WTF-Beta

Sweet

It's not infallible by any means, but I trust Polymarket more, and that's looking hopeful.

Fingers crossed....

TacOS

Yea, the article I saw said there were 29K first-time donors.

wtg said:

Boy, did she ever screw up. El-Sayed has raised $1.2 million since her announcement.

She’s talking to Anderson Cooper tonight.

Make that $2.4 million. And she tanked on Cooper's show.

amazing!

@Bernard Does Wendy's still do the baked potato with chili? I used to get that. Or the salad bar, which back in the 80s was really good.

Totally get the not-great-food-but-very-fond-memories thing. My Dad and I used to go to this place.

The ice cream was served in cubes. Here's the scooper:

People on reddit remembering it fondly:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/comments/mc2fc8/cock_robin_it_was_an_iconic_ice_cream_and/

I have to admit I don't frequent fast food places, haven't for years. Last time I was at a McDonald's or Wendy's was in the late 1980s. Mr wtg used to like an occasional Whopper Jr and I went along to be sociable, but it's not my thing. Tried a Culver's fried walleye sandwich during COVID and was totally disappointed.

When we go out for fast food, this is our destination:

https://pitainn.com/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-24.pdf

Best falafel anywhere....

Elon having control of so much does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling...see recent slowdown of Starlink in Ukraine....

SpaceX in talks to buy Boost Mobile or use its network, Washington Post reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-talks-buy-boost-mobile-or-use-its-network-washington-post-reports-2026-11-02/

Prior lawsuits against McDonald's.

https://www.newsweek.com/mcrib-lawsuit-advances-other-times-mcdonalds-food-went-to-court-12646413

So here's the blurb on McD's website. Describes what it is, including ingredients.

The McRib starts with seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and tangy pickles, all served on a toasted homestyle bun. When everything combines you have BBQ pork sandwich perfection. But its availability is limited—stay tuned at your local McDonald’s for when the McRib is available near you.

McRib Pork Patty

Ingredients: Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Rosemary Extract.

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcrib.html

Whether the designation "pork patty" includes pork rib meat or not, I still can't believe that someone would initiate a class action lawsuit over this.

@AndyD Love the rectory. The interior space is very inviting and I love the gardens.

More correctly, it would be the McFormedporkpatty.

Then there's this, in France. I bring you Croque McDo:

https://www.mcdonalds.fr/nos-produits/nos-burgers/croque-mcdo

@andyd - were those cases (yours and the person who got long covid) a while back? I thought that the current variants tend to be far less serious, more along the lines of the average case of the flu.

It's an RSS (rib-shaped sandwich).

"McRib" is just another in a long series of cute names that incorporate the "Mc" part of their name. Chicken McNuggets, McPlant (non-meat burger), McRice (Indonesia).

@realplayer

Actually, that is how it works.

From Mayo Clinic:

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine helps to keep you healthy. The vaccine protects against serious illness, the need for hospital care due to COVID-19 and death from COVID-19.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-vaccine/art-20484859

It may help some people to not get sick at all, but as importantly, it reduces the severity if you do get it. As @mik said, no worse than a day or two of feeling poorly, rather than getting severely ill and needing to be hospitalized. Especially important as we get older, as our immune systems are not as robust and we can't fight off various bugs as well as we did when we were younger.

I'm assuming it means the employer is matching 4% of the employee salary into a 401K or other tax-deferred plan. The employee would effectively be saving the equivalent of 8% of their salary. Compounded over time that's a pretty good chunk of change.

If that's what it is, I actually think it's quite good. It was for me. My company matched 3% and thirty years later I have a tidy retirement account.

The magic of compounding....

sturgeon