Shiftless2
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They realized that no-one is going to come
HEADLINES: 2026
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Draw this clown a picture.
D.J.,
What did you think was going to happen?
Visas would continue at the same rate as before, only $Cash would $Gush in by the $Billions?
You're a ding-a-ling.
& uh Donnie,
How's your War on Iran & the global economy goin'?
U.S. indicts Cuba's Raúl Castro for murder over downing of planes in 1996
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.Joe Walsh / Wed, May 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM GMT-5
Washington — Federal prosecutors in Florida on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago, with officials unveiling the charges at a press conference in Miami.
U.S. indicts Cuba's Raúl Castro for murder over downing of planes in 1996
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the ...
Will "federal prosecutors" indict Trump for murdering boatmen in international waters?
Kenyan court temporarily blocks U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facility
The U.S. had set up the facility in Kenya to take in Americans exposed to Ebola, with a plan to send patients who develop symptoms to European countries for care.There's a Ebola outbreak, hundreds reportedly already killed.
Some in the U.S. don't want U.S. citizens potentially infected to be repatriated, despite U.S. facilities capable of handling this.
Some Kenyans object to a treatment center in Kenya, exclusively for U.S. citizens.
Who's right?
I get MedPageToday publications for medical professionals, and they say the attempt to set up new Ebola facilities in Africa are insane.
They said the last Ebola outbreak was fixed by sending the patients to much more secure permanent facilities in the US.
They say it not only would take far too long to build new secure decontamination facilities in Africa, but there would not be the trained staff needed.
Thanks R5.
I wouldn't accept it being "insane" by every criterion. You haven't asserted it is.
But I gather we can handle it Stateside, so as a generalization, it's probably useful guidance.
I'm a little puzzled about these Ebola flareups.
Sometimes (most of the time) we don't seem to have that.
Then, we do.
But only when a monkey-eater burps?
There are many reasons doctors are upset about Trump sending the US Ebola victims to Germany or keeping them in Africa, instead of the US.
The US already has the most information on treating Ebola, and since it requires secure facilities the US already proved with the last round of Ebola, it is far riskier to not take the patients to the US.
The US facilities have all the airlocks, pressurized suits, etc.
They could never build adequate facilities in Africa in time.
June 2, 2026
Democratic battles and incumbents on defense: What to watch in today’s primaries
Voters will head to the polls in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
Democratic battles and incumbents on defense: What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries
Voters will head to the polls in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
www.nbcnews.com
Recent primary results have genuflected to President Trump:
MAGA candidate's win in Texas primary may also help Democrats in Senate battle
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily defeated Senator John Cornyn in a Republican run-off primary on Tuesday night.
While the outcome had been expected for weeks, it marks a stunning defeat for an incumbent who served in Congress for 23 years, including 12 years as a high-ranking member of the Senate Republican leadership team.
The bruising contest set a record for the most expensive Senate primary campaign in US history.
Ken Paxton's win over John Cornyn in Texas primary may also help Democrats in Senate battle
Ken Paxton's victory sets up what will be a closely watched contest in November's midterm elections.
www.bbc.com
There is at least the appearance President Trump has prioritized his own ego over the political welfare of the Republican party. Will this theme repeat?
Shiftless2
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Maine really needs to improve the quality of its candidates
It is easy to prove Noah's Ark could not have existed, since any gene pool less then around 200 members, is not survivable due to inbred mutations.
Animals do not need litter boxes, but simply can not handle toilet training in most cases.
Since all humans can handle toilet training, regardless of if they "identify" as animals, then they never need litter boxes.
Shiftless2
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It's worse than that:
The Impossible Voyage of Noah's Ark
The Impossible Voyage of Noah's Ark | National Center for Science Education
Building the ArkAccommodating All Those AnimalsLeaving Some Things BehindSizing Up the Loadncse.ngo
Shiftless2
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Hard not to blame FIFA - after all, they saw what this administration was doing to people long before the first games were played in the U.S. They should have moved the games for the safety of the players worldwide.
