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Good for DeSantis! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pinellas County, Florida Dump: 'We're Not Accepting Storm Debris.' Ron DeSantis: 'Yes, You Are.' Pinellas County, Florida, is on a peninsula on Florida's west coast, across Tampa Bay from the city of Tampa. Hurricane Helene hit Pinellas County pretty hard, and many residents and state workers were left with a lot of storm debris to clean up. There was just one problem: the Pinellas County landfill announced it wouldn't be open to accepting storm debris. Governor Ron DeSantis said, "Oh, yeah?" And now, the Pinellas County landfill is back open to storm debris. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/10/06/leadership-ron-desantis-orders-closed-dump-opened-for-storm-debris-n2180206

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Did not leave the casa all day, perfect Sunday man. Lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Conquered the LL and dished/de-dished the warsher, domestic we man. Watched NFL game and consumed 2 bowls of Costco popcorn, watch and ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Din-din was onecan of sliced carrots, ingest we man. Mini-B. showed up for Two Guys week, Two Guys man. Must arise at o'dark-Many to take Mini-B. to Band sectional, we man. No formal plans for Monday, no man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Jonathan Turley is as hot as he ever allows himself to get. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack Smith's 'October Surprise' was not that surprising…and that is the problem [...] the Justice Department has long followed a policy against making potentially influential filings within 60 or 90 days of an election. One section of the Justice Department manual states "Federal prosecutors… may never select the timing of any action, including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any election." Jack Smith, however, has long dismissed such considerations. For years, Smith has been unrelenting in his demands for a trial before the election. He has even demanded that Donald Trump be barred from standard appellate options in order to expedite his trial. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4917230-justice-department-october-surprise/

Praying for you, Bro G. Nonemergency surgical operations are typically postponed, at least around here. Let us know. Good to know that you won't shoot us anytime soon, and good pun whether intended or not. Prompt and detailed updates, please.

Had every team refused, enough of a point would have been made to rectify the situation definitively, I think.

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It's Sunday! Time for our approval-evoking*, good-news-prompting* Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *that is, if correlation = causation ============================================= HIS FIRST CONFESSION An old man went to Confession. He told the priest that on Friday night, he'd been in a bar where he met a young woman. "Maybe 22 years old," he said. "A gorgeous blonde. I started lusting, Father." "Yes," said the priest. "Lust is a dangerous sin, my son." "There's more," said the man. "We went back to her place and made passionate love for hours." The priest paused. "And how long has it been since your last confession?" "I've never come. This is my first." "How come this your first confession?" "I'm an atheist." The priest frowned. "Then… why are you telling ME all this?" "Telling YOU?! I'm telling EVERYONE!"

For Safety, Trump To Give Butler Speech In Mandalorian Helmet BUTLER, PA — As an additional measure of security for his return to Butler, former President Trump will give his rally speech while wearing a helmet of Mandalorian armor. "Best armor in the galaxy, that's what everyone is saying," said Trump. "I don't like what it does to my voice, though. Whoa! Does everyone else hear me like I'm hearing me?" Although Secret Service has taken extra precautions for Trump's return, the Trump campaign felt it could take no chances. "The Secret Service promised [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/for-safety-trump-to-give-butler-speech-in-mandalorian-armor

FEMA Arrests Noah For Running Unauthorized Flood Rescue Operation ASHEVILLE, NC — FEMA arrested Noah this week after they caught the prophet attempting to help rescue people afflicted by the floods. "This is an unapproved rescue operation and we will not tolerate such behavior," FEMA Spokesman Randy Tarwater told the press. "We apprehended Noah and his so-called 'ark' attempting to save human and animal lives. That's not what FEMA represents." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/fema-arrests-noah-for-running-unauthorized-flood-rescue-operation

What Kamala Harris Posted Shows She Doesn't Care About Hurricane Helene Victims [...] The response has been slow. Countless hurricane victims are without electricity or water access, an issue expected to last weeks. Kamala announced that $750 checks will be issued to these people who've lost everything. This insulting offer comes on the heels of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's announcement that they don't have enough funds for hurricane season because they siphoned off cash to help illegal aliens. With Israeli airstrikes rolling through Beirut, the Biden-Harris administration announced that $157 million will be allocated for humanitarian assistance. What about here, guys? Here's what Kamala posted: [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/10/05/kamala-harris-did-not-just-post-this-about-lebanon-n2645792

Study: COVID-Vaxxed Kids SIX TIMES Likelier to Die Than Unvaxxed Peers The ostensible takeaway, per the authors, of a poorly-publicized study from June of this year was that children vaccinated for COVID had much higher rates of asthma — almost double, in fact — post-COVID infection than their unvaccinated peers. That's compelling enough of a headline, but what should really have been the lede in any sane world got buried deep in the weeds. [...] https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/10/05/study-covid-vaxxed-kids-six-times-likelier-to-die-than-unvaxxed-peers-n4933087

