I'm a bourbon aficionado. And I don't like paying high prices for my favorites any more than anyone else. But I've cut back on my intake. One of the reasons is, of course, I hate this administration with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.
But, I don't feel sorry for Kentucky, or any other distillery in the south (some of my favorite bourbon comes from Tennessee). FAFO, as they say.
What a dumbass ruling. By extension, your doctor can sell your health information because "free speech".
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Ruling allows teachers to inform parents of child’s gender identity
By Howard Blume A federal court ruling has
affirmed the free speech and religious rights of California teachers who want to tell parents about how their child is expressing gender identity at school, a victory for conservatives and parent-rights advocates that stands to rewrite state
school policies if upheld. In his late December
decision, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez concluded that federal law allows school employees to notify parents of “gender incongruence.” School staff members, he wrote, are free to make a personal decision to contact a parent with information about the possible LGBTQ+ identity of their child.
His court order also bars school districts from “misleading” parents related to “their child’s gender presentation at school.” School employees are prohibited from “directly lying to the parent, preventing the parent from accessing educational records of the child, or using a different set of preferred pronouns/names
Unless the school district has rules against it. Then the s̶n̶i̶t̶c̶h̶ teacher gets fired for breaking school district policy. How stupid are these people?
I for one cannot wait to be conscripted into the military, my body broken down and rebuilt into a cyborg killing machine whose free will is questionable at best.
I've never played WH40K, but that seems like the sort of thing that would be in it.
Y'know, between the electoral college, gerrymandering, and Citizens United; other nations could make a pretty convincing case that OUR elections aren't legitimate. Just sayin': if you're gonna kidnap Donny, you have to take his wife too. Fair's fair.
snark aside, I guess the best/only argument is that they're legal, within the framework of the laws of this country, such as it is. for the most part. so far.
The only response Venezuela should make is from the Middle East, “It’s me against my brother, my brother and I against our cousins, and our family against the world. If you’re in charge here, come try to run it.”
They do seem that insane. Are the oil fields even productive there? I have read that there IS oil there but that it's hard to mine and process. Is the oil wealth more than just talk?
I have no problem with sex workers, but my understanding is that OnlyFans is a rather nasty and exploitive company. Also too, for that type of work, why would you need to be in the US at all?
You know who else f'd around and found out (until he didn't)? Pedo Donnie who has not paid E Jean Carroll even one cent yet. Not to mention 34 felony convictions. Impeached twice, a world's record.
Aside from being wrong, they also shouldn't say shit like that as if it's normal. The Court is meant to determine things based on, you know, the law and the Constitution, not how popular the guy in the White House is.
They mean that the conservative court has, in the past, waited until Republican presidents lost their popularity, before pretending they were not the partisan hacks they were in case the replacing democrats were thinking about packin'
A quote directly from The Bureau of Making Shit Up. Half those (per)jurists are there because their masters were convinced that they'd be compliant troop and follow orders.
I am imagining the decision being engraved for embossment, on to the head of an appropriately sized mallet and delivered in a manner that Moe Howard would approve of...
I think birthright citizenship he loses on but he wins on tariffs and firings. Tariffs and firings aren't written into the constitution so (according to the UE theory), those powers are delegated to the president this is, in fact, an incorrectfinding as the original framers intended powers not designated in the constitution were intended to be delegated to the people (i.e. congress).
I hear you, but the fact is that they have been pretty good at finding against him on matters that are clearly outlined, especially with bony carrots and the arrogant one Kagan hates. That said, my confidence in my prediction is low.
I finally got a couple of watches fixed. So that's good. While it was a little expensive, place gives you cards for a five year warranty. Anything goes from between now and Jan 2031, and I get it fixed free XD.
This is the weirdest thing ever. I've just had an email from Cakes Jr's college informing me that they will be holding a "Run, Hide, Tell" drill. Basically a shooting event (or other attack) drill. In the 12 years of education Smshe has already been through, this is the very first time this kind of drill has happened.
Well done America, you seem yo very exporting your culture everywhere. Even to places that don't want it.
Last year I was the volunteer reader at my kid's kindergarten when they held the active shooter drill. 15 confused little children not quite understanding why they had to huddle in the corner and be quiet, and 4 adults holding back tears because this was how we live in trump's America.
We use ALICE, and the I is Inform, so maybe that? The A is Alert which is similar, but hey, someone's getting paid for their shitty shooter drill acronym.
Possibly because a shooter is the least likely scenario. I think the same drill applies to a knife attacker, or anyone else who might come onto college grounds intending to commit violence with any kind of weapon.
