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WINNING! /s

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Isn't that a conflict of interest? They're seizing assets from the only bank that will lend money to their highest-ranking employee.

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https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://medium.com/@hrnews1/wage-theft-now-outnumbers-all-other-types-of-theft-in-the-u-s-reaching-482-million-10cf906cfe82

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Shouldn't they add in a list of US states?

Trump Demands Biden Take a Drug Test Before Debating and Claims the President Was ‘High as a Kite’ During the State of the Union ( www.mediaite.com )

“I just wanna debate this guy, but you know– and I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said as the audience cheered. “I am. No, I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite.”

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Trump needs to submit one first. Taken by an impartial authority. Throw in a proper cognitive test.

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I was just rewatching Midsomer Murders and there's a Russian Blue cat - KillMouski.

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Alawode-El asked for abortion pills to end her pregnancy. The CPC didn’t provide abortions, but of course they didn’t tell her that. “They said, ‘We’re out of stock right now, but call us next week.’” She did, and was told they were still out-of-stock and to call again next week. A week passed; she called again. They were still “out of stock.” Three weeks passed—three weeks Alawode-El was forced to remain pregnant when she didn’t want to be, three weeks waiting for something that wasn’t coming. “There was no Google back then,” she told Jezebel. “There was no way for me to get information on what was really going on, where I could really get help.”

That’s the goal of crisis pregnancy centers: To prevent or delay abortion by any means, including with bald-faced lies.

Bearing false witness? How christian of them.

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How careless do you have to be to just have ammo lying around, unknown to you? Here's a thought, T&C says they'll release them if they lose their right to own a gun in the US?

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You give your top talent what they want. The problem is that they hired a consultant to find out what that was. The consultant, knowing on which side his bread was buttered, told the board what they wanted to hear, which is, after all, why they hired a consultant instead of just asking.

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Somehow, I find it interesting he lives in Caesarea. The site of the martyrdom of Palestinian Jews. I wonder how Bibi spells irony.

During the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135 ce, the Romans tortured and killed the 10 greatest leaders and sages of Palestinian Jewry, including Rabbi Akiba. Caesarea was almost certainly the place of execution of Rabbi Akiba and the others according to tradition (c. 135 ce). The death of these Ten Martyrs is still commemorated in the liturgy for Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

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https://www.snopes.com/articles/466491/ages-founding-fathers-july-4-1776/

The signers of the Declaration of Independence. Lots of young 'uns in there.

Adams, John MA 40

Adams, Samuel 53

Bartlett, Josiah 46

Braxton, Carter 39

Carroll, Charles 38

Chase, Samuel 35

Clark, Abraham 50

Clymer, George 37

Ellery, William 48

Floyd, William 41

Franklin, Benjamin 70

Gerry, Elbridge 32

Gwinnett, Button 41

Hall, Lyman 52

Hancock, John 40

Harrison, Benjamin 50

Hart, John 65

Hewes, Joseph 46

Heyward Jr., Thomas 30

Hooper, William 34

Hopkins, Stephen 69

Hopkinson, Francis 38

Huntington, Samuel 45

Jefferson, Thomas 33

Lee, Francis Lightfoot 41

Lee, Richard Henry 44

Lewis, Francis 63

Livingston, Philip 60

Lynch Jr., Thomas 26

McKean, Thomas 42

Middleton, Arthur 34

Morris, Lewis 50

Morris, Robert 42

Morton, John 52

Nelson Jr., Thomas 37

Paca, William 35

Paine, Robert Treat 45

Penn, John 36

Read, George 42

Rodney, Caesar. 47

Ross, George 46

Rush, Benjamin 30

Rutledge, Edward 26

Sherman, Roger 55

Smith, James 57

Stockton, Richard 45

Stone, Thomas MD 33

Taylor, George PA 60

Thornton, Matthew 62

Walton, George 35

Whipple, William 46

Williams, William 45

Wilson, James 33

Witherspoon, John 53

Wolcott, Oliver 49

Wythe, George VA 50

Why Ukraine Should Keep Striking Russian Oil Refineries ( www.foreignaffairs.com )

Washington’s criticism is misplaced: attacks on oil refineries will not have the effect on global energy markets that U.S. officials fear. These s​trikes reduce Russia’s ability to turn its oil into usable products; they do not affect the volume of oil it can extract or export. In fact, with less domestic refining...

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You see? They are trainable. You just need to use a big enough rolled up newspaper being wielded by a lawyer.

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Follow the link in the article to his rant about Master Lock. WTF? How is this person allowed three feet away from his caretaker?

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But if he ordered a member of the military to do it, they are required to refuse illegal orders

But the argument is that if the President orders it, it's not illegal. Nixon tried that and got shot down.

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Let's see.
Email - Iceland
Web host - Iceland
VPN - Sweden
Backup - Norway

Did I miss anything?

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Wearing a hoodie with the words “We use Math” on the front, Google search boss Prabhakar Raghavan had an important message for employees at an all-hands meeting last month. But he first wanted them to settle in and get comfortable.

