that does look pretty tasty

At least part of the reason is the people captured in the war on terror occupied a legal gray area. They are sort of like soldiers, so they are not subject to American civil or criminal law. But they don’t belong to a military organization with a formal chain of command, so they are not signatories to the Geneva Convention or any other treaties concerning conduct in war.

Even if they were tried and found guilty in a military court for ‘being terrorists’, eventually their prison sentences would end. So what do we do with them now? A lot of their home countries didn’t want them back (although now the Taliban government of Afghanistan will probably take back their citizens).

Basically, the entire Gitmo internment of fighters captured in the war on terror was a great big mess. It was really easy for Obama and Biden to say on the campaign trail that they would shut down Gitmo, but actually dealing with the prisoners in a politically acceptable way was very, very difficult. It was easier to hope people would forget about them.

BTW - some Gitmo detainees did get released over the years.

They are auditing OPM. Step #1 of the IT portion of an audit is to copy the existing data so that it can be examined without any risk of altering the original data.

Yes! Perfect shape. Perfect size.

Good. As Hans Gruber said “Hit them again!”

Seems to me like Kamala’s team kept Kamala off Joe Rogon’s show, not Elon.

Didn’t Kamala’s team also want to edit the interview? Whereas Rogan does a long form, stream of conciousness type of inteview, so he told the Harris team ‘No’ to editing.

Deleted my FB account just now.

I’d had the thing since 2003

But… Facebook was created in 2004?

Google “russian trains” and “ball bearings”. If the sanctions don’t end soon for Russia, their economy absolutely will break down.

Russia moves the vast majority of its good by rail, but the trains are breaking down because the ball bearings are wearing out and Russia can’t produce new ball bearings. I’m busy at work, so I can’t look for the article now, but if things keep going the way they are now, Russia won’t be able to transport its food harvests to its people in 1 to 2 years. There will be starvation in Russia if they don’t get their trains fixed. #1) Russia doesn’t have enough trucks to transport all the food it needs. #2) If Russia did have enough trucks, it still doesn’t have enough roads nor good enough roads to handle all of the trucks it would need to transport all of the food it needs.

And honestly, I hope they do starve.

Ok… well now you have. Everyone should be treated equally under the law. No one should be discriminated against.

Oh hell yes! We need this!!

Slightly OT, but I want to give a shout out to Witcher 3 as my favorite fantasy RPG.

Early on in the game I kind of struggled with it. I found the UI and especially combat, to be ‘clunky’.

After I mastered the combat UI enough to survive, I started to wander and explore. In this wandering I found some old cave filled with some decent (but not overpowered) gear. As far as I know, there was no quest that would have sent me to this cave. Also, if I hadn’t been pointed in the exact direction I was going, I never would have seen the cave entrance. These little details made the world feel ‘real’ and lived in.

Later in the game, when I was much more experienced, I was following a faint path, in the snow, over a mountain and I see another cave entrance. I go inside the cave and I hear voices. I sneak closer and I hear a fart, Then I hear a voice complaining about the smell of a rotten onion. (it was 2 trolls cooking something). This was totally unexpected and I literally LOL’d. Once again, this little bit made the world feel more real.

In summation, I don’t need games to be ‘bigger’. They just need to be ‘good’.

As a professional baseball(?) player once said, “It’s not bragging if you can do it.”

Nor a Catholic belief…

Exactly. Johnny wins the contest, so he gets the fiddle. If he had lost, he would have forfeited his soul.

I too have seen cats do this. I assume it is one of two things - the cat hopes to draw the birds closer by mimicking their chirps or to alert other cats that there is prey nearby. Perhaps it is a combination of both.

OP: tell us your opinions about the Roma (aka - Gypsies).

I am justifying nothing. Israel doesn’t want a ceasefire and thus a return to the status quo, allowing Hamas (or its successor) to regroup and rebuild. They want Hamas destroyed (figuratively with a an unconditional surrender).

Hamas agrees not to govern if all Palestinians get to vote in Israeli elections? How generous of them. That is a ‘non starter’ from the Israeli point of view.

BTW, I will grant you that the reason the fighting has gone on so long is, apparently, Israel isn’t sure what to do once Hamas is removed from governing the Gaza strip. So yes, Israel is prolonging the misery.

Hamas could surrender… if they wanted to end the suffering of their people.

You are assuming they have land to grow those fruits and vegetables on.