Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Monday, December 02, 2024
Bacon. Mmmmm, bacon.....
The human love of salt cured slices of heaven is nothing new. In fact, it is one of the world’s oldest cuts of meat, with a long and savory history.
-Brad_in_IL
Fox News scores major victory as judge dismisses defamation lawsuit by Ray Epps
An Arizona man who became a central figure in a right-wing conspiracy theory about the origins of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has lost his court case against Fox News, which he accused of defaming him in the wake of the historic violence.
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Words matter
I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for your messages of sympathy over the death of my mother.
Mom's obituary HERE
At last count, there were 343 comments and roughly 150 emails, all from readers here, and I read each and every one of them. I can't even begin to tell you how much they meant to me. In contrast, I got exactly two contacts from my blood family, one from my girl cousin in Missouri who was genuinely concerned about me, and the other from an uncle on my Dad's side who was just fishing for information which warrants a separate post a little later.
One of the emails really touched me, and I'm glad she finally found peace through my words.
Posted with her permission:
Dear Ken,
My Mother was never very fond of me, and she managed to instill that feeling in my brother and sister. No abuse, just constant denigration. The three of them were masters of the put-down. She passed more than 20 years ago.
You asked that we take the time to reflect on our Mothers. So, I did just that. I sat down on my porch at sunset on a chilly Texas night, I thought long and hard. At 66 years of age, I was finally able to accept it without an ounce, or even a gram, of bitterness. Between your prompt and the view below, I finally felt relief. Even my husband noticed the difference.
I offered up my thanks to your Mom. But I needed to thank you as well. With all my heart. You, and your Mom, made a difference.
With much appreciation,
-Anne.
Wow. You're very welcome, Anne. I'm glad it helped and I'm grateful you took a few minutes to let me know.
Again, thank you one and all. Words do matter.
Study: AI and Data Centers Could Drive Cost of Energy Up by 70 Percent over 10 Years
The average American’s energy bill could increase from 25% to 70% in the next 10 years without intervention from policymakers, according to a new study from Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Jack Kemp Foundation.
According to reports, America is facing an energy crisis, with demand for energy soaring due to the proliferation of AI and hyperscale data centers, which can use as much energy as almost 40,000 homes; the boom in advanced manufacturing, and the movement toward electrification.
Civil War II and WWIII
Broadcasting from the nuclear bunker outside of the Pentex blast zone, I find myself in the uncomfortable position of accepting that I called it wrong. Who knew that the wandering Biden would stumble into a means of igniting WWIII to keep the government out of the hands of Donald Trump and his weird cabinet selections? I mean, Dr. Oz over Ben Carson? There are multitudes of criminal bureaucrats plotting their civil war to keep from answering for their treasonous acts, but they were, no pun intended, trumped by Joe Biden’s handlers when they approved long-range missile strikes on Russia proper.
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Okay, cool
New York state legislators have hinted at using unusual tactics to combat the incoming Trump administration, including holding back federal taxes and leaving the United States to join Canada.
State Sen. Liz Krueger, a prominent Democrat from New York City who is also the chairwoman of the state Senate Finance Committee, proposed the ideas as state Democrats only have weeks to counter President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office.
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Of course all the Conservatives that live outside of the Blue cities in New York would be pissed as hell and I can't blame them. It's a good thing for them this doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of going through.
Heh
Senior figures in the Washington, D.C. political establishment are raising alarms that Donald Trump's new push to install MAGA loyalist Kash Patel as director of the FBI confirms designs to use federal agents to target political enemies and carry out 'retribution.'
Among those blasting the pick is former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was himself a target of Trump's wrath when he got fired amid the Russia probe. Patel has pledged to root out people he calls 'government gangsters' and target members of the media in his war on what he terms 'deep state' corruption.
Commentary: The Undercounted Statistics of Illegal Immigrants
In June, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five in Maryland. Police in Oklahoma tracked the accused repeat offender down with a sample of his DNA recovered from a Los Angeles home invasion in which a nine-year-old girl and her mother were assaulted. Police say he came to the U.S. illegally to escape prosecution for at least one other murder in his native El Salvador in December 2022.
“That should never have been allowed to happen,” said Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, referring to the numerous missed red flags the case presented. His office apprehended Hernandez in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
What goes around comes around, Biden
Joe Biden made the shock announcement Sunday night that he would issue a presidential pardon for his troubled son Hunter, calling his prosecution 'selective' and 'unfair.'
The bombshell U-turn decision comes just weeks after The White House denied the president would make the drastic move in the final months of his lame duck presidency. Biden, himself, said as recently as June that he would 'not pardon' his son.
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Critics of Joe Biden's shock pardon of his son Hunter have noted a key detail that connects the reprieve to the younger Biden's time on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
The bombshell U-turn decision to grant Hunter a pardon comes just weeks after The White House denied the president would make the drastic move in the final months of his lame duck presidency.
The document grants a full and unconditional pardon for Hunter's potential crimes committed 'from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.'
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Now it's Trump's turn:
Donald Trump signaled Sunday night that he intends to use Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter to his own advantage, linking it to his own prospective controversial pardon of January 6 defendants.
'Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!' Trump wrote, in his first public comment since Biden announced the pardon Sunday.
A Thanksgiving to remember
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A woman is arrested and charged after stabbing two family members, according to the Memphis Police Department.
Lachunda Johnson, 55, was charged with aggravated assault/domestic violence, aggravated assault, and domestic assault.
"What, y'all can't carry guns here?"
An employee of San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel was arrested for taking a loaded gun to work while Vice President Kamala Harris was staying there.
San Francisco police say magnetometers set up by the Secret Service detected the firearm Tuesday morning.
Your Monday Morning Florida Report
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A suspect is in custody after allegedly killing a man on a Florida golf course with his own golf clubs on Monday in what police said appeared to be a "random act of violence."
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Peek-a-boo, I see you
WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) - A man is accused of using a borescope camera to spy on his juvenile neighbor.
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