I prefer the left road. The right one leads to a perception of being awkward AND stupid.

Pssst, Amazon already exists…

If we have to go by a fictional one, I think OCP.

Khaaaaaan!
Some men just want to watch the world learn.

Not 100% sure of the ingredients, but yes, it’s creamy. Involves a lot of milk, that’sall I know as I make it from these portioned bags with powder. Topped with a litte bit of bacon.

Blue cheese
Brussel sprouts
Cauliflower soup
Green peas
Brocoli

I’m sure a lot of California (except from the meth counties) would like that too these days.

The way I (state certified smoothbrain) think of it is this: Cash reserves serve as short time collateral when a state is shopping on credit (which states usually do). So your transactions need to be backed by a currency your trading partner is willing to accept.

Other types of reserves exist, but these usually need to be converted first, which adds a layer of delay and transaction that makes it a more long term thing.

Not sure how correct it is, but I find that this oversimplification works and is correct most of the time.

Such things happen when one decides to start a money burning competition with a block of countries with a combined GDP roughly 25 times that of russia.

I often see the argument “Which part of your country would you be willing to cede in the name of peace?”

Normally this would be a valid argument, but in trumps case, I’m sure he’d gladly cede California or some other blue state if it meant he gained something from it. He has no scruples or integrity, and thinks other heads of state are the same.

Currently waiting for my order at burger King. I was headed out the door to pick up some plywood in the nearest town, just as two of my kids returned from school. They asked if they could come too. We’re currently about to head back, but wanted to pick up something for the one hour drive back.

“Obama was fine” ???

Did you not see his tan suit? The humanity…

Be sure to include that reference to BenFranklinsDick

I can’t claim that I understand what you’re going through, but I do claim that I understand your reasoning. My dad went through the same around a decade ago.

Seeing him try chemo made me conclude that living means more than surviving. Make sure your family understands this part.

Come to think of it, it’s almost 10 years to the day since he died. I never questioned his choice, and I’m happy that he got to the end on his own terms rather than being pestered by family pressuring him to endure a kind of pain that we could never understand.

EDIT: Just for the record, I’m all in favor of at least trying treatment - It works well for many. If it is truly insufferable, treatment can be aborted.

Same. When I was on 5 week offshore rotation I usually did the night shift. It’s quieter, fewer people around, and my arctic ass doesn’t like the equatorial sun. Beyond my lifelong affliction of inability to fall asleep in a timely manner (fixed by audio books), I slept better then than I’ve ever done since.

Personally, I do it because trumps last name is more rare/recognizable than his first. With her it’s the other way around. It’s less ambiguous that way.

As a tangent, I do think a presidential race between Donald Duck and Ed Harris would be less mentally taxing.

She’s his colleague. Maybe even work wife, even if they’ve only spoken via teams telefax.

In 2009 there were like three people in line in front of me. Must’ve taken at least 30 seconds before an available election official could check my ID. It was extremely early in the early voting period, and there was only one place open that early. I was going to be abroad for the next month, so I had to vote that day.

When not voting early, I can’t recall there ever being a line.

“2009 election, you say??”

Norway.

I played a lot of D&D back in the day, and while I’m normally not a superstitious person, we did have a dice jail for poorly performing dice. That light blue d20 was a repeat offender.

Yes; pollsters and advertising platforms. They’ve got to be raking it in these days.

Never played the futuristic ones. What appealed to me with the anno games was the atmosphere of sails and settlers.