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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:09:16 GMT -8
When women gossip we get called bitchy; but when men do it's called a podcast
Pence Has the Answer to Mass Shootings. Nothing About Guns. It's the Death Penalty for Dead Shooters.
Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence suggested the solution to mass shootings in America was to kill guilty people quicker — even though many gunmen end up dead at the scene.
CBS host Nancy Cordes asked Pence about a recent racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida.
"It's the eve of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington," Cordes noted. "And yet we're appearing we're appearing to witness a rise in racial hatred, in white supremacy across the country. What can you do? What can your party do? What can the nation do to address this?"
"Well, there's no place in America for racially inspired violence," Pence replied. "And I condemn what occurred in Jacksonville in the strongest possible terms. That wasn't a criminal act. That was an act of evil." (Nice to know he opposes murder.)
The former vice president offered "prayers" for the victims and their families.
"I prayed this morning for them," he revealed. "We believe in prayer at our house."
The former vice president agreed that mass shootings needed to be addressed.
"But at the end of the day, I also believe that justice delayed is justice denied," he remarked. "And I'm calling for an expedited federal death penalty for anyone engaged in a mass shooting like took place in Jacksonville or, frankly, like the shootings that took place at a baseball park and at a football game."
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:11:36 GMT -8
Where Have All the Workers Gone? Long Time Passing.
For years, Indiana’s GOP-controlled legislature has focused on creating a business-friendly climate by pushing favorable tax rates and regulations, aiming to foster the creation of good-paying jobs across the state.
The way Republican state Sen. Michael Crider sees it, those moves have worked: Companies such as Amazon and Walmart have built new warehouses and fulfillment centers in his district just east of Indianapolis.
But it didn’t take long for him to realize how all those new private-sector jobs could further strain short-handed local governments, particularly school systems, by luring away bus drivers and teachers’ aides.
“That is a general theme in almost every conversation: An able-bodied person that desires to work can find a job just about anywhere in Indiana right now,” said Crider, the Senate majority whip. “And it’s reached the point where I think in some areas, businesses are saying we can’t expand, we would like to expand, we would expand, but we cannot because we don’t have enough workers.”
State legislators from across the country point to the labor shortage as a major concern. While they have been pushing job training and career readiness programs, they increasingly are addressing other factors that can keep people from joining the workforce, such as a lack of child care, affordable housing or mental health services. Some want to attract more immigrants. (DUh!)
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:12:52 GMT -8
Habba, Habba, Doo Speaks.
Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, said her client does not need to be prepped for trial because he is "incredibly intelligent," unlike the "average person."
On Sunday, Habba was asked about Trump's overlapping trials by Fox News host Shannon Bream.
"How do you logistically handle prepping a client for all of those different trials and running for president of the United States?" Bream wondered.
"Yeah, if it was a normal person, honestly, Shannon, I could understand the concern," Habba replied. "President Trump is not your average person. He's incredibly intelligent, and he knows the ropes. He also knows the facts because he lived them. These are not complicated facts."
He Doesn't Need Prep Because He Won't Testify
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:16:05 GMT -8
While You're At It Fire All the Idiots at Fox Noise
Fox News hosts Rachel Campos-Duffy and Pete Hegseth expressed support for Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's plan to lay off 75% of the federal workforce.
At a recent campaign event, Ramaswamy said he would treat the federal government the way Elon Musk treated his purchase of Twitter.
"I've enjoyed getting to know better Elon Musk recently," Ramaswamy told supporters. "I expect him to be an interesting adviser of mine because he laid off 75% of the employees at Twitter. Well, I want to lay off 75% of the employees of the federal government."
On Sunday, Campos-Duffy and Hegseth gushed over the idea.
POLL: Should Trump be able to run for office
"Did he say, I want to lay off 75 percent of federal employees?" Hegseth asked.
"Yeah," Campos-Duffy replied.
"I love that idea," Hegseth remarked.
"Oh, 100%," Campos-Duffy agreed.
"I mean, they're all unionized — they're all government unionized workers," Hegseth complained.
"But the way to get rid of the deep state is to get rid of the unionized federal workers." Campos-Duffy opined. "You have to be able to fire them. That is the number one thing that should happen."
"It should not be constitutional that the government is on both sides of the bargaining table with unionized employees in the federal government," Hegseth added. "That is something a next Republican should take on."
