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Well-said, LL ma'am, as always.

This article is quite good, I think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump's sham 'hush money' case is a trial that has exposed New York's corrupt justice system The Manhattan court docket says it's the "People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump." Legally, yes, but in a larger truth, no. As the case nears the finish line, it increasingly feels as if New York itself is on trial. Only a top-quality case, beyond reproach and political taint, should have been used to bring the first-ever indictment of a former president. Instead, the city and state put on a show trial long on theatrics–porn star testifies about sex! — and short on evidence that any crime was actually committed. And so the script has flipped, with the trial itself an assault on the notion that justice is blind. No matter what the jury says about Trump, the prosecutors, the judge, the state court system and the political class have been revealed as thoroughly corrupt. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/05/25/opinion/trumps-hush-money-case-puts-on-trial-the-morals-of-new-york/

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It is Sunday -- time for our highly effective* Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *at producing approvals, if correlation = causation ============================================================= THE ULTIMATE CURE A pharmacist walked back from his lunch to the pharmacy. As he approached, he saw a man outside the pharmacy clutching onto a pole for dear life, barely breathing, not moving, not twitching a muscle, just standing there, frozen. The pharmacist asked his assistant, "What's the matter with that guy? Wasn't he in here earlier?" "Yes, he was," said the assistant. "He had the most terrible cough, and none of my prescriptions seemed to help." "Well, he seems to be fine now." "Sure he does. I gave him a box of laxatives. Now he won't dare cough!"

A man from Texas was spending his summer vacation in the Vermont hills. In the middle of his first night, four chickens roosting in a tree outside his window were disturbed by a fox and flew into his room. Half asleep, the guest batted wildly with a pillow until the fowls found their way out. The next morning, he declared enthusiastically, "Had a swell sleep. Think I'll spend all my vacations here. Saw only four mosquitoes all night, and they were just little ones."

Comments on this? I sympathize with the family, but I don't think that they had the right to demand what they did. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Girl with peanut allergy 'thrown off flight by captain' A 12-year-old girl with a peanut allergy was thrown off a flight at Gatwick Airport with her family after the captain refused to ask passengers not to eat nuts for her safety. Nick Mollom, 48, told The Telegraph that he, his wife and their two children were ejected from a SunExpress flight after asking the crew to take his 12-year-old daughter's allergy into consideration on a 3½ hour journey to Turkey. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/girl-peanut-allergy-thrown-off-144929061.html

Submitted both for the story and for the cool British spelling "tyres" (the only such spelling of which I approve). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Electric car drivers face astronomical costs to replace tyres Electric car buyers should be aware of the "astronomical" costs required to regularly replace short-lived tyres, owners have warned. Car lover Jim Bassett managed just 7,500 miles in his brand new Volkswagen ID.3 before being quoted more than £300 to replace the rear rubber. The 80-year-old stumped up the cash after being told it was common practice for tyres on his rear-wheel model to degrade rapidly due to the weight of the vehicle. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/tech/electric-hatchback-heavy-jeep-needed-110200363.html

Interesting pros and cons of sleeping together or separately, for various reasons. What are your experiences and comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rise of The Sleep Divorce: Do relationships improve if we sleep in separate beds? [...] one third of people say they sleep in separate rooms occasionally or consistently. And thus, it's likely many of you fit this statistic, or at least know someone who does. My parents sleep in adjacent bedrooms every night because they keep each other up while sleeping, with competing snoring competitions. My grandparents did the same thing. [...] Full article here: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/rise-of-the-sleep-divorce-234344319.html

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Terrorists Learn Harsh Lesson That If You Rape And Murder Women, The United Nations Will Give You Your Own Country And A Billion Dollars GAZA — Terrorists across the globe faced the bitter reality today that if they rape and murder hundreds of women, the United Nations will give them a country to operate and billions of dollars. "Today, we have put terrorists on notice," declared Secretary General António Guterres to the United Nations General Assembly. "Let it be known that the consequences of mass rape and murder will be swift, and in the form of cash." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/terrorists-learn-harsh-lesson-that-if-you-rape-and-murder-women-the-united-nations-will-give-you-your-own-country-and-a-billion-dollars

