Those ancient stone arch bridges are remarkably durable, and can survive with very little maintenance. Many large stone bridges and aqueducts were built with no mortar whatsoever, and everything held together strictly through gravity. That requires quite a bit of skill with the stone cutting, though, in order for the weight to be distributed properly. And it makes them extremely costly and time-consuming to build. Wikipedia says the bridge pictured here took 30+ years to build, and that’s after the original bridge built here collapsed a few years after being built.

Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face, who later apologized for being in the way of the bullet.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/18/usa.dickcheney

He said there are “a handful of states in which some local elections openly allow noncitizens to vote” and where local officials have declined to explain how they ensure those noncitizen voters aren’t also voting in federal elections.

The issue of non-citizens voting in local elections has quite an interesting history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-citizen_suffrage_in_the_United_States

Many states let non-citizens vote historically, as long as they met residency requirements. It wasn’t until the “wrong” types of people started coming over (like the Irish) in the late 1800’s that some states started clamping down on the practice. And, believe it or not, non-citizens voting in Federal elections was not made illegal on the national level until 1997!

Hopefully the Democrats kill it. But if this passes, and the inevitable challenges make it to the SCOTUS, it will be interesting to see this case where the Democrats actually have the founders on their side, and the contortions the SCOTUS goes through to rubber-stamp the act in spite of their Originalism…

Doc Gooden certainly has more wins than RFK Jr. Still not sure who has done more coke, though

Sir! You offend me. Those judges do not take bribes. That would be illegal!

They take gratuities. See? Those are totally different.

He’s just making it sexier

FYI, Newt Gingrich has a Ph.D. in European History…

Well, there is some wiggle room, as the date of Federal elections is determined by Congress. The current election date is set by statute. So, it can be rescheduled with a statute as well.

However, the term of Congress is set by the Constitution. And House seats, in particular, must be assigned based on election results. If the election is postponed into the New Year, then all House seats would be vacant. So if a Federal law either abolishes or postpones elections so they cannot be certified in time for the new Congress to convene, States would immediately challenge, and Blue states would probably hold the election on time anyway, anticipating a ruling in their favor. We may end up with a new Congress controlled by Democrats, only because Red states never held elections.

It would get a fast track to the Supreme Court, and then who knows? The outcome might depend on what gratuities are promised by both sides…

He realizes exactly what’s going on, he’s counting on it. It wouldn’t surprise me if he is working through back channels to ensure that Iran launches a major terrorist attack in October. He needs that to try to cancel elections.

Zelenskyy has been President all this time, after all, because they suspended elections while his country is being actively invaded. Trump heard this and thinks it can work here, too. It shouldn’t work here, but who knows? Congress has abdicated it’s ability to declare war to the President, they might just concede their ability to schedule elections too.

My #1 tip for stopping media addiction is to turn off notifications. There is simply nothing going on that requires your immediate attention. It can wait until you have time to check. Try it!

Right, but a lot of Catholics voted MAGA last time around, solely on the basis of abortion policy. Not realizing that Catholics have always been on The List. Maybe after pregnant women, immigrants, and trans folks. But eventually, MAGA is coming for them too.

It’s possible either the US or Israel had some extremely timely intelligence on the location of the old leader, and the new one is just being more careful…

there are 69 current representatives and senators who are retiring

Nice!

I wonder who he pissed off in order to actually have to face consequences as a Republican…

Sigh.

Donald Trump did not get elected President (Twice!) by listening to experts…

He looks like a slightly older, depressed and bloated, Caillou…

Karoline Leavitt refusing to rule out a Draft,” Nilsson wrote Sunday in a social media post on X. “Once the Congressman’s and Ivy League parent’s children get drafted it’ll be a whole other ballgame.”

Whoever this “Nilsson” is, we know they’re a moron. Because those kids are getting the best deferments money can buy.

¿Por qué no todas?

Yeah, but have you considered what Joe and Eileen Bailey think?