Besides, legislating is risky. You might alienate a voter.

Better to just authorize an agency to create regulations. Might have to create the agency, too, but that's no problem. That way, you've got deniability if the regulation isn't liked, or there are unfortunate consequences.

Better still, if the agency screws up (or does its job as directed by Congress, it doesn't matter which) and angers a constituent, the congresscritter gets to be a hero and fix the problem. The problem caused by the agency the Congress gave the power to.

It's like being grateful to someone who rescues you from a vicious dog, and ignoring the fact that the dog belongs to the "rescuer".

The similarities between the two logos -- https://daringfireball.net/mis... -- are nonexistent. Different stylized fruits, stylized differently. No chance you'd mistake one for the other.

Now, walking through a parking lot, trying to figure out which silver sedan is my Camry, that's a harder task. Don't see Toyota suing, or being sued.

Somebody in Apple's legal department bored, or lose a bet? Silly lawsuit.

It's always pleasant for me to see Democrats and Republicans play the "Your scumbag is worse than our scumbag" game.

I'll be right back. I've got to make some popcorn.

So, even more of a media event without substance than usual?

And I thought they couldn't top themselves.

The word "meddle" is troublingly vague.

If a video confirms our worst suspicions about Trump or Biden, is that considered "meddling"? Grounds for removal?

Or what if a video refutes them?

Let's not pretend that deciding what is "meddling" and what is "informing" involves no subjective judgements, and that Google will do it in an evenhanded way.

Well, maybe it's not so bad. Could be a lot of them are not functionality changes, but just changes to replace words now considered inappropriate. :-)

Won't New Zealand have to do this from now until the Covid-19 virus becomes extinct or an effective virus becomes available?

Otherwise, one undetected case from abroad could go through the country like a wildfire in a California forest. Or head lice through an elementary school. (Assuming the most scary scenario is compatible with the actual virus, that is.)

Subject line reuse.

It'll be useful long after the election, no matter who wins in 2020. And 2022. And 2024. And ...

And the federal government has this authority, how, exactly?

And that is found in the presidency, how, exactly?

Not that it actually matters, in post-constitutional America.

Yep.

Some people actually claim that those pesky Russians were so much better at suckering gullible U.S. voters than the Democratic Party was, that it swung the election.

That's not how they word, it, but that's what it comes down to.

^The horror!^

^A successful guy trying to one-up another successful guy's accomplishments.^

^Maybe he'll undercut him on price, too.^

^Will this madness ever cease?^

Typical.

Does he know he's spouting nonsense?

Does he even care what good policy is?

It'd be easier to make a case for breaking up the United States of America.

Clearly, the government of the United States has taken on more than it can handle. It's too big to succeed. Nearly everything it currently does can be done by states or local governments, and probably better. It would be hard to do it worse.

Well, maybe keep a few things, but mostly just have 50 independent states. A common currency, maybe. And standards of weights and measures, and provide for the common defense. Maybe a handful of other things.

Just a short list of things would constitute what remains of government at the national level, clearly documented.

One question, though.

What would that document be called, that defined the constitution of the United States of America?

Why pay any attention to that blowhard, or take any of the random crap he spews?

Some think he's just daft. Others think he does it to provoke a predictable reaction. Or predictable reactions.

The latter sort seems more likely. People are talking about his latest silly-ass statement instead of something more important.

I'm guessing. He might be as out of touch as (some) people (claim to) seem to think he is.