The Frankish Reich

2020: Tik Tok is a way for the CCP to gather highly personal or even sensitive personal information and to use it to compromise U.S. national security! 2025: Do I get to sit next to the Tik Tok CEO?

I was talking with friends at a restaurant last night. Let's say the check is $500. We would typically tip 20% or so. So that's $100. The server would net maybe $80 if she's in a 20% tax bracket. No tax on tips? She'd net the full $100. So should we reduce the percent we're tipping to take that into account?

And avoids having the new press secretary hilariously insist that the embarrassingly small crowd is the “largest ever.”

Personally, I never saw the need to ban Tik Tok or force its sale to a U.S. investor. But Trump 45 issued an Executive Order based on his Emergency powers, finding that Tik Tok posed an unacceptable national security risk while under Chinese control. That was shot down by the courts. Then Congress made essentially the same national security findings, passed the ban/sale legislation, and Biden signed it into law. It sailed through Congress, and Senators including Cory Booker and Ron Wyden voted for it. Now all of a sudden Trump, Booker, Wyden and others are saying "we didn't really mean it." Apparently the hope was a sale of some manner would proceed and push would never come to shove. A cautionary tale: be careful what you wish for. Trump and Congress made "findings" about national security threats that were largely bs, and now they're stuck with them. So the Supreme Court says go ahead, if you didn't really mean it, well, repeal the legislation. You made this mess, you clean it up.

Supreme Court unanimously refuses to intervene in Tik Tok Death Legislation.

I'm not even watching. Moved a flight back a day to make sure I catch the Bills game! The only one I care about.

I think he's been inspired by McDermott to add dad jokes to his repertoire, so this ain't your grandfather's Leslie Frazier.

What's wrong with those? An Indy Jones character vs. a gay mustachioed bon vivant prowling their respective sidelines. More interesting than the actual game.

Alec Anderson to be the run-stuffing DT to stop Henry; JA17 to be the spy on Lamar?

Are the guys who just need to have "a little action" on Bills games to make them more enjoyable really Bills fans? Really football fans at all? I got nothing against gambling. Love playing the long bets (Bills to win the AFC/Super Bowl every year). But really ... just enjoy the game itself!

Agree. Shakir is the first really good slot receiver we've had since Beasley. And he turned YAC into a thing again for the Bills. McGovern is a huge upgrade over Morse. I like Morse, and love how he helped turn one of the worst O lines in the NFL into a good unit. But his best days are behind him, and McGovern has led a really superb unit.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/mortgage-rates-top-7-for-first-time-since-mid-2024-024b30f8?mod=hp_lead_pos5 Trump Winning Already!

Geez, can you imagine what a moron you'd need to be to hire SIX of these losers?

Wow, why didn't anyone think of this before? Like, maybe in 1789, when the U.S. Customs Service was established? Exhibit 1,009 in He Thinks You're All Idiots.

He's been awesome. And the way Brady is designing plays, they're able to use him optimally.

And the big one: they've stayed healthy!

Whoah I forgot that too.

Sounds easy enough

This is the marquee matchup. I’m scheduled to be traveling Saturday and don’t want to have to change my flight!

Seriously….this is why you play to avoid the big play on D. They scored once, on a big play. And failed to score by matriculating it down the field in every other possession.

Any educated guesses on when we play BAL next weekend? I’ve gotta schedule a flight to not conflict!!

Why not throw the challenge flag? If that catch stands the game is really over.

Tony has mentioned Brady and Josh in the same sentence as Nix. I don’t see either, but I see a little bit of a young Aaron Rodgers in him

Oh man. Lewis led with his head and took the brunt of tbat

Sometimes those free agent signings don’t pay off right away!