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After Two Weeks With Kamala, Tim Walz Announces He Has Signed Back Up With National Guard And Requested Deployment To Iraq [...] Though leaving the ticket after only two weeks, campaign staffers report that Walz actually set the record for the longest time any person has ever worked with Kamala. "Most people don't make it twenty-four hours with that woman. Walz really hung in there," said aide Mandy Donaldson. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/after-two-weeks-with-kamala-tim-walz-announces-he-has-signed-back-up-with-national-guard-and-requested-deployment-to-iraq

Watch for It: Trump Will Be Sentenced to Prison on Sept. 18 [...] The sentencing is set to come on Sept. 18. Former prosecutor Andrew McCarthy points out that Sept. 18 is "two days after early voting in the 2024 election begins in Pennsylvania." Merchan's goal, according to McCarthy, is "to enable Vice President Harris and the media-Democratic complex to label Trump 'a convicted felon sentenced to prison' just weeks before Election Day, at a time when Americans will already have started voting in many states, not least the potentially decisive Pennsylvania battleground." Hey, it's easier than lining up the record of the Trump administration and the Biden regime and showing that it was a grand thing that Old Joe started pretending to be president on Jan. 20, 2021. The whole idea is just to give the Harris campaign a powerful talking point when it's crunch time. "The New York prosecution of Trump," McCarthy points out, "was politics, not justice. That's why we call it 'lawfare.' The prosecutors and judge are not concerned about whether convictions ultimately get thrown out on appeal." It's all just a stunt, put on from start to finish for political purposes. And so Merchan will sentence Trump to prison. The former president doesn't actually have to be apprehended and forced behind bars for the gambit to work. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/08/14/watch-for-it-trump-will-be-sentenced-to-prison-on-sept-18-n4931646

Walz Agrees to Vice Presidential Debate With Vance Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) has finally agreed to a debate with former President Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). The Democrat nominee for president, Vice President Kamala Harris, recently chose the governor of Minnesota as her running mate. The debate between the two men has been booked by CBS for October 1 and is scheduled to take place in New York City, but Vance and the Trump campaign have yet to accept the offer. "See you on October 1, JD.," said Walz in a tweet. [...] https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2024/08/14/walz-agrees-to-vice-presidential-debate-invitation-with-vance-n4931653

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ~~~~~~~~ Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: What a day, si man! Breakfast was a ham-&-cheese sandwich, indict all but the cheese and ingest we man. Took Mini-B.'s outgrown threads to children's resale place, travel we man. Buying area surprisingly busy for midweek midday, amazing man. We brought Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2+2+2+1) articles of clothing, heavy boxful man. They took Many (2x2x2x2x2 -2-1), amazing man. That's a Many% ([2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +2]%) acceptance rate, unheard-of man. The chica said that they weren't really supposed to accept fall/winter stuff yet, no man. However, they were thin on boys' sizes Many (2x2x2 +2+2+2) to Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2), si man. She even asked if we had more at the casa, sadly not man. We earned $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2x2x2 +2+2+1] + half a buck) -- si man, $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2x2x2 +2+2+1] + half a buck), $ucce$$ful Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man. We made probably Many (1 Manyzen +1) or Many (1 Manyzen +2) visits to the 2 outlets of this place over time, si man, and left with money in our pocket every time, $ucce$$ful Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man. On way back, stopped at department-store clearance outlet, nothing for Mini-B. and expensive there man. Got 2 grocery items at Aldi for Mama T-B., save trip later man. Returned to casa rather sweatily and serviced demanding miu, Treat and Lunch Me Daddy man. Called Mama T-B. to see about grocerying then (half-past 2 p.m.) or later was preferable, mattered not man. Went to pharmacy for Uncle T-B. and part of Mama T-B.'s stuff, separate purchases man. Groceried for Mama T-B., much frozen stuff man. Delivered stuff to Mama T-B., complain about it senior she man to we man man. Was given one item to return to store, senior she at we man man. Sweatily T-B.-mobiled around complex to Uncle T-B., deliver to senior he man we man man. Uncle T-B. wasn't wearing his hearing aids and we had to shout, exhausted we man man. We refilled Uncle T-B.'s pills, refill we man. We replaced his filthy kitchen trash can, replace we man. We replaced some beyond-disgusting personal items, replace we man. We took a check for bank deposit, good timing with that man. Made it to bank before closing, boon man. Returned to supermarket for return, obedient we man. There were Many (2x2x2) -- si man, Many (2x2x2) in CustServ line ahead of us, we man. Fortunately, line moved reasonably quickly, small boon man. By now it was half-past Many (2+2) p.m., late man. We were perspirational and about to collapse from hunger, past time man. Stopped at Subway*, proximal man. *WUOC, financially savvy we man Guy thoroughly overtoasted our sandwich, vulcanized man. We were too exhausted to notice, out-wiped we man. Returned to casa and serviced indignant miu, Treats And Attention Daddy man. Din-din was Subway, crumbled all over table & floor but ingest we man. Decided on long-overdue siesta, zzz we man. Mini-B. returned from ex-Mrs.-T-B. at usual time, good timing man. Embedded Mini-B. on schedule, minor miracle man. No party with the rubias tonight, exhausted we man. Doc appointment for Uncle T-B. Thursday, senior he man already trying to weasel out of it man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

