It’s not like there are many pedestrians in Minnesota in November. Places where it is warm year round would correspondingly have foot traffic year round.

In the last 13 years there have been 2 years where the Republicans weren’t blocking all Democratic legislation and that was at the peak of COVID where passing the American Rescue Plan and other associated pandemic recovery acts took priority. Before that the only other time there was a free path to pass something was when the ACA passed.

Because you need more than half the votes. If none of the Republicans and even 10% of Democrats vote against a bill, it will fail. The ACA is a long way from universal healthcare but even that compromise had Republicans try hundreds of times to repeal it.

Dems have tried many times, but it is always blocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_for_All_Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1655

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3069

Those unpopular things usually have bipartisan support

110% agree. The tough part is that simple appealing lies are so much easier to sell people than messy complex truths.

Someone will give those voices a platform. At least you can guarantee that isn’t the only voice people hear.

Speaking as broadly as possible 90% of Democrats say the government has a responsibility to make sure everyone has healthcare. When you phrase it as “Medicare for all” the support drops to 78%, when you say government run healthcare instead of private healthcare the support is 71%, and when you phrase it as “single payer” it drops to 52%. When you only ever have a slim majority, how a plan is implemented drastically affects the number of votes.

The difference is that each media stream had to show both sides, so you couldn’t have people watching one channel living in a bubble of fiction.

Some people say the world is flat or that Elvis was a space alien, so go for it.

Many places also use the US military as a deterrent in lieu of having their own defense. Poland just requested a large US base to deter Russian invasion. South Korea would certainly be in trouble if we left.

Long?

On his podcast, Job Favreau (the former Obama speechwriter) revealed that he was mistakenly invited to the event because they thought he was Jon Favreau the actor. They didn’t realize their mistake until he submitted his ID for a background check. Lol

The Sonic & Knuckles “adapter” was made to have Sonic 2 and 3 cartridges plug into it. It allowed adding knuckles to 2 and created an expanded version of 3 which completed the story. The 32X is an adapter that upgraded the 16 bit console to play 32 bit games. The side of the Sega console had a slot where a Sega CD (cd-rom drive) could plug in. Apparently the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge fits into it, or at least appears to.

So rent a boat and scuba gear and putter around the coast of Florida for a few days.

Buying groceries with cash is nice and all, but you will never put a dent in that much money doing it that way.

It’s a lot harder to explain bundles of cash. Remove any identifying marking on the gold and claim it as marine salvage.

I used to have to drive past this fucking thing on my way to work. We banning those too?

The way it’s always worked is the president can’t unilaterally declare war. Let’s not pretend we are still bound by precedent or rules anymore.

The Dalai Lama goes up to a hot dog vendor and says make me one with everything.

Edit: The Dalai Lama pays for the hot dog with a $20 bill, but the vendor doesn’t give him any money back. The Lama asks for his change. The vendor says change must come from within.

How many impressionists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Two. One to paint the giraffe blue and the other to fill the bath tub with ping pong balls.

To me it all depends if the hobby is about the prints or the printer. If you just want to make stuff with minimal tinkering and effort, Bambu is what you want. If you want to customize, tweak, optimize, etc, then Prusa or Elegoo are both solid choices.