I never thought I would write this, but by comparison Carter had a well run White House and (again by comparison) knew how to work his congressional majority - it really is new waters to see not only these numbers but an operation staffed by people that can't work the system
Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #35 Kris Anka Variant Cover; Batman and Superman are in a makeshift hot tub in Antarctica. The Fortress of Solitude is in the background. Batman waist deep in the water, no shirt but wearing his cowl. Superman is standing in the tub heating the water with a beam from his right eye. He is in swim trunks with his logo on them.
Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #35 Kris Anka Variant Cover
it is the same feeling finance had about other lines of work since the 1980's masters of the universe era and lines up with the merging the finance and tech over the past 20 years or so
The quote also the origin of the Mission of Burma song "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" (which Moby covered on Animal Rights)
I think we are about to see a lot of pulp characters try to get a series soon, since they are all about to hit public domain in a few years; its King Features last chance before anyone can take a go at it
It’s only a sign you need to adjust your withholding
He is the same age in that picture that Steve Buscemi was when he did the ep of 30 Rock where he was made immortal as "how did you do"
You have to pay for the double dash if you want two stops
Is this the comic Nabisco prevented Robin from being in?
I having worked in consumer credit/bankruptcy for a longtime, it was very hard watching a lot of people in the logging towns of the PNW try to figure out what they can do once the mills went away and the trees were gone; the town itself was out of work
Just a note, but during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. had a "quarantine" of Cuba because a "blockade" is an act of war and executive action is limited in what can be done unilaterally for starting a war
"we will get back to your thoughts, but one more time, we can put food in a cold box, and it won't go bad and stays fresh? In the summer? And you can get fresh fruit, in the winter?"
I just feel like any correctly made AI of someone from 2,000 years ago from the Middle East is just going to use up all your tokens asking you about air conditioning over and over and over again
Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
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One of the people on that thread is a journalist who was executive editor of a major magazine
The grasping hands meme of two buff arms grabbing each other in a cool guy handshake. At the top and bottom is written "Trying to get your job to send you from FL to CA." The arm of the Black person's is marked "Artemis II Crew" and the white person's arm is marked "Disney Imagineers."
Also has good recent films, so it is easier to show a class if there is no local production
Armando Iannucci during casting calls of The Death of Stalin
Post from Aaron Rupar from 4/8/2026; it is a screen shot of VP Vance on News Nation, he is standing on the tarmac in front of Air Force 2, it has the ladder on it for people to get on and off. The chyron headline is "VANCE; TRUMP 'HAS ALL THE CARDS' IN TALKS' and vance is standing with his head tilted to the left, eyes closed like he is pooping. He is wearing a navy suit, white dress shirt, red tie (his knott is off center on his collar, to his right), and an American Flag lapel pin. Per the boxed info on the upper left, he is in Bubapest, Hungry and this was at 9:42 p.m. and was live per the upper right hand side. Rupar has quoted the video of Vance: "You know what? My Wife has the right ot skydive, buts he doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement she's not gonna do that, because I don't want me wife jumping out of an airplane."
Screen cap from The Simpspons "A Milhouse Divided" (Season 8, Episode 6), Homer is smiling and facing forward in a sad apartment. He is captioned "I sleep in a big bed with my wife."
Screen shot from Reuters, Pres. Trump is in the center frame, First Lady Melania Trump is the viewer's left, and a person in a walk around Easter Bunny Costume is to Trump's right; only the Bunny's shoulder's and head and right hand, waiving, are visable, trump is waist high and Melania is cheset high. They are behind a podium laid out for the White House Easter Egg Roll with green plants and white flowers over The Great Seal of the United States, what's left of The White House, behind them. A stand up mic is in front of Trump.
They are at least bold with this Donnie Darko legasequel direction
4001 inks are historically dry inks; you might try something a Waterman Serenity Blue or Pelikan Tanzanite
If the problem you are worried about is that the President will just ignore the law, no moving of agency will fix that; only having the authority and will to enforce the laws and force the President to follow their duty will i.e. its a political problem not a legal issue
You can also see it in the lack of variety of cases that come up so far in R.J., who might as well be a homicide detective instead of a P.I., it is very quickly becoming a murder of the week buddy cop show, instead of a show about a PI beach bum (end of thread)
In this modern show, the system is always shown to be fundamentally ok, unlike in the 70's TV show when its shown to be corrupt and oppressive, and in R.J., it is only the misconduct of powerful elit that lead to him being punished wrongly; (4/x)
R.J. interacts via his ex-wife new spouse Mel, a FLPD detective who is shown to be not only an honest cop but also a good detective and keeper of justice and order, and Emi, the woman who put R.J. in jail and now is making it up to him by feeding him info from her powerful family (3/x)
Rockford's only real help from the power structure is from sort of friend Becker, a good man on the LAPD but not a particularly good investigator or upholder of justice or order, and his lawyer Beth a sharp criminal defense attorney, who by her nature is not aligned with those in power (2/x)
I started working through The Rockford Files not that long ago, so it has been fresh in my mind as R.J. Decker now is on the air and I think it the way we think about power has really changed as seen in these light PI shows; (short 🧵)
I think you can only stay on for 210 days if you are not confirmed; there are 1003 days until 1/1/29; he would need 5 people who have previously been Senate confirmed who he could rotate in and out but never send to the Senate for confirmation for a full term
The other factor in the 1980's could more feasibly find cheap house in desirable metro areas or find ok work in less desirable areas; for 40 years it has become harder to get good jobs in less desirable areas and hard to live cheap in places with good jobs