There’s an interesting theory that Hitler was put in place by time travelers as the last-bad option that wouldn’t destroy the timeline.

Hitler (and Trump) made a number of blundering errors that any idiot should’ve/known better than to make. Had a competent, or even a supervillain-type been in charge, things could’ve turned out even worse than they did. You don’t have to look far- some of these villains attach themselves to those in power. Himmler and Heydrich would’ve been far worse for the world, but were somewhat limited by not being the ones directly in power.

This does exist on certain vehicles, like ambulances.

But I’ve heard (unconfirmed) that it would be illegal in several states to put on passenger vehicles.

This isn’t true, at least in the US. The vast majority of dog food is safe for human consumption, albeit not recommended.

Just FYI, 538 today is not the same as it was when they became noteworthy. Nate Silver left the company (and its parent, Disney). He also took his models with him, since those were merely licensed (unlike the name/company).

The new 538 is being run by a guy with very questionable models.

There are a number of them being floated right now. If Biden had dropped out a year ago, they would’ve had a traditional competition in the primary. Then we would’ve all gotten complacent and assumed we had it made, and we’d end up in 2016 again.

But to directly answer your question, the names I see being floated the most are CA gov Newsom, MI gov Whitmer, KY gov Beshear, and PA gov Shapiro. And yes, switching to any of them would be difficult and risky.

The surprise shouldn’t be that you’re about to propose. The surprise should be in how you choose to propose.

Unless the ring’s details are part of the surprise (which they could be, if it’s meaningful to the couple), clear and open communication should be preferred

That’s nothing new. It’s always a choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich, and has been for a long time

He should sic them on SCOTUS instead

Yes, and they’ve also started it with Harris.

Good news (everyone)!

He was later retconned into having a long, happy life with alternate Frye.

With perks like that who needs donors and TV ad time? This isn’t the 80s. Elections aren’t won on television ads.

No, but they are still very much won with money. Advertising of various forms (TV, radio, Internet, billboards, yard signs, T-shirts, the list goes on), local outreach, field offices, door to door campaigners, booths at events, social media, and countless more. All of it is driven by money.

Citizens United fucked every election since. It exclusively dealt with campaign finance.

While I agree with you about swing voters, there is a very large number of potential non-voters, sometimes known as the enthusiasm gap. People that believe that both options are the same, or that neither will affect their lives very much. There’s also the ones that think Trump can’t get re-elected, which of course is part of how he got there in the first place.

There aren’t a lot of people excited to vote Biden. But we’ll do it anyway, because we really don’t want to see more Trump. If I didn’t see Trump as a threat to democracy itself, I could understand people not voting at all.

He’s actually been quite reserved on the issue. While he’s acknowledged it as a risk, he had not reached this point until now.

The incumbent advantage really doesn’t apply if it’s not who was elected in the first place. The only real advantage would be having a (short) record to run on. Even that assumes that (1) she would have one worth promoting, and (2) that people would care.

The bigger concern is that Harris really, REALLY is not popular. It would take a long time to convince people otherwise, if it could even be done. Hillary spent decades trying to build her image, including a full election cycle in earnest, and failed so miserably that we ended up with Trump.

Yup, and in a very public way. As I said, this has nothing to do with Trump’s morals or anything. It’s about Epstein’s risk tolerance.

And it’s statements like that (and many more) which would make Epstein unwilling to take the risk.

It’s not really about Trump; it’s about Epstein.

You’re focusing on the wrong guy. Do you think Epstein would’ve taken the risk?

If we’re being honest, Trump probably wasn’t a patron. Not because of his morals or anything, but because he would’ve been excluded.

Epstein knew that what he was doing needed to be kept quiet. Trump has always been the loudest person in any room, making him a massive liability.

It’s unlikely that Epstein would’ve told him anything.

It’s also at an age when your libido is essentially unlimited. Were the opportunity to present itself, these people could adequately perform for 15 different partners in a row.

Desensitization takes time. By the time it sets in, most people are past the age of unlimited libido. There are also different forms of sensitivity (and thus, desensitization). OP referred to physical, but mental seems to be a more common issue.

There are people that were circumcized after becoming sexually active who can (and do) report exactly that.

Separately, we can simply ask people that have foreskins to describe the sensations they feel from that body part.

The only part that we can’t say with confidence is how the neutral pathways develop (i.e. how we perceive the sensations) when it’s the only way we’ve ever experienced.