No Food Inspectors, No Hurricane Warnings, No CDC, No FEMA, No FBI. Yippee!
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:17:58 GMT -8
I'll Live Without Olive (Oil), But ...
The price of olive oil has soared to a record high this summer.
It’s the latest chapter in the annals of heatflation — when scorching temperatures harm crops and push food prices up. A yearlong drought and a spring of extreme heat in Spain, the world’s largest olive oil producer, devastated the country’s olive groves. Spanish olive oil production fell by a half — from an estimated 1.3 million to 610,000 metric tons — over the past year. Now fears are mounting over the very real possibility that the country’s inventory will run out before the next harvest begins, in October.
“For Spaniards, this is a real crisis,” Bloomberg columnist Javier Bias recently wrote. “We generously coat our food in olive oil.”
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:18:57 GMT -8
It's Not Nice to Mess With Rupert
Trump, who spent earlier Saturday raging against President Joe Biden and a conservative commentator from Wall Street Journal, took to Truth Social and turned his sights on Murdoch and his conservative news empire.
"FoxNews lies. They are still pushing DeSanctimonious, saying he can beat Biden. Actually, he is losing to Crooked Joe in ALL of the Polls, and I am winning in ALL," the former president wrote on his own social media network, created after he was booted from most others following the violence on Jan. 6, 2021. "FoxNews just doesn’t learn. This has been going on since 2016, saying I won’t beat Beautiful Hillary, and then I did! Look, Ron is a loser. He only won because of my Endorsement. He is a horrible campaigner, and his Florida numbers are being exposed. He loved Fauci, CLOSED THE STATE, and had 3rd MOST COVID DEATHS IN U.S. HE CAN’T WIN!"
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:20:21 GMT -8
So Many Fires. Hell on Earth
Large forest fires in north-east Greece near the border with Turkey continued to burn for the ninth day in a row on Sunday.
Conditions for firefighters are very difficult and hopes of containing the fire are not yet in sight, Dimitris Petrovich, the region's deputy governor, told broadcaster ERT on Sunday morning.
"Unfortunately, we don't see that the front can be contained and brought under control," he said.
Winds are expected to shift on Monday and the flames could spread even further, he said.
Another record-setting day of high temperatures hit the Dallas/Fort Worth area Saturday before a slight cooling trend moves into the area, according to the National Weather Service, as heat warnings stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Southeastern U.S. and upper Mid-South.
Temperatures in the area reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius), breaking by four degrees the previous record for this date that was set in 2011, according to the National Weather Service.
The heat dome that has been over the state since June is expected to move out of the area soon, according to weather service meteorologist Ted Ryan.
Excessive heat warnings were in effect for much of eastern Texas, most of both Louisiana and Mississippi and portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and the Florida Panhandle.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:23:09 GMT -8
What Kinds of Incompetent Clowns Are Running the British Museum?
The number of artifacts that have disappeared from the British Museum is estimated at 2,000, chairman of trustees George Osborne said on Saturday, admitting the collection did not have a complete catalogue.
The UK's former chancellor described the missing pieces as "small items of jewelry, gems, bits of gold that were not on public display".
He told BBC radio it was still not clear exactly how many items had gone astray.
"I will give you an estimate of around 2,000. But I have to say that’s a very provisional figure," Osborne said.
"We have started to recover some of the stolen items, which is a silver lining to a dark cloud."
Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigned on Friday, admitting the institution did not act "as it should have" on warnings that items had gone missing.
The central London museum said last week it had dismissed a staff member and alerted the police after artifacts were found to be "missing, stolen or damaged".
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:24:34 GMT -8
A Taliban Ban on Band-e-Amir
The Taliban government have banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan province.
Afghanistan's acting minister of virtue and vice, Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women had not been observing hijab inside the park.
He called on religious clerics and security agencies to forbid women from entering until a solution was found.
Band-e-Amir is a significant tourist attraction, becoming Afghanistan's first national park in 2009.
