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Voters primarily vote for people that look and act like them, and retired people are a massive voting block. Chris Christie saying off-the-cuff that if young people voted in any significant numbers then he would care about what they had to say was a huge money quote. We get geriatrics because people moan about how our vote doesn't matter while not voting.

See, it's okay if it's the person you voted for and he's doing things you like. But when it's someone you didn't vote for and you don't like what he's doing then the cognitive decline is suddenly a huge problem.

I objected to Biden running in the first place because he was too old, and I very much objected to him running for re-election, and consider that my concerns were fully validated. I also think there should be a mandatory retirement age for politicians and judicial officers of 75 or less, because they're not going to be around long enough to experiences the consequences of their policy decisions. If they're still mentally acute they can contribute to public discourse via books and oratory.

Now that that baseline is established, the idea that Trump is mentally fit to be President is absurd.


I understand that you're making some political statement about the voters but it has to be pointed out the mental health of a president is a problem or not a problem independently of what the voters think. Sorry for pointing out the obvious, it just seems to me that many people nowadays fall into some kind of polarization trap that hinders their understanding of the world.

The military-industrial complex that Eisenhower, a Republican, warned us about.

The point isn't to allow people to do more with the glasses, the point is to interpose between the user and the physical world so you can control what they see and hear and so you can see what they see. You could see the same thing with Apple's VR headset -- if you can hide certain things from your own view in the headset, then Apple can hide things they don't want you to see too.

There isn't really a counter to that because most people will buy these things to watch movies on the airplane or the train, and they won't see the yoke until it's too late.


It looks like you're trying to type a letter. Would you like some help with that?

But if we abolish time zones how will we keep trains from hitting each other on the tracks?

The Mac guy was such a try-hard. "I'm cool and kind of edgy over here and you're just a dope for being sincere."

You have to put UV and temperature stabilizers in plastics to prevent them from breaking down outside. The sun is merciless and destroys everything in time.

Your buckets would have lasted longer if you had painted them with outdoor housepaint or outdoor water- or oil-based urethane, because those coatings contain uv stabilizers.


No they are not but they can be combined to produce a "complete" amino acid profile.

I thought the reason things are called "Oat Drink" versus "Oat Milk" is because non-dairy "milks" have to be fortified with vitamin D and calcium and the stuff that's labeled a "drink" is not fortified.

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