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Trump's malignant narcissism won't let him be subordinate to someone else. So that idea is out.

Carr continued: "The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct — a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election. Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns."

Waiting for Fox News to be called out...

Bezos probably does give a shit about using WaPo as influence though, so whilst he might not be losing money, he's certainly losing influence (however small that may be).

And it's not necessarily influence over the election, but influence over Amazon's presentation in WaPo to its readers.

If 10% of WaPo's subscribers aren't reading WaPo anymore, as is the implication with cancelling their subscription, then Bezos loses that influence, however small, with those people.

Can't be. Dude's not mellow, chill, or cool.

Same here, still on Windows 10 though it's desperately trying to reinstall it's crapware removed from the image with NTLite.

Will be switching to some flavour of Linux at some point (we also use this PC for some Steam games), so I'll check SteamOS out!

The other important thing to consider: polls are a snapshot in time.

They are not a predictor. The only poll that matters is election day.

So assuming Harris and Walz are going to be more difficult for Netanyahu to negotiate with, does this increase chances of a ceasefire in Gaza?

What's the context?

Question for those in the U.S...

Would this news, highlighting the 'forgotten' stuff again, deaden the probable 'electoral boost' he'll get from the attempted assassination?

Seems like bad news when the case was all but stalled with no news about it in the media... Now it'll probably get more news traction as it's appealed over the coming months.

Wishful thinking?

I've been thinking about this a bit, I'm not sure it's been considered and I may be going out on a random tangent...

Isn't this whole 'immunity' decision just another power grab, or rather further cementing of their power, by SCOTUS? Think about it. They're essentially the arbiter of 'right' and 'wrong' now, as there's no further avenue of appeal save for amending the U.S. Constitution.

Put aside the vagueness of 'official' vs. 'unofficial' acts for a moment.

• Trump did something definitely illegal, and Trump argues was 'official', like his classified records case. Immune.

• Biden did something questionably legal yet unofficial, such as forgetfully retaining classified documents after his tenure as VP (which he immediately returned). Supreme Court decides 'not immune', and some idiot decides to prosecute.

Trump might end up as a king, but the conservative majority of SCOTUS are the kingmakers and protectors.

Diesel burns slowly, though petrol makes diesel easier to ignite.

We mix them 3:1 Diesel/Petrol (called 'driptorch' fuel, used in 'driptorches') to safely put fire to the ground when we need to.

Source: am firefighter.