Inferior primates again pay homage to their superior cousins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El Paso Zoo to celebrate International Orangutan Day this weekend EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens is inviting the community to celebrate International Orangutan Day this weekend, the City of El Paso said in a press release on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The El Paso Zoo will be raising awareness about the conservation of orangutans and the need to protect their natural habitats on Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18, according to the City. The zoo will be joining other zoos and aquariums around the world for International Orangutan Day which is celebrated on August 19. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/el-paso-zoo-celebrate-international-213926531.html

These guys were a place to shop, until the pandemic lockdowns hosed their inventory stocks and they raised their prices to where nothing is a bargain any longer. Thanks, Bidementia. And again, no "closing sales" are specifically listed on their website. Great journalism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Big Lots is closing hundreds of stores after warning it could go out of business Big Lots is closing more than 300 locations across the United States, or roughly a quarter of its stores, following an earlier warning that its future was in "substantial doubt" amid ongoing financial troubles. The discount retailer previously said it planned to close as many as 40 stores during its most recent earnings report in June, when it recorded a 10% decrease in sales and a $205 million loss for the quarter because customers are cutting back on spending. In a recent regulatory filing, Big Lots said it would increase the number of closures to 315 stores, part of an updated loan agreement to secure its finances. A specific list wasn't revealed, but Big Lots is listing closing sales at hundreds of its 1,389 stores on its website. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/big-lots-closing-hundreds-stores-165452480.html

Unless I'm misreading something, the link in this article to the store's website seems to indicate that ALL stores are closing, not just (e.g.) 9 in Texas. Poor journalism by CNN. Regardless, this outfit (founded in and huge in Texas) has had problems for years, chief among them offering credit purchases to people who had horrible credit reports. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A 134-year-old home goods retailer filed for bankruptcy and is closing more than 70 stores New York (CNN) — Conn's HomePlus, a 134-year-old furniture and electronics retailer with locations primarily in the southern United States, has filed for bankruptcy and is closing nearly half of its 170 stores. The Texas-based company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, has been struggling with slumping sales amid a broader slowdown in discretionary spending among consumers. Conn's has assets and liabilities worth at least $1 billion each, according to the filing. The 73 Conn's HomePlus stores closing are listed on its website. Florida is the most affected state with 18 stores soon shutting down, followed by Texas with 9 locations. Other states where stores are closing include Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia. [...] https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/investing/conns-bankruptcy-store-closures/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo

