Waiting for a wave of Sonny Chiba face makeovers.

C'mon tech writers, look up 'beleaguered' in your Funk and Wagnalls and it'll have "See Apple".

The COVID mRNA vaccines were the culmination of decades of research into genetic vaccines that could be in essence engineered to target a selected antigen without the years of trial and error that are required by the methods we have been using since the 1950s. Within days of the virus genome being published, they had a vaccine design, the months it took to get to the public were taken up with studies of the safety and effectiveness of the heretofore untested technology, ramping up production, and preparing for the distribution of a medicine that required cryogenic storage.

It would be unreasonable not to give the Trump administration credit for not mucking up this process. But the unprecedented speed of development wasnâ(TM)t due to Trump employing some kind of magical Fuhrermojo. It was a stroke good fortune that when the global pandemic epidemiologists have been worried about arrived, mRNA technology was just at the point where you could use it. Had it arrived a decade earlier the consequences would have been far worse, no matter who was president.

The lesson isnâ(TM)t that Trump is some kind of divine figure who willed a vaccine into existence, itâ(TM)s that basic research that is decades from practical application is important.

Despite very credible allegations, Biden was never convicted of raping raping Tara Reade. And his daughter's recollections of him inappropriately showering with her outlasted any statute of limitations. But I see where you're going, there. The rest is a good fit, right down to the weaponized government, for sure. The plot twist is that the real kingpins are behind the scenes, using him as a puppet. It's good villain story line material fresh from real life.

I mean, would you rather have sex or run around blasting bad guys and color matching falling gems or have sex?

I watch a lot of maritime disaster videos, so YouTubeâ(TM)s genius algorithm thinks Iâ(TM)d be interested in traveling on a cruise ship.

You could send JD a Bich message about this.

[golf clap]

are offering their own sales and shipping deals as part of Anti-Prime Days

https://www.publishersweekly.c...

The HBO Max thing is just another example of entertainment business VIPs pissing over prior work, to 'make their mark.'

It's what happened to Firefly at Fox, when, just before it was scheduled to air, there was a management shakeup and new vp of entertainment had to tear down his predecessor's work. In this case, it meant broadcasting episodes out of order, moving to Friday evening 'dead zone' time slot and not renewing it.

With WB over HBO, it was David Zaslav doing the same thing, writ large. Got rid of prestige shows (Westworld removed from availability?!!) and then the name change crap. But hey, the board voted in his raises and bonuses so I guess it's not all bad, right?

Penguin wasn't bad.

Colin Ferrell and Cristin Milioti were fun.

"SkiniMax", for us greybeards.

Well, your buying power would be crippled.

If it pays the bills

Folks gonna play the game.