@#6 ... To promote the hatred, stir up the public, and help him to stay out of prison. He and his wife are under indictment. ...

I cannot disagree.

Elections for PM in Israel are coming up soon ...

@#9 ... Were there empty seats? ...

@#11

Related?

@#10 ... I remember in his first term he charged himself $5 for a glass of water at his own hotel. ...

Found this. Not directly related, but maybe apropos?

@2 ... One of the "good" things about Trump's time in office is that there will be legal opinions that address many of the loop holes in our laws. ...

I agree.

But it seems that the GOP is not up to that task of helping Americans.

Perhaps, if the Dems win in November, there may be some accountability for the Executive branch to face.

It's a long-shot, though ...

Were there empty seats?

@#2

Yeah, quite apropos, but I am not at the point where I might attribute AI to cartoons.

AI is being given more and more control over what we need to survive.

Yet, AI has shown that it has a nasty side.

In short, AI has shown that it is becoming (or has become) human.

So, I ask, is AI a friend or a foe?

The Republic of Texas was once an independent country.

Why did we change that?

:)

@#4

warned warned

oops - should be

was warned

@63

Yup.

But there is a difference that I do note.

Back in the days of 9/11 and the couple three years afterwards, in the videos I saw on the news ...

When [then citizen] Trump spoke, he was coherent. No slurring of the words he spoke, no rambling off into unrelated topics. Focused, on topic and articulate.

Has Pres Trump's mental acuity deteriorated since then?

So, PM Netyanahu warned warned about pending attacks upon the Country he served, and he seems to have just ignored that warning?

Why?

Might he have actually wanted the attacks to promote his hatred?

@#2

I'm not surprised about Utah.

Perhaps there are some things in the Mormon lifestyle that could benefit us all?

@#56 ... We're talking about the lies Trump tells and the poor reporting of it. ...

Poor reporting of Pres Trump's 9/11 lies?

I don't see that.

Take a look at ...

@#4 ... "A Short video, notifications, algorithmic feeds, constant task-switching, reduced long-form reading, less boredom, less unstructured thought."

Excellent summation, and excellent point. ...

Agreed.

The attention span seem to have been reduced.

Taking the time to read a novel?

Nah.

Bouncing from short video to short video seems to be the preferred learning experience (or, possibly more accurately, the preferred non-learning experience) of late.

Has Big Tech diminished the ability of our children to learn?

@#8 ... No surprise that Trump would envision uniforms inspired by the Starship Troopers movie. ...

Agreed.

Also, that those in his close Oval Office circle of advisors might have been afraid to, I'll say, inform him of the image those uniforms project.

I mean, e.g., would you really expect Ms Printer (a.k.a. Ms Natalie Harp) to print out and give him a negative opinion of the uniforms?

... and for background ...

... Americans witnessed the first kiss on TV between a white and black person ...

Back in the day, that scene was beyond ground-breaking.

Far surpassing the bro-ha-ha raised when an All In The Family episode actually dared to have the sound of a toilet flushing.

@#12 ... The confluence of Big Data with law enforcement is... showing results that are dystopian - the cameras combined with id tags like license plates and facial recognition. ...

I do not disagree.

Not only Big Data, but now also Big AI.

@#7

Oops, forgot to include the source ...

@#5 ... his real name is Albert ...

Is it?

... Hasan DoHasan Doǧan Piker[a] (born July 25, 1991), known online as HasanAbi,[b] is an American left-wing political commentator, Twitch streamer, and influencer. ...

Early life and education

Hasan Doǧan Piker was born on July 25, 1991[3] in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Turkish parents.an Piker[a] (born July 25, 1991), known online as HasanAbi,[b] is an American left-wing political commentator, Twitch streamer, and influencer. ...

Early life and education

Hasan Doan Piker was born on July 25, 1991[3] in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Turkish parents. ...

What else is your current apparently making up?

@#3 ... Doesn't this guy know you have to get a job with ICE before doing these things and then the government will protect you for prosecution. ...

Ya know, that thought also crossed my mind, given the apparent drastic drop in the level of ICE requirements for recruits.

Welcome to the world of the Honda Prius Hybrid Synergy Drive, first introduces in the late 1990's.

More from the article ...

... "The happiest states are those that provide above-average quality of life in a wide variety of areas, from strong state economies and great physical and mental healthcare to adequate amounts of leisure time and good weather. It's also important to note that while the adage that money can't buy happiness has a lot of truth to it, having enough money to live comfortably is still essential. But anything beyond that won't necessarily enhance happiness as much as having fulfilling hobbies, relationships and opportunities for personal growth."

        - - - Chip Lupo, WalletHub Analyst
...

More from the article ...

... U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled in February the IRS violated its own code "approximately 42,695 times" for each instance it disclosed last known taxpayer addresses to ICE even when their requests were insufficient.

The immigration agency must identify the name and address of the taxpayer it requests personally identifiable information on, rather than request information en masse....

The system was so lax, [U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly] emphasized, that ICE could have submitted requests with an address like "Don't Care 12345" or "00000" and still receive a taxpayer's address. ...

"Most egregiously, section 6103(i)(2) expressly requires a requesting agency to provide the address of the taxpayer' whose information the agency seeks, but the Data-Exchange procedure does not require ICE to submit any address of the taxpayer in its request for information about that taxpayer," [U.S. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard] wrote. ...

@#8 ... I asked a Direct question regarding the subject matter.

You deflected ...

I did answer the question.

#3 ... What do you have in mind? ...

#4 ... Maybe your alias should read the DC Circuit opinion to find that out.

I am not a lawyer, but the DC Circuit opinion was written by lawyers. ...

So, suggesting that your current trolling alias reads the actual of the information in the court opinion is deflecting?

Do try harder.