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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:22:17 GMT -8
If a short psychic broke out of jail, then you'd have a small medium at large.
Most psychics are sick a lot. It is rare to find a well medium.
WTF is Happening In Russia? You Know Something is Happening There, But You Don't Know What It Is. Do You, Mr Jones.
The Basic Facts
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of "treason" and vowed to crush the growing armed rebellion.
Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group and once a confidant of the Russian leader, claimed that he and his fighters had taken Rostov-on-Don, where the Russian military headquarters overseeing the war in Ukraine is based.
The mercenary rebels appeared to be heading north toward the capital, with fighters reported to be moving through areas a few hundred miles away from Moscow.
Prigozhin on Friday accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering a rocket strike on Wagner’s camps in Ukraine, and vowed to punish “those who destroyed our lads.”
The Situation
Prigozhin is a vile, sadistic pig. His replacing Putin would be like replacing Stalin with Hitler or vice versa.
The distraction inside Russia is likely to help Urkaine, at least in the short run. In any event, Wagner Group fighters are more effective that Russian Army fighters, and Wagner has left the building.
Prigozhin is likely to lose, unless he can convince Russian army commanders to join him.
Putin's best move is to kill Prigoszhin and keep some version of Wagner Group. However, he may feel the need to obliterate it.
Is there any chance, this is an elaborate hoax by Russia to trick Urkaine in some way?
This is not the Ballad of a Thin Man. There are few thin men in Russia.
An Update (If It is True)
The boss of Russia's Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says its mercenaries have seized "all military facilities" in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
They are also said to have deployed in Voronezh, further north, following his threat to march on Moscow to topple Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
There have also been sightings of Wagner vehicles on the highway linking Voronezh to Moscow.
Bland on the Run?
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's plane left Moscow on the afternoon of June 24 amid an ongoing rebellion led by PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project said on Telegram on June 24, citing data from the Flightradar24 service.
Read also: Lukashenko's business jet lands in Turkey – media
The Russian government’s Il-96−300PU aircraft took off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:16 local time and headed for Valdai, one of Putin’s residences, it said.
However, Hajun said it was not known who was on board the plane, although it was an aircraft which has been used by the Russian dictator several times.
Mama!!
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:30:14 GMT -8
The Job Is Probably Still OpenOceanGate receives backlash for posting pilot job listing during Titan search-and-rescue effortsOceanGate Expeditions has drawn even further criticism in the wake of the deadly Titan submersible implosion, after a job posting for a pilot was allegedly live while search-and-rescue efforts were ongoing. The now-deleted listing from the company was asking for a “Submersible Pilot/Marine Technician” to “manage and operate our fleet of manned submersibles and support vessels.” In the screenshot obtained by TMZ, OceanGate also called the position an “excellent opportunity for a high-energy professional.” Although it has since been taken down, online records show the listing as being active from Monday to Thursday, the days immediately following the Titan’s disappearance, reports TMZ. It’s likely that the posting was first published before the loss of the submersible, but social media users still criticized the timing. “This literally proves what everyone says about companies filling your position the second you die,” commented one TikTok user. 
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:32:57 GMT -8
Did You Know that RFK Jr is Running as a Democrat? Will Previious Guy Jr Run as a Democrat, Too?Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George SantosThe Super PAC is just one example of the nominally Democratic candidate running a campaign that's awash in support from backers of Donald Trump LAST MONTH, SUPPORTERS of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid created a Super PAC titled Heal the Divide. On its website, the group — whose name is borrowed from Kennedy’s own campaign slogan — advises voters that “Only Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. can unite the Nation to start healing America,” and allows visitors to donate both in dollars and cryptocurrency. There’s nothing abnormal about a candidate getting a Super PAC, even a candidate making a long-shot bid like Kennedy’s. What is abnormal, however, is that Kennedy is running as a Democrat in the Democratic primary, while the creators of the Super PAC have a deeply pro-Donald Trump bent — including ties to arch-MAGA officials such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos, and Herschel Walker. Federal Election Commission filings list Jason D. Boles of RTA Strategy as its treasurer and use RTA’s website and mailing address. In 2022, Greene’s campaign and leadership PAC, Save America Stop Socialism, paid the firm more than $372,000 for work on her 2022 congressional race, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets. The Georgia-based RTA, founded by political consultant Rick Thompson, also worked for Walker in his failed 2022 Senate race in Georgia. Thompson served as custodian for Walker’s campaign committee and Boles worked as treasurer of the committee, earning the firm roughly $50,000, according to campaign-finance records. More recently, Boles and Thompson have signed on as treasurer and designated agent, respectively, for the embattled Santos after the indicted congressman struggled to find personnel to handle his campaign finances.
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:35:26 GMT -8
The Latest Buzz
The year that spanned April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2023 was the second deadliest on record for U.S. honeybees.
Beekeepers lost 48.2% of their managed hives, according to the initial results of the Bee Informed Partnership's annual Colony Loss and Management Survey, released Thursday.
"This is a very troubling loss number when we barely manage sufficient colonies to meet pollination demands in the U.S.," Jeff Pettis, a former government bee scientist and current president of the global beekeeper association Apimondia who was not involved in the study, toldThe Associated Press. "It also highlights the hard work that beekeepers must do to rebuild their colony numbers each year."
"Beekeepers are under substantial pressure to recover from losses by creating new colonies every year."
Honeybees—and pollinators in general—are essential to biodiversity and agriculture, helping around three-quarters of the world's flowering plants and around 35% of its crops to reproduce. Honeybees alone pollinate more than 100 crops including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus, and melons, according to the AP.
