Unfortunately, you’ll all have to be somewhat stoic today as we wish ron73440 a speedy recovery from his cough.
An open post for your commenting and time wasting pleasure.
Friday Afternoon Open Post
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Unfortunately, you’ll all have to be somewhat stoic today as we wish ron73440 a speedy recovery from his cough.
An open post for your commenting and time wasting pleasure.
oooh. another one!
https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-by-fbi-for-allegedly-helping-illegal-immigrant-evade-ice/
MOAR!
If I had no morals I think I would be a great mainstream journalist. I predict with 100% certainty this will be reported as a Constitutional crisis because Trump is using the DOJ as his personal gestapo to go after his political enemies.
“We dont hate America”
Yeah? Your revealed preferences say otherwise.
I have been saying since day one of this “sanctuary” bullshit that, while some of it is mere passive nonparticipation, some of it crosses the line to active aiding-and-abetting. Sending the agents away, and then personally taking the illegal through a nonpublic door to a nonpublic area of the building so they could evade the agents, crosses that line.
Shit, it is Friday already? I lost track.
Open post? Perfect.
FourScore and anyone else interested: https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2022/ars-developed-varroa-resistant-honey-bees-better-winter-survivors/
I have a local state Ag office here and an appt to meet with the agent on how to get these. Apparently I may be able to get one nuc from LSU and see how they do. Y’all might want to inquire with your own state.
Wrapped up my pistol permit hearing with the judge. He seemed to regard the process as a dull rpcoedural matter both for myself and the person who went before me, so I’m inclined to think I should get approved. Of course, that decision was not made today.
The decision was made in 1791. We need to force these scumbag criminals to obey it.
Alone, I don’t have much ability to make that happen.
The BoR didn’t apply to the states until 1868.
I disagree with those early Jurists who contorted to argue that somehow “The rights of the people… shall not be infringed” left any room for the states to infringe prior to the 14th. I can see where “Congress shall make no law” might not cover the states, who are not congress, but “Thre rights of the people” is a different kettle of fish.
The acknowledgement that people have inalienable rights that one government entity may not violate is not license for a different govt entity to violate those rights. The rights are inalienable by virtue of one being human and any violation by any entity is a trespass.
UCS, the BoR only bound the federal govt as it was an extension to the Constitution itself. It had no relevance to the states general police power (and I would say this was a flaw but not an obvious one at the time).
The Bill of Rights did not grant rights. It listed rights the Federal Government was forbidden to infringe. The Second Amendment did not originally apply against the States in the same way that it did not apply against foreign nations. It was a limitation on Federal power and as such not concerned with other governments.
The fact that there are still states that arent “shall issue” irks me.
Officially it is a shall issue process, but they’re making the steps to verify that you qualify as onerous as they can.
There should be no issuing. Govt is forbidden to blanket regulate a right only exercisable by special permission slip. It is the same totalitarian mentality as those who think only licensed journalists should have freedom of speech.
A permit is a prohibition wrapped in a bureaucracy. The permit itself is an infringement
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In her research on Americans, she said, she has seen that “one of the biggest things people think about when they think about having kids is ‘how does the future look?'” Respondents want stable housing, job security, health care, education and a good partner and worry about larger forces like politics and climate change.
These worries lead people to make a series of decisions to delay having children, with hopes of having them in the future. Guzzo said this pattern continues because “we aren’t giving people the societal supports to meet their visions of [being] a good parent.”
For her, that support could look like more government funding for health care, affordable housing, education and child care and addressing student loan debt and climate change.
You don’t say.
And, in exchange for this largesse and assistance, you will give your children over to the gentle indoctrination of the Total State and we will gallop down the road to Utopia.
So people want things to be their version of “perfect” before they start having kids. Shocking.
The mother is just the state’s incubator.
Since the beginning of time the social , cultural and political division has been between those who say “I am not your property” and those who say “Yes, you are.”
But who will
build the pryamids…I meanpick my cotton…no wait, work the fields!“Climate change” (on a human scale) is bullshit.
You can easily ignore “politics”.
You’re welcome, breeders.
