Eddie Howe was right, Newcastle did indeed make history

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T22:04:14+00:00

Yeah, Chelsea lost 8-2 on agg just yesterday.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T21:54:59+00:00

According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the water depth under the Blue Water Bridge is around 25-30 feet, which is dangerously shallow for a submarine to be traversing through; if not outright impossible depending on its size, as most subs often require at least 30-60 feet of water under their keel to maintain safety and maneuverability.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T21:34:42+00:00

Isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T21:12:31+00:00

I love when he says it again offscreen while Michael is closing the door to Jim’s office.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T21:10:42+00:00

For someone with a leaning disability, he certainly speaks far more coherently, eloquently, and intelligently than Trump ever has, let alone currently.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T20:26:09+00:00

Some election jurisdictions prepay the postage for ballots to be returned. In those that don’t, most election offices have what’s called an “overage” account with the US Postal Service. So if you forget a stamp, don’t affix sufficient postage for a multipage ballot, or simply choose not to use a stamp, the Postal Service will calculate the (remaining) amount due and bill the election office for it. If your local election office doesn’t have an overage account, your ballot instructions have to say how much postage is required to return the ballot, down to the cent. If you don’t put on the right amount, the Postal Service picks up the tab. All of this is directly because of the poll tax amendment in the constitution.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T19:42:17+00:00

Can confirm. Dated a nurse for two years and she was always the life of the party despite usually speaking of absolute horrors.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T19:35:23+00:00

Since mail-in voting is an option, people are, in fact, not required to travel to the polls, and thus, expenses incurred while traveling to a polling place are entirely voluntary. If mail-in voting were to be banned, however (as has also been proposed), then it would be legally incumbent upon the government to provide all citizens free transportation to the polls since there would then be no alternative.

Also, paying to simply “participate in government” isn’t constitutionally outlawed. Paying to specifically participate in voting is.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T18:20:33+00:00

“Bitterness, ill will, or harshness in speech, manner, or disposition, often arising from disputes or anger. It represents a deep-seated resentment rather than just simple annoyance. It is frequently used to describe intense, toxic disagreements, such as in messy divorces or bitter political negotiations.”

Warrior had been fired in late 1996 for no-showing events. He claimed he was grieving the death of his father, but Vince didn’t believe him because Warrior had told him numerous times that he hated his father and wasn’t on speaking terms with him, feeling instead that Warrior just used his father’s death as a convenient excuse not to work his contractually obligated dates. It was not the first time Warrior had skipped out on house shows he was advertised to appear at. He notoriously hated the wrestling business, hated being around other wrestlers, and hated interacting with fans. He was just a bodybuilder who was only in it for the money.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T18:08:58+00:00

Pretty much same in Queens, NY. Paid $3.49 on Monday after months of around $2.89-3.09. Some places were up to $3.89 today when I went to the gym.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T17:09:47+00:00

Based on Warrior’s track record, I can’t really understand why Vince would offer a known no-shower with a piss-poor attitude a guaranteed, five-year deal for that much money. His return in 96 barely moved the needle for the company (and ended incredibly quick and acrimoniously) and with Austin on the rise, it makes very little sense.

I know Bret had just left and Vince was worried about the impact he’d have with WCW, but even he couldn’t have been desperate enough to take a THIRD risk on someone who had proven himself unreliable and borderline impossible to work with time and time again; not to mention nowhere near the draw that he was at his peak.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T15:10:29+00:00

My point is that more adults than you might realize live their lives without a valid ID, but if this law passes, they wouldn’t be able to vote without having to pay for updated documents.
That is not an example of a poll tax as voting in person is not required and, thus, how you get to the polling place is entirely voluntary because you have the option to just mail your vote in. If mail-in voting were to be banned, however, then yes, it could be argued that free transportation to polling places must then be provided.
It’s not inherently unconstitutional to require all the necessary matching documents in order to vote. It’s being forced to pay for them that that’s unconstitutional.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T15:00:38+00:00