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Raghavan said Google’s digital ad business had become “the envy of the world.” He noted that over the last three years, annual revenue has grown by more than $100 billion, exceeding Starbucks, Mazda and TikTok combined.

Does this mean you'll be using math to pay them more for producing more? (have to add /s)

Some migrants flown by DeSantis to Martha’s Vineyard qualify for victim visas, feds say ( www.miamiherald.com )

Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the United States and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime, their attorney says....

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It's the end of the Twitter Caucus. Gaetz and MTG can go pound sand.

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So, when trump loses his reelection bid, and his cult takes to the streets...

Trump’s Brain Is Not Okay ( ghostarchive.org )

While for many it’s obvious how serious Trump’s declining mental capacity has become, for too many Americans that reality has not yet broken through. The media continues to treat Trump like a normal candidate; many Americans have baked Trump’s bizarre behavior into their perceptions of him; and many take right-wing lies...

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I believe the tell is in the degradation of his speech, both written and verbal.

Column: Jack Smith's latest push to get Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial moving before the election ( www.latimes.com )

"Given the importance of the trial schedule, the key practical question is whether the court focuses solely on Trump’s case or endorses immunity in other instances. Smith’s gambit is a fallback that would let the court order the trial to proceed even if its opinion extends to broader principles of immunity."

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Spoken (barely) like someone who has no idea what he's talking about. Before you respond, get a spell checker and brush up on your grammar.

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I've lived in the US for quite a few decades, but I'm still a German citizen. When asked why I don't take US citizenship, I give a three-part answer:

  1. I don't believe you can owe allegiance to two different entities at the same time.
  2. Between a German EU passport and a US Green Card, I can travel almost anywhere in the world.
  3. I f I ever run into legal troubles, first call is to the wife, second goes to the embassy.
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Citizenship is one thing, but allegiance is another.

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It's a long story for another time.

80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows ( www.smithsonianmag.com )

A new analysis released last week by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57 companies.

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Here you go:
https://carbonmajors.org/Entities

Elon Musk admits he has this secret account on X where he ‘pretends to be a child’ ( www.hindustantimes.com )

Elon Musk admitted to using two secret alternate accounts on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a deposition for a lawsuit against the billionaire. He said that he used some accounts on the social media site outside of his main public account when he was asked to clarify if he used an account on X that had been...

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Looks like a good reason to reject the bond in its entirety. It's obviously a bad faith attempt to get around the rules.

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I found ChatGPT to be indispensable in dealing with a nonsense homework assignment. I had to write a paper on a subject I knew about, but had to write it from a specific viewpoint and in far less time than would normally be allowed. I wrote up an outline, checked my sources, etc. Told ChatGPT to flesh it out. Read through the output, made some adjustments, and reprocessed. When I was happy with the result, I had it write a closing paragraph. Once again, read through the output, made adjustments, and reprocessed. Same with the opening paragraph.

Lastly, to remove all traces of AI, ran it all through QuillBot and had the input made more academic in some places, more casual in others.

Lesson: know your subject before attempting this. ChatGPT can be a time saver, but only if you already understand the output. Think of it as you would an advanced spelling and grammar checker. It's just another tool/ After all, if your boss told you to write something, and you could do it in a quarter of the expected time and still produce acceptable output, would they be upset?

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That's just it. You have to understand the output; otherwise you get very authoritative looking garbage.

I wrote some rudimentary Python code to do a job by brute force. On a whim, I asked ChatGPT to optimize the code. It did a pretty good job, but I still had to tweak it for my purpose.

‘Increasingly chaotic’: Why House Republicans are heading for the exits ( www.washingtonpost.com )

The decision to step back is yet another sign of the broader drop in morale within the GOP conference. Many Republican lawmakers have largely accepted that their inability to govern is a predicament of their own making. They acknowledge that overcoming their legislative impasse relies on not just keeping control of the House in...

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Can we please help him realize this? Start with locking him up for 27 years.

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The press has learned that "engagement" is the only way for them to survive. The problem is that they are generating a false narrative to attract more viewers. Basically, it's become clickbait. They refuse to show all the information because then voters would see it and stop viewing them daily.

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Revolutions start with "only this kind of people are allowed." Then they start refining what they mean by "this kind". Eventually, only a few people are in charge.

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Marine cope cage?

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The problem with desalination plants is the same as with nuclear power plants - what to do with all the waste.

https://www.wired.com/story/desalination-is-booming-but-what-about-all-that-toxic-brine/

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Both the RO and thermal methods are energy intensive, thus adding to climate change, thus adding to water scarcity,

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Vote to get ranked voting in place. Seems to be the best way to get your voice heard.

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Unlike the precision guided munitions, the new F-15s would need to be built from scratch. A US official said there are no plans to expedite delivery of the jets to Israel so, if approved, they would not be delivered to Israel for at least five years.

Is that enough time to vote in some Dems who will stop it?

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Attempting to disrupt trade between our two democratic states

Since when was Israel democratic? Bibi and Likud have certainly made every effort to turn it into a theocratic totalitarian state.

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North America was a beautiful place. Then the white man showed up. Been downhill ever since. So, yeah, immigration is a problem. Care to fix it?

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