Run, hide, fight is meant to be instructive, as it's the options they want you to think you have in that situation. Of course, in reality, many schools are too small for run to not mean 'run right past the shooter,' and fight requires a lot more drilling than we do to possibly be relied upon.
To be fair, Cakes Jr has covered disarming someone wielding a knife as part of her self-defence classes. And a knife attacker is far more likely than a gunman (although still unlikely to occure). I would hope she would choose the option of "hise" rather than anything else, but if she was going yo attempt something stupid, at least I know she's had some training.
We call em active shooter drills. It used to be hide and crouch (not lay down) and don't make noise. Now it is get the fuck out and if you can't, throw things at him.
My favorite bit is part of it is locking your building, and they come and check. But you have to go OUTSIDE to lock the building. So...er...
They're pretty good about keeping me up to date about Cakes Jr's education. You've got to remember that our college is not like your college, it's more like the last 2 years of your High School, only more specialised towards the career the child want to have when they leave school.
During the lunatic's first go, I contributed mightily to the education funds of the offspring of the proprietors of unlicensed sellers of beverage alcohol. Drinking more for effect than the society of eccentric folk who aren't bomb throwing Ignoramuses...
When he lost, it was like a heat wave broke and the neighborhood relaxed. With the regime installed, tension and anxiety are back, big...
"I'm looking at remodeling my kitchen, maybe a new car" says the shebeen owner.
"Wut?" Asks I...
"Well, you guys put my last kid through college 4 years ago. it's ME time!"
In the way of these things, I have an uncle who is only a couple years older than me. Never left Ireland before, not even to travel within Britain. Doesn't seem possible but that's the claim. He is coming to Chicago to persuade me to pull up sticks and go back with him..."You may not get to leave later...". I can't say whether this is a representative or consensus opinion of the first world outside the US, but it's sure prevailing among me and mine...
After plummeting to all-time lows during the pandemic, delinquencies on credit cards and auto loan debt increased to levels not observed since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), raising concerns about the health of household balance sheets...
"Huh? Wha' hoppen?"
- Kentucky Trump voters
I plan to join the Canadian Club at sundown.
I'm a bourbon aficionado. And I don't like paying high prices for my favorites any more than anyone else. But I've cut back on my intake. One of the reasons is, of course, I hate this administration with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.
But, I don't feel sorry for Kentucky, or any other distillery in the south (some of my favorite bourbon comes from Tennessee). FAFO, as they say.
Fuck Trump.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽'𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵
He got a taste of violence and clearly wants more.
https://shorturl.at/iFETH [Public Notice]
I figure it is more his base is suddenly less whiny about the groceries that he got a taste for
Short term gain of course, but these chuds are all about the short term gain
Draft-dodging bone-spur cadet from the reform school he had to attend really seems scared by the EPSTEIN files. Why is that?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. "𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴," 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺, "𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘈𝘐. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, '𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.'
"𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, '𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10, 20, 30 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴."
𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢: 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
There is no automated substitute for experienced staff, and 'if there's one thing AI has a never-ending thirst for ... it's data'
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/02/safe_ceo_interview/
Wut Kud Go Rong?
What a dumbass ruling. By extension, your doctor can sell your health information because "free speech".
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Ruling allows teachers to inform parents of child’s gender identity
By Howard Blume A federal court ruling has
affirmed the free speech and religious rights of California teachers who want to tell parents about how their child is expressing gender identity at school, a victory for conservatives and parent-rights advocates that stands to rewrite state
school policies if upheld. In his late December
decision, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez concluded that federal law allows school employees to notify parents of “gender incongruence.” School staff members, he wrote, are free to make a personal decision to contact a parent with information about the possible LGBTQ+ identity of their child.
His court order also bars school districts from “misleading” parents related to “their child’s gender presentation at school.” School employees are prohibited from “directly lying to the parent, preventing the parent from accessing educational records of the child, or using a different set of preferred pronouns/names
Np the press. It is not a victory for parent-rights advocates.
It is only a victory for conservative assholes. They can CLAIM they are about parent rights but they are not in fact about that at all
Unless the school district has rules against it. Then the s̶n̶i̶t̶c̶h̶ teacher gets fired for breaking school district policy. How stupid are these people?
think that is what this ruling is for. To prevent that firing
Well, Jen, if you break your employers policy, what happens to you?
According to this justice? Nothing.
It is free speeches
Yeah ... the business world is going to wake up one morning very soon and realize their contracts are worthless.