Persistent coughs suck. I know.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/breaking/2025/04/25/milwaukee-county-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-by-feds-at-courthouse/83270885007/
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested, charged with 2 felonies in ICE case
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested April 25 by federal authorities and is being charged with felony counts of obstruction for her role in helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week, officials confirmed.
Delightful
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Her guest was before her on misdemeanor battery charges.
“The complaint alleges Flores-Ruiz punched another person 30 times, then struck a woman who tried to break up the melee.”
That seems like a lot of punching.
““First and foremost, I know — as a former federal prosecutor and as a defense lawyer for decades – that a person who is a judge, who has a residence who has no problem being found, should not be arrested, if you will, like some common criminal,” Gimbel said.”
Multi-tiered justice system FTW!
““First and foremost, I know — as a former federal prosecutor and as a defense lawyer for decades – that a person who is a judge, who has a residence who has no problem being found, should not be arrested, if you will, like some common criminal,” Gimbel said.”
Wut?
This is as bad as “Breaking the law is not a crime”.
Yes, it is. And if a judge acts like a common criminal they are a common criminal and should be treated as such.
They declared war and now they want to bitch about taking casualties? Tough shit.
It is anarchy
nO wOmAn-bEaTiNg hUmAn iS iLlEgAl
Hope ron feels better. I’m assuming he’s not up to date on all his vax boosters, otherwise he wouldn’t feel any better, but he’d be online telling everyone how much worse he’d be if he was unvaxxed.
Darnit, I knew I shouldn’t have picked up the Chestnut Paste Mochi… I’m liable to eat the whole pack and there’s waaaay too many carbs in a whole pack of Mochi.
Oh no doubt. I used to get a six-pack of these matcha-flavored ones from Kroger, then I realized that pack was almost 1000 calories.
I do get them occasionally to eat on long bike rides to keep my energy up, though.
*tap tap tap*
Japanese rice cakes? 🤢🤮
I just bought 4 Ritter Sports that my usual supermarket stopped carrying to take home with me. I could maybe eat 1 now.
Wrapped up my pistol permit hearing with the judge. He seemed to regard the process as a dull rpcoedural matter both for myself and the person who went before me, so I’m inclined to think I should get approved. Of course, that decision was not made today.
Land of the free, they said.
Home of the brave, they said.
About where? This is the PDRNY.
Land of the free, home of the slave
The uniformed are digging their own grave
Pay your bills, nutjob.
Look, what she does is super important to society, therefore it’s society’s duty to pay her way.
If every social worker in the US disintegrated into dust overnight, how long do your think it would be until the rest of us noticed?
I think we’d notice social media becoming way less horrible pretty quickly.
She’s kind of cute when she is angry. OTOH I’m glad she doesn’t live next door to me.
Brainwash kids from birth to wear the yoke and dont be surprised if they wake up one day and start complaining.
She seems well balanced. I’m going to assume her repayments were below the accrued interest, and that she took every deferment/payment break to “save money”.
Somehow, by paying the amount due on my mortgage payment for the past 10+ years, my balance has decreased by ~40%. Strange how paying bills reduces the principle.
My sister is a social worker for the VA and has never once complained about the loans she had to take out when getting her master’s because she knew what she was getting into to. She’s been tight with her money to pay more than the monthly payments required and now looking for a part time job to pay her loans off in a year.
Ed:
Good on your sister.
EvilSheldon – that is a question I have asked many times but not just about social workers. We should apply it across the board DOGE style and start making….some adjustments.
I’m not following her deal. For gov and nonprofit, 10 years of payments wipes out the loan with no taxes due on the forgiven amount.
Not only were payments paused for the past 3 years with zero interest accrued, but those 3 years counted towards the 10 years needed for public service loan forgiveness.
It’s a bit different than taking out a mortgage or car loan. The rules are ever-changing, but I have trouble understanding how any government or non-profit worker can be having difficulty with their loans. Pay pennies on the dollar and it gets wiped.
She’s a social worker, SSD. Not a mathematician!