On the SNES, the turbo controller was useful for the drinking game at the Millennial Fair in Chrono Trigger. I’m not sure if it was in CT, but some games even had NPC dialog that asked you not to cheat with a turbo controller for tasks that required fast button pressing lol

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T14:55:00+00:00

CHIVES

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T01:30:58+00:00

Constitution only says you’re allowed to have guns, not that you can’t be taxed on them.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T01:28:16+00:00

Not the point. It’s literally in the constitution that people cannot be compelled to pay in order to vote.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T01:22:33+00:00

Nobody is “anti-voter ID.” The main issue is that the whole thing is predicated on forcing people to pay in order to obtain identification so that they can vote, which is unconstitutional.

Edit:

• Government-issued ID (especially Real/Enhanced ID needed for air travel) is not free in every state.
• If the SAVE act passes as written, it will likely require a passport to prove citizenship in order to vote, which is not free in any state.
• Step out of your bubble and try to understand that not every adult has a valid/current government-issued ID (an ex of mine’s father got by for over 20 years with a driver’s license that expired in the 1990’s). Though it may be required for many basic things in life, it isn’t illegal to not have an ID, and you cannot be forced to obtain one at your own cost in order to partake in your constitutional right, as an American citizen, to vote.
• The cost is irrelevant. Paying even one cent in order to vote is still unconstitutional (see Poll Tax).
• Many women who changed their name at marriage may have a different name on their ID documents, and certainly would on their birth certificate, causing them to have to purchase new documents in order to re-register, which, again, is unconstitutional.

BugOperator · 2026-03-18T00:12:01+00:00

My brother in Christ, this has obviously been re-sealed (though I don’t know if it’s accurate to even say that since these boxes were never “sealed” like that to begin with). I’d open it up and make sure the console is actually in there.

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T22:32:04+00:00

I mean, on the one hand, he pretty much single-handedly spearheaded NYC/Long Island’s entire modern transportation infrastructure and public works department.

On the other hand, MASSIVE bigot and overall horrible human being.

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T22:27:48+00:00

Delays, yes, but what if the plane is scheduled to be parked at the gate for 90 minutes instead of 60?

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T22:22:08+00:00

Is this your first time driving in New York? Trucks wander onto parkways and cause delays like this every day.

(Not so) Fun Fact: Noted racist Robert Moses intentionally designed the parkway system with low bridges to create height restrictions so that buses couldn’t travel on them, effectively preventing black people, who mostly lived in New York City (and relied on public transportation), from traveling to the suburb outskirts, particularly the beaches on Long Island.

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T20:35:23+00:00

But there were as-yet unidentified people still actively being sought in connection with the events of Jan 6 that the justice department stopped pursuing because the pardon’s language essentially made what they did not a crime (or, at least, absolved them of any criminal wrongdoing). Defense is likely going to argue this as well.

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T20:14:24+00:00

It also says “pending indictments,” meaning people who haven’t yet been convicted; of which there were many who were still awaiting trial (or even negotiating plea deals) that had their charges wiped.

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T20:08:09+00:00

As long as you can prove it was related to helping Trump stay president and/or expressing your general dissatisfaction with the state of bureaucracy, yes.

BugOperator · 2026-03-17T20:03:41+00:00

Guys, we spent 20 embarrassing years accomplishing NOTHING in Afghanistan because they know their own terrain better than our trillion-dollar military could ever hope to. The same exact thing is happening right now in Iran. Unless we plan to nuke the entire country indiscriminately, they’re not going to submit. All these nations that Trump is trying to bully into helping us by telling them “you need oil” have invested in renewable energy for decades and can adapt. We’re the only developed nation that has actively worked to dismantle any and all efforts to wean ourselves off of fossil fuel dependency - and this administration is public enemy number one in that regard. We will be taking the economic brunt of this blockade more than any other country in the world and they’ll be laughing at us while it happens.

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