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[northland10]

Some news items suggest that the AGs appeal was for purely political matters, aka strong man on crime, though the guy was declared innocent

Without researching the background, my response would be....

DUH

Liberty and justice for all take a back seat to the latest election campaign. An AG election is more important than some guy's life, especially if he is a race that doesn't matter.

[Flatpoint High]

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[keith]

Bigger aain't always better.

Sometimes doing more with less is better.

[Flatpoint High]

[Mrich]

This caught my attention today:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240803.html

[Foggy]

Very cool. I recommend you to click Mrich's link for the full story.

[RTH10260]

What is a PIF?

in Colorado

Found a PIF on your receipt? Here's where that money is going a PIF on your receipt? Here's where that money is going

9NEWS
3 days ago

Steve On Your Side looked into the Public Improvement Fees that have popped up on store receipts around Colorado.

[neonzx]

[pipistrelle]

Very cool. I recommend you to click Mrich's link for the full story.

And watch the glory video.

[bill_g]

Yeah. What happened to music videos? Did YouTube steal the glory forcing MTV to become just another network?

[neonzx]

Yeah. What happened to music videos? Did YouTube steal the glory forcing MTV to become just another network?

Nope, there was no youtube. No home internet yet really.

It was crazy. Well, we did get beavis and butthead out of it. But "The Real World" reality show came along and I could not pull Luke away. And so here we are. Anti-reality TV shows across all networks.

[RTH10260]

FWIW

13,000 Migrants Just Entered New York... From Canada

Cash Jordan
4 Aug 2024

When people think of the US immigration crisis, the southern border normally comes to mind, but as it turns out the fastest way to NYC is to enter the country along New York's border with Canada. A difficult journey many asylum seekers are now making more often...

[RTH10260]

"Official" vandalism

We finally know who cut down the iconic I-96 orange man sculpture

Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV
4 Aug 2024

There’s a new twist in the case of a beloved landmark’s disappearance.

[Flatpoint High]

Check your registration status folks: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eligible-v ... ter-rolls/

Voters eligible to cast ballots are already being swept up in a grassroots effort to purge the nation's registration rolls ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a CBS News investigation has found.

Fueled by doubts about the 2020 election, an army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists, looking for registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges — questioning the registrations of thousands of Americans.

Read th4e entire article

[keith]

"Official" vandalism

We finally know who cut down the iconic I-96 orange man sculpture

Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV
4 Aug 2024

There’s a new twist in the case of a beloved landmark’s disappearance.

His vandals story is not wrong - the township admitted to being the vandals.

[Flatpoint High]

ha ha perfect

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[p0rtia]

Wow. Is that for real?

[neonzx]

Wow. Is that for real?

Yes. That was how he looked in his PayPal days.

[p0rtia]

Here's what I learned today:

TheRealThelmaJohnson is a must follow on Twitter. Have not laughed like this in a while.

[bill_g]

[neonzx]

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[Maybenaut]

That literally just happened to me today!

[andersweinstein]

Good piece on this aspect of spy/hostage swap:

[John Thomas8]

Fun at this end of this Judge Simpson video, the next guy up was perturbed by the guy before him earning 6x93 day contempt charges during a misdemeanor hearing.