I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

So it’s because originally people did vote for the vice president. It’s left over from before the 12th amendment. So part of your vote is for the line of succession.

I’m not terribly happy with it, but of all the things wrong it’s way down on the list of things I’m not happy about.

Our presidential election is on a set schedule and never changes. I’m not thrilled about that either because there’s no real way for the people to recall a jackass. And as the current jackass has shown, the position is really just an elected king that’s kicked out in a few years.

How disheveled is your beard? How many pockets do your pants have? What kind of multi tool is on your belt next to your cell phone holster?

Yes. So here’s how it works. The vice president is the backup president. If the president is out the VP is sworn in. If the VP serves more than half a term it counts as a term. If less, it doesn’t count and they can still serve two full terms afterwards.

I’m not going to speculate on his health. I will, however, say that there was a conspiracy theory going around when Biden was elected that two years and one day into his term he’d mysteriously die so that the Dems could install the first female president who could be president for the next two years plus two terms.

Now I’m not accusing anyone of anything, but I’ve noticed a lot of things that they accuse the Democrats of they are actually doing. Will we get president Vance in a year and change, who would still be eligible? Could he reverse enough of the publicly batshit insane policies (while leaving in the quietly batshit insane ones that fuck us over for decades) to win support from low information voters?

I actually don’t believe this, but every time someone says Trump is gonna die I remember how adamant some Republicans were that iden would die and they’d have to deal with 10 years of being bossed around by a woman.

I have a memory foam Texas King. It only remembers the Alamo.

I mean, you’re not wrong. And at one time I felt like it meant something. It meant we didn’t push our religion on others. They were free to do what they wanted. If someone was doing something we didn’t like but wasn’t hurting anyone we just minded our fucking business (usually said about LGBTQIA+ folks). It probably wasn’t nearly as true as I felt, but that’s the kind of thing I was taught growing up. And everyone wonders why I grew up to be progressive, respecting other people’s rights and mistrusting the government as it stands and corporations.

No, no. Didn’t you hear? The Internet is just the US.

Hell, I grew up in and currently live in Texas and even I know better than that.

I watched that episode of Harvey Birdman this morning while ignoring a meeting.

That’s the way I’ve heard it used. This person knows/is complicit/is involved in a thing but they ain’t said shit yet. It would be the opposite of the old cliche phrase about a stool pigeon singing.

The ad gets into your brain. just like this liquid gets into this egg. Although in reality. it’s not liquid, but gamma radiation.

Oh! I think maybe I wasn’t clear because I was still drunk. I was co-signing the keyboard. There’s one next to my desk.

I do music production (mostly lo fi rock, no midi) and got curious about those a while back and picked one up. Installed Vital. I’ve never put anything out with it but it’s a ton of fun to play with. You could totally use one to create some great music if you wanted.

If you enjoy the big kahuna, try it with the chipotle mayo they put on the 43. I think everyone actually knows this but I still recommend it every chance I get.

I’ve got a stack of old 14.4 modems I’ll sell them if they’ll grift on that for a bit.

He’s already lost his job and been released.

I’m happy sometimes. But only if I’m too drunk to remember our state government but sober enough to remember all the delicious barbecue and Tex Mex around me.

Same. Full Moon Productions, Asylum, Troma…I love them all.

Before 41, none of them. After? Everything.

I was in the Navy and I can corroborate this. I’ll add to it that a lot of our teachers at A school were O-1 to O-3 (Ensign to Lieutenant) and they were pretty cool. We used to mess with them from time to time when they left the building by lining up and making them salute all the way to the parking lot. They were good sports.