Please read this whole thing and comment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Forced to Take Action As Hamas Continues Attacking Gaza Pier The U.S.-built temporary "humanitarian pier" on Gaza's Mediterranean coast — announced by President Joe Biden in his March State of the Union address and completed last week — has quickly turned into a chaotic, dangerous place. In addition to American troops injured in non-combat accidents, the pier is not moving aid to residents in the enclave at the level hyped by Pentagon officials. Earlier this week, the Department of Defense said that none of the hundreds of metric tons of aid delivered across the pier to Gaza had made it to Gazans. Even worse, the pier has been the target of attacks by terrorists in Gaza — and now defensive U.S. weapons are being activated to protect the floating aid delivery platform. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/05/24/american-weapons-activated-to-defend-gaza-pier-as-hamas-continues-attacking-humanitarian-aid-deliveries-n2639456

Explains a lot, and not good for either Bidementia or Li'l Crackpipe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Exclusive: Feds secretly knew for years Joe Biden met with son's Chinese partners on official trip [...] "They got to meet Dad. All very good. Talk later," Hunter Biden wrote in a December 2013 email confirming how he connected his Chinese associates with his father in a Beijing hotel after the vice president had met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The younger Biden also bragged in his emails that his father was so enamored with China's communist leader that "I think they are in love with each other," the emails showed. [...] https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/feds-knew-2016-hunter-connected-his-chinese-business-partner-his

This is not at all good for Bidementia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Americans Gripped By Intense Financial Stress As we wrap up the first five months of 2024, there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Americans' financial stress levels have shown a slight but significant improvement, easing from the recent high point of 67.5 recorded in 2023 to an average of 64.4 on the RealClearMarkets/TIPP Financial Stress Index. This is a positive shift, considering the average for 2023 was 67.5, and the highest recorded level was 68.4 in 2008. The chart below illustrates the average stress index for each year. However, the severity of the situation remains stark. Of the 35 demographic categories we track, 14 (40%) still experience elevated stress, 10% higher than their historical average. Further, all 35 groups are in the "stress zone," a clear indication that financial stress is not a localized problem but a widespread issue affecting all 35 groups, highlighting the urgency of the situation. [...] https://tippinsights.com/americans-gripped-by-intense-financial-stress/