A commenter on the below article said, "If they are organized, it could be very ugly... they have come here and disappeared, possibly waiting for the signal to go." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feds Warn That October 7 Anniversary Could Bring Jihad Attacks in the U.S. Although they've spent the last four years pretending that "white supremacists" constituted the nation's biggest terror threat, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center took some time Wednesday to try to strengthen their increasingly tenuous acquaintance with reality. They issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning that Islamic jihadis might "engage in violence" on Monday, Oct. 7, the first anniversary of Hamas' jihad massacre of 1,200 Israelis. The agencies did not, of course, call them "Islamic jihadis." As far as the federal government is concerned, there is no such thing as Islamic jihad, and Islam is no more likely to incite its adherents to violence than any other faith, including that of the Amish. Instead, as CBS News reported Wednesday, the feds warned that the Oct. 7 anniversary "as well as any further significant escalations" in Israel's defensive war "may be a motivating factor for violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators to engage in violence or threaten public safety." [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/10/05/feds-warn-that-oct-7-anniversary-could-bring-jihad-attacks-in-the-us-n4933095

Nice explanation here of why Israel quit doing the same-old. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel's New Rules of War October 7, nearly a year ago, changed Israeli calculations in ways that are still being revealed. The very bestiality of the event, with its torture, murder, mass rapes, and the like, was an expression of both Palestinian blood hatred and Iranian grand strategy. Soon after the event, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, described October 7 as "great," "blessed," "heroic," and "courageous," even as his Shiite group rained down missiles on northern Israel, forcing 60,000 civilians to flee south. Repelling such a war of annihilation is not pretty, especially for a democracy governed by the consent of the governed, which is therefore charged by its citizenry with protecting their physical and material well-being. Indeed, democracy entails obligations that are not always benign. This naturally leads to adjustments in the military rules of engagement. Remember, there is a profound difference between imagining the worst that your enemy might do to you and then palpably experiencing it. October 7 left nothing to the imagination. It would have been both immoral and irresponsible if Israeli military thinking had not evolved as a consequence. [...] https://nationalinterest.org/feature/israels-new-rules-war-213044

Confronting Hamas, Iran and the Universal Lessons From Amalek [...] The hatred displayed by Hamas and the Iranian axis of evil can be described as a deeply entrenched ideological and religious hostility, primarily driven by a radical Islamist worldview that calls for the destruction of Israel and the eradication of its people. Iran, along with its proxies like Hezbollah, spreads its influence through support for militant groups, aiming to destabilize the region and promote its revolutionary agenda of exporting radical Shiite Islam. Their common hatred is not only political but rooted in a fundamental rejection of Israel's right to exist, coupled with a broader goal to dominate the Middle East through violence, terror, and subversion. The Oct. 7, 2023, atrocities Hamas committed in support of their genocidal cause are not merely political maneuvers but assaults on the moral foundations that hold societies together. The violence and terror Hamas unleashed on the young, defenseless revelers at the Nova music festival reminds us that the struggle is not Israel's alone – it is a fight for the ethical principles that sustain our global community. Again and again, Iran and its proxies target the innocent and defenseless, acting as a terror syndicate, whose core ideals require the physical destruction of Israel. It is no longer acceptable for the global Muslim leadership to promote an originalist reading of the 7th-century Koran, so finally the international community must hold them to account. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/04/confronting_hamas_iran_and_universal_lessons_from_amalek_151727.html

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man: Breakfast/lunch was onecan of Many-bean ([2+1]-bean) salad*, ingest we man. *bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man At noon, we were called by a lady from Uncle T-B.'s bank, follow-up man. We could not be added as a secondary joint owner through financial Power of Attorney alone, no man. There was also no designated beneficiary, uh-oh if anything happened to Uncle or Mama T-B. man. We swung into action, swing and act we man. We up-picked Uncle T-B. and delivered him to bank, deliver we man senior he man man**. We up-picked Mama T-B. and delivered her to bank, deliver we man senior she man man**. **both could not fit into the T-B.-mobile simultaneously, no man The papers were signed and we were added, relief man. We re-casa'd Mama T-B., exhausted senior she man. We re-casa'd Uncle T-B., exhausted senior he man. We were reminded of how absolutely infirm each of them is, it's hell to be old man. From there, we went to Costco Business Center, completely discretionary trip man. From there, we went to the ES, see above and we man. From there, we went to Aldi, finish shopping for Two Guys week man. After all this, we were completely exhausted ourself, too much man. Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. A massive siesta was then taken for 1 + half an hour, dead-to-the-world we man. No plans for Sunday other than laundry, unplanned we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort exhausted we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Thrilling Saturday GS/ES report, see man: We went to the large community GS rather early, dedicated we man. Parking up close was available, first time ever man. One vendor had the take, see man: -- onetube Colgate Total anti-plaque toothpaste = $2, deal man From there, we went to another GS, visit we man but nothing there man. Hours later (see Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report), we visited an ES, ghastly man. The family was on the scene, "that's not for sale man," man. We walked out in disgust, don't waste our time like that man. Total = $2

Good luck to the most recent poster -- be sure to update your timeline when matters progress. Thread from 2019 is now closed to further comment.

