If you like that, you'll love this.

you appear to be "just saying" that you believe the OP was referring to an actual, electrified edible fruit. You're welcome to your opinion, but I'm not buying it.

Already done, years ago:

Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase

-Mellow Yellow, Donovan (1966)

No, you don't understand. Karoline Leavitt announced in a press conference that the errors in the report were caused by "formatting errors". That will undoubtedly sound reasonably to the people who routinely swallow the crap she's always spewing.

I really wonder who still needs disposable cameras in a physical shop.

It's very common to find a pile of disposable cameras at any wedding. Guests use them and leave them for the happy couple to develop.

Actually, Koday makes a fairly wide range of digital cameras, including one (PIXPRO Astro Zoom AZ901-BK) with a 20 mp sensor and a 22mm - 1980mm (35mm full frame equivalent) zoom range. I was surprised to find this - apparently they do a crappy job of marketing.

It's also an attack on every working stiff with a 401k or IRA account. So when you say "F your stock portfolio" you're also saying "F you for planning for your retirement."

I've found that people who call you a sheep for accepting the thousands of years of scientific inquiry behind a particular subject (e.g. the shape of the planet we live on) do indeed perform their own research. The problem is twofold: (1) a general denial of and disbelief in valid authoritative information, which they label "indoctrination"; and (2) the source of their research material, which is generally other idiots posting on YouTube and TikTok. And for lots of them, you can throw in a generous dose of wacky Christian fundamentalist beliefs.

You think an iPhone has a lot of screws? Try removing the main board from a late-model Macbook Pro.

It turns out that ITAR regulations do indeed consider theft and export to a foreign entity of controlled material, an export license violation. However, the EXPORTER is the entity guilty of the violation. I suppose you could make a case for the recipient of the illegal export being guilty of an export violation if transfer the material to someone else, but at that point the guilty party isn't under US jurisdiction, so the likelihood of enforcement seems rather low. If that transfer is to an entity in the US, the recipient is not in violation unless they transfer the material to another foreign entity. If it's transferred domestically, it's not an export.

The Administration's position on this is baffling.

First, here's a link to an article that isn't paywalled.

I work for a medium-sized aerospace company, and I'm familiar with ITAR and EAR export control regulations, but I'm confused by this warning regarding Huawei processor chips. Export controls require licenses from the State Department (ITAR) or Dept of Commerce (EAR) for a company to EXPORT certain restricted technologies. How does IMPORTING Huawei chips for use in a product in the US violate EXPORT control laws?

That's what I said: "(1) Her statement didn't kill her, its out-of-context use in Trump's campaign ad did."

Apparently you don't understand the distinction between personally identifiable information and anonymized statistics. For example, it is illegal to reveal that a specific individual suffered a heart attack; it's not illegal to reveal that some number of unnamed individuals suffered heart attacks over some period of time. There is publicly available information that inmates received hormone therapy during Trump's administration. There is no publicly available information that I could find indicating that inmates received sex reassignment surgery during Trump's information. That's what "as far as I can tell" means. Doesn't mean it didn't take place; it just means I couldn't find any evidence that it did. And of course, absence of evidence does is not evidence of absence. I do find it curious, though, that despite your comment about medical privacy you said, "Such surgeries are rare and - gasp - occurred under Trump's first term. You seem to be saying that such surgeries did occur, and also saying that no evidence of occurrence could exist because medical privacy. Make up your mind.

Well, no shit, Captain Obvious. What the heck does that have to do with any of this?

Really? I took no such stances, nor did I express support for actions that deny anybody access to anything. If you think I did either of these things, please point out where in my post I did so. Otherwise, find something else to be irrational about.

Either you didn't read what I posted very carefully or you didn't understand it. I'll try again.

(1) Her statement didn't kill her, its out-of-context use in Trump's campaign ad did. (2) My post pointed out that sex reassignment therapy for prisoners started during Trump's first term. As far as I can tell, no prisoners received sex reassignment surgery during Trump's first term, but they did receive therapy in one form or another. If you can cite an authoritative source to the contrary, I will happily stand corrected. (3) Notwithstanding your implication, I bear no ill will towards trans individuals or the LGBTQ community at large.

The genocide thing cost her Progressive votes; the sex change for prisoners thing cost her Independent and Moderate votes. "Never Trumpers" would have voted for a loaf of bread in preference to Trump.

"Now"?? The term "community college" gained wider recognition and use in the late 1940s, after the Truman Commission Report of 1947. Prior to that, the focus of junior colleges was to prepare students for transfer to 4-year schools, but the focus broadened to include offering vocational training and serving broader community needs. In 1967, the California state legislature enacted Senate Bill 669, which renamed the junior colleges to community colleges. Hardly a new term, or a euphemism.