It is a popular destination for families and the ban on women attending will prevent many from being able to enjoy the park.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:27:19 GMT -8
New Math
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:31:32 GMT -8
To Work For Bob Barker, Often the Price Was Wrong.Bob Barker was beloved by many, for obvious reasons. He was the smiling, genial face of a treasured American game show for decades. He was funny, seemed genuine, and he loved animals. A lot. And advocated for them his entire life, until his death very recently. But he was also, apparently, a problematic individual who used his position and power to get sexual favors, who bullied those who’d speak out against him, who encouraged extremely unhealthy weight obsessions and requirements among his female staff, and who obfuscated about it. It’s incredibly hard to ignore any of this. ‘Price is Right’ Model Lawsuit: Latest in a History of Harassment ClaimsBut He Loved Dogs and Cats
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:32:08 GMT -8
Who Won the Week?
America's supply chain, as UPS workers ratify a Teamsters-negotiated 5-year deal covering 340,000 employees, averting a strike
Gov. Tim Walz, for promoting Natalie Hudson as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first Black person to lead it
Ukraine: As Putin starts a new war with Wagner group by offing its leader, Zelenskyy welcomes F-16s as his counteroffensive rolls along
India, for successfully becoming the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon
Whoever the lucky duck was who got to take all those lovely mug shots of lead insurrectionist Donald Trump and his hapless-but-still-evil co-conspirators
President Biden: announces new grants/loans to build more rural broadband infrastructure; unveils new student loan debt relief plan; visits Maui to inspect fore damage; wins first MAGA debate by not being a MAGA debater
Civil rights attorney Natasha Merle, sworn in as a District Court Judge in New York---the 100th federal district court judge confirmed by Senate Democrats
Southern Californians, who kept their wits about them as tropical storm Hilary swooped in with historic rains (and a 5.1 earthquake to boot)
Team Spain, the winners of the Women's World Cup soccer tourney
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:33:42 GMT -8
How Often Does a Shooter Set Out to Kill White People?
A masked white man carrying at least one weapon bearing a swastika fatally shot three Black people inside a Florida store Saturday in an attack with a clear motive of racial hatred, officials said.
The shooting in a Dollar General store in a predominantly Black neighborhood left two men and one woman dead and was “racially motivated,” Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said.
In addition to carrying a firearm with a painted symbol of the genocidal Nazi regime of Germany of the 1930s and 1940s, the shooter issued racist statements before the shooting. He killed himself at the scene.
“He hated Black people,” the sheriff said.
Black People? Check. Jews? Check. Muslims? Check. Hispanics? Check.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:42:59 GMT -8
Big Pharma Will Get to Price Gouge Seniors for a Few More Years.
The Biden administration this week is expected to announce the first 10 prescription drugs the federal government will negotiate under a new federal law that aims to reduce the cost of Medicare's most expensive medicines.
For the first time, the federal government is allowed to negotiate drug prices for older Americans due to the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping climate and health legislation passed by Congress last year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must publish the list of 10 drugs by Friday, but administration officials have signaled the announcement could come earlier this week.
Consumer and senior advocates long have sought efforts to rein in drug prices for Medicare enrollees and taxpayers.
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The federal health program for adults 65 and older and disabled people sets reimbursement amounts for medical care from doctors and hospitals, but until now, Medicare has been prohibited from negotiating drug prices under 2003 legislation that expanded Medicare’s prescription drug coverage.
Analysts say some expensive and widely used drugs for arthritis, cancer, diabetes or heart disease could be targeted for negotiation. Price changes for the first batch of 10 drugs won’t take effect until 2026. Over the next two years, another 30 drugs will be selected for negotiated prices beginning in 2027 and 2028.
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 27, 2023 8:46:12 GMT -8
Berdiansk is Near Mariupol
Ukrainian forces may have "broken through the most difficult line of Russian defenses" in the contested Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine, where Kyiv has been focusing much of its counteroffensive efforts, according to a new assessment.
Kyiv had made new "tactically significant gains" in the Russian-annexed southern region, with its fighters pushing through some of the "most challenging" of Moscow's defensive positions, the Washington D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank said on Saturday.
Ukraine's counteroffensive, now almost at the three-month mark, has seen Kyiv peel back small amounts of territory from dug-in Russian troops. The push has focused on the front lines in the east and south of the country, with an increasing number of strikes on targets in occupied Crimea.
A Ukrainian commander in the south of the war-torn country told Reuters in an article published on Saturday that it had broken through Russia's most difficult defenses in the south, and would now progress towards the Zaporizhzhia port city of Berdiansk and onto the Sea of Azov.
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