I’m still not over the utter destruction of Sun by fucking Oracle.

Writing sql is just like writing anything else, but uppercase.

Well, yes. But this time they mean it. It’s completely different.

Um, so did they say what blender it was?

You haven’t really won until everyone is in jail.

Are those Windows only?

That’s what many people hope for. But then it’s the US, so anything goes.

The constitution says that you can only do it once a year. Which makes sense as you have to deal with the stupid decisions you make.

Only in the colonies, so that was allowed!

I expect that as a random US person, coming onto a native, you have at least spent some university time on European political systems to have some arguments?

1. the constitution doesn’t allow for another election
2. there’s actually never been such a situation in this constitution (yes, our constitutions are just laws, not gods given sacred scrolls, so we change them whenever they’re no longer adequate), and the current politicians cannot fathom working without a majority (although that was typical in the third and fourth republic, and in a lot of the other euro countries)
3. the president wants a so called “technical” government that will just do as it’s told while the chambers fight among themselves

And yes, it’s a shitshow. Shall we go back to how you’re about to elect an insane game show host along with a guy that’s had half his brain eaten by a worm?

While Greece was arguably mismanaged, it didn’t deserve the harshness it got. But the same political mess could well be in the future of France.

You can’t repeatedly dissolve the chamber. I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

The real problem isn’t with the constitution. It’s with the fact that the French are no longer able to create coalitions around a project. The whole political system is built around the idea that one group has a majority and does as it pleases until the next election. Talking to others is completely alien to them. And that is a real problem.

Most of the other European countries work with coalitions. It makes much more sense (I understand that this is alien to US people).

It’s still riots. But on TV and with ties on.

will learn to compromise and make a coalition

Lol. You’re new to French politics?

Macron holds the presidency and appoints the PM.

The big debate is on whether he “appoints” the PM or “picks” the PM.

The constitution doesn’t exactly specify which, and usage was that he would appoint the one issued from the majority vote (but there’s no majority, there’s just one group that’s a wee bit larger). So he’s having his fun, pretending to have a chat with everybody, while knowing all the time that they can really all fuck off and the he’ll do as he pleases.

In the end he’ll most likely have what they call a “technical” government made of non political ministers that will just do as they’re told, because the chambers will be too busy infighting to do anything about it.

Not possible, there’s a one year delay.

Who would miss the kremlin anyway?

The hamas attack was a godsend for the Israeli government. They couldn’t have done better themselves.

Better than Seats as a Service I suppose.

I never noticed auto aim in doom.

Granted it was a long time ago, but I think I would have noticed.