But in 2006, U.S. beekeepers began to report an alarming trend, The Hillexplained. Worker bees would simply abandon their hives, leaving the queen and larvae to die on their own. The emergence of "colony collapse disorder," as the phenomenon came to be known, prompted the University of Auburn in Alabama and the University of Maryland to team up to survey American beekeepers on rates of colony collapse through the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership.
The worst year for colony survival was 2020 to 2021, when 50.8% of hives were lost. That loss doesn't mean that a beekeeper goes out of business; rather, they find a way to rebuild their hives, but doing it again and again takes a toll.
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:38:17 GMT -8
If Attendance Falls, We Can All Bear It
Yosemite National Park became the latest target of boycott threats after hosting a Pride parade for park staff. Here’s what happened.
Popular drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia posted a TikTok showing a Pride parade for park staff on June 8 that quickly went viral.
“Hello, in case you didn’t know, gay people are literally taking over the National Park System,” they say in the video, which shows participants hiking through the park with pride flags and attire.
Pattie Gonia then describes how they helped throw Pride at Yosemite for the third year in a row.
“As you can see, there are literal hundreds of queer Yosemite employees,” the drag queen, whose personal identity is Wyn Wiley, says in the video. “We danced. We marched. We celebrated. And we got wet. I am so proud of all the community organizers in the park system who are making safe space for queer people all year round.
“No planet, no Pride,” they added. “Mother Nature is a lesbian. Goodbye.”
The video caught the attention of conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who shared it with his 2.3 million Twitter followers.
“Now even our national parks are hosting drag queens for ‘Pride Month’,” Kirk said.
His post inspired some of his followers to suggest boycotting the park.
“It’s time to boycott Yosemite!!!” one said.
“Looks like we’ll skip the hike today,” someone else said.
“I won’t be going there anymore,” another commented.
The park received some negative comments on a statement about the parade it posted on Instagram, with some joking about conservative boycotts.
“What in the bud light at target is going on here,” one asked, seemingly sarcastically.
“Please promise us you’ll try and cancel Yosemite,” someone replied. “I’m being serious. If you conservatives are so upset that they’re showing support for us then please by all means stay home and drink your Coors light and then maybe just maybe the park will be enjoyable again without the crowds.”
An employee who works as a refrigerator technician at the park chimed in to share their disappointment at the hate on the post and to wish everyone a happy Pride month.
“I’m extremely grateful for this incredible community, this is the first workplace I’ve ever felt safe being out of the closet,” they said.
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:42:22 GMT -8
Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso
A woman accused of fatally shooting her Uber driver in Texas after falsely believing she was being driven to Mexico against her will has been charged with murder, authorities said.
Phoebe D. Copas, 48, of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, remained in El Paso County jail following her arrest June 16, the day the driver was shot, according to El Paso police and county jail records.
The family of driver Daniel Piedra Garcia, 52, said he was taken off life support Wednesday, NBC affiliate KTSM of El Paso reported.
Though Copas was initially booked on suspicion of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, the case was upgraded to murder after the driver died this week, according to police and jail records. Bond for Copas was increased from $1 million to $1.5 million.
An attorney assigned to defend Copas did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Detectives believe Copas was in El Paso to visit her boyfriend, according to a complaint affidavit obtained by KTSM. She was in the backseat of the Uber en route to meet him at a casino when she saw roadway signs stating "Juarez, Mexico," which is across the border from El Paso, according to the affidavit.
Believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, Copas shot the driver, causing the vehicle, a Nissan Maxima, to strike a highway barrier and come to a stop along U.S. 54 South, police said.
Copas did not call authorities before shooting, and she didn't summon help immediately after opening fire, the document states.
Rather, she took a photo of the injured driver and texted it to her boyfriend, detectives said in the affidavit. Then she called for help, the document states.
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:50:56 GMT -8
The War Will Start When the Hangover Wears Off (Read the Whole Thread)
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:53:56 GMT -8
The Long Game on Sick Days for Rail Workers
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:54:58 GMT -8
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 8:56:40 GMT -8
It Worked So Badly for the QOP Last Time, They Are Going to Try It Again
Heading into a summer of spending fights, House Republicans are planning to use the same strategy that proved successful in raising the debt ceiling.
That approach — crafting legislation that satisfies GOP members without regard for what might be palatable to the Democratic-led Senate and White House in order to strengthen their hand at the negotiating table — will be put to the test a second time as Congress comes under pressure to pass funding legislation to avoid a government shutdown in the fall.
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 24, 2023 9:00:35 GMT -8
Now For Some Happy News: Happy is Happy for Happy.
Happy Gilmore is happy for Happy Gilmore.
On Friday, Adam Sandler congratulated the high school golfer who goes by the same name as Sandler's 1996 character in the movie after he announced his commitment to play at Ball State as a member of the Class of 2024.
"Go get em Happy," Sandler wrote on Twitter, quoting Gilmore's announcement post. "Pulling for you."
The real life Gilmore, who was born Landon James Gilmore, expressed excitement at getting a response from the movie star.
"My life is complete," he replied.
Per Golf.com, Gilmore, who attends Indiana's Bloomington High School South, earned the nickname "Happy" as a child because he can hit the long ball like Sandler's character. When he was nine, he won a long-drive contest at a junior event.
The name stuck and the senior plays it up. He enters all tournaments using the moniker and even posed for a picture wearing a Boston Bruins jersey like Sandler's character. Unlike Sandler's character, Gilmore does not play hockey.
Gilmore said people still get fascinated at his name, but he's risen on his own merit. Earlier this month, he tied for seventh in the Indiana high school state championship and helped his team to a fourth-place finish.
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