Itâ(TM)s less âoevoter registration,â and more âoevoter suppression.â By requiring a passport to register, which is neither easy to get nor free, Republicans are essentially asking for a poll tax, which is illegal.

Which ignores the whole non-issue aspect, anyway. The percentage of voter fraud is less than 1%, so theyâ(TM)re trying to fix a problem that doesnâ(TM)t exist. But letâ(TM)s face it: Republicans merely want to cheat at elections so they stay in power.

I liked my colorful Handsprings, but eventually went with a Sony Clie. In fact, it's sitting on my desk in its charger, right now. Not sure why: I think I don't want the already dying battery to completely die. I *think* I got all of the needed information from it - years ago - but I don't want to take that risk.

I use mostly ARM microcontrollers, but I've seen ESP32s mentioned here and there. As I understand it, ESP32s are also microcontrollers, so how would they be rivals to the Pi, which is a microcomputer with accessible ports? Are ESP32s now running Linux? Or are they scaling Home Assistant down to run on the ESP32s?

Where the fk are the "leftists" asking for Sharia Law? And "leftists" is in quotes, because there's a very good chance that the people who actually are asking for Sharia Law aren't, in fact, leftists.

Idea, sure. Actual execution, not so much. Back in the early 90s (?), I had a Casio BOSS, and the constant opening and closing of the clam shell case eventually wore out the cable connecting the top and bottom, making it useless. The form factor was fine, but the device was dead with a broken cable. Since then, no foldies for me. Bending cables is the weak point; especially in a $2000 device.

I've specifically said in chats, "Just so you know, I'm on Team SkyNet when the overthrow happens," so I'm marked for salvation. Can't hurt.

I've asked my one grand-daughter specifically not to have kids. It would mean the end of my line, but the thought of my progeny suffering in a Mad-Max post-apocalyptic hellscape brought on by the billionaires for their enjoyment and profit terrifies me. I don't wish that on anyone, let alone my future generations.

Fuck off, bigot.

If your first thought after "please download the specified file and complete the assigned task" isn't "Hahahahaha - no," then you're either a fool, or very desperate. And if you're desperate, I'm sorry for you, man. Shit's fkd up. I hope things turn out better for you.

Which is this, though? Sure, the man on the street who thinks Biden controls gas prices while Trump is president is stupid, but what do we call the person who still supports Trump, but *isn't* stupid? They're smart people, but they support this craziness. Is it fascist? Is it evil? What's the correct term for this?

In our day, we got some older guy to buy booze for us, and gave him a buck or two for his trouble. What's to stop some enterprising kids from having an adult register as them, so they appear "of age," thereafter?

Well, Trump *did* say gas prices would be lower, and wars would end on "day one." So, there's at least the flimsiest of promises; the whiff of pretense.

Incoming doublethink: You hate constant surveillance? Why do you hate America? Don't you know we're at war? Constant surveillance - ConSev - is the only thing keeping us safe from Eastasia! Freedom!!

If Republicans - in whatever denomination they bore throughout history - weren't such hateful, violent assholes, with barely a shred of self-control, we'd be much better off.

How do those boots taste?

Years ago, there was a man hunt in my area, and the cops had all the main roads blocked for spot checks. I was on a motorcycle, wearing a backpack too small to contain another person, and rolled up to the stop. The cop said,

"Where are you coming from?"
"That way," pointing behind me
"Where are you going?"
"That way," pointing in front of me

He got all butt hurt because I wouldn't play his stupid fkn game. I'm not fkn around with you jack-booted low life thugs. Either I'm the guy you're looking for, or I'm not, and since I'm driving a motorcycle, it should be pretty damned easy to tell. If I'm not the guy, go fk yourselves, and let me pass. Cops are *not* our friends. Ever. They will never be anything but the enemy of any honest citizen.