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man: The heat index was over Many00 today, August in May man. While en route to the ES, Uncle T-B. called, call we man senior he man man. "I just looked at my bank statement and saw some suspicious charges, si man," said senior he man. We explained that two were charges from his tax CPA, services rendered man. Another was what he owed the IRS, far more income than last year thanks to us man. Another was his half-of-halfly estimated tax, si man. Uncle T-B. was mollified, thankfully man. Mama T-B. then called us to tell us that Uncle T-B. had called her about his bank statement, si man. We told her that we had talked with and mollified him, si man. Mama T-B. insisted on a blow-by-blow of what was asked and what was answered, man. After we GS/ES'd, we went to a large dollar store in search of something for Mama T-B., search we man. Senior she man wanted a half-of-half-gallon or a liter of bleach, want senior she man. (They have those in Mexico, man, but we could not have transported it, oh well man.) The dollar store* had none, but we found a few items for ourself, consolation man. *every product is $1 + Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2+2+1) cents at minimum, some "dollar" store man We then tried to head for a nearby supermarket for bread that Mama T-B. wants only from there, si man. We were in gridlock for Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2) minutes on one block, man. We finally turned around, relief man. Went to Aldi for several Two Guys Week items, prepare we man. Aldi was out of corn dogs, man! From there, went to Mama T-B.'s preferred market nearest us, relief man. We got the bread and found a satisfactory size of bleach there, son of a bleach man. We delivered this to Mama T-B., pleased senior she man man. Mama T-B. then wanted us to go to a Many'rd store for other items, man. We said that we would do so later, hot/tired/hungry we man. Returned to casa at Many p.m. to a demanding miu, Treat and Lunch me Daddy man. Serviced demanding miu, mollify miu we man. Breakfast/lunch was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, only one ignored phone call during same man. Awoke and headed for other market, give us a marketing degree for all this man. Had Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- phone caucuses with Mama T-B. while there, man. The first was at the closeout bakery rack, enumerate all items for senior she man's selection man. The second was at the regular clearance bins, more bakery goodies found there man. The Many'rd was to report that no vitamins matching Mama T-B.'s coupon were found, man. We went to self-checkout, hate it but faster than the one cashiered line man. Coupon for Mama T-B. wouldn't scan, no man. Idiot clerk said that product didn't match, "look at the picture man." We said that it matched exactly and we'd used the same coupon for the product before, si man. Idiot clerk went to check with supervisor, we man while everything was melting man. Other holdups occurred during this process, call same idiot clerk for each we man man. A 2-minute job turned into Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2) minutes, man. We were quite off-urinated by the end, needful to say man. At least Mama T-B. was not displeased, some solace man. Returned to casa to demanding miu, Treat and Din-Din me Daddy man. Serviced demanding miu, mollify miu we man. Din-din (ours) was a ham sandwich, indict it and ingest we man. Saw text from ex-Mrs.-T-B., see we man. "Can you take Mini-B. from Many a.m. to Many p.m. on Sunday while I attend this Ecu function, huh man?" we man. The reason we killed ourself today was to have a peaceful day of Two Guys Week prep, man. Of course we'll take Mini-B. while you sweat at this outdoor function all day, man. No party with the rubias again tonight, what else could go wrong today if we attempted absolutely anything else man. We are drowning our sorrows with use of our usual adult beverage, Powerade Zero grape flavor man.

Saturday GS/ES report, see man: We duly attended the GS and the ES itineraried for Saturday, dependable we man. The ES yielded the take, see man: -- "Mr. Coffee" pot = $2, steal man Total = $2

All short, mostly typical-looking Mexicanas, OK but yawn man. Average-to-frumpy, yawn man. We omit the irrelevant details, si and see an man. Now, our long-time dental hygienist is not just a fox, but a Many'th-Century Fox, wow man. However, she is common-law-married or similar, oh well man. We have not really seen too many foxes* down there, sorry man. *except some possible putas, but they're off-limits man

We and many, si and see and man! The important thing is that they were cheap, si man!

Link, see D ma'am: https://www.naturesmiracle.com/products/cat/litter-boxes-and-accessories/multi-cat-self-cleaning-litter-box.aspx

Live enough years and it'll happen naturally.

Polls Show Biden Still Has Sizable Lead Among Those Who Will Be Counting The Ballots [...] "For whatever reason, he just can't seem to gain traction with people counting the ballots," said political analyst Blake Rumsey of the Institute of Collecting Information. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/polls-show-biden-still-has-sizeable-lead-among-those-who-will-be-counting-the-ballots

'Go On, Git! Be Free! Get Outta Here!' Cries Blubbering Red Lobster Chef Throwing Rocks At Lobster Scurrying Off Into The Woods [...] "Go on! You're free now! What are you waiting for? Git!" cried the chef to an unmoving and unblinking lobster near the treeline behind the restaurant. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/go-on-git-be-free-get-outta-here-cries-blubbering-red-lobster-chef-throwing-rocks-at-lobster-scurrying-off-into-the-woods

Democrats Promise There's No Way A Person Who Entered The Country Illegally Would Ever Vote Illegally WASHINGTON, DC — Democrats assured the American people this week there's no way people who entered the country illegally would ever engage in other illegal activities like, say, voting. "Nope, these guys are just 'one and done' law-breakers," Representative Jamaal Bowman told the press. "There's no way they'd ever try to do anything else illegal like voting in an election. And anyway, our elections are air-tight. There's absolutely no way to vote illegally, except for the 30 ways I can think of right now off the top of my head…" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-promise-theres-no-way-a-person-who-entered-the-country-illegally-is-likely-to-vote-illegally