Jeffery Lee breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after Alabama’s nitrogen execution is deemed unconstitutional
Moments after a federal judge permanently blocked his execution by nitrogen gas, Lee told NBC News he was prepared to keep fighting. His fate remains uncertain.June 10, 2026, 3:41 PM GMT-5 / Updated June 10, 2026, 5:32 PM GMT-5 / By Abigail Brooks and Erik Ortiz
A death row prisoner whose planned execution Thursday was suddenly halted became emotional when he learned that a federal court had ruled Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Jeffery Lee breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after Alabama’s nitrogen execution is deemed unconstitutional
Moments after a federal judge permanently blocked his execution by nitrogen gas, Lee told NBC News he was prepared to keep fighting. His fate remains uncertain.
www.nbcnews.com
Some may think the "electric chair" is a tidy, humane means of terminating the life of a convicted felon.
It isn't.
BUT !
In the context of State executions in the U.S., though "cruel" it may well be, "unusual"?
So cruel is OK, unusual is OK, but not both?
Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless gas. So is Carbon monoxide.
Many Americans have died inhaling Carbon monoxide via hypoxia, depletion of Oxygen.
Typically these hypoxia victims are unaware of the danger they are succumbing to. Not so for the victims strapped into an electric chair for execution.
Is hypoxia "unusual"? Perhaps.
Is Nitrogen hypoxia "cruel"?
If you were to be executed, but given a choice between electric chair, or Nitrogen hypoxia, which would you choose?
If you were to be executed, but were given a choice between lethal injection or Nitrogen hypoxia, which would you choose?
Would simply slipping a plastic bag over the head of the condemned be better?
Jeffery Lee breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after Alabama’s nitrogen execution is deemed unconstitutional
Moments after a federal judge permanently blocked his execution by nitrogen gas, Lee told NBC News he was prepared to keep fighting. His fate remains uncertain.
June 10, 2026, 3:41 PM GMT-5 / Updated June 10, 2026, 5:32 PM GMT-5 / By Abigail Brooks and Erik Ortiz
A death row prisoner whose planned execution Thursday was suddenly halted became emotional when he learned that a federal court had ruled Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Jeffery Lee breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after Alabama’s nitrogen execution is deemed unconstitutional
Moments after a federal judge permanently blocked his execution by nitrogen gas, Lee told NBC News he was prepared to keep fighting. His fate remains uncertain.
Some may think the "electric chair" is a tidy, humane means of terminating the life of a convicted felon.
It isn't.
BUT !
In the context of State executions in the U.S., though "cruel" it may well be, "unusual"?
So cruel is OK, unusual is OK, but not both?
Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless gas. So is Carbon monoxide.
Many Americans have died inhaling Carbon monoxide via hypoxia, depletion of Oxygen.
Typically these hypoxia victims are unaware of the danger they are succumbing to. Not so for the victims strapped into an electric chair for execution.
Is hypoxia "unusual"? Perhaps.
Is Nitrogen hypoxia "cruel"?
If you were to be executed, but given a choice between electric chair, or Nitrogen hypoxia, which would you choose?
If you were to be executed, but were given a choice between lethal injection or Nitrogen hypoxia, which would you choose?
Would simply slipping a plastic bag over the head of the condemned be better?
I never understood executions since the ideal would be to reduce future murders.
But if the state can carelessly murder people who are not a current threat, then it shows life is not important and everyone can murder at will.
Executions teach murder by example.
Yes BUT !
State executions set a standard of homicide most persons won't mirror.
However many among us will raise children.
And many well raised children are taught not to hit their schoolmates.
Ironically, hypocritically, some parents punish violations of this standard by spanking the perpetrating child.
These are insights into hypocrisy.
Those pure of heart might oppose State executions. Some Western European nations have suspended such practice.
Does it make more sense to warehouse, waste food on a sociopath that cannot / will not be rehabilitated? A Clockwork Orange ?
But the lesson a republic needs to constantly prove is that government is not a dictatorship, so therefore can not do anything that ordinary people can not do.
And by executing people, the government show hypocrisy and that it really is a dictatorship after all.
There are too many exceptions for that to be regarded a viable rule.
Individual citizens cannot:
- tax
- police motor-vehicle traffic
- mount national defense
- many other examples
"A government exists when it has a reasonable monopoly on the legitimate use of violence." George Will
While most people would agree with you on this, I do not.
Since people vote for representatives who then decide on what projects to build and tax for, then taxes are just like any bill really for services rendered.
With traffic police, the roads are owned by the collective government who make them, so then can have any regulations just like a private parking lot.
The American Revolution happened before the USA existed, so then national defense can be the same militia we used back then.
Something like the draft is beyond what individuals can do, but it is not clear to me the draft is ever legal actually?
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Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive
Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive
State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.