Wasn’t he on some sort of advisory committee during Trump’s first term? My memory is that they disbanded basically because it was a waste of time, for obvious reasons. Let me search…

Yes, he was.

I’m so sorry. I know how hard it is.

Same here. What especially irritated me was that even though I installed the .deb firefox and followed the directions to disable snap firefox, occasionally Ubuntu went ahead and reinstalled snap firefox for me.

Can confirm - I have an RV and whenever guns comes up in the online groups, it is clear that these people are absolutely CERTAIN they will be attacked. No “if”, it’s “when”.

I assume these are the same people that end up murdering someone who knocked on the door of a house they thought was a friend’s place, but were mistaken, or needed help in the middle of the night, stuff like that.

Those are those post-birth abortions Trump was complaining about.

Why do people think a dozen eggs costs $12?

A quick search turned up this 18 count of eggs for $9 at our local chain. And that was just the first result I found that had the price on the page (you have to click a button to see it, unfortunately, but it is there).

The first time I saw it, I laughed for a few minutes. It still cracks me up. I think the woman’s face in the past panel really adds to the punchline.

My 56k modem was internal, so not much to look at.

But the Hayes…

Surely you can’t be serious.

I still have a Hayes Smartmodem 1200 here. Aluminum case and all. It’s a work of art.

A useless work of art. But still…

puts on headphones

Yeah. That’s my favorite movie, so this comic played right into it.

Essential people will, but non-essential people will not work.

On January 6, yes, but they don’t stop working. The shutdown only affects the rank and file government employees that do things like run the government agencies, air traffic control*, Smithsonians, etc.

*Air traffic controllers would be considered an essential function, so they would actually get the joy of continuing to work without pay, until a budget is passed, then they would get back pay. (There’s also a possibility of some agencies having money, for various reasons, to continue to pay essential employees.)

I actually think he does believe the lies he spouts. For him, reality is whatever he wants it to be in that moment.

The elections are run by the states, not the federal government. Congress keeps working during a shutdown. I can’t see how it would hinder the election.

It would have unpredictable effects on the election though, so I can’t imagine they really want to risk it.

Are you saying he didn’t use a riffle?

Yeah. I grew up in the days of serial ports and parallel ports, and USB in general is so much better for most purposes. (I recall plugging my first mouse into the serial port…but wait! Where will my Hayes Smartmodem modem plug into then? Also, don’t plug and unplug things from the serial port while the computer is running.)

And USB-C is even better. My tablet needs a charge? Well my laptop charger is right here… My phone is low and needs a quick charge? Well my USB-C tablet charger will give it a decent boost very quickly. No worries about getting it plugged in the wrong way, either.

I have a docking station for my work laptop, so when I had to replace my personal laptop, a laptop that supported USB-C power delivery was mandatory. I don’t use it with the docking station very often, but knowing I can without an issue is great. My wife also has a Macbook that works on the docking station, too, in case she ever wants to use my dual monitor setup. All three laptops, from three different brands, are just plug in and go.

Thanks for rescuing her. We already have 3 cats and a dog, but if I was on a situation like you were, I might have to adopt a fourth. We absolutely don’t need a fourth cat, but I can’t see one abandoned like that.

We have a law in this county that we’d have to turn them into the shelter, but then we’d get first dibs at adopting. I might do a “we’ll give her a good home if no one else steps up in a week” sort of thing.

Quick reminder of this conversation: You suggested I check his website for his platform, so I did, and found that there’s only “I did this” and some vague promises that do not specify any sort of actual plan. You seem to think that’s arguing, but I’m trying to explain that there’s actually no useful information there.

Basically, it’s no better than Kamala’s and arguably even worse because he’s making promises we all know he’s not going to keep (Kamala makes no promises that I saw). And he still thinks he’s running against Biden.