I can't imagine the terror felt by all as their plane goes down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black box shows Brazil plane crashed 1 minute after pilots sensed trouble, local media says SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Authorities investigating the Brazilian plane crash that killed all 62 on board last week now have the full transcript of the "black box" but its content did not immediately explain the cause of the accident, local TV station Globo said on Wednesday. The transcript from the cockpit voice recorder shows the pilot and copilot noticed a steep loss of altitude about one minute before the crash [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-box-shows-brazil-plane-012404634.html

'Resentful' Joe Biden Set to Snub Barack Obama and Kamala Harris Speeches at DNC While the Democratic Party leadership is putting on a united public front, Joe Biden's simmering resentment over the quiet coup that ended his re-election dreams may be bubbling to the surface. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/resentful-joe-biden-set-snub-134106186.html

All the Sports Being Cut and Added for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics [...] see which sports are in, out and making a comeback at the 2028 LA Olympics: [...] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sports-being-cut-added-2028-165345365.html

Scientists Drilled So Deep Into the Center of the Earth, They Knocked on the Mantle's Door If you want to understand the geology of our home planet, studying the mantle is a great place to start. Separating the planet's rocky crust and the molten outer core, the mantle makes up 70 percent of the Earth's mass and 84 percent of its volume. But despite its outsized influence on the planet's geologic processes, scientists have never directly sampled rocks from this immensely important geologic layer. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-drilled-deep-center-earth-163300616.html

I suspect that many school districts get away with metaphorical murder.

It is Wednesday -- time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FUNNY SHORT ONES The bank says this is my final notice. Isn't it great that they're not going to bother me any longer? Now they're saying that cigarettes can cause rectal cancer. I'll be OK, though -- I'm always careful to put them in my mouth. "Coming soon to a cinema near you." How do they know where I live? I've been voted Employee Of The Month for the past 15 months. Self-employment has its advantages! When I walked into the store, the sign on the door said "Open." Now I can't leave, because the sign on the door says "Closed." When I was kidnapped as a young child, my parents sprang into action. They rented out my room. I'm not fat! I'm just easy to see.

That's great news!

Never. Not by nobody, not nohow.

Dear God in heaven... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biden Randomly Starts Screaming at Cancer Event, Appears to Forget What Year It Is and Obama's Name [...] It's scary to think that this man has the nuclear codes. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/08/13/biden-randomly-starts-screaming-at-cancer-event-appears-to-forget-what-year-it-is-n2178080

Posted in the Elections thread, too...

Little Ms. Red-white-&-blue (D-Mogadishu) has won. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Rep. Ilhan Omar Wins Democratic Primary in MN-05 She had the incumbent advantage and was predicted to retain her seat based on recent polling. Now, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has won her primary in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. [...] https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/08/13/rep-ilhan-omar-wins-democratic-primary-in-mn-05-n2178087

Country-specific thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Thailand regional forum.

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Even after out-pigging on Monday, we were below our weight line this morning, whee man. Dropped Mini-B. at skool comfortably early, si man. Breakfast was 2 "egg bites" from Costco, ingest we man. Went to favorite large thrift shop, as indicated man. Prices went up, we man. Furthermore, no item had a half-price colored tag, man. We had to rely on our weekly discount, si and oh well and OK man. We got Mini-B. Many (2+2+1) long pants, $i man. We got Mini-B. Many (2+2) short pants, $i man. We got Mini-B. Many (2+2) long-sleeved shirts, $i man. We saved $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 +1 + half a buck), financially savvy we man. Lunch was onecan of tortilla soup*, ingest we man. *from supermarket clearance bin, financially savvy we man A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Casa health aide will see Uncle T-B. on Wednesday, schedule she man with we man man. Waiting to hear about nooser, confirmation pending man. Din-din was nuked mixed vegetables + On-Cor chicken parmigiana patties, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Many (2+1) Everybody Loves Chris episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 -1) for the week already, counting Many from Friday man. Wednesday will be non-Two Guys eve, oh well man. We plan to take Mini-B.'s outgrown stuff to children's resale place, maybe last visit ever man. Then we must grocery for Mama T-B., fortunately all at one place man (!!?). Then we must collect Rx's for Uncle T-B., deliver we man to senior he man man. Party with the rubias once Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

