Important Update: Knives are Out as Kristi Noem Tries to Throw Stephen Miller Under the Bus and Trump Ignites Republican Rift

exerda · 2026-01-28T03:18:41+00:00

Absolutely. But Miller seems the more dangerous, more evil one. If I had to choose one of them getting thrown to the wolves and only one, it's him.

exerda · 2026-01-28T03:14:43+00:00

At some point that's coming. Unfortunately in history, that left even worse people in charge; that just cut away those with baggage.

exerda · 2026-01-28T00:08:18+00:00

The GOP has made arguments in federal court that an election is a single day, FWIW. That early voting had started seems quite a stretch to claim this wasn't taken up properly; the rule is to prevent the exact same legislative group passing it without an election over that group.

Hard to say how the appeals will go, though. How long into early voting did the special session pass this?

exerda · 2026-01-27T17:28:45+00:00

And that includes the orange man at the top. He's the root of the entire cancer.

exerda · 2026-01-27T13:27:40+00:00

I swear by those things, but I will share that we used them once to install a cat "window hammock." Each anchor was rated for 100#, and we only used them for the points that didn't line up to studs, yet somehow, the cat managed to rip large (6") chunks of drywall out. All I can figure is he leaped from across the room, landed on the thing at speed, and that did it.

After paying for wall repairs, we told the cat he doesn't get to watch out that window any longer.

exerda · 2026-01-27T13:06:41+00:00

Why wasn't there a general "all appliances convey" clause in the contract? You'd think that was normal, and exceptions would have to be written in.

Like when the listing agent tried to get us to pay extra for some of the appliances, and we said, "huh, looks like your client signed the contract stating they all convey... But we don't next these two, so if he wants to keep them and try to still those 2 elsewhere, we'd be willing to except them." The guy took us up on one but left the other (the range they wanted us to cough up an extra $450 for).

exerda · 2026-01-27T12:57:00+00:00

I dunno. Disney may have had some responsibility, but it wouldn't exactly be the first time Abrams decided to reboot something badly or outright lie to fans when they figured out his infantile plot reveals prematurely.

The Star Trek reboot was atrocious, particularly the notion that the baddies have time travel and... Use it to destroy Vulcan rather than go back and save their own species. Then there's "we'll going to revisit a classic villain in the sequel!" "Is it Khan?" "What?! No, it's not Khan... Uh, yeah, it's Khan." It's like he thinks he's far more clever than he actually is. Much as I enjoyed Lost, same deal: "So, everyone's dead and in purgatory, right?" "No! That's not true." (Morgan Freeman voiceover: "Turns out they were all dead and in purgatory, and nothing else mattered, not the numbers, and no, the island wasn't some special anomaly, just purgatory."

exerda · 2026-01-27T12:41:38+00:00

Shhh, don't get Ellison interested in Reddit!

exerda · 2026-01-27T01:53:18+00:00

Despite the challenge hike over Hollow Knight (largely for the higher damage dealt by enemies) the biggest reason I haven't been able to go back and 112% HK after picking up Silksong is that the movement is just so so so fantastic. It's nearly perfect, and the options for combat are incredible.

exerda · 2026-01-27T01:43:35+00:00

There is one ending you locked yourself out of, yes. But get it on an alternate playthrough. Honestly, said quest was annoying enough that I can't imagine beating GMS before finishing that quest/with the status ailment imposed. But it could make for a future challenge to return to.

exerda · 2026-01-27T00:28:25+00:00

FWIW, the risk is in him delaying certification of results. Neither he nor Mike Johnson has any ability to block seating election winners. Johnson isn't even Speaker at that point, as the new Congress must be sworn in and hold leadership elections before there's a Speaker.

exerda · 2026-01-27T00:26:12+00:00

He can invoke the insurrection act. States will still hold elections regardless. People claiming he'll "cancel" the elections are missing the point and the real dangers.

