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Sad, but has to be expected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AI generated women steal thousands from men looking for love in dating app and social media scams CHICAGO -- Artificial intelligence could be targeting you on texts, social media and dating apps. Some victims lost thousands of dollars to people they thought were real women but turned out to be fakes. The people behind the scheme were stealing their cash and hearts. [...] https://abc13.com/ai-character-generator-photo-enhancer-romance-scam-dating-apps/14070758/

And how could THIS go wrong? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Jersey Teachers Union Calls For End Of Basic Skills Test For Teachers The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) is advocating for the demise of the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading, Writing and Math. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's signing of Bill S1553 would eliminate that requirement; NJEA called the test "an unnecessary barrier" hindering the alleviation of teacher shortages. [...] https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jersey-teachers-union-calls-for-end-of-basic-skills-test-for-teachers

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Thrilling Monday non-ES report, see man: We awoke early but returned to zzz, re-zzz we man. After ES, went to legacy supermarket for items for ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s Thanksgiving lunch, comply we man. Found 2 half-pies (apple) on half-off markdown toward sell-by date, financially savvy we man. Got gallon of sweet ice tea with small discount for store loyalty card, financially savvy we man. Went to nearby Subway* for lunch, Two Guys lunch** man. *WUOC, financially savvy we man **Ex-Mrs.-T-B. busy at office and Mini-B. at her casa, explanation man Rant, see man: Subway lady (franchise-owner?) remained a big idiot, rant we man. 1. We specified, "One footlong on white, one on wheat, si man," si man. 2. She pulled out 2 wheat, man. Many. She tore one bun while slicing it, didn't even seem to care man. Many. She replaced the good bun with the white one, rather than the torn one, man. Many. She tried to short us on tomatoes, correct her we man. Many. During this process, she served Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- other customers, man. Many. She didn't put stickers on the wrappers to distinguish the orders, man. Made it to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa later than anticipated, man. Put lunch goodies in refrigerator, amazing enough room man. Mini-B. was starving, hungry wee man. So were we, hungry we man. Both Subways met their gastronomical doom, ingest Two Guys man. Half of ours fell out of our torn bun, man. We returned to the casa and siesta'd uninterruptedly, zzz we man. Still coughing like an illegitimate male child, HSM not knocking out this cough yet man. Phone-caucused with Mama T-B., worse-than-yesterday-but-functional senior she man. Thoroughly brushed insistent miu, brush miu man we man. Din-din was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. Week's garbage bag surreptitiously fit into neighbor's curbsided bin, resourceful we man. Stinkin' cold front blowing in now, Many degrees colder + Many-mph wind man. We hate winter, useless season man! Doc appointment on Tuesday, follow-up we man. Later, must start the Mama-T-B.-mobile, aysheep senior she man. Can collect din-din from downstairs with use of unused Manyvember funds, gracias senior she man. Perhaps party with the rubias tonight, perhaps-recovered we man.

Mac desktop with pretty big screen, actually, better to see DA man. Worked wonderfully well, gracias DA man! Tell us what you want to say about your new job and the preceding hunt-jobbing, si DA man. Very, very happy to hear that you're re-employed, si DA man.

Necessary for openness, but not family-friendly. All of whom were irrevocably moved. Not sure that I could take seeing it.

In addition to the retainer, there's the $12,573 charge for every 6 minutes of service thereafter... I think we're all in the wrong business.

Probably more than just one. Maybe the IDF has footage; however, their reasoning for not releasing images of the original massacre included cruelty to the affected families and not having permission from the families.

Funny, Y ma'am. --- A man telephoned a pet shop and said, "I'd like to place an order for 25,000 cockroaches." "What in the world do you want with that many cockroaches?" asked the clerk. "Well, I'm moving tomorrow," said the man, "and my lease says that I must leave the premises in exactly the same condition in which I found them."