Time to move out or start paying rent
California has become the world’s fourth-largest economy — bested only by the full U.S., China and Germany — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) office announced this week, citing new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
“California isn’t just keeping pace with the world — we’re setting the pace,” Newsom said Wednesday in a statement. “Our economy is thriving because we invest in people, prioritize sustainability, and believe in the power of innovation.”
The Golden State previously ranked fifth, but the state’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) hit $4.1 trillion last year, according to BEA’s preliminary data for 2024, besting Japan’s $4.02 trillion GDP during the period, per the IMF.
This claim is completely realistic.
We’re setting the pace in homelessness, that’s for sure.
“Gavin Newsome said….”
Ok, just stop right there.
How many people move out of California every year? Maybe all the billionaires stay but at some point you can’t run an economy without a middle class.
Open post!
If you would be so kind as to look at this and give your opinion on which font(s) you like best or none at all, I would be forever grateful.
Somehow, in the fixing of typos, I kinda sorta added enough that it required a new edition number and ISBNs. Oops.
I’m leaning toward 4 and 11. I think the title should stand out, but I also think some of the fonts are hard to read.
11 looks like The Drovigo to me.
She’s actually writing about a Canadian grocery store.
Well, that is unfortunate.
Je veux acheter de Pepsi et des Jos. Louis, s’il vous plait.
I like 4 and 7 because they are easy for me to read. ( comes in third for the same reason.
In other elements, I am disinclined towards those where the P leans left (8, 10) I don’t know why that attribute disagrees with me, but it does.
* 9 comes in third.
I’ll go with 7 as well.
Another vote for 7. If I have problems with reading the title, I would probably pass on it.
I’m with UnCiv.
I find most of the fonts difficult to read. 4, 5, 7, and 9 are easies to read. 5 seems to be the best balance between style and readability.
1, 4, 7. Not sure on a 4th, lots in the middle.
2 is just awful.
9 isnt bad either, add it to my “top four”. Although looking over again, 1 is a clear 4th, and maybe shouldn’t belong.
All the others have huge flaws.
7,4,9,1 in that order.
7 is likely my favorite, with 4 being a close second.
7
3 & 9 are tied for what looks best to me.
11 is no bueno.
4 and 5 work for me, because I can read them easier. 5 is similar to 11 but 5 seems to have less flourish than 11. And I prefer less flourish.
I kinda like 7.
#4 hands down.
7, then 4, then 9.
For a book cover? 7.
I dig some of the others but not for a cover.
3,5,7,9 Strike me as quickly readable, with 7 being the most attractive of those.
After working through some sans-serif fonts that all started to look the same, my goal became to have a dramatic masculine script.
XX googled dramatic masculine script and found #7.
4 and 7 are my favorites. 1, 2, 6, 8, and 11 are terrible. 3 would be okay but I don’t like the P.
*snicker*
7
A late vote for #4; it is easiest to read and I think that is important.
But the California Democrat warned that President Trump’s sweeping tariff hikes could threaten his state’s standing as a global economic powerhouse.
“While we celebrate this success, we recognize that our progress is threatened by the reckless tariff policies of the current federal administration,” the governor said. “California’s economy powers the nation, and it must be protected.”
Some protectionisms are more equal than others.
If it powers the countries economy, then why do you need our money?
This. A typical grifter.
I like the Interrupters
The lead singer also did work on the Ron Paul campaign back in the day. I got to read a lovely screed (long since removed) from a punk reviewer who was saying that no one should listen to the Interrupters, as they were espousing *gasp* libertarian ideas!
People might think for themselves!
no one should listen to the Interrupters, as they were espousing *gasp* libertarian ideas!
It’ll rot yer brainz!
Logistical nightmare
While the school board initially allowed parents to opt their kids out of regular classes with some LGBTQ+ content, the board eventually found that it was both too difficult and too disruptive to accommodate the number of opt-out requests.
Nobody wants their kids reading this fine enlightening literature. Not fair.
Here’s a crazy thought. Maybe keep that crap out of the curriculum.
Gee, too many opt out requests, what could that possibly mean? Mont-fucking-gomery county no less. Home of the mass of federal bureaucrats.
