No one actually thinks Bruce Willis will be called up to duty. Mostly because he’s a movie sta.... oh wait, Trump will DEFINITELY try calling him up to duty.

Yeah I do wonder if they’ll uncover the ACTUAL fraud of Trump massively jacking up hotel room rates for his Secret Service detail, or if they’ll just keep saying “wow this DEI program (that was approved by Congress) cost us $26,000 last year, that’s FRAUD!!!!”

I don’t think anyone hated the way cruise ships are made, which is what this article is about...

Some places are experimenting with this! NYC is starting to build more and more modular apartment buildings and I think other large cities are doing similar. It’s great for affordability and cuts down on the amount of time that the builders need to keep scaffolding up.

Disney+ has a similar documentary about how they constructed the Wish. It’s fascinating.

“Gladatorial” is EXACTLY how I describe it. Oligarchs have used blood sports to appease and control the proletariat’s natural rage for literal millennia and I’m sick of it.

Are you under the impression that doctors have a natural affinity for grammar? If he’s a talented surgeon I don’t care if he can’t spell!

Are you from Detroit? I drive in from the other side of the mitten a few times a year and mentally prepare like I’m about to die historic on the Fury Road.

I do not live in Florida, by choice, but if I ever saw a local business advertising on a CT I would never shop with that business again. They know they are taking a chance on an extremely polarizing gimmick, and deserve all the positive and negative consequences they receive.

I gave up watching the Super Bowl after Kaep basically got fired from the league. I’ve never enjoyed football (my father called it a stupid sport for stupid people, although I can appreciate the strategy that goes into it better than he could) and think it causes more harm than good in our society, but I’m in…

My thoughts exactly!

Yeah I have a midnight blue car right now, after trading in a silver-grey one I had for a long time, and it looks very ugly right now after weeks of snow. Luckily, since I’m throwing my money away on a leased car, I get free car washes from my dealership. You know, when the washer isn’t shut down because it’s too cold…

Also, don’t freak out until the rule/law/whatever is IMPLEMENTED and people are actually being impacted. Announcing something counts for absolutely nothing in this administration - it’ll get held up in court or in Congress or by any of the other checks and balances that haven’t completely crumbled. They want us to…

Oh wow, I skimmed the article and for some reason thought it was about January numbers, when obviously we wouldn’t have those yet. Totally right on the timing, thanks for the correction.

I know California is not just the LA area, but is it possible that the sales dip could be attributed at least in part to the wildfires, not just Elmo’s repulsiveness? It’ll be interesting to see how the sales game shakes out when people start getting insurance checks to replace their cars.

Try booking a couple spots on a deep sea fishing boat, or a marina harbor tour, or a fish-spotting expedition on a glass-bottom boat. Those options won’t have the water slides and entertainment and whatnot but it might temporarily scratch the itch, or one of them will get scared or seasick and change their mind about…

This week is REALLY not the week to pick another fight with ATCs.

He’s the one who used that phrase to begin with! They’re just parroting Dear Leader.

Squirt is indeed a terrible name for soda/pop, and I wish I’d known it was available when I was at school in the RTP area!

That IS a sad time. My local supermarket doesn’t carry the non-standard varietals, but I can find them on Amazon (and have no idea where my office manager sources her supply - my guess is another supermarket chain).