These poor kids have NO protection at all.
We really never did.
That HAS to change.
Gawd dammit, I have GOT to go to law school.
do it.
Insomnia sucks.
I'm so tired of insomnia. But, not tired enough, I guess.
Fuck Trump.
as does bowel prep.
I wish I could make that a more dignified, comfortable process.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥: 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘗𝘊-157 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘉-500 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 (𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘈𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 “𝘖𝘻𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮”), 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 — 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵-𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 — 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴.
𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘆-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/chinese-peptides-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BlA.JQJb.-vTE8BqnkrK0&smid=url-share
So? What could possibly go wrong, in this best of all possible worlds?
"Does your child have 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 eyes? How is that even possible?"
"Are you making fun of my son's infirmity?!"
Things that bring us closer to the Warhammer 40K universe should be avoided.
I for one cannot wait to be conscripted into the military, my body broken down and rebuilt into a cyborg killing machine whose free will is questionable at best.
I've never played WH40K, but that seems like the sort of thing that would be in it.
Navigators?
So, on top of everything else wrong with tech, they're high all the time, in one variety or another.
If you shake Elon his whole body rattles now, not just his brain.
His brain doesn't rattle. It sort of sloshes, like if you've ever filled a welly with Tizer.
ok, so a welly is er, a rubber boot? Or a condom? some sort of rubber thing meant to prevent leakage anyway. And Tizer is some sort of beer?
I share your curiousity, and confusion...
https://www.wellywarehouse.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOopYJgnq-nB1X_72oKXKyYsmlUTQZt36XEZLIhflc5_Bgu6-V_Rf
Wellies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizer
Tizer
yay rubber boot! *pats pre-caffeinated brain*
I can honestly say I've never filled a welly with Tizer. And I'm a pretty open-minded chap!
Well, what have you been doing with all your Tizer then?
"Yes, you can absolutely mix Tizer with booze, and the best choice is vodka."
https://www.thestreetfoodguy.com/what-is-tizer/
That tech culture must be awful.
A1 will fix everything!
I don't think peptides get you high (or do anything, for that matter).
No, but everything else they're doing, and anything for 'focus' without a ADHD diagnosis, is messing with their heads.
It's the untreated ADHD if you ask me.
I think it more likely that people who work 80 hour weeks think the drugs make them productive.
Totally agree.
Y'know, between the electoral college, gerrymandering, and Citizens United; other nations could make a pretty convincing case that OUR elections aren't legitimate. Just sayin': if you're gonna kidnap Donny, you have to take his wife too. Fair's fair.
And kids.
and his anal warts like Bannon and Miller
perhaps we should charter them a bus
I would love to hear the argument that they 𝘢𝘳𝘦 fair...
According to this, you're a "deficient democracy "
https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking
The Economist also not too sure about you...
https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking
Hmmmm, better than Cape Verde, but not as good as 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭...
I think Democracymatrix is being kind...
snark aside, I guess the best/only argument is that they're legal, within the framework of the laws of this country, such as it is. for the most part. so far.
"Since they're legal, they 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 be fair! It's Ipso Dumbo!!"
The view of the contemporary judiciary
also too, tipping is appreciated. cash only please.
"We may be crooked as hell, but we're too smert for crypto..."
wouldn't put it past Alito
key-rect!
They aren't.
The only response Venezuela should make is from the Middle East, “It’s me against my brother, my brother and I against our cousins, and our family against the world. If you’re in charge here, come try to run it.”
Time for Venezuelan to form a coalition.
Wait- is there some sort of organisation of countries that produce and sell petroleum outside their own borders?
I was out walking yesterday and pondered the ramifications if OPEC decided to act in solidarity with Venezuela and impose an oil embargo on the US.
Well, fortunately I get my electric from wind power.
I'd have the oil fields and refineries wired to explode on a minute's notice.
I was wondering what sabotage methods would be used.
Nothing fancy; high explosives work best.
They do seem that insane. Are the oil fields even productive there? I have read that there IS oil there but that it's hard to mine and process. Is the oil wealth more than just talk?
The Homunculus says it's the oil; Rubio denies it but his words are so much flatus.
Venezuela's a member of OPEC, and we haven't heard from them yet.
I worry that Rubio is not paying enough attention to his Archivist work. \s
He's up to like 8 jobs now.
He's stupid enough to hear the word oil and not have the knowledge to back it up. Rubio's got some 'splaining to do.
The enshittifcation continues ...
