Shiftless2
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Don't they still have the right to demand ALL the evidence which includes the complete unredacted Epstein files?
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Seems to me their role as witnesses doesn't grant them the same supervisory control as those conducting the inquiry. BUT !!
If the release of Epstein files was not only court-ordered, but also deadlined (that compliance deadline now in the past, thus completion of the disclosure overdue),
then raising the point of order that their compliance is being demanded, yet the rule of law is not being followed.
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Waiting for MAGA heads to explode - it's going to be a glorious sight
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1,000 samples sent for testing after possible biological lab found inside Las Vegas home: FBI
The evidence has been transported to an FBI lab for testing, authorities said Monday.
abcnews.go.com
The property manager was arrested. They've got no idea yet what all was being worked on yet.
But...
"The owner of the property was arrested and charged in 2023 in connection with an investigation into an illegal bio lab in Reedley, California, authorities said. The owner, a Chinese national, remains in federal custody and has pleaded not guilty.
The case led to a congressional investigation that found the illegal bio lab had allegedly been receiving money from Chinese banks and was housing thousands of samples of potential pathogens labeled as being HIV, malaria, TB, COVID-19 and even Ebola.
The items found in the Las Vegas residence "were consistent in appearance with the items found and described in the Reedley, California, lab investigation," McMahill said Monday
"So, yeah, could we just, ya know, not?
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Judge refuses to toss The Satanic Temple's lawsuit, putting Boston's flag policy on trial
The city’s attempt to shut down the case has failed, which means allegations of religious favoritism and missing records are headed to the discovery phase
A federal judge won’t dismiss a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination by the city of Boston against The Satanic Temple. It means the case against the city will proceed despite all their attempts to have it tossed out. It’s a completely self-inflicted wound that the city could have handled years ago, but their refusal to handle the problem responsibly has led to endless litigation.
All of this stems back to when the city allowed groups to .....
Judge refuses to toss The Satanic Temple's lawsuit, putting Boston's flag policy on trial
The city’s attempt to shut down the case has failed, which means allegations of religious favoritism and missing records are headed to the discovery phase
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More War Against Iran ?
Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane said the U.S. should use military action against Iran while the regime is at its "weakest," arguing that Tehran continues to lie about its nuclear ambitions even as President Donald Trump keeps the door open to a new deal.
"I think we're coming down to the reality that the military option is, indeed, the best option here," Keane said on "Fox & Friends Weekend."
Trump faces "this historic opportunity that no other president has had" to set the conditions for regime collapse, which could herald enduring peace in the Middle East and be legacy-defining for the president, he said.
www.foxnews.com
Iran being armed with nuclear weapons seems undesirable to those seeking peace in the Middle East.
But is "the U.S. should use military action against Iran" the best alternative?
During this 2nd Trump administration the U.S. military has demonstrated itself superlatively proficient, both in its previous attack on Iran, and by removing Maduro from Venezuela.
Is Keane right?
If so, why the U.S. military? Is there a compelling reason a broader coalition including Iran's Middle East neighbors should not take the lead?
Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane said the U.S. should use military action against Iran while the regime is at its "weakest," arguing that Tehran continues to lie about its nuclear ambitions even as President Donald Trump keeps the door open to a new deal.
"I think we're coming down to the reality that the military option is, indeed, the best option here," Keane said on "Fox & Friends Weekend."
Trump faces "this historic opportunity that no other president has had" to set the conditions for regime collapse, which could herald enduring peace in the Middle East and be legacy-defining for the president, he said.
Retired general argues military action against Iran is 'best option' as Trump faces 'historic opportunity'
Retired Gen. Jack Keane advocated for military action against Iran, saying Trump has a "historic opportunity" to achieve regime collapse and regional stability.
www.foxnews.com
Iran being armed with nuclear weapons seems undesirable to those seeking peace in the Middle East.
But is "the U.S. should use military action against Iran" the best alternative?
During this 2nd Trump administration the U.S. military has demonstrated itself superlatively proficient, both in its previous attack on Iran, and by removing Maduro from Venezuela.
Is Keane right?
If so, why the U.S. military? Is there a compelling reason a broader coalition including Iran's Middle East neighbors should not take the lead?
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This was major headlines but it's as important today as it was then
She waited sixteen years. Then she stood in a courtroom and asked one question that changed everything.
In the year 2000, a fifteen-year-old girl named Rachael Denhollander walked into a doctor's office in Michigan seeking help for chronic back pain. The physician she met was Larry Nassar, the national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics and a trusted faculty member at Michigan State University. Parents across the country considered it a privilege to have their daughters treated by him. Coaches called him the best in the business.
What happened in that exam room would stay with Rachael for the next sixteen years.
Under the guise of medical treatment, Nassar sexually abused her. Her own mother was sitting in the room during the appointments, unable to see what was happening because Nassar had perfected how to position himself to obstruct her view. He had been doing this for years. He had fooled everyone — parents, coaches, university officials, Olympic committees. When Rachael left that office confused and violated, she had no idea she was one of hundreds.
The warning signs had been there for over two decades. As early as the late 1990s, young athletes had tried to report Nassar to coaches, trainers, and university officials. At least seven women or girls told someone before Rachael did. Every time, their voices were dismissed. Their concerns were ....
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She waited sixteen years. Then she stood in a courtroom and asked one question that changed everything.
In the year 2000, a fifteen-year-old girl named Rachael Denhollander walked into a doctor's office in Michigan seeking help for chronic back pain. The physician she met was Larry Nassar, the national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics and a trusted faculty member at Michigan State University. Parents across the country considered it a privilege to have their daughters treated by him. Coaches called him the best in the business.
What happened in that exam room would stay with Rachael for the next sixteen years.
