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That... looks a lot like a very large, very purple, moblin. Actually almost makes me sad they're not taking a chance to go back to the dog-head ones...

Name: Using a verb for a name...? It's not the end of the world but it just seems odd to me.

Switch is also a noun. Has been for a long, long time. Light switch, that thing with railroads, the thin branches et al probably best known as a corporal punishment tool. Apparently some kind of hair thing, too.

Part of me is now wondering if the name is a subtle declaration of intent to beat the ass off the competition. E: And to be fair, Nintendo's home country is very fond of that sort of wordplay. This is getting more suspicious the more I think about it...

... no, it's not. At all.

Eh... probably an aspect of it, but most of that boom has less to do with sexism and more to do with media coverage. More a specifically anti-clinton thing than anti-women... though the latter tends to catch some of the shrapnel anyway.

... y'know, I just noticed reading some other reactions to this mess that trump may have just libeled obama (and clinton) on national TV. Specifically in reference to that o'keefe/veritas video he brought up. If you're going to make a claim of inciting violence like he did you generally want to have really damn good evidence. And, uh. The video wasn't, given its maker's track record. Not sure if you could actually hit him with anything given the nature of the folks involved (it's harder to trip over that stuff when you're talking about major public figures), and I doubt charges would actually be pressed regardless, but...

Wasn't actually watching the video, myself, mostly. She sounded more cheerful, though.

Also learned over the course of this debate that Donald Trump body pillows are apparently a thing that exists. I think it made my life a little darker, a little sadder.

Nothing, really. Some mother cats just don't manage to raise the kittens, especially if it's a first litter. More than that, it's entirely possible the kittens are sick, which can cause a mother cat to abandon them to save themselves (and possibly other kittens). Other stuff beyond that, too... it's not that uncommon, and not particularly abnormal.

... though if they're a month old, they should be able to start eating own their own already, or soon will.

Incidentally, we apparently had an abandoned kitten ditched today, too, heh. Old enough to eat solid food, fortunately enough. Dunno if it can poop on its own yet, though

Look, even if it was true, a 5% markup in exchange for a project that invests in something actually useful is "extremely little corruption" by my (i.e. Russia's) standards.

Also doesn't give any background behind the 2011 promise. If it was for speaking fees, ferex, that would have covered around 5-ish appearances by bill on the upper end, quite possibly less given where it is. Could have just been a birthday donation of some sort, which wouldn't exactly be unusual for, y'know. A charity organization, particularly one as well known as the clinton foundation. Unfortunately, if there was any news giving reason behind the promised donation before this year, it doesn't seem to be online. And the email says sod all, obviously enough.

Not sure where the -8 million net worth thing's coming from, though. Checking some news from back in '08, it looks more like ~21m. Checking a bit more, it looks like it did hit that back in '01, apparently due mostly to legal fees. Bill brought in ~13m in speaking fees the same year, which at that below mentioned 200k/pop (though it was probably lower that year) would only have been about 65 speaking events.

And it's around 200k a show for bill at this point, isp, apparently. As a base line -- it can fluctuate up and down, obviously enough. One of the higher paid speakers out there, most definitely, but it's not apparently not abnormal by any means. It's probably worth noting that for a few years trump was doing 1.5 million per.

Though, uh. Yeah, per that bloomberg article's actual contents, pass-through type arrangements for businesses (particularly any with much in the way of legal and/or accounting budgets) are... pretty normal. Been long enough I've forgot a fair few of the details regarding those sorts of setups, and don't recall much about that particular sort, but there's at the very least a number of book keeping benefits. Never mind anything involving legal concerns (and before anyone kvetches about that, legal compartmentalization is pretty much literally the primary reason incorporation exists, and it's there for good reason) or taxation.