One child who doesn’t get to hear the gospel of trans is a too many!
Would NPR write this same headline if a school board voted to teach creationism?
So they made the argument that they should stop grooming kids in school altogether. It is too disruptive. Good.
Perhaps… make the QUILTBAG sex education an elective?
Sex ed of any kind should be an elective.
But the problem here is the gay stuff in say, English class. The plaintiff will correctly point out that all the other literature is full of hetero stuff and it’s NOT FAIR to exclude the homo stuff.
I’m not sure what the answer is (and no, much of it is not “groomer” material).
Separation of school and state is the obvious answer
rhywun:
Honestly, I didn’t even think about that side of it. I think one of the issues is that both sides are conflating “story with characters that happen to be gay” with “childrens books on gay sex”. Of the books that I remember us reading for school, the ones that had sex in it were Scarlet Letter, 1984, Brave New World, Ethan Frome (imagine the Grosse Point Blank scene here), Grapes of Wrath, and maybe one of the Faulkner books.
However, I don’t think anyone wants to read any gay characters written by most of those authors.
@rhywun, my kids went to a small rural-ish school. There were some books they were assigned to read in English with “adult themes”, and for each book they sent home a permission slip with an “alternate assignment” option. We didn’t opt out of any, but we did appreciate knowing what my kids were learning.
If you listen to the recording of Gorsuch questioning the school attorney, you’ll find it’s more than just a gay character in a story in English class. It’s spot the drag queen in a book for kids in elementary school, so very much groomer material in my opinion.
Did I miss this in recent sports links?
I didnt mind it…cause the Koreans kept that city from completely burning down in the 90s.
Maybe the schools should have special opt-in options for those parents who want their 7 year old kids exposed to the full glorious spectrum of human sexuality. I’m sure those classes would fill up in no time.
Back in the 80’s at Catholic school (I think it was the same for public school too), we were sent a note home before we saw the “puberty” video. Parents were given the options for their kid to see the video, not see it, or have a private showing with the parent present. Somehow that worked before email, text messaging, web portals, and robo-calls. But today with all that technology it’s “too difficult”.
Back in the 70’s the public schools sent home permission slips. There was no parent option. We later found out the few kids that were opted out got an extended recess.
Permissions slips required to attend the class trip to the trannie bar.
Or…and I am just spitballing here…Schools should teach basic birds and bees stuff about reproduction and leave personal sexuality to the people that gave birth to them, love them, and have their best interest at heart. Seems crazy so maybe that is just me.
Yep. ‘Sex’ ed should be basic human reproduction
Sex Ed is best learned in the back seat of a ’57 Chevy. Hands on training and all lab.
No shortage of population growth either.
There is a shortage of ’57 Chevies though.
Since when do planes have misting systems inside? Or have I just become an experimental subject?
That is vague enough for open post anarchy
I’m waiting to deplane, and there is mist being emitted from the ceiling. According to the card, it’s an airbus321 neo.
Sure it isnt just condensation? Outside temps can have weird effects inside
Not Adahn:
The pilot messed up, the contrail chemicals are supposed to go outside the plane.
This might not be real airliner. The goodbye/thank you for choosing us/apply for our credit card spiel was just “ok, bye.”
My guess is condensation.
On descent, the environmental control systems (i.e., cabin presssure and air conditioning) begin taking in outside air to refresh the cabin. If you are arriving where there is high humidity, you can get condensation for awhile.
Way more common on departure. It was almost like having rain in the cabin one day when leaving Singapore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fy4UScDWWc
They don’t play exit music like Delta?
If you’re flying out of the country, it might have been insecticide.
So yes.
Is a “misting system” an obnoxious, loud-talking guy in the seat behind you aerosolizing his gin and tonics all over the cabin?
“Keep hydrated!”
Experimenting with delivery of knockout gas for unruly passengers?
Clearly, you are produce in a high-end grocery store.
Are you calling him a vegetable?
