So now we do care what other countries think?

Oh don’t forget the ultimate in classless gifts: A gold pager from Israel.

Most people bribe with money, but FIFA shrewdly found a cheaper way.

Some instances have block lists for certain words.

I just watched the episode of the Simpsons yesterday where Burns buys all the news outlets in town so that all of the reporting about him is positive. The only paper he doesn’t control is Lisa’s newspaper, which she eventually has to print on a mimeograph machine, because Burns cuts the power to her house and school. Eventually Burns takes her down by conning Homer into giving dirt on Lisa, but by that time she has inspired everyone else to create their own newspapers that Burns can’t control.

Lol that’s amazing. I’ll stick with Linux!

I’m not sure most Christians these days are concerned about spotting false idols.

Yeah, I was like “WTF” for a moment, then I realized. All good!

I haven’t seen one lately, but there for a while it seemed like I was seeing them about every other month.

I’m always amused by the stories about loaded guns being confiscated at airports in people’s carry on bags. The one place everyone should know that you cannot take a gun. Inevitably, they say, “I forgot it was in there.”

Stories like these don’t inspire my belief in safe gun owners. I’m sure they’re out there, but so are a lot of idiot gun owners.

Oh, yeah. They live for this fantasy. We have an Airstream travel trailer, and there are people in that group that are absolutely certain that someone WILL try to break in sooner or later while they’re camping, and they will be Ready For It.

I assume they are the same group of people that end up shooting an innocent person that had their car break down at 2 am and just wanted help, or knocked on the door to what they thought was a friend’s house.

It’s really disturbing how certain they are that this will happen. Too much Fox News, I assume.

With his money, he could eliminate poverty right now. Why wait?

Translation - they were not expecting this announcement. Soon, Trump will order them to conduct test explosions just because.

Trump is going to build a modern Vasa at some point. And all his supporters will claim the ship is perfect even as it sinks.

The brake in my wife’s ICE car takes that long to disengage after I take my foot off the pedal at red lights. Incredibly distracting for me, as someone who is apparently very “in tune” with the car I’m driving. I didn’t notice it during the test drive, but we didn’t stop at many red lights that day. When I first noticed it, it caused a brief moment of panic - “What’s wrong with the car?!” I’m kind of used to it now, but it still takes me out of any good mood I was in about driving that car. When I take my foot off the pedal, I expect the brakes to release at that moment, not a bit later.

And this isn’t the brake hold feature that lets you remove your foot from the brake pedal. I rarely use that. It’s just a lag between taking my foot off the pedal, and the brakes releasing. Most people never notice it, I’m sure, but it bugs me.

In general that car feels like there’s a computer between you and the road. Everything is so muted, then it does things like the brake lag to remind you that it’s in control and you’re just making suggestions.

Saw her on Colbert the other night. She seemed rather… devoted to her belief that Biden was great and never had a misstep. It was kind of disturbing actually.

This from the guy that wants the Nobel peace prize.

I’m reminded of the praying hands emoji people always post in response to an announcement of a vehicle crash on Facebook. If that shit worked, why don’t they pray for God to keep the crash from happening at all?

In other words, she had no intention of answering truthfully and forthrightly.

Maybe not fraudulent, since it’s not asking for money, but I see where you’re coming from. I’m not sure if there’s any recourse for the employees affected - did they lose money (for example) because of that message?

Not that laws matter, but it’s a pretty clear violation of the Hatch Act.