So far neither one has built a lunar lander yet, so, indeed, it's a good idea to wait before making a choice.

Beautiful pictures are fine and inspiring, but it's prudent to actually see some real hardware before committing.

China! There needs to be a prod to get the US moving. Just as the Apollo Program was in response to Russia's space program, we now have a fire lit under us by China's space effort.

The pieces are in place, so time to roll seriously. Artemis appears to have shaken down okay. Now it’s time to get the mating pieces put together and make certain they work.

What are you talking about? EV sales are booming, in no small part thanks to Trumps war with Iran.

My EV is an appreciating asset at the moment because used prices are rising.

Those are often the first things to be electrified, because the operators are closer to rational actors who see the immediate savings. Of course the real world gets in the way, but for example about half the busses here are electric because one of the companies replaced them all as part of a fleet upgrade a couple of years ago. They are much nicer too.

Believe...
Trump is openly corrupt, for sure. Criminal- that's a little more wishy washy, given his position as POTUS.
What I find interesting, is that you cite belief with regard to a fact, and wonder what's wrong with those that refuse to see that fact.
81% of Americans believe in some kind of God. The fact that 44% are willing to believe their demigod is not corrupt is... well, not surprising.
Cults of Personality have swirled around many of our great Presidents, Republican and Democrat alike. He may be the first truly fucking dumb one to hold that mantle, though.

Bingo. That's precisely how I've addressed the issue since the first time people figure out TVs were listening to them over a fucking decade ago.

Humorously, XNU stands for "X is Not UNIX" ;)
The FreeBSD layer in it does arguably offer some kind of UNIX-i-ness to it, though, in that it has broad POSIX compliance.

No, it doesn't. But that's ok.

Around 40%- but sure, I'll give you half, because that ultimately does not detract from the falsehood you said:

No. The system of criminal justice involving improper entry into the country has existed far more than "a generation or two".

Also flatly untrue. The flat majority of immigration issues are indeed criminal, however they do generally go uncharged, and are handled under civil law- and that does indeed have the constitutional requirement of being non-punitive. That does not, however, mean a crime was not committed. It means the system has, for a long time, leveraged civil law to handle the problem.

I don't think it should be criminal. I think it's abhorrent.
But you are never going to fix that fucking problem by spreading misinformation.

I'm obviously not arguing whether or not a thing exists.

Your falsehood was: "You hear these people going on about how people should just man up and they went through it themselves in training, but they're really talking about having saline solution sprayed in their eyes, etc."

And you know it.

And is sure enough it's linked with Trump. It's just another way for Trump to funnel money to his buddies who will then funnel some of it back to him.

66% of Americans believe Trump is openly criminal and corrupt but of them at least 10% are still going to vote for him and the Republican party while they're at it also what the hell is wrong with the remaining 44%?

If the visible light emitted is exactly the same intensity, color, and pattern as the background behing you, yes, you'd be very nearly invisible.

Only from one direction, though (unless the background is nearly featureless).

There are dumb TVs still being made.

That you don't even know that shows you are not a serious customer for such a product.

You can just click "Skip" when it asks you to connect to the Internet.

You can stop it, but most people can't or won't.

They don't need to block 100% of debloating.

99.9% is good enough.

The only ads I see are for video content like new movies or TV shows, and I don't mind those.

PG&E in California incentivizes me to reduce my power consumption from 2 to 7 pm, and gives me cheap off-peak electricity from 2 to 4 am, when I charge my EV.

I've been on this program for 11 years. It works well for me.