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IRS Welcomes Home Hostages Held in Russia with the Gift of an Overdue Tax Bill In case you didn't hate the IRS already, they have provided Americans with all new reasons. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/09/30/russian-hostages-big-tax-bills-n2401625

Florida City Declares Hurricane Emergency, Bans Gun Sales and Even Displays If we learned one thing from the COVID pandemic, it's that the government will declare an emergency and immediately begin curtailing rights. Knowing that Hurricane Helene was approaching, the city council of Okeechobee, Florida, declared a local state of emergency and banned gun sales. But that's not all. Also banned was the display of guns or ammunition at any store or shop. Finally, "the intentional possession in a public place of a firearm by any person, except a duly authorized law enforcement official or person in military service" was prohibited. The Firearms Policy Coalition got in touch with the DeSantis administration, which directed Okeechobee's police chief to rescind the order. Chalk up another win for Ron DeSantis. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/09/30/florida-city-declares-hurricane-emergency-bans-gun-sales-n2401605

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Monday report, see man: Went to Dollar-Plus-Half-of-Half-a-Dollar Tree for Mama T-B. and Costco for us, shop we man. Lunch was the Costco footlong hot dog + (Diet) Pepsi, ingest financially savvy we man. A siesta was partially successful, incessant texts beeping man. Din-din was Modified-Modified Tuna Glop, potato soup* substituted for mushroom soup man. *bought at a Saturday ES, financially savvy we man Went to Walmart for Mama T-B., deliver all probably Tuesday man. Will take Uncle T-B. for blood draw and flu shot on Tuesday, chauffeur we man senior he man man. Will also caucus with Uncle T-B. re reinvesting maturing-CD funds, amazing finds we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

Biden/Harris: No More Aid for Hurricane Victims You can't make this up. As Southeastern states were devastated by a Biblical disaster, Biden was relaxing on the beach in Delaware. He and Jill were enjoying a bit of sun as North Carolina, in particular, was devastated, with entire towns wiped off the map. Quite literally they are gone, along with an as-yet unknown number of people. We may never know the numbers. Before he went off to have his fun in the sun, Biden found time to send another $2.4 billion to Ukraine, and when he was coming home, he took a bit of time to tell the people of Appalachia that, since they vote Republican, they will get no more aid from the feds. I'm not joking. He did, although he didn't actually mention the political leanings of the region. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/09/30/joe-biden-no-more-aid-for-hurricane-victims-n3795198

Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' Has Been a Failure The idea behind the "Axis of Resistance" was that all of the terrorist groups funded by Iran in the Middle East would commit themselves to a kind of mutual defense pact. In case on of them was attacked by Israel or the US, they could all respond. But nearly a year after Hamas attacked Israel on 10/7 the Axis of Resistance isn't looking so hot. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/09/30/irans-axis-of-resistance-has-been-a-failure-n3795213

This is wonderful and even better than expected. Hizb'allah is being left to twist in the wind. A fun article! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lebanese army making moves regarding invasion, IDF says Following extensive strikes in Beirut and Lebanon, the IDF believes Hezbollah is even more damaged than expected. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-822624

Is Iran's Nuclear Program Next on Israel's Target List? "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum," Roman general Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus wrote some 16 centuries ago — if you want peace, prepare for war. Sometimes, if you want peace, you've got to keep blowing up the bad guys until the survivors cry uncle or you run out of bad guys. The question for Israel now is how far up the bad guys' food chain do they want to go? [...] https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/09/30/is-irans-nuclear-program-next-on-israels-target-list-n4932947

Speaks volumes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With Biden and Harris MIA After Helene Devastation, Trump Steps Up Kamala Harris was in San Francisco for a campaign fundraiser on Sunday, and by Monday, Joe Biden announced that there would be no additional federal aid for Hurricane Helene victims. It's just another example of the incompetence and indifference we've come to expect from the Biden-Harris administration when it comes to handling disasters. Thankfully, Donald Trump stepped up to fill the leadership void. President Trump gave a speech in Valdosta, Ga., addressing Hurricane Helene's aftermath. During the speech, Trump not only pledged support and praised ongoing relief efforts, but he also discussed aid distribution. He emphasized unity, acknowledged victims, and called for more federal assistance to affected areas. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/09/30/with-biden-and-harris-mia-after-helene-devastation-trump-steps-up-n4932950

