I do vote Dem, right here in Texas. Republican is the worst insult I can come with, and I have yet to hear of one I could vote for and still look at myself in the mirror.

My biggest problem with the discussion of Dune as a series, is that the books go downhill pretty quickly. Dune is the greatest SF novel of all time (IMO). Dune Messiah is not as good, but good enough to finish Paul’s story. Children of Dune is not as good as Dune Messiah and far below Dune. The story is only okay, and…

Hotels are Covid ridden hovels....well, that is what many might think today.

Ever looked at RV prices? Assuming that the running gear is in good condition, this is easily worth $33,500. Custom built campervans generally cost more than that, without including the price of the van.

Dr. Fred Wagshul should be forced to go to the hospital and administer the drug. The patient should also be forced to sign a waiver that the hospital is not responsible for any side effects...or in fact direct effects of the drug.

If you roll back a roll back, isn’t that a roll forward?

He did grow as a man over the decades.  We should remember that he changed.  We shouldn’t focus on any perceived misogyny in his early works.  It may be real, but the man grew beyond is early days.

Also, it should remembered that being in the Texas Legislature is literally a part time job. The Texas Legislature meets every other year. So these guys literally have an entire year free of doing what they are elected to do, discuss and enact laws.

I understand a general attitude of keeping unnecessary and possibly harmful things out of your body. And, I think of “unnecessary” and “possibly harmful” as being separate things, at least sometimes.

Things like this...and in fact the whole Covid-19 anti-vax movement...make me feel that the human race does not deserve to survive.

I think that the furor over the return of Palpatine ignores another huge problem in RoS.

It looks to me like the bed of the truck floated...until the heavy engine dragged it under.  If the rear tires floated off the ramp, that would make the slippage worse...I think.  Weird.

I am betting that he just left it in the White House break room for everyone to share.

Hmmm....I am thinking of nominating the Republican Party for a Darwin award.

Kevin McCarthy is a fucking knob.

Opel Kadett’s were cool. I learned to drive a stick on one...long, long ago...in a state far, far away.

I used to work for Texas MHMR. It’s not called that anymore, but it was back when I was hired.

I said the following as soon as I read about this...well, immediately after saying Marjorie Taylor Green is a moron.

At first it was...

The points here in this thread are good ones, but I think all the commenters are focusing on “misinformation” and forgetting about “algorithmically amplified.”