Yeah go for it, you little parasite. See how long they'll step up to meet your flaccid demands.

She's so deep into her assignment that public humiliation means nothing compared to what changing course would mean for her life. If she is actually human, she's driven by fear.

Ask away. My situation is unique, as yours will also be. If you wish to join the legions of frogs who've quietly unplugged to the best of their current capacity to do so, then the research is on you how to get there.

I can't imagine that you expected a manual to appear before your eyes because you asked politely. It's do-able, but as has been pointed out earlier...it's not a normal life once you make that choice.

I use a thing called a Posture Pump that basically has me walking around pinched nerve free.

That is the bottom line truth of it. There's no middle ground in this situation.

Don't I know it.

Hmm...what say you? Does he get to resign and go scot free for not actually doing his job? I think not. In fact, clawing back any and all perks and bennies he got would be most appropriate. Better yet, let's investigate his ass, because he clearly is working for the wrong side.

Um...well...It's been over 15 years for me...

Oh take a risk. Worst that happens is you get a finger wagging or temporary suspension. I'd like to think that our mods aren't all that authoritarian.

Dang! I hope there's enough virgins to go around...

That would be gloriously appropriate. It's certainly been long-awaited.

Oddly enough, fall is not far away (as lightning fast as days pass any more). I expect a whole lot more to happen by then, though...and I mean like we squash the crazies into irrelevance and start to live peaceful and abundant lives.

Don't forget our 250 celebration. We can't be hosting chaos by then, and in my prayers, the evil on this planet gets the boot in short order. This whole process might be more biblical than any of us really can know, and I wonder about this RESET feeling I'm getting about it.

It takes a two-thirds vote in the specific chamber (House or Senate) to expel one of its own members.

Grok: Only FOIA and term limits are straightforwardly accurate as "exemptions" (due to constitutional design and lack of law, respectively). Vaccine mandates reflect branch separation rather than favoritism. The others are myths or distortions—Congress is generally bound by laws like the ACA and insider trading rules (with the STOCK Act reinforcing this).

Me: Honestly, though...FoIA and term limits are not exemptions that we want them to have. Lovely Luna is right: The American people hate them (or certainly, because hate is not quite accurate here), we think they suck.

If he wore a rainbow hat with a pink unicorn on his shirt, that'd probably be okay.

She found him in the hood where she pretend grew up.

Perhaps multiple meanings exist...

Thanks for the link!

My mind did not go there, and I never got the memo that March 11, 2020 was seen as "The Day." AI is super helpful when you bring the right stuff to the table.

Thanks for the dig!

Nice!

My take on it is that he chose a random number to illustrate what a flipping slog it's been in general, perhaps since waking up. How many times have you personally thought you had reached your wall, or at least got close to it?

Honestly, it's feeling quite like humans were made for this...to just keep going no matter what, even when we think we can't take another step. Maybe the words will mean something different to everyone who reads them, but they certainly are thought-provoking.

That's retarded. If no other thing was true about this, the people of Iran were begging for help like nobody but the US could give.

Muddy the waters a little more, this does. Using the word "compromised" certainly makes it sound like the hacker went in there and changed things, but the guy didn't even know what he got into until they tapped his shoulder. Leave it to Reuters to put a twist on this cocktail. Of course then everyone picks it up as though that's the focus: "OMIGOD the files will NEVER give us what really happened!"

Castillian and Latin Spanish aren't actually the same...but close enough, I suppose, for things like leaving one's homeland because of invaders.

I have a friend who's afflicted with TDS, and she's going to freaking Paris for her birthday in May. Talk about out of touch with world events...