This is surprising but perhaps shouldn't be. Comments on it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silent Majority: Poll Finds Independents Are Far More Conservative Than They're Willing To Admit If conservatives want to win elections, they don't need to rile up the base, they need to convince independents to say in public what they believe in private – that they agree with conservatives on most issues and that Democrats are the wildly out-of-touch extremists. That, at least, is one way to read a fascinating new survey from Populace, a non-partisan think tank in Massachusetts, which figured out a way to discern what 20,000 Americans think privately and compare that to what they are willing to say publicly. It turns out that there are often wide gaps between the two, which Populace calls the "Social Pressure Index. People tend to avoid stating their views if they think they're in the minority. But here's the really interesting finding: On a host of bellwether issues, independents are, in private, far more conservative than they will admit to pollsters. [...] https://issuesinsights.com/2024/09/30/survey-says-independents-are-way-more-conservative-than-theyre-willing-to-admit/

Gad.

We're all bleeding in empathy for her grief. "From the liver to the knee!" 💥

Been to these yet? You know, you've been to so many that you ought to consider writing a travel guide, or at least some articles for travel magazines.

The death of Hassan Nasrallah shows why this is a just war Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was killed last night in an Israeli air strike on Beirut, as part of its ongoing offensive in southern Lebanon. Nasrallah's death exposes the glaring omission in most of the media coverage of the conflict. Few outlets seem willing to recognise the fact that [...] https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/09/28/the-death-of-hassan-nasrallah-shows-why-this-is-a-just-war/

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Visited Mama T-B., Two Guys visit senior she man man. Mama T-B. didn't yell at us about much, fine with us man. Mama T-B. offered to fund lunch for us and Mini-B., leftover monthly funds man. Mini-B. declined and we accepted, si man. Mini-B. instead consumed a hunk of pecan pie, ingest wee man. At the casa, we consumed the lunch, ingest we man. It was flank steak, baked tater, green bean almondine, beef noodle soup, roll, blackberry cobbler, si man. We and Mini-B. watched most of a football game, watch Two Guys man. Two bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This vaulted us into the minimum for a Two Guys week, Many (2x2x2 +2+1) bowls man. Around Many p.m., Mini-B. requested onecan of S+Ms, ingest wee man man. We conquered the Many (2+1) laundry loads and dished/de-dished the warsher, domestic we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came to see the season premiere of AFV, pretty good man. Mini-B. departed, end of Two Guys week man. Later, we got the inevitable call of a forgotten item, deliver we man. We then went to nearby supermarket for a frozen Mexican din-din, ingest we man. Miu demanded din-din, 2 brushings, and much play, demanding miu man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. No fixed plans for Monday, play-by-ear we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

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Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star. Stargazers and astronomers around the world continue to gaze toward the Corona Borealis constellation 3,000 light-years from Earth, where a long-dead star is expected to reignite in an explosion so powerful it will briefly rival the brilliance of Polaris, the North Star. The stellar corpse last turned on almost 80 years ago and will not reignite for another 80 years, making this a nearly once-in-a-lifetime experience. Already, the stellar remnant, a white dwarf called T Coronae Borealis that's feasting on material from a nearby red giant star, has revealed [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-prepare-once-lifetime-event-100001266.html

Sunday -- time for our approval-evoking*, positive-news-prompting* Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *that is, if correlation = causation ============================================================== GOD IS WATCHING The children in a Catholic primary school were lined up in the cafeteria for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted it on the apple tray: "Take only one. God is watching." Farther along the lunch line, at the other end of the table, was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. One child whispered to another, "Hey, we can take all we want. God is watching the apples."

