JKane

We have never been safe, some delude themselves to think they are, and in some liberal bastions it's easier to maintain the illusion. There was only one religious nutjub at WeHo pride a couple weeks ago, how long until he or someone like him decides a gun will get more attention than his current failing shtick? I'm not saying be afraid or hide away, I'm saying go out, be bold, but also be ready to fight for yourself if it comes to it or at least be extra aware of your location, the people around you, and how to leave. _

Yeah, I got annoyed that I had heard more about Amber Hurd's turd than anything in-depth about this and went and looked it up, and it really amounts to almost nothing. It's not terribly easy to spread but close, intimate contact can work. Oh us promiscuous gays. Case counts are in the dozens and even without a smallpox vaccine this variant is a mild infection people get over pretty easily. So now that's two things being breathlessly reported in the news I don't give a damn about...

So, Picard Season 2 is a SLOOOG but the last episode kinda pays it off. Not sure it was worth it at all. Way better than Picard Season 1 but so's watching dogshit turn white on the curb. HOWEVER, Strange New Worlds has be EXCELENT so far! --Anson Mount ME. Station 11, eh, interesting. The Offer on Paramount Plus seems amazing, it's about the making of The Godfather and a great glimpse into Hollywood of the time.

I've seen Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and have to say, if you're going to see one "multiverse" movie this year... SEE Everything Everywhere All At Once! Preferably in theater if you still can! I have never laughed that hard in a movie.

Picard Season 2 seems better than 1 but still... meh. Starts in exactly the post-TNG era we wanted, THIS time suddenly without potty-mouthed admirals calling Picard a fuckwad and Starfleet Headquarters reception not knowing who he is... Yes! Nope, jumps the fuck outta that timeline as quick as possible. Still, pretty to look at, wish it was Star Trek. I mean, they're going to try to have some of the poignance of previous great time-travel episodes but the fact the show runners don't care about or understand ST will come through as clearly as THE MESSAGE they shove down our throats. Racism bad, mmmm'kay? Watched the first episode of Halo as well. Very underwhelmed. VFX were nothing special, whole lotta gameplayer fan service.

Maybe only a conservative celebrity. The left still tends to hold people accountable, sometimes to unreasonable standards, Al Franken as an example.

Yeah, don't want to turn this into a meme thread but this one is so fucking perfect: I mean I can never forgive her for "Who could've ever imagined?!". (You--it was YOUR JOB to imagine as fucking NSA and you'd been to a briefing where an airplane flying into a high-rise was the fucking clipart on the cover you worthless POS.) But this just proves how idiotic she is. Does anybody at Fox remember things that happened more than 72 hours ago? Do they even have object permanence? And the way Putin is now replaying our greatest hits, like Ukraine working on weapons of mass destruction and all... "This is different because it's being done to white people..." does seem to be prominent as well.

Good point, sorry, meant North Korea.

I think the Russian oligarchs are very much feeling the pinch, assets seized all over the world including their yachts and airplanes, inability to travel freely, domestic holdings down 50% or more in value so far... International business ventures falling apart. There are no oligarchs in North Vietnam or Cuba, and as Putin threatens to take Russia in that direction they'd do well to remember it. How valuable is fighting (and eventually loosing) an endless war of occupation in whatever former eastern-block countries *not* part of Nato remain compared against all that's being lost? Their civil aviation about to drop to below third-world as they're *stealing* the aircraft and will not have any ability to ever properly maintain them again, nor ever purchase new aircraft again.

Anybody suddenly not being able to pay rent or for basic necessities is a concern, especially our fellow gays already in a bad situation under a very anti-gay regime. Hopefully the citizens of Russia decide they've had enough and the oligarchs back them to oust Putin. But making average Russian citizens suffer and cutting them off from funds and non-state controlled news may be counter-productive.

Absolutely. Those safes aren't worth the cost of the coat of paint on them. 1) They are often left with a default bypass code that can be easily googled. If not, all the safes in the same hotel or likely chain have the same code. 2) There is a bypass keyway, usable without any indication by the safe and pickable under the metal nameplate on the safe. 3) A locked safe lets a thief know exactly where your valuables are. (Those locks to put on dressers/etc. are even worse for this.) Look up lockpickinglawyer or diviantolam on Youtube for more info. I'd suggest you're safer hiding the money in the room, possibly deep in your luggage or under the bottom drawer in the nightstand.