It started at $200M and as “not affecting the existing structure” and will end as a $900M donation to the Trump presidential library, which will also not be built.

“In fact, other than President Zelenskyy, his people loved the concept of the deal.” — It’s easy to love the ends if you don’t care about the means.

I don’t know about dogs, but since the prompt states “pets”, I will point out that cats may leave (or hide if they are not allowed out) to die alone if they sense it.

My oldest tried to leave, but he returned a week after we gave up the hunt and was diagnosed with an aggressive tumor when we had him checked out. Inoperable. Put him down after it broke through the skin and literally started rotting. Only one who tried to leave. Second had a brain tumor, would not have been able to find his way out. Third had jaw cancer, put him down to avoid removing half his face. Fourth died of natural causes: a horrifying seizure. I would not recommend waiting for natural causes.

A “newer” Samsung is not an iPhone, and we don’t know which model Samsung it was or if it shipped with KNOX (though my guess is it wouldn’t have needed escalation if it didn’t have KNOX).

“According to Washington Post reporting, the FBI used Cellebrite software to break into the device of Thomas Matthew Crooks at the bureau’s lab in Quantico, Va. That followed an initial stop at the nearby Pittsburgh office in which attempts crack Crooks’ newer Samsung model were unsuccessful, according to Bloomberg, noting that the Cellebrite software was “unreleased.”” https://fedscoop.com/israeli-firm-behind-tech-that-reportedly-cracked-trump-shooters-phone-wants-more-fed-business/

That article is from six years ago and states Cellebrite can unlock high-end Android phones. Since then, Apple has shipped iOS updates to secure against Cellebrite, while the only similarly secure Android phones are Pixels running GrapheneOS and Samsungs with KNOX, all in a perpetual chase.

Quaid army.

That nickname makes no sense. Popeye has tiny biceps and huge forearms.

NCIS. We started watching the franchise with NCIS: Hawaiʻi, mostly because I support the film industry back home and love the scenery. From there, we watched the crossover episodes of the other shows, started but didn’t quite finish NCIS: New Orleans, then started the original show from the beginning until getting caught up last year. Now I throw on past episodes as background.

What’s funny is I assumed the spin-offs had to be crazier than the original because they must have had to escalate the storylines over time. Completely missed that call. That first season of NCIS is insane.

““Changes in water depth and topography altered the perception of the international boundary’s location,” said the Pentagon in a statement.” — If only there were some sort of technological solution to pinpoint your absolute location that didn’t rely on looking around and giving it your best guess.

“Wherever you get your podcasts” should mean an audio version is available on a public RSS feed that any podcast service, web player, or RSS reader can receive. Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the most commonly advertised because they cover the vast majority of listeners, while the rest are divided among a dozen other sources.

Yep on Palpatine. Presumably some of his staff accompanied him on both visits. “Shortly after the proclamation of the New Order, Emperor Palpatine and Lord Vader visited the station with Governor Tarkin, arriving aboard a Star Destroyer.” https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/DS-1_Orbital_Battle_Station

Yes, annexation is not something the White House can support right now… but definitely will support when plans for Trump West Bank Resort are announced.

Allowing it? NPS didn’t ask to add a ballroom to the White House. Trump is tearing down part of the White House because he’s adding a grand ballroom, same way he paved over the Rose Garden. Literally no one asked him to do this.

Three boatloads.

The only hard rule is that it be phrased as a question, which implies the rest of the phrasing is irrelevant as long as the answer is in the question. In your example, “Who is the Eiffel Tower?”describes it incorrectly but correctly names the tower and should be accepted, but “What is that famous tower in Paris, France?” describes the correct answer but is missing the critical answer and should not be accepted. Also, who/what/etc. is not required to be part of the question.

What’s … in a question? The rules state, “…all contestant responses to an answer must be phrased in the form of a question.” It’s that simple. Jeopardy! doesn’t require that the response is grammatically correct. Further, the three-letter name of a British Invasion rock band can be a correct response all by itself (“The Who?”), and even “Is it…?” has been accepted. So, Matt Amodio’s no-frills approach is unique but well with guidelines. https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/what-are-some-questions-about-jeopardy

How’d she do it? “…appears to attribute a quote to Comey that he never said.” There it is.

The moustache makes him look more like the Alex Jonesian version of J. Jonah Jameson from the MCU Spider-Man movies, played by J.K. Simmons. So, the man made himself more presentable by looking more like a parody version of himself.

“Tartaglione has faced claims that he tried to murder Epstein while they were in the same cell. In July 2019, Epstein was found unresponsive and later told a guard that Tartaglione “tried to kill him”, a source told CBS. Epstein also told prison guards that Tartaglione was trying to “extort money from him and stated that if he didn’t pay him, that he would beat him up,” according to the outlet.”

Is the pardon for getting his job done?

I’ve been using the new windowed UI with touch, no keyboard or mouse. For a UI that belongs at a desktop, it’s fine on iPad but not nearly as quick as the Split and Slide system.

Or until they beat the confession into the suspect, whichever happens first.