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as the members tagged in the above post have not been seen for over a year on this site, the above post was split into its own thread.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee and five others are under arrest as of Friday morning, after allegedly misappropriating tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer food stamp funds. With the assistance of the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office, six individuals have been criminally charged with a bribe and fraud scheme that generated more than $66 million in unauthorized transactions under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps. Starting in 2019, the indictment states that Kehoe created a network that supplied 160 unauthorized electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to stores across the New York area, to illegally process more than $30 million in EBT transactions. "This fraud was made possible when USDA employee Arlasa Davis betrayed the public trust by selling confidential government information to the very criminals she was supposed to catch. Their actions undermined a program that vulnerable New Yorkers depend on for basic nutrition," U.S. Attorney Perry Carbone said in the media release. more at https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-agency-uncovers-one-largest-food-stamp-fraud-bribery-schemes

any large steel products made in japan still have to be shipped to the west coast and then transported to wherever. this should cut down on lead time and transportation costs (especially for any east coast projects)

A former flight attendant caught smuggling over 100 pounds of a deadly new synthetic drug made of human bones faces up to 25 years in a Sri Lankan prison. Charlotte May Lee, 21, from the United Kingdom, was seized at Bandaranaike Airport in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo earlier this month after allegedly carrying suitcases full of “kush,” a new drug originating in West Africa which kills an estimated dozen people a week in Sierra Leone alone. Lee, from south London, claimed the drug stash — which has a reported street value of $3.3 million — was planted in her suitcases without her knowledge, her lawyer, Sampath Perera, told the BBC. more at https://nypost.com/2025/05/25/world-news/ex-flight-attendant-caught-smuggling-drug-made-of-human-bones/

and unlikely anyone will run out in front of you.........

A 64-year-old man died in a California car crash while teaching his 15-year-old daughter how to drive. The Laguna Beach Police Department said emergency personnel responded to a report of a collision in the area of Coast Highway, between Wesley and Montage Resort drives at about 2:43 p.m., local time, on Monday, May 26. According to a preliminary investigation, police said, “a single vehicle, operated by a young driver with a permit, traveled from the upper parking lot of Gelson’s Market, breached a fence barrier, and continued down an embankment before coming to rest on Coast Highway.” more at https://people.com/dad-dies-in-crash-while-trying-to-teach-his-15-year-old-daughter-to-drive-11743391

it was back in 2015 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32716749

questions for AI: - how long would it take for 1 million monkeys to fling enough poo to fill up the challenger deep? - how long would it take for 1 million monkeys to fling enough poo to build a mountain that can reach the moon?

it might save all the ammo they expend. one report i saw in the past was some poor guy was shot up with an anti aircraft weapon.

let me know when monkeys explore the challenger deep or step on the moon.........

when you stop living in trees you won't have a need for them.

A renowned Harvard University professor was stripped of her tenure and fired after an investigation found she fabricated data on multiple studies focused on dishonesty. Francesca Gino, a celebrated behavioral scientist at Harvard Business School, was let go after the school’s top governing board determined she tweaked observations in four studies so that their findings boosted her hypotheses, GBH News reported. Harvard administrators notified business faculty that Gino was out of a job in a closed-door meeting this past week, the outlet reported. The star Ivy League professor — who had authored over 140 scholarly papers and snagged numerous awards — had come under scrutiny in 2023 when a trio of behavioral scientists published a series of blog posts on Data Colada with evidence accusing four of her papers published between 2012 and 2020 she had co-authored contained “fraudulent data.” more at https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/us-news/harvard-professor-of-honesty-stripped-of-tenure-fired-for-manipulating-data-in-studies/

monkeys are not evolved enough to use those

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member has not been seen since early sep 24. this thread is now locked to further replies.

so we can now expect protests that trump stopped war.

it's a self licking ice cream cone.

related topics merged. do not start multiple topics on the same subject.

i suspect the north korean army's ammo supply may be lower now.

A Colombian woman living illegally in the United States lived under a stolen identity for more than two decades, improperly received more than $400,000 in stolen federal benefits, and illegally voted in the 2024 presidential election, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Lina Maria Orovio-Hernandez, 59, also obtained welfare benefits, a REAL ID and eight other state ID’s, the Justice Department said. Orovio-Hernandez allegedly used the stolen identity to submit a fraudulent voter registration in January 2023, and cast a ballot in last year’s presidential election, prosecutors said. She was captured on surveillance camera at a bank wearing an “I voted” sticker on Nov. 5, 2024, Election Day, according to court documents. She is charged with false representation of a Social Security number; making a false statement in an application for a United States passport; aggravated identity theft; receiving stolen government money or property; fraudulent voter registration; and fraudulent voting. more at https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/us-news/colombian-woman-charged-with-illegally-voting-in-2024-election-stealing-400000-in-taxpayer-funded-benefits/

"Attempt to bypass the Forums language filter..."

and right behind it is this one The $42 billion internet program that has connected 0 people In 2021, the Biden Administration passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which included a provision to give $42.5 billion to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to provide under-served and rural areas with internet access. To date, it has connected nobody. The plan required U.S. states and territories to submit plans for investment and deployment by the end of 2023, which all have done. Expected roll out won't occur until 2026 by most optimistic deadlines. It's better than nothing, right? Maybe not. more at https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/the-42-billion-internet-program-that-has-connected-0-people

except it isn't one word.....you need to evolve a bit more, cheetah.

she doesn't get hairballs, unlike the maine ####### i had previously. eta: i guess the vj site censor hates large kitty cat names........