𝗨𝗦 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢-𝟭𝗕 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 “𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹” 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 — Work permits increasingly being awarded on basis of online reach, favouring content creators
https://shorturl.at/61LLn [Financial Times]
Influencers and Onlyfans models...
The cosmetic surgery industry is guerrilla marketing...
I have no problem with sex workers, but my understanding is that OnlyFans is a rather nasty and exploitive company. Also too, for that type of work, why would you need to be in the US at all?
Customers want in person interactions.
tax rate for millionaires is favorable?
Sure. Why the fuck not.
The Hill: Hegseth: Maduro ‘f’d around and he found out’ [https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5671213-maduro-captured-us-airstrikes-hegseth/]
You know who else f'd around and found out (until he didn't)? Pedo Donnie who has not paid E Jean Carroll even one cent yet. Not to mention 34 felony convictions. Impeached twice, a world's record.
What exactly did Maduro do to set this off?
Not be a Honduran ex-president drug lord?
Because that one got a preemptive pardon, right?
He danced better than Donald.
No, really. That's a theory.
https://bsky.app/profile/esghound.com/post/3mbo7ga3pm22k
No fair! He moved his feet!
What an asshole.
Seriously.
We have friggin' fifth-graders running the place.
The fifth-graders that spend most afternoons in detention.
I spent most my afternoons in detention in fifth grade. And sixth. And fourth. And most the rest of it but I digress.
I have yet to bomb a random country and abscond with it's leader.
They won't let you. Not with all that on your Permanent Record.
I can still recite certain parts of the code of conduct by memory.
Those bits involving dress code violations and absenteeism anyway
😂💗💪🔥💯🤩😂😎
AP: A Paris court found Monday 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations she was born a man. [https://apnews.com/article/brigitte-macron-ruling-cyberbullying-france-5f78de63dc14f765e509a004006808a2]
You're next, Candace.
I believe that the Macrons and Candace "Oreo" Owens are already in court.
It's "Holiday Hangover" Monday. So ... we need some early morning hopium.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 '𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀': 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴.
"𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴," 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘕𝘉𝘊.
https://www.alternet.org/supreme-court-trump-2674846365/
𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴
The fuck NBC?
They sure made sure to hand Biden his losses pretty fucking quick
Aside from being wrong, they also shouldn't say shit like that as if it's normal. The Court is meant to determine things based on, you know, the law and the Constitution, not how popular the guy in the White House is.
They mean that the conservative court has, in the past, waited until Republican presidents lost their popularity, before pretending they were not the partisan hacks they were in case the replacing democrats were thinking about packin'
Journalists should, generally, say what they mean.
What? And be accused of being too liberal by not whitewashing everything conservatives do to make it sound normal?
The hell you say!
A quote directly from The Bureau of Making Shit Up. Half those (per)jurists are there because their masters were convinced that they'd be compliant troop and follow orders.
This is the sort of insightful journalism you get from a ̷c̷r̷a̷c̷k̷ ̷t̷e̷a̷m̷ ̷o̷f̷ ̷p̷r̷o̷f̷e̷s̷s̷i̷o̷n̷a̷l̷ ̷j̷o̷u̷r̷n̷a̷l̷i̷s̷t̷s̷ ̷ toaster oven.
hey, my toaster over does better journalism than that!
Yeah, but Joe was illegally elected, what with being a Democrat and all. /eye_roll
I am imagining the decision being engraved for embossment, on to the head of an appropriately sized mallet and delivered in a manner that Moe Howard would approve of...
"When I move my head, hit it!"
I think birthright citizenship he loses on but he wins on tariffs and firings. Tariffs and firings aren't written into the constitution so (according to the UE theory), those powers are delegated to the president this is, in fact, an incorrectfinding as the original framers intended powers not designated in the constitution were intended to be delegated to the people (i.e. congress).
I don't think he's going to lose on birthright citizenship, not with this court. forgive me my pessimism.
They'll redefine 𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 if they have to.
I hear you, but the fact is that they have been pretty good at finding against him on matters that are clearly outlined, especially with bony carrots and the arrogant one Kagan hates. That said, my confidence in my prediction is low.
I also expect him to lose on that one, but I will not be surprised if I am wrong. It is sad that that's where we are.
To thin-skinned Widdle Babby Donnie, a "major legal loss" is anything worse than having to pay a parking ticket.
do you think he's ever paid a parking ticket??
No, he doesn't drive, he makes the driver pay them.
Once upon a time...
https://tinyurl.com/2u7umka8
Maybe that's where he gets his gas price numbers from..
