Isn’t this straight out of “The Prince?”

How many interactions in our daily lives serve to nag us and attempt to take away our sense of control of our lives? Check-in meetings at work that are about checklists of commitments and requirements. Any commercial
Or online interaction where we have to click through multiple up-selling attempts?

What could the Republican party have offered to get Schumer to back their government funding plan? I'd like to know. The current playbook for the Republicans to bargain in bad faith. The President may rearrange the allotment on any funds appropriated. It better be something huge and irrevocable.

The POTUS referring to himself as the King is not OK ever. Not even as a joke. This wasn't a slip of the tongue - they had artwork ready. This is at the heart of the US Constitution, which Presidents swear to uphold. This may not qualify as 'treason' but this should disqualify him from office.

How big would a contempt of court fine have to be to even make Musk notice it?

Are we supposed to brace ourselves for more Friday Night Government Action?

They are not stupid. Odds are they intended it to happeb exactly the way it happened to intimidate and distract.

I’ve got five days left to finalize my write ups of my games for the Ambercon game book. Maybe I’ll take a couple of days off of work…

Hi!

Playing in the last game slot of AmberconNW. So far so good.

Getting ready for Ambercon Northwest

I finished reading 59 books in 2023. Pretty good for non-pandemic-lockdown, but not quite the 65 I'd hoped for.

I'm trying this out.