I’m waiting for a head of state to inform the current regime “Don’t bother visiting. We’ll just wait for the next administration.”

So dismantling the EPA, removing all information about climate from government information sources and removing protection for national parks is good for the environment? Gotcha.

Pollock, without qualification, appears to be on both lists.

Basically my reaction. That said, I totally forgot season 2 was out until now, so I suppose I’m part of the problem. :(

I can’t tell if this is a poor attempt at sarcasm or extreme loneliness sprinkled with a dash of desperation

There should still be at least one full service gas station around, to serve people with disabilities (unless there’s new tech to help them that I haven’t seen before).

It,s to keep “Jobs”. I haven’t seen a full service pump in years. It’s pay first or credit card. Not leaving the keys in the car does a pretty good job of preventing theft as well.

I assume Pence takes over as President and congress would let him stick around for long enough to nominate a new VP to replace him. That requires congressional approval though so they can basically tell Pence who they will approve and he’ll nominate that guy before he resigns. That is basically how it worked with…

SK does have a lot to say in the matter, they basically decide if we strike NK because they would bear the consequences of a retaliatory strike by NK. Otherwise, missiles would’ve hit NK missile development facilities a while ago.

You know ... the US could save a lot of money by pulling out of South Korea, Germany, etc... The South Korean Armed Forces are quite capable and well-armed. Not sure why we’re still in Europe either - Russia can’t afford the fuel and ammo it would take to mount a credible attack.

I’ve worried how Trump would use the North Korean situation to help build his credibility. With this election of Moon Jae-in, it is now likely Trump can’t do that. So he only has the Middle East to rattle sabres and act like the big leader - not nearly the heroics he hoped for with North Korea. So today, there’s more…

“left spluttering”...

There’s a joke in here somewhere about “going from RUNning a government to RUINing one in the blink of an I,” but I don’t have the wherewithal at the moment to put it together.

You wouldn’t hire a writer or a librarian if your intent was to burn books, you’d hire an illiterate.

A member of the cabinet, such as Secretary Chao, is not a lawmaker. That would be members of Congress. The executive branch executes the laws Congress passes, by promulgating regulations, usually after lots of input from the public and industry. Thankfully, regulations tend to be written by non-political, career civil…

This is the necessary outcome of electing a party who believes that government is incompetent. They will fill the government with incompetent dunces in order to fulfill their own prophecy.

I imagine that this sort of thing happens for most series/movies in development, but nobody generally cares because most series/movies aren’t put under a microscope by nerding-out, anal-retentive fanboiz. Just track down some of the behind the scenes stories about the production of “Casablanca.”

Is he flying another airline OR is he flying in his private jet? That will tell you.

Undisclosed amount = metric shitload.

Drinks are on Dao!