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  • Trump doesn’t realize anything any longer. His dementia is so far off the cliff he’s incapable of reason and planning, only able to react in the moment.

    As to the veto, my money says there are so many GOP defectors as to be veto proof. Those rats are bailing off this sinking ship. They know just how damning these files are and they want to get ahead of the game, “I was all for releasing the evidence!” Can you imagine what primary contenders would do to those fuckers if they vote no?! 😂

    Combine that foresight with Trump’s obvious dementia. They know he’s a cult leader and the end is near. Voting to release the files is the only way Republicans break free of this insanity.




  • Nearly bled out from hemorrhoids, got the surgery, and as a Vietnam vet I heard say, “It was worse than anything that happened to me over there.” Never been to war, but the pain was the worst in my long life of broken bones and whatnot.

    Now I take a coffee cup shot of psyllium husk of an evening. My shit literally doesn’t stink and wiping is almost optional. Also provides an impetus to get my ass out of bed in the morning.

    Brain: “Just a little longer…”

    Bowels: “NOW!”

    Weirdly, I got my wife a bidet when she first moved in, never touched it. She won’t go near the other bathroom lacking one. Not once in 3-years has it occurred to me to try it. Old habits die hard I suppose.



  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    Many of us are aware, but we have some history and experience behind us to bolster our attitude. Also, young people are more aware of what’s going on where we used to mainly judge things by our local environment.

    I thought life was rough as a young man in 90s America! Well, that seemed to be the peak. :(




  • Recently, emails from 2018 between my brother and me were made public. They were simply part of a humorous private exchange between two brothers and were never meant for public release or to be interpreted as serious remarks.

    For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to ‘Bubba’ in this correspondence is not, in any way, a reference to former President Bill Clinton.

    Any attempt to conflate that reference with President Clinton, or to read sweeping implications into them, misrepresents both the purpose and the tone of the original correspondence. I want to be absolutely clear on this point so that the public record is not distorted and so that speculation does not unfairly implicate people who are not actually being referenced in those communications.

    Exactly as I said, a dumb joke.




  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldPure contentment
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    I’ve had 50 lovers, so according to me, Wikipedia is right! So? A woman still likes a solid banging now and again. I know, some guys make that their whole MO, gross, never met a woman who loves that every time. Give her some orgasms during the whole thing, of course! 100 ways to make love, bouncing 'em off the walls is only one.

    Funny thing, I dated a woman who could have vaginal orgasms, forever. Gave her 8 or 10 one night, was afraid I broke her. Gods she was fun in and out of bed. Fascinating woman, very emotionally twitchy.



  • For symptoms:

    Mom made me a shot of whiskey, honey and lemon juice as a child. (We did not drink in my household. Ever.) Works a charm.

    My wife makes me hover over a steaming bowl of salt water, towel over head. Does seem to work well. Can’t hurt to expand your lungs with the heat and get some salt air in there, right? A trip to the beach, especially in the water, cures a great many ills.

    The cure:

    What breaks my fever is curling up in bed under a ton of blankets and knocking myself out. When I get to dreaming heavily I’ll wake up soaked in sweat. Not mildly moist, I mean to say soaking wet, really gross, have to get up and towel off. That’s how I know I’m on the other side and getting better.





  • If people bring critical thinking skills to the table, AI is great! But “if” is doing some heavy lifting.

    Don’t know about other countries and generations, but as an American GenX dude, I only had two teachers through the end of high school that made the effort to teach critical thinking. I’d go as far as to say that lack is driving ALL of our political and societal issues.

    You would be bugfuck crazy to agree with me on everything, but FFS, most people can’t argue a point with facts. For that matter they can’t tell the difference between a fact and an opinion, and that’s where AI stands to hurt us.

    OTOH, AI can’t be worse than social media. For all the bitching about AI around here, LLMs get facts correct far above what FaceBook and Twitter are feeding us. I doubt the average lemming has really delved into those sites lately, me included! But it’s hard to overstate how poisonous they are to the average citizen.

    Look at Grok. LOL, that thing spits facts against it’s own creator, and he’s in total control!