I'll see your "Rule of the Universe" and raise you with "When it Rains, it Pours"

Read? Not this administration

I expect Kennedy, Kash and Hegseth to take an adventure trip to the affected country, Kennedy to eat some raw bush-meat and then for them to return to Washington DC where they will spread it to everybody in DC...

Seriously

OF COURSE! The Build-A-Bears!!!

Those shops always creep the hell outta me

I took it that the AI had defeated all attempts to retain the data, and clearly outperformed an incompetent intern by a fantastic margin

All we need now is an AI driven version of 'the website is down'

Interesting:
Section 3 Treason
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

So...
By attacking Iran, and causing all Gulf Oil shipments to stop, then releasing Russia (a known Enemy to America) from sanctions (that were put in place because of Russian military aggression), thereby giving Russia (aka Putin) hundreds of millions of dollars to continue his assault in Ukraine, and our allies in Europe...

is that NOT Treason by the above definition?

Pelosi's investments have returned a 15% CAGR over 37 years while the NASDAQ has returned 12%

Being slightly better than NASDAQ is not an indictment, and when republicans brought this before Congress they could offer no evidence

Beyond that, ALL congress-critters are required to show their investments, you can even see it here: https://www.capitoltrades.com/...

What the current administration is doing, forcing military spending, while family members take ownership positions in companies that get government contracts, is in a completely different league of corruption

Just leave out the Evangelicals, since they have been hallucinating their own scriptures for decades

The whole Apocalypse Gospel is a complete fabrication of 19th century American Evangelicals, and it is driving conflict where Christ would have encouraged Peace

Gemini knows what's up:

AI Overview
The modern "Apocalypse Gospel"—specifically the popular scenario involving a "Rapture," seven-year tribulation, and a violent Battle of Armageddon—is widely considered by scholars to be a 19th-century innovation rather than ancient Christian doctrine. While apocalyptic themes have existed throughout Christian history, this specific, highly detailed, and often conflict-driven interpretation was largely developed by John Nelson Darby and later popularized in America, driving intense political and religious divisions.

Origins of the "Apocalypse Gospel"19th Century Invention: The specific prophetic system known as dispensationalism—which includes the secret rapture of believers—was developed by Irish preacher John Nelson Darby in the 1830s.American Proliferation: Darby's ideas were adopted by American Evangelicals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, replacing older views (such as postmillennialism, which believed the world would improve before Christ's return).The Scofield Bible: The publication of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1909 was crucial, as it embedded these apocalyptic interpretations directly into the notes of the Bible, leading many to treat them as absolute truth.
Escapism and Fear: It developed during a time when some evangelicals felt marginalized by modern culture, shifting their focus toward an expected imminent escape from the world.
Impact on Conflict vs. Peace
Creating Conflict: Critics argue that this apocalyptic viewpoint fuels conflict by framing political opponents and global events as forces of evil to be fought in an impending, inevitable cosmic battle.
Political Misuse: The theology is often used to influence current political decisions in the U.S. and the Middle East, as believers may seek to accelerate or influence end-times scenarios.
Disregarding the Gospel of Peace: Opponents of this theology argue that it contradicts the teachings of Jesus regarding loving enemies, peacemaking, and prioritizing the welfare of the world, focusing instead on escaping it.
Historical Context of Apocalypticism
While the specific "Rapture" theology is modern, apocalypticism itself is not.
Early Christianity: Many early Christians expected a return of Christ, often during times of intense persecution.
Historical Misinterpretations: Throughout history, various leaders (from the year 1000 to the 19th-century Millerites) have predicted the end times, usually driven by times of high social unrest.
Difference in Intent: Early apocalyptic writings were generally designed to provide hope and consolation to persecuted minorities, rather than to promote violence or political domination.
In summary, while apocalyptic thought has deep roots, the specific, conflict-oriented "Apocalypse Gospel" popularized today is a distinct product of 19th-century Protestant evangelicalism.

Tests?!?!

Heck, they didn't even perform enough analysis to develop requirements to test against.

Sounds like they looked at a pretty brochure, believed whatever the sales-guy told them and jumped right into a product

Again, how is a management failure an IT Failure?

Exactly, it was fortunate that so many VMware products were based on open source releases, which facilitated migration away from Broadcom's "monetization" exercise

The stated goal of Lunar Gateway is developing expertise in human crewed long-duration deep space missions, an admirable one, but not entirely committed to Lunar exploitation

My expectations for long-term egress from the moon involve a mass accelerator, which could shove human cargo a bit less aggressively than cargo, towards either Earth or Mars

This would involve raw material exploitation on the moon and an active market for those materials on Mars, or even Earth if the economies of scale work out...

These things, admittedly are speculation, but would become the least expensive option if Humans are to expand through the Sol system

Water is a heck of a thing, about a foot of it will stop most cosmic rays, and you can drink it as well

Turns out we are made of it, and will need to carry a lot of it with us, even with recycling, so simply placing the water storage between the crew compartments and potential sources of cosmic rays will eliminate this concern

Yippee!

In regards to our adaptations for gravity, we need to confirm that we can tolerate centripetal 'simulation' of gravity for journeys, and .6G Martian gravity

I am pretty sure you will find volunteers for this thing

The simulation of gravity becomes unnecessary when we get ships capable of sustained 1G thrust, and that also drive travel time from/to Mars into weeks, making Mars a two-way destination

I'd like to see them produce Tabernanthalog, a synthetic, non-hallucinogenic analogue of ibogaine developed to treat substance use disorders and mental health conditions. It promotes structural neural plasticity (psychoplastogen) without causing the severe cardiac risks or hallucinogenic effects associated with ibogaine.

It will take forever to get through FDA human trials, but make it part of a plant and it's a "Nutraceutical"

Tomacco

Humor is popular amongst the British and people on the spectrum.

Gemini explains it thusly: While some, often misunderstood, social nuances are stereotypical of British culture, it is not a diagnosis of autism

Comedy on the other hand, much less Farces, just make people with the 'tism nervous

As a child, I had to leave the room whenever I Love Lucy (or follow-ons) came on the TV, which is significant because otherwise I was glued to the thing

If you want to know the trigger-words, just watch fox news.

Alternate Energy is right up there with trans and woke on the "stop thinking rationally and follow the leader!" triggers

We will continue to have a large segment of our population behaving like triggered nut-cases as long as we tolerate these modern peddlers of yellow journalism

Frankly fox news has become successful to the point of soiling the world, and trump is the worst case manifestation of their tactics