Believe it when I see it.
https://tinyurl.com/bdznxe9d
GMTA
I finally got a couple of watches fixed. So that's good. While it was a little expensive, place gives you cards for a five year warranty. Anything goes from between now and Jan 2031, and I get it fixed free XD.
I am a firm believer in celebrating good things...
I would have to try and avoid recklessness... "Well, that bungee jump could've ended better, but you can get the watch fixed, free!"
Can that place fix our government?
There's only two guys there but you can always ask.
(wanking motion)
I'll believe it when I see it!
Definitely.
This is the weirdest thing ever. I've just had an email from Cakes Jr's college informing me that they will be holding a "Run, Hide, Tell" drill. Basically a shooting event (or other attack) drill. In the 12 years of education Smshe has already been through, this is the very first time this kind of drill has happened.
Well done America, you seem yo very exporting your culture everywhere. Even to places that don't want it.
Last year I was the volunteer reader at my kid's kindergarten when they held the active shooter drill. 15 confused little children not quite understanding why they had to huddle in the corner and be quiet, and 4 adults holding back tears because this was how we live in trump's America.
Tell?
Here in 'Merica, it's Run, Hide, Fight. I'm confused by Tell, but suspect it's better.
We use ALICE, and the I is Inform, so maybe that? The A is Alert which is similar, but hey, someone's getting paid for their shitty shooter drill acronym.
why not just call it a shooter drill? Too negative?
Possibly because a shooter is the least likely scenario. I think the same drill applies to a knife attacker, or anyone else who might come onto college grounds intending to commit violence with any kind of weapon.
keep forgetting you are not in the states.
Here, a shooter is of course the most likely scenario.
Do i need to change my name to "Mrs Cakes, UK Wonker" or something?
naw I just need more caffeine XD
Or more sleep. One of those. Possibly both
Run, hide, fight is meant to be instructive, as it's the options they want you to think you have in that situation. Of course, in reality, many schools are too small for run to not mean 'run right past the shooter,' and fight requires a lot more drilling than we do to possibly be relied upon.
To be fair, Cakes Jr has covered disarming someone wielding a knife as part of her self-defence classes. And a knife attacker is far more likely than a gunman (although still unlikely to occure). I would hope she would choose the option of "hise" rather than anything else, but if she was going yo attempt something stupid, at least I know she's had some training.
We call em active shooter drills. It used to be hide and crouch (not lay down) and don't make noise. Now it is get the fuck out and if you can't, throw things at him.
My favorite bit is part of it is locking your building, and they come and check. But you have to go OUTSIDE to lock the building. So...er...
Your kid's college emailed you, the parent? That's the real insanity.
They're pretty good about keeping me up to date about Cakes Jr's education. You've got to remember that our college is not like your college, it's more like the last 2 years of your High School, only more specialised towards the career the child want to have when they leave school.
Ah, okay! That makes more sense!
During the lunatic's first go, I contributed mightily to the education funds of the offspring of the proprietors of unlicensed sellers of beverage alcohol. Drinking more for effect than the society of eccentric folk who aren't bomb throwing Ignoramuses...
When he lost, it was like a heat wave broke and the neighborhood relaxed. With the regime installed, tension and anxiety are back, big...
"I'm looking at remodeling my kitchen, maybe a new car" says the shebeen owner.
"Wut?" Asks I...
"Well, you guys put my last kid through college 4 years ago. it's ME time!"
In the way of these things, I have an uncle who is only a couple years older than me. Never left Ireland before, not even to travel within Britain. Doesn't seem possible but that's the claim. He is coming to Chicago to persuade me to pull up sticks and go back with him..."You may not get to leave later...". I can't say whether this is a representative or consensus opinion of the first world outside the US, but it's sure prevailing among me and mine...
Then there's this
𝘼 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨
After plummeting to all-time lows during the pandemic, delinquencies on credit cards and auto loan debt increased to levels not observed since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), raising concerns about the health of household balance sheets...
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/a-note-on-recent-dynamics-of-consumer-delinquency-rates-20251124.html
I wonder if that is driving the increase in phishing cons (YOUR PAYMENT FAILED...CARD DECLINED... URGENT, ACCOUNT SUSPENSION)...
Interesting times, interesting times...
Ah.
So now we got CEOs quietly cashing out, rising unemployment /during/ a holiday season, rampant inflation, and skyrocketing delinquencies.
But certainly not a recession
btw the press, the GFC was also a fucking recession jesus fuck the lies we tell ourselves