Under the guise of medical treatment, Nassar sexually abused her. Her own mother was sitting in the room during the appointments, unable to see what was happening because Nassar had perfected how to position himself to obstruct her view. He had been doing this for years. He had fooled everyone — parents, coaches, university officials, Olympic committees. When Rachael left that office confused and violated, she had no idea she was one of hundreds.
The warning signs had been there for over two decades. As early as the late 1990s, young athletes had tried to report Nassar to coaches, trainers, and university officials. At least seven women or girls told someone before Rachael did. Every time, their voices were dismissed. Their concerns were ....
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Oh Lou,
you are sooooo last Tuesday !
Certainly in the previous millennium when you blurted out this anachronism, political candidates could correct misrepresentations of their own position falsely made by their political opponents.
It's a different world now Justice Brandeis.
President Trump has dispensed with centuries old U.S. traditions such as plausibility, and standards of international decorum that served well for millennia.
The white house East wing has been demolished. The rubble has been carted away.
But the destructive forfeiture of U.S. decorum at home & abroad is the greater loss.
Senators Sound Alarm As AI Companies Pour Millions Into U.S. Elections
"The American people are totally unprepared for the transformational and radical impact it's going to have on our society," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said of AI.By Igor Bobic and Kevin Robillard / Feb 14, 2026, 06:00 AM EST
WASHINGTON – Prominent critics of artificial intelligence warned that the industry’s plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this year’s midterm elections are aimed at blocking Congress from regulating a rapidly advancing technology that poses serious risks to society, including jobs, energy prices, and privacy, along with more existential dangers.
“The big money interests, the billionaires who control our economy and our political system, are going to do everything to elect people to give them a green light to go forward,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is planning to introduce legislation prohibiting the construction of data centers that power AI, said in an interview with HuffPost. “I happen to believe that Congress and the American people are totally unprepared for the transformational and radical impact it’s going to have on our society.”
Senators Sound Alarm As AI Companies Pour Millions Into U.S. Elections
"The American people are totally unprepared for the transformational and radical impact it's going to have on our society," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said of AI.
The problem?
Now what, Justice Brandeis ?!
If we see a video of a politician ostensibly correcting a misrepresentation, clarifying a policy position,
is it what it appears to be?
- O R -
is it political subterfuge by a political opponent?
In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar led his army to the banks of the Rubicon, a small river that marked the boundary between Italy and Gaul. Caesar knew Roman law forbade a general from leading his army out of the province to which he was assigned. By crossing the Rubicon, he would violate that law. "The die is cast," he said, wading in. That act of defiance sparked a three-year civil war that ultimately left Julius Caesar the undisputed ruler of the Roman world. It also inspired English speakers to adopt two popular sayings -crossing the Rubicon and the die is cast-centuries later. Rubicon has been used in English as the name of a significant figurative boundary since at least the early 1600s.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rubicon
Shiftless2
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Meanwhile
And don't think you're safe
And don't think you're safe
point:
counterpoint:
Some critics of the automobile, the horseless carriage sounded the alarm.
Excluding horses from U.S. transportation would put workers in the buggy whip factory out of business.
Indeed so.
Right?
A disaster? Unemployment will skyrocket? So far, not so much.
"Every Presidential campaign is an epidemic of economic illiteracy, but this year is a particularly egregious case when talking about the manufacturing [jobs] crisis. What that means is manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment is declining. True. [It] Has been for 60 years. We make steel today, we made steel 20 years ago. We just make 1/3 more steel today with 2/3 fewer steel works who have gone on to other points of employment. If we have a crisis in manufacturing ... we have a calamity in agriculture, because in 1940 19% of our employers were in agriculture, 4% by 1970, 2% today. That's a triumph of American productivity, not a problem." George Will
That's a delightful artistic rendering of the sewing machine twins.
- NAFTA -
counterpoint:
Some critics of the automobile, the horseless carriage sounded the alarm.
Excluding horses from U.S. transportation would put workers in the buggy whip factory out of business.
Indeed so.
Right?
A disaster? Unemployment will skyrocket? So far, not so much.
"Every Presidential campaign is an epidemic of economic illiteracy, but this year is a particularly egregious case when talking about the manufacturing [jobs] crisis. What that means is manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment is declining. True. [It] Has been for 60 years. We make steel today, we made steel 20 years ago. We just make 1/3 more steel today with 2/3 fewer steel works who have gone on to other points of employment. If we have a crisis in manufacturing ... we have a calamity in agriculture, because in 1940 19% of our employers were in agriculture, 4% by 1970, 2% today. That's a triumph of American productivity, not a problem." George Will
Thank you S2.
That's a delightful artistic rendering of the sewing machine twins.
- NAFTA -
Shiftless2
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The companies that survived were the ones who realized that they weren't just in the buggy whip business but were really in the transportation business.
And were not the first to do so.
Check out these two Studebakers:
If after such comparison there are still doubters about the inevitability of progress, please consider a more fundamental reality of language.
"Pro-" and "con-" are prefixes that have meant the opposite of one another for longer than any living memory.
For anyone still opposed to "progress", what's the alternative? "Congress" ?!
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I like ...
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Have to say that in addition to it simply being a cool car I'm amazed that they managed to shoehorn a 502 cubic inch engine into that thing.
Over five hundred cubes, AND a carburetor on top ?!
The vent windows have nostalgic appeal.
- but -
By 3rd millennium standards that contraption is a death machine.
air-bag?
seatbelt?
collapsible steering column?
disc, or anti-lock brakes?
radial tires?
Real pretty though.
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The article doesn't say but I'd be surprised if they hadn't installed seatbelts and shoulder harness and upgraded the brakes - since they replaced the frame so basically they built a hot rod and put a Studebaker body on it. Tires are a given. The only thing I can't see them having done is the steering column and airbags.