This is interesting, and objectively good news. Sadly, the source article about the study requires a subscription, but maybe someone has one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global Warming Delayed, Who Could Have Guessed? [...] A great example of how The Telegraph covers stories that get ignored or downplayed in the MSM is one published today about climate change. It describes a new study out of Ohio State University that shows current models, which are used to push apocalyptic predictions of runaway global warming, grossly underestimate the uptake of CO2 by plants. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/11/20/global-warming-delayed-who-could-have-guessed-n593374

This lawsuit seems a long shot, but Elon Musk has a valid point, I think. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As Promised, X Corp. Sues Media Matters Last Friday Elon Musk threated to sue Media Matters over its report about ads appearing next to neo-Nazi content. Yesterday he followed up his initial tweet about the lawsuit with this one calling what Media Matters did a scam. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/11/20/as-promised-x-corp-sues-media-matters-n593871

This is eye-opening. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK doctor who worked at Shifa confirms Gaza hospital used for 'non-medical purposes' A British doctor who used to work at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest medical center, under which the IDF says Hamas operates a major command and control base, has confirmed that there were areas of the hospital where he could not go, or else he would be shot. [...] https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-doctor-who-worked-at-shifa-confirms-gaza-hospital-used-for-non-medical-purposes/

VDH is again on fire! Do you agree with his solutions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can We Save Our Universities? It took the widely reported, repellent, and exempt wave of anti-Semitism and violent pro-Hamas protestors harassing Jews, finally to convince Americans that their own hallmark universities are illiberal centers of mediocrity and intolerance—and increasingly unsafe. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2023/11/20/can-we-save-our-universities/

Texas is #1 (and #2, and #9), whee man! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 25 Roachiest Cities in America [take the Cockroach Quiz!] [...] Which are the Roachiest Cities in America? Pest Gnome mined data from the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as climate info to come up with our Top 25 list. (See Behind the Ranking for our methodology.) We also included expert tips on how to get rid of and how to prevent roaches. Oh, and check out our by-the-roaches fun facts quiz* for everything you might want to know (and some things you probably don't want to know) about these common household pests. [...] https://pestgnome.com/blog/studies/roachiest-cities-in-us/ *I scored 100% on the 6-question quiz! How will you score?

Very few, absolutely, but being able to point to any of that age seems to prove the point about age. He has trouble walking. Poor guy should be in assisted living, seriously.

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The probable question being asked is suboptimal. Age itself has little correlation with mental acuity. So-called "super seniors" are alert and vigorous into their 80s and even 90s. The proper question should be, "Is Bidementia too feeble or senile for a second term, at his age?"

It's worth reposting this one at this time: A man walked into a lawyer's office and asked about the lawyer's rates. "It's $900 for three questions," replied the lawyer. "Isn't that awfully expensive?" asked the man. "I don't think so," the lawyer replied. "And what is your third question?"

Special Monday ES report, see man: In the drist and mizzle (mist and drizzle), we attended the ES mentioned above, Many% off man. They had a lot of stuff left, si man. However, none of it interested us, no man. The ES was, accordingly, a dud, sigh man. Total = $0

We are intrigued and interested, si and $i Y ma'am. P-math boo-boo corrected and nothing excessive about anything free, see and si and never Y ma'am. See how the elegant use of P-math alleviates your concerns, see Y ma'am? Uh, of course depending on the meaning of "Many," downfall of the system man...

San Francisco Mayor Reminds Everyone To Get Their Christmas Shoplifting Done Early [...] "Hard to believe the looting season is already upon us!" said Mayor Breed. "We are encouraging all residents to begin shoplifting for Christmas before everything, including the stores themselves, are shuttered and gone!" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/san-francisco-mayor-reminds-everyone-to-get-their-christmas-shoplifting-done-early

Look at this poll... wow. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Reminder About How Palestinians Operate... From Bill Clinton [...] Meanwhile, new polling shows the vast majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip support the attacks. They also want Israel wiped off the map. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/11/19/a-reminder-about-how-palestinians-operatefrom-bill-clinton-n2631389

Cringe Alert: Biden Makes Creepy Comments to Little Girl at Military Family Event https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/11/19/cringe-biden-compliments-little-girl-on-body-part-at-military-family-event-n2166565

And now Finland, too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finland Shuts Border Crossings to Stem Wave of Illegal Immigration Originating in Russia Finland closed four border crossings with Russia on Thursday after a dramatic influx of illegal immigrants seems to have been directed there by Russia. [...] https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/11/19/finland-shuts-border-crossings-to-stem-wave-of-illegal-immigration-originating-in-russia-n2166551

This thread has some of the richest retorts ever! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Maybe Ask Hamas for Donations.' Rep. Ilhan Omar's Plea for Campaign Cash Backfires Big Time Few things are as obnoxious as wealthy politicians begging people for money to fund their reelection campaigns. When those politicians actively work against America, it's even worse! [...] https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2023/11/19/maybe-ask-hamas-for-donations-rep-ilhan-omars-plea-for-campaign-cash-backfires-big-time-n2389976