'Now Who Am I Supposed To Send My Wordle Score To?' Cries Rashida Tlaib WASHINGTON, D.C. — An emotional Representative Rashida Tlaib publicly grieved the death of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, demanding to know who she was supposed to send her daily Wordle score to now that the terrorist was gone. "Who's going to send me little clapping emojis when I get Wordle in two tries? Who?!?" cried Tlaib, breaking into tears. "I've got no one left! No one!!" According to Tlaib, [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/now-who-am-i-supposed-to-send-my-wordle-score-to-sighs-rashida-tlaib

Kamala Announces Construction Of 'Murderers Only' Express Lane At Southern Border CALEXICO, CA — Border Czarina Suprémè Kamala Harris has just announced that she will be implementing a new national security measure at the southern border checkpoints: a Murderers-Only Express Lane just for illegal immigrants who have been convicted of killing two or more people. Sources within Kamala's administration say that the measure is meant to help reduce processing times at the border by not making murderers wait quite as long in line. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/kamala-announces-construction-of-new-murderers-only-express-lane-at-southern-border

Comments on this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Decline and Fall of the Iranian Empire The killing of Hassan Nasrallah and the entire Hizballah high command, followed almost immediately by the killing of Nasrallah's designated successor Hassan Khalil Yassin, could mean the end of Hizballah as a force to be reckoned with in Lebanon. Nasrallah's death also strikes a serious blow to the Islamic Republic of Iran's decades-long effort to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East. Back in 2015, Iran's Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, explained that once Israel is destroyed, "the West's hegemony and threats will be discredited" and "the hegemony of Iran will be promoted." Iran had been working for years to promote that hegemony through a series of allies, clients, and proxies across the Middle East, Hizballah being the chief among them. In fact, [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/09/28/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-iranian-empire-n4932921

I will greatly miss Kmart.

This article gives interesting background, unknown to most, about the dead terrorist and political blunders by the U.S. -- worth reading! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Killing Nasrallah: Israel shows America how to win wars [...] securing a nation's peace has nothing to do with winning narratives, or nation-building, or balancing U.S. allies against your mutual enemies for the sake of regional equilibrium, or any of the other academic theories generated to mask a generation's worth of failure. Rather, it means killing your enemies, above all those who advocate and embody the causes that inspire others to exhaust their murderous energies against you. Thus, killing Nasrallah was essential. [...] https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/killing-nasrallah

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Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: The day started out unthrillingly, certainly man. The casa's A/C unit continued to malfunction, not fun man. Despite ceiling fan, we awoke sweating well before sunrise, perspirational we man. We again left message for A/C repair co., message we man co. man man. Call was returned a bit after Many (2x2x2 +1) a.m., return call they man to we man man. Technician appeared just 2 hours later, pleased we man. Tech wanted to see upstairs unit first, always good to check man. Found a capacitor on its last legs, good to replace now before heater use man. This capacitor cost $Many, man. Tech checked outdoor unit, check he man. Bad capacitor there, culprit issue man. This one was covered under parts warranty, financially relieved we man. Everything fixed and tested in half an hour, highly impressive man. The bill for first capacitor, labor, & Saturday visit was $Many00 -- si man, $Many00 -- man. Miu was quite excited at this entire chain of events, variety for miu man. Miu jumped on tables & counters and chewed up every paper & napkin on them, masticatory miu man. Temperature inside casa was by now Many (2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2) F., unbearable man. Took until nearly sundown before it fell to usual, slow progress man. Lunch was PB&J sandwiches, ingest Two Guys man. We got going at ES-ing by noon, better than expected man. We returned a bit after Many p.m., efficient we man. We briefly considered mowing front lawn, consider briefly we man. We opted for a shower and a much-needed siesta, good decisions man. Din-din was beef pot pies and the other half of the Aldi chocolate cake, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. was too full for another movie night, actually so were we man. Visit to Mama T-B. on Sunday, traditional man. Of course Mama T-B. got us her grocery list too late to get anything in advance, we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Thrilling Saturday ES report, see man: Because of mandatory delays (see Thrilling Saturday non-ES report to follow, see man), we attended only the Many (2+2+1) ESs, attend we man. The first, Many'rd, and Many'th (2+2+1th) ESs yielded the take, prodigious man: -- leather belt, 2 Craftsman screwdrivers, NIP box Cascade dish powder, Many (2+2) NIP specialty dish-liquids, 2 NWT pants for Mini-B., NWT KitchenAid can-opener, zipper coin-holder = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2+2+1), deal man -- NIP Many-pack ([2x2x2x2]-pack) drink cups, NIP Sunbeam electric can-opener, 2-hole desk organizer = $Many ($2x2x2), steal man -- 2 NWT Nautica warshcloths, toucans chicken noodle soup, onecan Cream of Potato soup, onecan Many-bean ([2+1]-bean) salad, onepack microwave Rice-A-Roni, plastic matzoh box = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 +2)