The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
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The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
21m ago
Quod erat demonstrandum.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3hr ago
Officially, every state is 'compliant' with the RealID act, but in practice every state but Washington has a non-RealID (aka 'non-enhanced') driver's license option.
"Enhanced" is different than "Real ID". Enhanced drivers licenses are kind of like passport cards issued by the state -- you can use them to cross the Canadian border by car (and on foot I think), and only 5 states can issue them.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3hr ago
I'm tired of having that thang on me (my stack of government proof I exist) every time I do anything sufficiently financial, shuffling through a binder of documents like I'm trading pokemon cards.
Huh. I had to do that to get my non-real-ID New Jersey license -- was actually pretty funny as I was forewarned that they were extremely picky so I brought a shitload of documentation, I'd put something down, they'd say "no", and I'd move on to something else. But most of my financial stuff has been done with no ID at all, just giving over my totally-not-for-identification-purposes-LOL SSN.
I think a passport card would work under the new law -- it's a Real ID which shows citizenship. I have one because it was easier to get that from the Feds (by mail) than to get a real-ID NJ license (which requires an appointment in person at one of a few centers)
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3hr ago
Is it really true that the SAVE act doesn’t count most state drivers licenses as acceptable ID’s?
Yes, because they don't demonstrate citizenship. You need a Real ID which shows citizenship (some places are reporting that an Enhanced Driver's License is necessary, but the bill doesn't say that), or a regular ID plus a birth certificate or naturalization certificate, or a few other less-likely things.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4hr ago
At Newark it is still terrible. One line to show your boarding pass to the TSA official. That official sends you to the pre-check line, where you wait to provide ID to another TSA official. Then to the bags, where they change the rules occasionally on which things have to go in and which can be separate, and whether you can wear your shoes (yes, even with pre-check). Then of course the wonderful "random" additional bag search, which I hit about 1 in 3 times.
If you don't have pre-check you'll be waiting over an hour on the main security line, sometimes over 2 hours.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4hr ago
Technically it wasn't airborne Ebola; rather, they transplanted suspected virulence genes from Ebola into a replication-incompetent adenovirus. This adenovirus caused Ebola symptoms, confirming that these genes were the virulence genes.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4hr ago
TSA still sucks even with pre-check, it just sucks less.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4hr ago
GOF is dangerous, but it's not useless. The Ebola vaccine was developed on top of GOF research on Ebola (including making an airborne variant)
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4hr ago
The story was they sent the poll watchers home for the night because of a false claim of a broken water main. Then once the poll watchers were gone they pulled boxes of ballots out from under a table and started counting. This, of course, was widely derided as a conspiracy theory that never happened. Once every element was shown to be substantially true, they started saying stuff like "well we didn't REALLY tell the poll watchers to go home" and "It's perfectly normal to do this". At which point there's clearly no basis for discussion.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
20hr ago
So why did they pick him?
He was unable to step back when they asked for volunteers. They knew the person with the title would have a target on their back.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
Not trying to argue that they're PhD level documents or anything, but I'm surprised that every salty ragged looking detective has to be able to write one at that level.
They're just Mad Libs. There's standard things they write that work in court, that they have been trained to write. So all they have to do is fill in the details. Of course, this also means they may or may not have any relation to reality. Same goes for police testimony.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
I think the "rules-based order" after the Cold War has basically been nothing but Team America: World Police; before that it was that plus some wrangling with the Soviets about how to keep the cold war from turning too hot.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
No, Jordan isn't a Gulf state; it's a neighboring state, however.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
Exactly. Good for the emerging world peoples and tax-avoidant who've been able to take advantage of the Gulf States, but the whole thing is borne on essentially a massive oil lottery win and all the neighboring states sans oil are absolute messes.
Except Jordan.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
The word "alcohol" is from the Arabic, though the Arabic word had nothing to do with the intoxicating sprit. As is the word cotton (English lost the characteristic "al", which still exists in Spanish "algodon") -- here, Arabs brought it to Europe but didn't originate it. Cane sugar also came to Europe through the Arabs, but originally from India.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
Unless you're a madman with equally mad employees
https://see.news/greek-oil-tanker-crosses-strait-of-hormuz-amid-heightened-risks
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
They'll attack anything not theirs going through it. (That they can see, anyway, and I'm not convinced that applies to much more than "ships broadcasting their location") That's a rather big difference.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
No, the Jask port does not have sufficient capacity. They are still also loading at Kharg Island.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
Newsom is the obvious choice; it's possible the Democrats can keep their wokies under control long enough to elect him. There's also Shapiro, though with the anti-Israel (and anti-Semitic) turn in both parties, I find him unlikely. And AOC, who is probably more electable than Kamala (though not by much).
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
Iran has not "closed" the strait in normal terms. They have apparently not mined it, despite some claims that they would. Thet can still get their own oil through. What they're doing is taking shots, with drones, at other ships which transit it.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
Vance just has to defeat whoever the Democrats put up. Is the second rise of Kamala that threatening?
I'd be surprised if the Democrats were that dumb. Not extremely surprised, but surprised.
But in general I agree. It's 2026. Election's in 2028. We've got a war to get through, plus midterms. Lots of things can happen, it's way too soon to count Vance out.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
It appears the Trump administration has completely surrendered the propaganda war. All the MSM including the Wall Street Journal is assuming the administration doesn't know what they're doing and the war is hopelessly lost, and that everyone at the DoD is murdering war criminals who killed an ever-increasing number of schoolchildren and nothing else while ignoring the Straits of Hormuz because no one even thought of it. Maybe they just figure there's no way to win that one so they're not bothering. Only way out for them is a decisive victory in the real war, and honestly, I can't see one -- there's no Iranian organization able to take advantage and revolt, so without troops on the ground, there's no way to take down the regime or even force them to the table for real.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Yes, but also Trump has been saying a lot of random stuff, which is just Trump being Trump, and "CNN MSNBC the BBS et al" have been pretending there's no way to sort that out.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Since you would take an admission of a mistake as a weapon to attack the administration with, this is unreasonable coming from you.
Yeah, but Spanish Flu wouldn't do much nowadays, most likely (not that I'd care to test that). Its descendants have been circulating as seasonal flus ever since. You'd need something much older or from an isolated population.
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