It isn’t a con at all. It’s the result of the unbelievably arcane and complex defense acquisition rules. It’s nearly impossible to move fast and save money with smaller companies due to all the hoops they have to jump through to get on contract, so only large corporations can handle all the paperwork making anything at all cost way too much money to pay for all the overhead.

The con, if there is one, is large defense contractors convincing non-technical officers that highly technical things will be super duper hard and needs to be on a cost-plus contract to take into account any unforeseen issues. I sat in a meeting where one of those mega-corps said with a straight face that they needed a cost-plus contract to cover any losses from the additional inflation… on a one year contract.

OK, do it. Everyone complicit with what that fucker did should be in prison, including Trump and Clinton and Gates. Hell, throw the corpse of Stephen Hawking in prison while you’re at it.

“Where did they say anything incorrect?”

The bill makes it harder to get drugs. The person said one asshole republican was holding out until some drugs are less easy to get. The asshole republican wants drugs to be easier to get, so he is voting against it. That is what they said that was incorrect.

No, many people are aware of that. It isn’t some obscure secret.

Can you do edibles?

The lack of racial diversity in Europe is what makes it look like there isn’t as much racism as in the US. There just isn’t as much opportunity for the racists to be racist.

Side question for a black person in Germany: is “black music” a common term in Germany? I was on a bus going from Freiburg to Strasburg and saw a poster for a bar playing “Black Music” on Friday nights. I didn’t know if that was supposed to mean rap or jazz or blues or what.

6 Democrats, 1 turncoat, and 1 Independent.

And when the police actively avoid enforcing laws unless they get to hurt black males, what do you do? When it comes to stalking/harassment, the police will do nothing but ask you to fill out a form that gets put in a pile with nothing done to it. ICE will be able to do more than just warn her to stop.

Calling ICE on a person who is just living their life trying to work hard and get ahead is what racist shit stains jump to. Calling ICE on a person who is acting criminally and SHOULD have their visa revoked is a viable option.

Now, I haven’t read the texts or heard the phone calls and have no idea if this woman was stalking him or if he is a racist jackass who is sexually harassing her. Threatening to call ICE on her might have been a real shitstain thing to do. But Immigration enforcement against non-citizens actively committing crimes is what every other country in the world does. It’s not racist just because it happens in America.

How many human doctors are involved in the making of Old El Paso taco shells?

Now, conversely, how many veterinarians are involved in the designing and creation of one-size-fits-all food that is one-food-for-all-meals? Mars was already employing tons of vets to ensure their food would be both safe and have all the ingredients in a digestible form.

While I’m sure General Mills does employ human doctors to check for safety, they aren’t trying to create a one-food-for-all-meals solution.

Depends on the nature of those hundreds of harassing and threatening emails. If the threats and harassment are criminal, then I think ICE could actually be the correct org to call.

Fetterman isn’t a Democrat anymore. He will likely get voted out next term, regardless.

King is not a Democrat.

Masto is barely a Democrat, but that’s what her constituents wanted.

Shaheen is retiring.

Durbin is retiring.

Rosen and Kaine have not announced retirement, so they are interesting. Rosen just won a very close race in Nevada, so she either tried to appease conservative voters there or thinks she is gone anyway. No idea what Kaine is thinking.

How many cars driven by humans run over cats each day? Do these outraged people think robotaxis are somehow worse than human drivers? If the humans in the car didn’t see the cat, then it doesn’t matter if it was a robot or a human driving at the time.

I felt dirty voting for it, since I feel strongly against gerrymandering and was happy that CA HAD a law against it; but I also felt it was something I had to do.

This is nothing new or fake. There is no need to use the word “claim” like you think he is lying. I personally have a friend who spent like $50,000 or $100,000 to clone one of her dogs… twice.

I guarantee he has more money than she does (though she is ridiculously wealthy), so I have no doubts he did something that rich people have been doing for a decade.

EDIT: Yes, I know that is ESPN’s headline, not OPs.

What a goddamn waste of time and money.

In the immediate aftermath of losing to Biden in 2020, the conservatives on Reddit moaned about how bad Trump was and how he did a terrible job. The same people voted for him then and again in 2024. They know all these things about it, but they like it and want it.

Getting rid of the heat is going to be an issue for that… along with the massive pollution from the many launches required to get this in orbit.

This was done by Merrick Garland. He is a registered Republican, so what makes this a “both sides” story?

It still is 100% centralized.

All “teams” or clubs are just franchise licenses. All players are actually employees of the league, not of the clubs themselves. The league can also dictate which clubs are allowed to sign which players. It’s kind of wild.

Holy fuck, I was only joking when I said crazy eyes. I had no idea I was actually talking to a genuinely crazy person.