JaimeRoberto:
Fruit is a kind of produce too…
Apparently two judges have been arrested now for interest with Federal agents. I did not have that on my bingo card.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-arrests-wisconsin-judge-accused-helping-illegal-immigrant-hide-ice-patel
Interference, not interest.
so fraternization is allowed?
BY FRATERNIZATION MEAN….
Looks like judge #1 is the judge who had a gang member as a tenant.
And judge number two actively hid a gang member in her courtroom from agents who were attempting an arrest.
Wasn’t there a judge in Oakland who did that? I seem to recall…
ISTR a Boston judge smuggling a deportee out of her courtroom some years back.
There was as ICE raid on a downtown coffee shop. The usual subjects are having kittens.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-wisconsin-congress
The Commies are pissed.
I’m staying the hell off social media for a while. I’m expecting to see smoke emanating from the phone sitting next to me.
It’s not like she dared to run for president.
TOK:
If it’s white, does that mean your phone has selected a new iPope?
“No one is above the law!”
‘Tish
Look, if judges aren’t allowed to exercise their First Amendment freedom of association to shack up with an illegal alien gang members, it’s a threat to Our Democracy.
More evidence that this is an elaborate “prisoner” style hoax: this driver is the same one I had last time.
Be seeing you…
You are Number 6.
Speaking of which, haven’t heard from in since la rona, have we?
Didn’t he bounce over to the Discord with several others?
Once you spot the Rover, you’ll know you’re done for.
CZ has released a carry version of the Shadow 2 (firing pin block, decocker, aluminum frame). If I lived in a state with less panicky concealment laws, I would be all over it
Huh. Interesting. With the decocker, that might actually be okay to carry.
My experience with the P-01 decocker has been a bloody and painful one, though. The lever hits me right in the web of my thumb. Never tried one on the Shadow 2 frame though.
This former cop is one of us.
Draws a line from Terry v Ohio to Uvalde
https://youtu.be/nxZaoyqylOE?si=Kr9dB3ovF_hnyGWE
Welp. Husband won me tickets to see Alison Krauss!!!
If I send you money, could he start buying Powerball tickets in my name?
He has yet to win big. I think the biggest prize he’s won on lotto is $1500, which he used to buy me a bigger diamond for my ring.
Awww
Teela Brown strikes again.
“More to come…”
🍆💦
Every time that guy opens his mouth I like him better and better.
Yep.
Agreed. He doesn’t seem the political type, just stays in his lane.
Bezos has his pawprints on it
Slate Auto, a firm backed in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is unveiling a low-cost electric truck that can also change into an SUV.
Its starting price point: $20,000 after federal EV incentives.
“A radically simple electric pickup truck that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV,” the Slate Auto website says. “Made in the USA at a price that’s actually affordable (no really, for real).”
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At less than 15 feet long, Slate says its more akin to a 1985 Toyota pickup.
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Earlier this month, TechCrunch broke the news that Bezos, along with the controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Walter; and a third investor, Thomas Tull, had helped Slate raise $111 million for the project. A document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission listed Melinda Lewison, the head of Bezos’ family office, as a Slate Auto director.
Sensei’s link this AM left out the Bezos connection.
And yes, something akin to the Toyota/Datsun pickups of the ’80s should be able to find buyers.
Personally, I’d rather have a 40 year old Toyota.
The pick up looks like it came straight out of a cartoon.
You know. At $20k, I may be interested.
$50 (refundable) to reserve one.
By the time they are available, I doubt the $7K tax subsidy will be available, so more like $27K.
Can I gut it and put an ICE in with carburator and no computer?
I wish JATNAS was still around, because I have just an observation, not a sermon.
In my job I work with a bunch of people of differing nationalities. They engage in collaborations with professors, researchers, etc.
My observation is that the Indian people collaborate with Indians. The Chinese people collaborate with Chinese. The white Europeans and white Americans collaborate with all nationalities and ethnicities.
🤔
I saw that when I was taking graduate classes.
Also, the Chinese were a bunch of flagrant cheats and were openly talking about tests in Mandarin during them. Maybe just the batch I had class with. In multiple classes.
I will say it again. If. you really want to see what racism looks like go outside the US.