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FOWL CRIME: Illinois School Food Employee Gets NINE YEARS for Stealing $1.5 Million in Chicken Wings We wonder exactly how much fraud happened during COVID, when schools were closed and people were working remotely and the normal oversights and guardrails were lessened (if not outright gone). Tim Walz oversaw hundreds of millions in COVID fraud in Minnesota. It wasn't just Minnesota, however, a food service worker at an Illinois school district conned taxpayers out of $1.5 million by stealing chicken wings during the pandemic. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/13/illinois-school-worker-gets-nine-years-for-stealing-millions-in-chicken-wings-n2399586

It's Been One Month Since Someone Tried to Assassinate the Former President, and We're Hearing Crickets [...] You could tell the moment after it happened that this incident would not be treated like any other assassination attempt. The attempts on Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford held the national attention for years. Nobody's over John F. Kennedy's assassination. Robert Kennedy Sr.'s assassin has won his freedom from a parole board, though he still sits in a California prison. We all saw what happened on that Memphis balcony when a racist Democrat took a gun and shot Martin Luther King, Jr. Americans don't take kindly to people trying to permanently take out their leaders. And we didn't like it when some of the same people now investigating this assassination attempt previously tried to take him out with their Russia investigations, lies about peeing hookers, bank accounts, trips to Prague, and the free-for-all spending from Democrat allies paying for anyone to lie to take him out in court. So it was that hours after the attempt on Trump's life, the FBI and Secret Service brass, only a short helicopter or plane ride away, couldn't be bothered to show up for a news conference to tell America what happened and what we knew so far. I wrote about it in the piece called "Don't Worry if You Missed FBI Presser on Trump Assassination Attempt. You Didn't Miss a Thing." Here's an excerpt: [...] https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/08/13/its-been-one-month-since-someone-tried-to-assassinate-the-former-president-wheres-the-fbi-presser-n4931608

Tim Walz Is Just Like You and Me — If You and I Have Friends Who Love Hamas The marketing campaign is in high gear. Tim Walz should be our vice president, our self-appointed moral superiors inform us because he is a guy just like you and me and the fellow grilling hamburgers next door. Not Chuck Schumer photo-op raw meat, either. Walz, the "news" media insists, is the real deal, an Ordinary Joe, even more ordinary than Old Joe Biden. A high school teacher! A football coach! A Marxist authoritarian! Oh, scratch that last one; they won’t be admitting that one until later. Nor is the establishment media talking about his friendships with Muslims who love Hamas. The Washington Examiner reported Friday that Walz, "on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas's Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel and promoted a film popular among Neo-Nazis that glorifies Adolf Hitler." The imam whom the Examiner had in mind was [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/08/13/tim-walz-is-just-like-you-and-me-if-you-and-i-have-friends-who-love-hamas-n4931603

Fascinating and ominous insights into the assassination attempt and much more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dissension, 'Toxicity' Plagued Trump's Secret Service Detail Before Assassination Attempt Rancor, recriminations, and serious formal misconduct complaints have plagued all levels of the Secret Service detail assigned to protect former President Donald Trump over the last year, distracting the team from its core mission of securing Trump from physical harm and preventing an assassination. Trump's regular detail team, a force of 60 employees – special agents and support staff – has been beset by internal division, long workdays and weeks, and constant stress. Last year, the team lost one of its members to suicide. Among the allegations are accusations of improper sexual relationships or fraternization within the team, debilitating mental health issues, non-merit-based promotions, conflict of interest issues, unfair retaliation and the creation of inappropriate memes and social media posts. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/12/dissension_toxicity_plagued_trumps_secret_service_detail_before_assassination_attempt.html