Atari has updated the 7800 with an HDMI port and wireless controllers and announced ten new games.

If you want wireless controllers or prefer the 7800 form factor, this is the retro Atari cartridge-playing console. The 7800 has always been backward compatible with the VCS/2600/Telegames cartridges, but the 7800 versions are always better. — Read the rest

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There is a disturbance in the force, and his name is Nubs.

Disney has a fairly sweeping Star Wars High Republic story going. Everything from live-action to books, video games, audio dramas, comics, cartoons, and tie-in merchandise abound. With the cancellation of The Acolyte, however, if you want to watch High Republic Jedi do their thing, Nubs is your guy. — Read the rest

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Nikki Haley caved, endorsed adjudicated rapist Donald Trump, and hit her former followers with a cease-and-desist order for supporting President Harris, but it hasn't shut them up.

A couple of weeks ago, we shared the story of Haley Voters for Harris getting CND'd by their former candidate. — Read the rest

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Rather than apologize or praise recipients of the nation's highest Military honor, Donald Trump explained how being good at sports is cooler than winning an MOH.

One of the most shocking things about Donald Trump has been the support he received from our armed services and veterans. — Read the rest

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Some fantastic Mickey Mouse storytelling lives in "Epic Mickey," this new version looks fantastic!

Epic Mickey, released in 2010, was only available on the Wii. While the story and characters were fantastic, the gameplay was what I'd describe as "puke-tastic," with the camera swinging all over space. — Read the rest

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Flailing, the Trump Campaign attempted to spin the disastrous story of Vance yelling at his son to shut up so he could accept the job of VP to "America's Hitler."

By now, we all know that JD Vance chose to be Trump's Vice President over helping his son catch all the Pokemon. — Read the rest

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Candidate for President Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a video recounting the previously little-known tale of "When RFK Jr. dumped a dead bear in Central Park."

Still perhaps a better candidate than Donald Trump, but not by far, RFK Jr. posted a video of himself telling a weird story on social media. — Read the rest

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An energized Harris campaign more than doubled Trump's July fundraising.

The Harris campaign has raised a record-breaking $310 million in record time. New and smaller donors are helping fund the campaign, while Trump's enthusiasm seems to be waning. Getting outraised in the month, the Republicans held their convention by a fresh out-the-gates candidate has to hurt. — Read the rest

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In a Friday morning appearance at Trump Tower, a disheveled Orange Menace loosed a speech so befuddled as to be labeled "surprisingly incoherent" even for him.

CNN panelist and Bloomberg columnist Nia-Malika Henderson hit the nail on the head when she declares Trump's typically incoherent and punctuated with odd calls to "Mama" campaigning one-upped by this post-conviction real-life display of "Old man yells at cloud." — Read the rest

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson offers despondent MAGA behatted morons crying in their Not-Bud-Lite the bonkers idea that the Supreme Court of the United States of America is somehow managing the NY criminal justice system.

Implying that he has spoken to "many" Supreme Court Justices about felonious Donald Trump's 34 criminal convictions, MAGA Mike is creating a situation where even if his silly claim is true "many" Justices should recuse themselves because of it. — Read the rest

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Mechanical calculators are fascinating. They represent the early ingenuity and groundbreaking prowess that paved the way for modern computing. While the iPhone or Android device you are likely reading this on is exponentially more powerful and useful, these devices are where it all began! — Read the rest

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As things usually go in Donald Trump's Republican Party, the money is all his, and anyone who tries to take so much as a penny is gonna answer to The Orange Menace.

Immediately following his criminal convictions, adjudicated rapist, real estate fraud, and convicted felon, Donald Trump started fundraising. — Read the rest

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This video of builders making something ridiculous is a fantastic way to enjoy my Sunday AM coffee.

An electric skateboard motor with a giant battery packed into a suitcase is fun for zipping around airports, but I don't need the TSA's involvement in my day. — Read the rest

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I often find my Gen X friends fondly remember a ride that was pretty lame: Disneyland's motorboats.

A frequent thing for friends to ask, as we walk past the Matterhorn, but rarely ride, is, "Didn't there used to be motorboats here?" — Read the rest

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I often find my Gen X friends fondly remember a ride that was pretty lame: Disneyland's motorboats.

A frequent thing for friends to ask, as we walk past the Matterhorn, but rarely ride, is, "Didn't there used to be motorboats here?" — Read the rest

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I often find my Gen X friends fondly remember a ride that was pretty lame: Disneyland's motorboats.

A frequent thing for friends to ask, as we walk past the Matterhorn, but rarely ride, is, "Didn't there used to be motorboats here?" — Read the rest

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Judge Engoron closed the loopholes and removed opportunities that Donald Trump's folks built to disappear the collateral and approved the $175 million bond.

