Except a blockade is actually an act of war. Thus, hostilities have not ended, notwithstanding any "War Powers letter" and the President's claim to the contrary.

Why does that have such a familiar, current event-ish ring to it? Oh, yeah....

That would be fine if ALL the gains from "how well the whole capitalism thing is working out for them" were taxed as ordinary income. "How well the whole capitalism thing is working out for them" frequently goes like this: instead of selling a bunch of the stock you own to raise money, use it as collateral to get a low-interest loan. Congratulations - you've avoided capital gains tax on selling the stock, the loan proceeds are non-taxable, and your stock stays in the market where it can appreciate in value. Bonus: if you use the loan proceeds to buy more stock (there are restrictions on this), interest payments on the loan may be tax-deductible.

I guess it's time to brush up on the golden rule: he with the gold, makes the rules.

No problem. Just pump up the volume.

That's caused by some of tiny threads that attach your retina to the back of your eyeball being torn loose. Then they become "floaters", providing a permanent reminder of the experience.

My wife had so many floaters in both eyes, her retina specialist at UCLA's Stein Eye Center performed a procedure that purged her vitreous fluid and replaced it with saline.

Perhaps you should consider being a bit more selective about the films you choose to see? When my wife and I go to the cinema, the ratio of previews is about 10:1, films I wouldn't want to see vs films that look interesting. Not at all interested in the latest Marvel/DC/comic book retread, which by itself eliminates a lot of unwatchable trash. That means we don't go often, but than in itself makes it more of a treat.

One of these is not like the others. I mean, not REALLY like them. That is, not EXACTLY like them. Well... oh, never mind.

What this really means is that the Venn diagram of glassholes and apple fanbois will approximate a perfect circle.

Are you saying that Miss Rhode Island got it wrong? Blasphemy!!

Do you have a suggestion for a solution? Maybe going back to hand-written notes placed in a manila folder? That way, only everyone that walks into a doctor's office every day would have access.

Nothing engenders a feeling of connecting with another human quite like knowing there's a significant probability that you're really interacting with a bot.

Yes, and that's what they said. From TFS: There is no single, standard definition of middle class, or upper middle class, and what counts as a hefty income in one city can feel paltry in another.

For the comprehension impaired, that's why stated range of $133,000 to $400,000 is so wide. In one city, $133,000/year would be "upper middle class", while in another, $400,000 would be the threshold.

Seriously. "Set sail" is a metaphor for beginning a long journey. Only an obsessive moron would decide that's the important thing to exclaim about in an article about the first manned spaceflight to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

On the other hand, if you're a fundamentalist Christian, you might consider naval terminology apt for a mission that somehow pierces the "firmament" and travels through the "waters above". Obviously the hand of God is at work here. /s

(I'm actually a little saddened that I felt the need to explicitly indicate that the Biblical reference was sarcasm.)

Thanks for this. I hate my knees.

The attacker didn't express anger for robots. He expressed anger at the car's occupants for funding robots. But the problem isn't the robots or the human passengers; the problem is the attacker.