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Comment Re:Every single accussation (Score 1) 20

is a confession with this guy.

I thought this bit in TFA was pretty ironic, coming from this Administration:

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose agency houses CISA, was announced as a surprise keynote speaker instead.

"They were deciding what was truth and what was not," she said of CISA while reiterating past promises that the agency would face cuts. "And it's not the job of CISA to be the Ministry of Truth."

Or maybe she was just protecting their turf ...

Comment Well... some of it anyway. (Score 1) 27

... who will sit down with audiences to tell his story in robot form,

Guessing they'll be leaving out these bits... From Walt Disney: 7 Things You Didn't Know About the Man and the Magic

Nobody, including Walt Disney, is perfect
While Disney was an innovative and successful man, he was also the subject of many controversies, most of which involved rumors that he was anti-Semitic and racist. These rumors were, and still are, hard to dispel. In the 1930s, Disney attended meetings of a pro-Nazi organization, the German American Bund. He also hosted a known Nazi propagandist and filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, and gave her a tour of Disney Studios. To make matters worse, Disney was also accused of perpetuating black stereotypes in his films. But, for all of his critics, Disney also had scores of supporters who claimed he was far from being either anti-Semitic or racist. The debate on Disney’s alleged discrimination and racism continues to this day.

On a (hopefully) lighter subject, there's this from that article:

The final words ever written by Disney were “Kurt Russell”
In 1966, as Disney was suffering from lung cancer and nearing the end of his life, he scrawled the name “Kurt Russell” on a piece of paper and died soon after. At the time, Russell was a child actor for the studio and had just signed a lengthy contract. To this day, no one knows what Disney meant or intended, including Russell himself.

Comment Re:What will Congress do? (Score 3, Insightful) 110

The information will show the movements of every member of Congress, as well as their friends, family members, and campaign bundlers, ...

Taking bets on who it won't be tracking, at least for the next 3.75 years ... /s

(Perhaps disabled tracking will come standard with a high enough purchase of a certain memecoin ...)

Comment Re:/. Users (Score 1) 39

I'd be more confused if there weren't dupes on /. as that's the kind of glitch in the matrix that lets you know you're not in reality.

If I remember correctly, there's a Morpheus username on /. who should be chiming in with something like,

What is real? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.

Oh well, maybe he's strapped to a chair somewhere ...

Comment Re: Big Bang Theory Violates All Laws Of Physics (Score 1) 22

Those are asterisks, not quotation marks. A quotation would be the text between the marks. Sucks getting old, set your text size bigger.

Good catch, thanks for the assist. Not old, just very sleep deprived this morning. Will either take a nap or get more coffee - or one then the other. :-)

Comment Re: Big Bang Theory Violates All Laws Of Physics (Score 4, Informative) 22

Which is why it is a *theory*

Can't tell what you're trying to imply with the quotations, so I'll just post this, What Is a Theory?

In everyday use, the word "theory" often means an untested hunch, or a guess without supporting evidence.

But for scientists, a theory has nearly the opposite meaning. A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses and facts.

Comment Re:Bribe (Score 0) 81

Hatch Act on a worldwide scale? Never happens if there's no Justice Dept enforcement.

Oh, wait...

Unfortunately, the Hatch Act specifically excludes the president and vice president.

The Hatch Act of 1939 ... prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president and vice president, from engaging in some forms of political activity.

As for bribery, SCOTUS has made prosecuting a former president much more difficult, Prosecuting a President for Bribery After Trump v. United States, especially if it's part of an "official act" -- which SCOTUS gets to ultimately decide. There's always Impeachment, though you'd need a majority in the House and 3/4 in the Senate and Republicans control both (for now).

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