Uncommon Idea

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Then why piggy back on the X-files name, make you own show and call it what you want.

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Because then you can play off nostalgia, hype and "new directions" all at once!

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"OMG ICE is not trained to run TSA lines! It takes years to train"

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:wha:

I remember them advertising TSA jobs on pizza boxes. It takes them years to train them to do basic tasks? :lol:

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Iranian Official Denies Talks With U.S., Says Trump Delayed Strikes Under Pressure

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When I saw the name on X, I thought, "Oh no, I hope he's didn't do anything too crazy now."

It sucks that he passed. But I read that he had a heart attack in 2021 and had cauda equina syndrome. Combined with his previous lifestyle, that can be hard on the body.

RIP.

They can't manage to stop where the road meets the Departure ramps from sinking but they're going to add more terminals? :lol:

This will be poorly planned and half-arse executed like everything else. But hey, it's "progress." :rolleyes:

It's not the worst airport I've been in but it certainly isn't the best.

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Is the combine shorting or are the pro days more generous?

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Considering most players seem to improve, sometimes significantly, at their home stadiums/facilities, I'd going to assume there might be a little home cooking going on.

It's easy to do - who will really notice half a yard on the "40 yard dash" if the field is getting some "maintenance" and the numbers aren't on there? Or if the 3 cones are a bit closer?

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There’s still no reason for Ned not to know him. They were friends before he was Spider-Man.

So based on Strange’s rules, they should still be friends.

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The original spell that backfired and started causing problems was that everyone, except some people, would forget Peter was Spiderman.

The final spell to close the rifts was that everyone forgets Peter Parker. In fact, Dr. Strange made it clear that no one would remember him at all.

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Eh maybe. But people got tired of Spidey always having help and always seemed to be too ingrained in the MCU instead of just being around sometimes like in the comics and mostly dealing with threats and struggles on his own.

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It was also part of the lead up to the aborted Multiverse saga that was trashed when Majors got hit with the abuse allegations and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania didn't perform as well as they hoped.

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Honestly, i dont know why they didnt try it when Joe Potato was in office. that was their window of opportunity.

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They weren't ready.

Even Xi Jinping's timeline isn't/wasn't supposed to be until 2027. And the military leaders he recently removed/who are being investigated thought that 2035 was the quickest realistic timeline to being ready.

Well China, while not totally down, has some internal problems. Revenge against society attacks (mass stabbings, car attacks) show a deep unhappiness within Chinese society. There are many people who don't get paid regularly and many of the regions/cities have unsettled finances due to the issues with China's economy. Any prolonged conflict or further disruption might lead to some sort of internal disturbance.

Militarily, there have been rumors of military issues - lack of readiness and even theft. My favorite rumor was that the fuel for rockets was siphoned off and replaced with water which coincided with one of the many purges of military personnel. Also there were reports of faulty lids on silos that would prevent launches. Source

There was also a fairly recent purges in December 2025 and then 2026.
The most recent two were Liu Zhenli and Zhang Youxia who were removed for corruption and apparently, disagreement with Xi's objective to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 (they supposedly thought a realistic date would be 2035).

Now Xi Jinping and Zhang Shengmin (who was recently appointed to take someone else's place from his position as an anti-corruption official) are the only people reportedly on the Central Military Commission.

Long read on the purges

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The purges of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli are instructive. The PLA Daily stated that Zhang and Liu were removed for fueling “political and corruption problems that threaten the party’s absolute leadership over the armed forces and undermine the party’s governance foundation,” and it said they had “seriously trampled on and undermined” Xi’s authority as CMC chairman. Some have speculated that this indicates Xi felt Zhang in particular had amassed too much influence within the PLA or that factionalism threatened CCP rule over the military. Whatever way Xi seeks to refill or restructure the CMC, he will likely seek candidates that are not only loyal to him but have demonstrated little evidence of amassing their own followers within the military

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There are some real issues in building up a force, actually getting it to Taiwan, and then taking control. But it's not out of the question that China could do it. But then you get into 2nd and 3rd order problems like the disruptions in trade to/from China, global boycotts or sanctions against China, and the potential actions of other nations to keep semiconductor manufacturing/shipments running. The potential ramifications are staggering if you look deep enough.

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Clearly this was her first rodeo...

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Good joke.

But just to be clear, this is not her first rodeo:

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So far this Rodeo season, Lina Hidalgo has visited the Rodeo at least 3 other times and been given 21 chute tickets for free, which have a total value of nearly $9,000.

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Despite her post saying that she's NEVER enriched herself through her office. :lol:

"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."

We'll that does track with research that shows people who use AI for tasks tend to become less able to effectively perform those tasks without AI. And I've seen it about both creative endeavors and coding.

Another AI gift to the world! :banghead: