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Great movie when it was actual people acting out the scenes and not CGI. Might have to watch it again. Back to regular programming.

Listened to clip of fmr Ambassador John Bolton, who was also President Trump's Security Advisor and he said the Dems lost the chance in 2023 when they should have put forward someone else besides Biden. Any way, as the old Chinese curse goes, "May you live in interesting times."

In case anyone is interested in staying up and watching tomorrows nights elections result as they come in, here are the closing times for the polls across the United States: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/when-do-polls-close-election-day

I'm surprised the chair didn't collapse!

Just curious, which province?

Is that recent or years ago? Just curious..

We all knew life in Moscow was pretty crappy, but this is getting pretty literal! https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/moscow_sewage_plume/

And as an aside my home province of Saskatchewan goes to the polls tomorrow. Interesting to what happens there as the ruling party has been in power for 17 years!! https://nationalnewswatch.com/2024/10/27/saskatchewan-election-race-tightens-as-parties-spend-final-day-campaigning

Thanks for the clarification.

I may be wrong but I believe whoever wins has to provide the Speaker, so that would decrease their lead by one.

If anyone is interested this link has a list of prohibitions by state (obtained via Google; https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering-prohibitions

Interesting. The one I used is a feature of my Brave browser. I will check that out. Thanks!

I've seen similar ovens as the one pictured above and they are used to keep food warm and a person could barely stand inside one. Also, if you look at the door there is that toggle which I think is a safety feature. If somehow looked inside you turn it and the outside lock falls off and you can...

I asked my AI search engine the following question: Is it illegal to wear political attire at US polling stations? Wearing Political Attire at Polling Stations Based on the provided search results, the legality of wearing political attire at US polling stations varies from state to state...

Oh come on, yes you do. From Obama's DNC Convention Speech (Right at the beginning):