My current character is a somewhat generic human fighter. It’s going well.

And the cats were usually cherished members of the crew aboard ships. No one fucked with the ship’s cat.

Depends on the features.

I don’t think I can go back to the Samurai Deli.

Those are some great ideas.

Air Traffic Control has not been left intact. They aren’t getting paid, just like TSA.

Robert Reich has said it is usually problems in the the airline industry that creates the political pressure to force a compromise during a government shutdown since it affects the elites most directly.

Let’s see what happens once airports start to close.

A few people are, but the market has dropped like a rock over the past year. Several housing markets are seeing massive drops as post-COVID demand dried up.

Given how bad their management has been, I’m not surprised.

An effective monopoly can easily spiral to a real monopoly.

Similar backdoor control capabilities, usually at least officially frowned upon in Western tech companies, weren’t found in buses bought from Dutch company VDL.

Looks like that was discussed in the article.

Killswitches may be common, but it is major security implications if infrastructure is sold with them without the buyer knowing about them, which appears to the case here.

It also makes a case to not buy hardware from China if their manufacturers install these killswitches and don’t notify their owners.

CB Radio was big in the 70’s.

Why do you think she wore leather pants to see him?

No wonder Worf was intimidated by Sisko.

Edit: What’s even funnier is that one week after the DS9 Q episode aired on February 8, 1993, the TNG Q episode “Tapestry” aired on February 15, 1993. Sisko punched Q and it takes him a week to get back with Picard.

Chipotle is a place that sells Mission style burritos, which came from San Francisco. Qdoba was the main national competitor, but there were other national and regional chains out there as well.

Chipotle also wasn’t competing with sit down Mexican restaurants, but burger chains and other fast food options which were in decline by the time these burritos came out.

Qdoba was pretty good in the early to mid 00’s.

Of course. Got to beat that horse to death.

The issue with kicking someone out of the royal house completely is that they are highly incentivized to trade their fame for money. This can include sponsorships and tell all books.

By providing some economic support, it keeps a leash on Andrew formerly known as Prince.

Depends if I could leave the country or not.