He went up there knowing he was likely going to die because of the build problems with the early Soyuz capsules.

The module crashed into the ground at terminal velocity, killing Komarov, at 6.24 a.m. … Soyuz 1 engineers reported 203 design faults to party leaders, but their concerns “were overruled by political pressures for a series of space feats to mark the anniversary of Lenin’s birthday”.

This was because they had rockets that fired precipitously close to the ground which cushioned the landing to something like 20 mph IIRC. If those rockets failed for any reason there would be a very big splat.

At an altitude of eight meters, the “Posadka” (landing) signal lights up on the cosmonauts’ console and at an altitude between 1.1 and 0.8 meters from Earth, the Kaktus altimeter issues a command for the firing of the braking solid motors, DMP. The spectacular firing takes place around 0.7 meters above the surface, reducing the descent speed of the capsule to between 0 and 3 meters per second. A speed of 2 or 1.5 meters per second is considered average at the touchdown point. The structural loads on the capsule at the moment of DMP firing was quoted as 0.1 kilograms. These loads were reported to be the main reason for ruling out the reuse of the Descent Module.

In case of landing under a spare parachute, the descent speed could reach as high as 9.5 or even 10.5 meters per second, but it is still considered to be survivable by the crew.

Some additional cushioning at touchdown is provided by individual crew seats, known as Kazbek (Kazbek-UM on Soyuz TMA) equipped with custom-fitted liners for each crew member. As a last resort, the bottom of the capsule also designed to absorb the shock of a particularly bad impact. https://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-landing.html

You’re telling me an AI is going to run Windows 11?

He’s actually distracting him while they clean out his bank accounts as he lay dying, and twisting the knife in his ribs for his bitcoin password.

That’s what all magicians, thieves, and politicians try to do; distract you with a bright light whilst they’re quietly doing the necessary.

I think you’ve got a very weak argument for it. It seems sensible to me that elective procedures should have clear benefits to outweigh the corresponding risks of performing it; there are always risks with performing medical procedures.

And w.r.t. you comment on no chopping — it’s a piece of skin that is attached to a human body, it doesn’t just fall off by itself. You do have to cut it. Choppy choppy.

It has no discernible impact either of our lives,

Then why would you chop it off?

But what about if you need to evidence that you had sex with your step-mom, you know, for the normal legal reasons?

I think the fighter jets are kissing.

I have some of your data. Reply with your Passport Number, Credit Card Details, and your Mother’s maiden name and I’ll believe you are who you say you are and then delete it.

Can’t tank the global economy if I tank it first.

I think this might all be a cry for attention. I wonder whether his mother ever hugged him.

I thought the idea was that she thirst traps him on the phone as some kind of power play rather than actually doing anything with him.

But did he even say “thank you” to the Iranians?