The Amish are obviously to blame, yet again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly doubles the death toll cited in earlier reports. The new figure would make the assault, in which civilians were shot dead as they dug trenches to defend the remote town of Barsalogho, one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent decades. Militants from Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al Qaeda affiliate based in Mali and active in Burkina Faso, opened fire methodically as they swept into the outskirts of Barsalogho on motorcycles and shot down villagers, who lay helpless in the freshly upturned dirt of the trench, according to several videos of the August 24 attack posted by pro-JNIM accounts on social media. Many of the dead were women and children, and the footage is punctuated by the sound of automatic gunfire and screams of victims as they are shot while apparently trying to play dead. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/massacre-burkina-faso-left-600-040138443.html

After watching this, I still can't understand why (and how) "order" and "protocol" is crucial enough to supersede the need to rescue as many people as possible very rapidly.

Trembling, Bleeding Spokeswoman Issues Statement Denying That Doug Emhoff Would Ever Hit Anyone [...] "These accusations are absolutely ridiculous," the spokeswoman said as blood trickled from a scrape under her left eye. "Mr. Emhoff would never, ever do such a despicable thing as to strike anyone — much less a woman. The woman who was allegedly slapped by Mr. Emhoff simply fell down some stairs… just like I did right before coming out here to speak with you all today." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trembling-bleeding-spokeswoman-issues-statement-denying-that-doug-emhoff-would-ever-hit-anyone

All Charges Dropped After Diddy Claims He's Just A Knucklehead NEW YORK, NY — All charges of sex trafficking and racketeering against rapper and business mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs were formally dropped Thursday after he admitted he was just a knucklehead. "Look, I can be a bit of a knucklehead at times," Diddy said as he addressed the court. "What can I say? Ope!" He continued, "So look, my commitment has been from the beginning, to make sure that I'm there for people, to make sure that I get this right. I will say more than anything, many times, I will talk a lot. I will get caught up in the rhetoric. But being there, the impact it made, the difference it made in my life. I learned a lot from sex trafficking. It made me who I am today." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/all-charges-dropped-after-diddy-claims-hes-just-a-knucklehead

This confirms that PMSNBC, for one, is firmly in Kommie's grasp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whistleblower Reveals Left-Wing Networks Are 'Rigged' for Kamala An MSNBC producer just blew the lid off the liberal media's plan to get Vice President Kamala Harris elected, and it's every bit as shady as you'd think. Undercover conservative journalist James O'Keefe released a video of MSNBC producer Basel Hamdan admitting that the network is "doing all they can" to elect Harris by making viewers "dumber over the years." Hamdan, a writer and producer for the network's show "Ayman," was asked by an undercover journalist what MSNBC is doing to help Harris win the race. Speaking into a hidden camera and microphone, he said that [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/10/04/whistleblower-reveals-left-wing-networks-are-rigged-for-kamala-n2645745

Elon Musk to Join Trump Campaign Rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday: Unbowed, Unbroken, and Unrepentant Earlier on Friday, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein officially accused the Democratic National Committee of spying, infiltrating their organization, lawfare, and other dirty tricks. And Friday afternoon, none other than Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged to join the upcoming Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa. — the same place where Donald Trump nearly lost his life after being struck by an assassin's bullet — over the upcoming weekend. It's noteworthy that Stein and Musk — who, arguably, represent the two most high-profile environmental movements in the country (politically and commercially) — have come together in agreement that the Democratic Party is their common enemy. [...] https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/10/04/elon-musk-to-join-trump-campaign-rally-in-butler-pa-on-saturday-unbowed-unbroken-and-unrepentant-n4933077

A brief and very well-expressed article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ US union members and leaders are not always on the same political page The saying goes, "don't ask the question if you don't want to know the answer". US labour leaders have taken that advice to heart, largely declining to poll their membership on what political positions their unions should take. The problem is that, for many of them, their own progressive instincts are often woefully disconnected from the views of their members. [...] https://www.ft.com/content/8d09dee7-a508-43da-b37d-1b8a7b9008f3?segmentId=b385c2ad-87ed-d8ff-aaec-0f8435cd42d9

How to Play With a Cat and Why It's So Important Playing with your cat is not only fun, but it can also help keep your beloved, four-legged feline happy and healthy. Understanding how to play with your cat is easy once you figure out which toys, games, and activities your mini tiger loves the most. "Much in the same way that humans require social interaction on some level, it's a necessary aspect to companion cat care to encourage playtime to ensure they live their happiest lives," Shelby Bundy, a cat expert and shelter manager at the Longmont Humane Society in Colorado says. Here's how to play with your cat to ensure they get all the exercise and enrichment they need to thrive. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/play-cat-why-important-130000721.html