That’s just another way Biden fucked her over.

Remember all the promises to develop leadership in the DNC during the 2020 campaign? The whole one term stuff? (that while Biden never explicitly said personal was the message going out by his campaign staff.)

Harris was supposed to be the next, and he absolutely didn’t give her the support to do anything.

Biden got his foot in the door then went out of his way to silence any other possible successor and when it finally became clear to him he fucked every thing up; he fucked off to fuckerville.

At that point we needed a candidate to start running pretty much that day. Settling on any other candidate would have taken time we did not have.

By the time that Biden stepped down, there was no time for a primary. (And let’s be honest, that farce ran before wasn’t a true primary.)

She was the only person that could, at the time, get everyone into lockstep with her. She was also competent, experienced and skilled.

Aside from Israel/Palestine, her political positions weren’t particularly offensive either. (She should have thrown Biden under that bus, but I get why she didn’t. Hell. Biden should have dove under for her.)

I would have much preferred another; though they would never have manage as well as Harris did… particularly as Biden gave grudging support for her.

In the context of that moment in time, she was the only person with a chance at beating Trump, and that’s what made her “best”.

Puppy pads typically have scents to attract them to it, so that may be part of the problem.

One thing you can do is move the pad towards the door slowly, like a few yards or even feet a day. They’ve learned “that’s where they go”, so moving it slowly shifts it.

Then start putting it out on the walks

“why are you shining a light into my void? I was napping!” - the Void.

men who don’t look like Hulk Hogan in Suburban Commando.

This is why you don’t have inexperienced drunkards advising the president on military matters.

Basically, casserole. Or maybe a shepherds pie.

But with tatertots (sometimes. We have options!)

we, uh, also have hotdish.

just saying.

Dunno. But it sounds awesome. Peaceful. Absent all the people I don’t like.

Plenty of time to build out the infrastructure there. Especially the laser defense system to keep others away.

I dunno. That last panel looked pretty paradise-ish to me.

I’m curious about how you keep the crazies out?

you, eh. could move to minnesota. We got that law, now.

:)

Given the circumstances- she was the best candidate. She did a stellar job cleaning up a campaign that was mired and bogged down in a flaming rubbish pile.

And yes it does seem like there was hellalotta cheating going on.

Ultimately she had 90 days or so to go against a douche who’s been campaigning and retconning his image for the four years prior.

The loss is not her fault. I place that entirely at Biden fucking shit up and holding on far too long.

All of that said- she absolutely shouldn’t be the ‘28 candidate. I’m pissed that she conceded before it was even official, and when there was clearly some question. They didn’t even look into it. (Smoke doesn’t always mean fire, but you’re an idiot if you don’t check.)

Then she disappeared as the US turned to shit and comes out with a book deal?!

Sorry. Nope. I respect what she did, but that doesn’t mean she’s the best option next time.

The vasectomies are usually reversible. It’s not a non issue as it’s usually expensive and not covered by insurance, and it’s not 100% every case, but it can be done.

This is why you shouldn’t tell them.

None of their damn business.

In any case. It sounds like you’ve thought it through and it’s not an impulsive thing. So no. It’s not “too early.”

You might change your mind later, and I’m going to add my voice here. I got snipped at 23, and have yet to regret it. And no, it’s not a matter of finding “the right partner”, I’m with the right partner now- she doesn’t want kids either.

(And in any case it’s usually reversible, of you do. Expensive and more invasive than the original procedure, and it’s not always certain. But the potential is there.)

I’m gonna say windows is more like a cybertruck truck. Full of bloat, spyware, and half the features are not like to slice a finger off than do what it’s supposed to- and definitely not bullet proof.

You realize you can set up commands that get ran on start up, right?

Including one to update apt or whatever package manager and then upgrade.

Most versions of Linux can handle installation with no user input, or leaving the session. Kernel updates require a restart, but the update is already installed.

(Whether you should or not is an entirely different matter.)

Your grandma is one of the cool ones.

It’s a walled garden, so maybe more like those rideshare e bikes or scooters.

I dunno. I won’t mock a person for using Mac.

Microsoft would be more like a cybertruck. Complete with the catching fire bits.

I still say Sisko is the best captain.

I’m gonna be the odd one out, I guess.

At a picnic, it’s likely that you’re not grilling just for the kids; and likely that grilling means you’re excluded from other activities.

Activities like playing games with said kids.

Bringing them into the picture instantly becomes manipulative, where you can make the same argument (that they need to be cooked, and someone has to do it,) without it.

Edit to add some background: I’m an uncle, but not a father. At family picnics, my bro and parents like to use my nephew and nieces as a guilt trip so I let them task dump; even though we’re organized enough they’re fairly equitable (including watching the kids as a task, even if it’s more fun.)

SiL in particular is egregious.

It’s always manipulative, even if when the child’s wellbeing is directly involved, it’s maybe called for. But that really shouldn’t t be the case at a picnic.

Most parents don’t even realize they’re doing it- ie asking you to cover their summer vacation (and not reciprocating.) at work.