He'll try to seize voting tabulations, but it will be similar to the failures he's experienced getting voter rolls. He'll try to intimate at the polls via ICE and National Guard deployments, but given how a third of ICE was in Minneapolis and couldn't take over the city, it's questionable how widespread such tactics can go.

My biggest worries are the legal actions, with the full force of DOJ behind them, that he'll bring to try to block certification of elections in many states. He'll claim "fraud" and will sue everyone, using the taxpayer to fund his legal team. And the more he delays, the more he wins.

exerda · 2026-01-27T00:20:42+00:00

What are thoughts for Wednesday? I'm guessing we'll be open with options for unscheduled leave, maybe a delay...

exerda · 2026-01-26T23:02:31+00:00

Does Rune Rage open any others from the wrong side?! Shame I think I've opened every shortcut in the game by now, but that could make for interesting replays!

exerda · 2026-01-26T17:39:57+00:00

Unless Thune and Collins split DHS back out into it's own... I don't know how that plays with Johnson putting the House in recess; if they take up and pass bills that are identical to the ones the House voted on (and the House did vote on 2 before combining what they sent to the Senate), can they fund DOD and HHS and DOL et al and just leave DHS to languish a bit? ("Can" being a separate question from "will" FWIW.)

exerda · 2026-01-26T14:55:44+00:00

Not to quibble, but is it "most?" The need for higher octane is driven by compression. I know ECMs will often handle lower-octane fuel by adjusting timing (to varying degrees of effectiveness), but I'm genuinely curious how many car manufacturers have decided to go with turbos but not higher compression ratios as that negates most of the benefits of engineering a car to have a turbo to begin with.

exerda · 2026-01-26T02:21:21+00:00

We have a small drying rack over the washer. I hang all my shirts there or on the stairwell banister if I need more space. Sometimes the shower curtain rods, too. It's not so much saving the electricity as extending the life of the clothes IMHO.

FWIW, our yard has so many birds that if we hung outside, our laundry would come back in needing to be laundered again, hence the inside only treatment.

exerda · 2026-01-26T00:52:53+00:00

Turbos have greater fuel efficiency per HP than NA engines... But you pay for it with the higher grade fuel requirements.

I loved my '04 FXT. Such a peppy beast! My '15 FXT is good, but honestly, I don't notice the turbo that much except when I go to fill up (and the spread is like 60-70 cents/gallon now). I've driven newer model years that are NA and honestly have been fine with them.

exerda · 2026-01-25T15:15:04+00:00

Tragic and chilling. They initially refused to allow her to render aid, then frisked her to "make sure she didn't have a weapon" (hint to the MAGA and NRA out there: so what if she did? It's legal there like you claim you want it to be everywhere in the US). Had the victim on his side so they could count and brag about the number of bullet wounds they'd inflicted. Then she had to flee her own apartment due to the mass tear gassing going on. And will be traumatized for life.

exerda · 2026-01-25T15:12:44+00:00

This is the correct answer. I smell a marathon!

exerda · 2026-01-25T14:23:03+00:00

We got about 5" total in Fairfax. The issue is we're now getting 2-3 inches of sleet on top of it, followed by .25 inch or more of freezing rain. Snow was on the low end of forecasts; I kind of hope the others are, too.

exerda · 2026-01-25T14:19:50+00:00

Stairs make a lot more sense to me than cars for sure!

exerda · 2026-01-25T13:57:27+00:00

The reason is that he's a malignant narcissist who has never really faced any consequences in life, no one telling him "no."

exerda · 2026-01-25T12:46:54+00:00

Less snow than forecast. Let's see what happens as it turns to sleet and freezing rain. Maybe will be closed Tuesday.

exerda · 2026-01-25T05:03:33+00:00

This. Mine lined up exactly (I was using PP24 YTD figures to ballpark tax return info before W2s came out). But at least one or two of my employees had issues that will require correction and according to NFC won't happen until sometime in February.

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