I don’t think there’s any version of heaven from any major religion where Trump would qualify. I don’t even think he’d qualify for the Ferengi version of heaven.

And on July 4th, don’t forget that All Countries Matter.

My biggest beef with Sweet Home Alabama is, if people are ever singing along with it, or if they’re singing it at karaoke. I should mention that I live in the South, so these people singing it are from the South, and even though the song itself isn’t racist, the way these people emphasize certain lyrics, it sure sounds like they want it to be racist.

The whole thing makes me uncomfortable.

God I hope so.

Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as “at the same time too strong and too weak”.

It’s an old grift. If you don’t want to actually do something, but you still want credit for doing it, then just say that you’re doing it. Many people will be tricked.

It’s the same reason the Nazis called themselves “socialists” despite never supporting socialism.

Great point. Trump has never once showed a hint of empathy and only sees things from his own perspective.

Whether he’s talking about sexually assaulting women or using the military to assault another country, it’s all very similar to him.

Trump’s many obvious deficiencies make him one of the least qualified people to negotiate peace with other countries.

It’s worth noting that, by himself, Westley was unable to escape The Pit of Despair, and he could only be saved by talented and hard working foreigners.

Tesla’s Full Self Driving feature is definitely not “Full Self Driving”. At best, it is useful for freeing up a driver’s attention for other things. At worst, it tricks people into thinking that the car is driving by itself when it cannot.

Similar to how if you use cruise control, you don’t have to pay as much attention to speed, and you can use that attention to look at the road and other cars. Staying in a lane and following cars and even turning a corner are all things that free up the driver’s attention so that the driver can pay more attention to the road and other drivers.

So, it’s a useful tool for experienced and attentive drivers, but it is not “Full Self Driving”, and it obviously lacks polish.

Plus, a lot of the completely necessary features for a robot taxi are completely missing, like keeping passengers from accidentally disengaging FSD. Taxis are used to transport drunk people. Drunk people will press all sorts of buttons and do things like touch a steering wheel that is moving by itself.

Musk is completely shameless. Always doing these cash grabs by promising things that are impossible, and then doing an alternative half-assed version. It’s really weird. You’d think at some point that a grifter that managed to become the richest person in the world would stop doing the most obvious grifts ever.