Nah, it’s definitely him. It looks to be an error in the caption. Or his lawyer looks uncannily like his client.

It can work if it’s combined with batteries. And heat pumps are a no brainer, even in cold regions.

Life imitating art. And it’s unsurprising that these people have the maturity of teenage boys.

I stopped playing online games some years back because this sort of thing was far too common. And I bet it’s even worse now.

This is pretty much it. The disengaged public needs simple, three-word slogans and they need to stick on message, relentlessly (and it needs to connect emotionally as you said).

And while it goes against every instinct of those who are college educated, you need to say things with over the top confidence. Hedging makes sense in the academic world, but average people trust people with excessive confidence.

I have been reading a lot more since the 2016 result. It wasn’t the only reason, but it was a major one (especially non-fiction).

This is good for america because reasons.

People with lifted pickup trucks can now go into even more debt, so they can flex on the “poors” (while complaining about their “economic anxiety”).

You can actually play from the UI too, but it’s not particularly nice to use (or intended to be used that way).

I’ll add pinchflat as an alternative with the same aim.

Internalised misogyny and all of that.

This community is going to have ample content for the next four years (and hopefully only four years). Even if this story itself is likely bullshit.

With the Republicans holding all 3 branches of government?

There’s an outside chance that they lose the House. I wouldn’t bet on it, but there is a chance.

He honestly doesn’t look happy at all about winning. The guy isn’t really capable of being happy anyway, but he looks even more miserable than usual.

I hate Vance and he’d be a terrible President, but he also was firmly anti-Trump before, and only became a Trump sycophant for political reasons.

He’s Peter Thiel’s property, so he’ll do whatever he tells him to do. And Thiel is a weird, evil and intelligent man. A Vance presidency would probably be less insane and more calculating (for better and for worse) than Trump at least.

but I am just no sure if JD wouldn’t make everything worse if he got hold of the reins?

Honestly, it feels like the only hope is that things get bad enough for enough Trump supporters (and non-voters) to wake up to reality. And since Vance himself doesn’t seem to have the moron-whisperer charisma that Trump has, they may be more willing to turn on him.

and other department is a bunch of guys in a half ton truck with buckets of water.

More like a bunch of guys actively pouring fuel on the fire while calling fire itself a “liberal hoax”.

• FPTP voting system

• Voting isn’t compulsory so a lot depends upon on riling up your base

• Voting is on a Tuesday instead of a weekend (or a public holiday)

• Political parties draw up the electoral boundaries instead of an independent body

• The absurdly long leadup to an election

• The amount of money thrown around

It’s plausible that it could be a clear win for either candidate. But yeah, a long, dragged out counting process is also quite probable.

This is a rock concert not a bleeding… splish splash show.

Don’t forget the climate. And that will have far greater long term effects to humanity than anything else.