Um… That’s a drawing… there is no light.

Yes, leadership is to blame, but leaders are only leaders when people follow.

What ICE is doing is not a secret. No one, not a single person, is forced to join ICE. They choose to do so. Everyday when they show up to work, they reaffirm that choice. You’re argument is we shouldn’t blame the agents for choosing to break apart families, attack people for their race, or kidnap children because the ICE agent needed a job? Fuck that noise. If your personal ethos allows you to destroy other people’s lives so you can have a paycheck, then you are morally bankrupt, and I absolutely will blame you for what’s happening.

I’m holding out hope that it was George Clooney going full Danial Day Lewis for the next Ocean’s movie.

Not at all, it was an explanation of the goal post, not moving it.

My assertion (goal post if you like): The first question is weird as the founding principles of the united states are vauge and vary depending on points of view.

My explanation (which was somehow construed as moving the goal post): The founding of the United States had conflicting goals, principles, intentions, and ideas; many of which are still debated today.

My conclusion: It would be difficult for the average person to give concrete examples of meeting those principles as the constitution is fluid and the most common thing people call a founding principle is “freedom.”

As far as the declaration of war part. “We hold these truths…” is from the Declaration of Independence. Where as “We the people…” is from the constitution. The former says all men are created equal. The latter says some men are only worth 3/5 of others. I mentioned it as another example of the contradictions in the founding of the country. So, if you are to answer a question about founding principles, which do you choose?

All this to say, the first question is meaningless unless the answer is just surface level.

That’s from a declaration of war, not the principles of the government. At least use “We the People” as that’s the constitution. Even that isn’t the same as the founding principles as it has been amended. The first 10 coming soon after writing.

Small independent governments that come together in times of need or one centralized government that handles the needs of all states? Thirteen independent economies or one for all thirteen states? Religion? Guns? President for life? A large percentage of the population being counted as on 3/5 of a person? These are principles of the founding of the country, many are debated to this day. And you will find many who agree with each side. There is a large portion of the population that argue the government was founded on Christian values. So no, I don’t think most people can adequately explain the founding principles of the United States other than “ma freedum.”

Number 1 is a little weird as most people wouldn’t be able to name many founding principles of the united states. It’s something that’s still debated. Hell, the founders weren’t even in agreement on them.

Number 2 is worded strangely, but isn’t too bad. It’s like asking how you made concrete improvements at your last employer and how you can utilize that with the new one.

Number 4 isn’t bad. It could be from any application at any company.

Number 3 is freaking bonkers. Think about applying for a job as a park photographer at Disney and being asked how you’ll help fulfill the CEO’s direction to make another Star Wars sequel. After being asked to name the priorities to begin with.

I’m not a big Leto fan. He’s not the worst actor, but he’s by no means great. But Gary Oldman couldn’t have made this movie work. The problem isn’t the acting, it’s the script. The movie felt like it was designed and written by a marketing committee. Everything about it is formulaic and hollow.

Reading. Too many people say they hate reading because it’s boring or there is no point. Most cite the books they went over (probably never read) in school. They think everything is going to be like Romeo and Juliet or something. They don’t seem to realize that you study classics in school and that there are troves of modern books that they’d enjoy. I like to find out their favorite movies and get them an audio book in the same genre. It’s easier to get them to listen to one than to read one. I now have a handful of people who come to me asking what they should listen to or read next.

He also didn’t say anything that warrented an apology.

Better title: Pathetic man sees is power slipping away and lashes out.

Ridiculous theory ahead…

Kimmel tells a joke that angers the red hats. ABC suspends the show because of pressure from Sinclair and Nexstar. Disney let’s loose their band of rabid lawyers and decides to go scortched earth. ABC waits a period of time for the outrage to build and bring him back but to Disney+ or Hulu, outside Sinclair and Nexstar influence. They get most of their subscribers back. Kimmel comes back to a massive audience. He gives a scathing opening monolog. The show ends with Disney releasing the Epstein files. Kimmel then gets the Nobel prize for some reason.

It’s quite dated, and there are some blatent white-suburban-privlage references, but if you can get past that, it’s not bad for business relationships. If anything, the book is an eye opener to disingenuous relationships.

The biggest take away was recognizing when others are using the techniques. You really notice it if you deal with a salesperson. Go buy a car and watch them flick between different items from the book; trying to use your name as much as possible, trying to figure out and relate to your interests, etc.

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Hands down the best audio book series I’ve ever listened to. If you like video games, sci-fi, or fantasy, you will not be disappointed.

Soon you won’t need to use their spyware app at all and will be able to just flag down one of the drivers on the street. Maybe they’ll even have a special color vehicle to indicate which ones; like a bright yellow so it will stand out.

Attacking someone who is widly regarded as one of the nicest people on the planet. That will surely be enough to distract everyone from the Epstein files and make them all forget that the president is a sexual predator.

As an old person today, I have no clue what these words mean. Assuming cooking has nothing to do with food. I’ve never heard rizz. I’ve at least heard people use based, though I don’t know its use.

Hey, as long as you’re a good coder, I don’t care how high you are. Though I’ll need to find a way to explain the new “Misc” category in my budget.

If you’re in an HOA, check the bylaws before replacing with clover.

Having said that, depending on where you’re at, clover can work incredibly well. A couple years ago, I changed the layout of my yard - moved flower beds and such. I put down clover in the areas where the beds used to be and it’s taken over a significant portion of my lawn. It’s great. I don’t have to mow as often and my lawn looks nice.

I get a ton of bees in the yard now too; which are fun to watch. I sware my vegetable garden has much better yield since doing it too. I thank the bees, but a friend of mine insists it’s just my imagination.

Regardless, I’m in the midwest and clover has grown well with very little maintenance. Of course, your milage may vary.

I’m sure the CEO saying this has absolutely nothing to do with the administration’s attempt to force the drug manufacturers to justify the validity of the vaccine. There is no way he would say something like that, just to create headlines tying the president to the success of vaccine. The president is way too smart and well adjusted to be manipulated by someone implying that if the president questions the vaccine, he is saying he didn’t deserve the Nobel. It must be a complete coincidence.

/s… in case I was somehow more subtle than the Pfizer CEO.

In the Stormlight books by Sanderson, society is split based on eye color; bright eyed vs dark eyed. Bright eyed people are called Brightness or Brightlord. Not exaclty the same as what you said, but it is an interesting society based on eye color.