The $175 million bond that Trump and his friend, Don Hankey, posted to stave off collections in his civil fraud judgment is good enough for Judge Engoron. — Read the rest

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Anti-vax legislation by New Hampshire Republicans has cleared one house and appears headed for the governor's desk.

Republican-controlled New Hampshire appears poised to become the first in the nation to remove restrictions requiring children to receive a base level of vaccination against things like measles, polio, and the mumps to gain admittance to public school. — Read the rest

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Eighty-two years ago, Jane Moursund was given a signed Walt Disney copy of Snow White. Today, the book is estimated to be worth ten thousand dollars.

Moursund noted that she was more interested in the images and story as a child than Walt Disney's autograph, but now she is glad she held on to the gift all these years. — Read the rest

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No one will be surprised that Stinky Donald's Bible is a cheap ripoff, perfectly representing his grift.

YouTuber Tim Wildsmith got a copy of Trump's "patriotic" Bible. The typeface is hard to read, the paper is cheap, the cover is low quality, and all in all, it is a perfect representation of the salesperson. — Read the rest

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Cow fighter and Trump Media CEO "Devin Nunes is the proverbial loser who tries to blame 'naked short selling' for his falling stock price," said Citadel Securities.

Trying to explain why DJT's stock price was in free fall, CEO Devin Nunes blamed "naked short selling." — Read the rest

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Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crisply explains why the upcoming elections are so important: Trump "seeks to dismantle American democracy."

Medhi Hasan asks the congressperson from New York what she tells people reluctant to vote for a President enabling Israel's war of retribution in Palestine. — Read the rest

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This Daily Show segment on the border security circus in Eagle Pass, Texas, fully displays the Republican political stunt.

The Republicans are beating a drum about the border, even though most Americans recognize they could have passed the laws and policies they were looking for and just wanted their favorite issue to remain available to them. — Read the rest

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As the United States Presidential contenders are now set, late-night host Seth Meyers rattles off Donald Trump's long list of "qualifications."

Republican voters should be reminded, at every opportunity, that their party has chosen such a loathsome clown to be their candidate. — Read the rest

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From a scary kitchen, Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama gave a scary speech that confused more than scared people.

After apparently spending far too much time with Speaker Mike Johnson's face coach, Senator Katie Britt gave the worst rebuttal to a State of the Union I can recall seeing. — Read the rest

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I do not understand, and I do not think Donald Trump does either, what the cash-poor deranged leader of the Republican party is saying here.

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The west coast of California continues its drama series of winter 2024 storms as Yosemite National Park braces for "several" feet of snow by telling tourists to go now!

When caught in snow, people traveling through California's Sierra Nevada, near Yosemite itself, have been known to eat one another. — Read the rest

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Tra-la-la, kids!

The theme of this fantastic children's show, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, will be stuck in my head all day. You can enjoy it too!

Gen X doesn't care about much because the world lets us down and isn't this much fun. — Read the rest

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MAGA moron and Trump sycophant Marjorie Taylor Greene got called out for grifting in the style of her orange idol.

Georgia Congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene is grifting off the invented border crisis while doing all she can to prolong it. Greene is called out; any credibility she may feign to possess is shredded. — Read the rest

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CNN's MJ Lee calls out President Biden's new strategy for what it is: calling out the crazy shit Trump says!

This clip is just fantastic. The media loves to give Trump a pass on all his slurring, transposing, and garbling of words, names, and concepts, so President Biden is directing his campaign to step it up. — Read the rest

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Adjudicated rapist, 91-times charged criminal defendant, and babbling orange menace Donald Trump is promising mass deportations and the creation of detention camps for asylum seekers. Still, the media is focused on President Biden's age.

Through a spokesweasel, Donald Trump is vowing to mobilize the military to aid in mass deportations and to construct detention camps to hold all the people they round up. — Read the rest

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Ranked 50th out of 50 states for education, West Virginia is considering a new law to allow for the prosecution of librarians.

A new bill in West Virginia will allow librarians, museum staff, or school employees to be imprisoned if a minor obtains materials deemed "obscene." — Read the rest

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Justice Samuel Alito believes the First Amendment gives bigots the right to serve on juries.

Supreme something or other, Justice Alito protested the court's refusal to take up a case wherein people with an admitted bias against a litigant were denied seats on a jury. — Read the rest

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In a move that seems destined to piss off over half the US electorate, Nikki Haley has pledged to pardon Trump if convicted.

Conditional supporter of women's rights Nikki Haley has said she'd pardon the Orange Menace if he is convicted of a Federal crime. — Read the rest

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Trucker "Chicago Ray" has backed down and changed his tune a couple of times about an alleged "Trucker Boycott" of New York City in support of his hero, adjudicated rapist, real estate fraud, and revoker of women's rights Donald J. Trump. — Read the rest

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