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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 8:43:14 GMT -8
I don't engage in mental combat with the unarmed.
What Happens If Moscow Mitch Leaves Us. After the Wild Celebrations, That Is
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s on-camera health scare set off a political guessing game in Kentucky about how the Democratic governor will name a replacement if he gets the chance.
The guessing game in Washington was about who is on deck to lead Senate Republicans if Mr. McConnell goes.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear finds himself boxed in by the 2021 law requiring the governor to file mid-term vacancies in the U.S. Senate from a list of three candidates chosen by the state party of the previous sitting senator.
Mr. Beshear may thumb his nose at the new law and try to name a Democrat.
“I would imagine you would absolutely see a lawsuit on this,” Michael Abate, a Louisville attorney who’s worked for the Kentucky Democratic Party in the past, told the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader.
“Beshear either says, ‘Hey, Republican Party, thank you for your list, but I’m appointing whoever I want’ and then that immediately gets challenged in court, or you could see Beshear taking the route of filing a lawsuit,” Mr. Abate said. “I mean, he’s got the guts to defy it.”
In Washington, the question was who will succeed Mr. McConnell as the Republican leader, a post he has held for 17 years. Likely contenders include:
- Sen. Rick Scott of Florida who last year unsuccessfully challenged Mr. McConnell for the job;
- Senate Republican Whip John Thune of South Dakota;
- Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso of Wyoming;
- Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a former member of the Senate GOP leadership team who retains leadership stature in the conference.
The jockeying for the job goes on quietly behind the scenes in the Senate. Any public moves to line up votes in the GOP conference will wait until Mr. McConnell signals his departure, which he isn’t doing yet.
In Kentucky, Mr. Beshear set the stage to challenge the 2021 law when he declared it unconstitutional and vetoed it. The legislature’s Republican supermajority overrode the veto.
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 8:44:35 GMT -8
Previous Guy Makes No Sense. Again!
In a series of rapid-fire wild rants Donald Trump on Friday insisted he should not be indicted on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and appeared to strongly suggest that because he won his Senate impeachment trial on insurrection charges he will not face an indictment.
Trump ten days ago announced his attorneys had received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith, and on Thursday his attorneys reportedly were told to expect an indictment.
"How can Deranged Jack Smith bring a case on January 6th., as ridiculous as it is anyway, when I have already won such a case, and been fully acquitted, in the U.S. Senate?" Trump asked on his social media platform, falsely equating a highly-partisan political event with an actual criminal investigation and jury trial in a court of law.
"In other words, I was Impeached on this, and WON!!!"
Trump also made false accusations of election interference and prosecutorial misconduct.
Trump was not "fully acquitted" in his second Senate impeachment.
This Guy Makes No Sense, Either
“Greg doesn’t know how evidence works,” one user wrote. “Like if they’re YOUR clothes with blood on them, and there’s an open investigation into your missing spouse, why can’t YOU throw YOUR own clothes away? What a witch hunt.”
Another tried to explain in similar fashion: “This blood-soaked knife? What’s wrong with that? It’s *my* knife. Why can’t I throw it away? I don’t understand that.”
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 8:47:47 GMT -8
This is Lunacy. When sheriff’s department staff in Mississippi’s Benton County took Jimmy Sons into custody several years ago, they followed their standard protocol for people charged with a crime: They took his mug shot, fingerprinted him, had him change into an orange jumpsuit and locked him up. But Sons, who was then 20 years old, had not been charged with a crime. Earlier that day, his father, James Sons, had gone to a county office to ask that his youngest son be taken in for a mental evaluation and treatment. Jimmy Sons had threatened to hurt family members and himself, and his father had come across him sitting on his bed with a loaded shotgun. On Sons’ booking form, in the spot where jailers usually record criminal charges, was a single word: “LUNACY.” In every state, people who present a threat to themselves or others can be ordered to receive mental health treatment. Most states allow people with substance abuse problems to be ordered into treatment, too. The process is called civil commitment. But Mississippi Today and ProPublica could not find any state other than Mississippi where people are routinely jailed without charges for days or weeks during that process. Mississippi Remains an Outlier in Jailing People With Serious Mental Illness Without Charges
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 8:52:15 GMT -8
Why the New Indictments Matter
The new indictments give us a dramatic glimpse into Jack Smith’s modus operandi. He intends to keep going, and he’s prepared to escalate even after the original indictments are issued. Keep that in mind when he drops the J6 indictments.
The original MAL doc case was already strong. Yesterday’s new charges make it even stronger. “I think this original indictment was engineered to last a thousand years and now this superseding indictment will last an antiquity (sic),” former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb told the Guardian. “This is such a tight case, the evidence is so overwhelming.”
The new indictments shred two of Trump’s most prominent defenses: (1) that he had willingly shared surveillance footage, and (2) that he was just blustering when he said he had the actual Iran plans.
Trump’s attempted coverup will take center stage at any trial.
A Coverup Shows Knowledge That What You Did Was Wrong.
