Engoron is working really hard to avoid being overturned, either on appeal or via a mistrial declaration. As appropriate (and satisfying) as jailing Trump would be, gag orders are about as far as he can go. Jailing him would also be a security nightmare for the state, given the security issues for a former President.

This kind of piece is particularly significant during the SAG-AFTRA strike. So many actors have their whole career consist of small roles, with just a few scenes and lines, that are significant in the works that we cherish. Imagine if she had been scanned by Dick Wolf’s production company when she did L&O, only to be…

The studios have no doubt been licking their lips at the prospect of scanning actors and reusing them endlessly in whatever they fancy for free

While I have absolutely no faith that Tesla can deliver anything within months of their announced intention, I do think that a 20K euro car makes sense in Europe. Cut both the size and the range and it should be possible. In Europe, reduced size and range should fit in just fine, unlike here in bigger-is-better…

Pretty much the “Everything I needed to know in life I learned in kindergarten” thing summed in one sentence. 

This all sounds reminiscent of IBM’s move into personal computers back in the 1980s. Staid old IBM decided that they would throw off the chains of their old development model, one that was predicated on not-invented-here avoidance. That model had served them well during the mainframe years, but someone decided that it…

Adding a code to enable start is an added expense, and we’ve certainly seen how often accountants will nix good features in order to save a mere dollar or two per unit in production. You also see a lot of pushback on this very site from people that hate to have anything built into the infotainment system, much less a…

Yes, to each his own. I generally prefer to enjoy whiskey neat if I’m having spirits, but there’s a time and place for such things. Sitting on the deck at Ishnala near the WI Dells is one such setting.

No, a WI Old Fashioned is not nuanced. Neither is a Jack & Coke, a Seven & Seven, a Screwdriver, etc. They are simple drinks for people with simple tastes, suitable for simple establishments that aren’t inclined or enabled to make more sophisticated cocktails. But I don’t need to yuck someone else’s yum, and there are…

They aren’t terrible, just different from what you probably expect from an Old Fashioned. Once you get used to that, they a pleasant enough drink, not unlike Jack and Coke.

I’ve had some of these. You aren’t missing much. Most of the items are repeated multiple times, so you’re not getting 24 different tastes. And you’re also not getting branded items that you could buy later if you liked it.

It’s not a matter of can’t. It’s a matter of won’t.

I’m willing to include bugs in the food chain as long as they are one step away, e.g. feeding bugs to fish and poultry. Straight into my taco? Nope.

It takes 3/4 of the states to ratify an amendment to the US Constitution. I don’t care how much this guy is worth, he would never get to 3/4.

As stupid as those boots look, I’ve seen it said that black boots in the Florida sun are miserable. White ones don’t cook your feet so much.

This sounds much like that old story:

Yeah, $800 million spent so far? What is that, like 30 acres of CA land?

Nah, the elites are just doing it for fun now.

Never fear, as long as there are patents involved, one of them will buy it up and market the products with 1000% markup over the cost of production.