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 8:55:32 GMT -8
The BIden Economic Miracle
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 8:56:52 GMT -8
If It's Too Hot for the Cactus, How Can That Be Good For PeopleThe Sonoran Desert is the only area where the iconic Saguaro cactus grows. The Desert covers southern Arizona and the State of Sonora in Mexico. The California Sonoran habitat is limited to the Whipple Mountains, and Imperial County has only 30 Saguaro specimens. Saguaro is tree-like and can reach heights of 40 feet; it is a desert keystone species providing critical habitat, protection, and food for desert species. The cactus requires water to grow; in the dry Tuscon area, the cactus takes twice as long to develop as in other Sonoran ecosystem regions. But the monsoon rains do not fall as consistently as they have before. Today the monsoon is delayed, and the towering cactus has begun to collapse and die. Others have lost limbs are leaning due to the weeks-long heat wave with temperatures above 110 degrees for 25 days. An even hotter heat dome is due to arrive next week. Cacti that suffer from prolonged heat, like what's being seen in Arizona right now, could take months or even years to die, Reuters reported. According to reporting by Insider, "McCue — who, along with her team, assesses the Botanical Garden's cacti each February — told CNN that she has been seeing more death among the Arizona saguaro cacti since 2020 when record highs caused the plants to undergo stress." Phoenix's urban heat island effect is not surprisingly lethal to many of the cactus. A major problem for Saguaro survival is that the plant cannot cool down as it has in years past due to record-breaking nighttime temperatures and monsoon delays. We have entered a new climate that will be punishing in the short term and the long term, to paraphrase paleoclimatologist Peter Brennan. Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 9:01:54 GMT -8
Isn't It Ironic?
Former President Donald Trump faced the music at a campaign event in Iowa ― and the irony was off the charts. (Watch the video below.)
As Trump took the stage, the song lyric “one could end up going to prison, one just might be president” played from Brooks & Dunn’s “Only in America.” Trump pumped his fist after “prison” but probably wasn’t hearing the words.
It's Like Jail on Election Day
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 9:04:53 GMT -8
It's a Dilemma for the QOP. He Wants to Cut Red Tape, Which They Like. But It's Biden and For Green Projects, Which They Don't.
The White House on Friday proposed reforms to the environmental review process for new energy projects that it said would help speed up permitting for electric transmission and other projects needed to curb emissions linked to climate change.
The proposal would revise National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations by encouraging more "programmatic" environmental reviews of multiple projects rather than individual reviews, and by allowing federal agencies to exclude more project categories from review.
It would also limit the need for environmental reviews for projects that federal agencies deem to have significant and long-lasting positive impacts.
The new rule was proposed by the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House division that said the changes to the NEPA review process would accelerate the adoption of clean energy in the U.S. while strengthening protections for communities by encouraging earlier public comments on projects.
Less Red Tape On Green? Maybe They Will Call It Another War on Christmas
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 9:10:41 GMT -8
What Will McDonald's Do For Me If I Change My Name to "Hamburgler"?
Subway offering a lifetime of free subs if you change your name... to Subway
Want free subs for life? All you have to do is legally change your name to “Subway.” Yep, that’s all. No big deal.
The popular sandwich chain is on the hunt for its biggest fan and tempting loyal customers with a lifetime of Subway Deli Heroes if they’re willing to make a major life change.
Sick of your name anyway? Ready to go to extremes in the name of free food? Here’s everything you need to know about the unconventional contest.
But ... why?
The competition comes just weeks after Subway introduced automatic slicers and fresh-sliced deli meat to 20,000 of its restaurants. On July 11, the chain started selling its new line of Deli Heroes, which come in four varieties: Titan Turkey, Grand Slam Ham, Garlic Roast Beef and The Beast.
Subway already gave away one million free subs on July 11 during a previous promotional campaign for its fresh sliced deli meat. And the chain is certainly drumming up more attention for the new subs with this competition.
The contest will only last for three days
The nationwide contest will run between Aug. 1 and 4, 2023 and will be hosted on SubwayNameChange.com. During this period, Subway fans will be asked to commit to legally changing their name to enter for the chance to win.
“Subway will select one lucky winner to earn free sandwiches and assume an iconic new identity,” the press release reads.
In order to enter, you need to be a legal resident of the United States and be at least 18 years old (19+ in Alabama and Nebraska, and 21+ in Mississippi).
Of course, there’s a bit of red tape involved with legally changing your name, and Subway will reimburse the winner for the legal and processing fees.
Believe it or not, this isn’t the first time Subway has given away a lifetime of free subs.
Last year, Subway also gave one brave customer, James Kunz, free subs for life. All he had to do in return was get a foot-long baseball jersey-themed Subway Series logo tattoo.
Several other fans agreed to get Subway tattoos in exchange for smaller prizes that were based on how large the tattoo was and where they placed it.
What If You Change Your Name From "Ronald McDonald" to "Subway"?
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Post by mhbruin on Jul 29, 2023 9:16:58 GMT -8
Oops! They Pulled a Gun on This Family By Mistake.Afamily of four from Little Rock, Ark., left a Frisco hotel Sunday morning on their way to a basketball tournament in the Dallas area. Unbeknownst to them, a Frisco police officer ran the out-of-state license plate on their Dodge Charger — a car frequently stolen, according to authorities. But the officer entered the plate as if it were from Arizona, not Arkansas. When no registration appeared on her screen, she and another officer began a traffic stop on the Dallas North Tollway, believing the car was stolen. One of the officers drew a gun at the family and ordered them out of the vehicle in an incident that went viral on social media. Body-camera footage released Friday by police gave new insight into the traffic stop. Frisco police Chief David Shilson said in a written statement accompanying the footage that the officers made a mistake, and he apologized to the family. He added that the officer who checked the license plate accepted responsibility for what happened. .... The officer tells the woman that she ran a check on her tag and that it said the plate was removed. The woman replies that she has registration. While questioning her, the officer appears to say, “Sounds like you need to go have a conversation with Arizona.” The driver corrects her, saying Arkansas. She also yells at the officer when she sees her son in handcuffs. “Please don’t let them do that to my baby,” she says. “This is very traumatizing. Why is my baby in cuffs?” Body-cam footage of traffic stop shows Frisco police hold family at gunpoint by ‘mistake’
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