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If you're going to hold Repubs responsible for the crap that MTG says, we need to hold Dems accountable for the crazy stuff AOC and The Squad say. You probably don't want to go there. You'll lose.

Who, until recently, seemed pretty satisfied with the way they were treated in American society and sporting circles. Probably because they didn't present as whack jobs like Mulvaney.

I don't see anyone blaming the hurricane on the Dems. Just the absolutely deplorable response. (With a tiny bit of admiration for not letting a good catastrophe go to waste, as they foil efforts in the mostly red areas to be ready for in-person voting on election day.)

Climate change is real. It's been going on since the earth was formed, long before the industrial age. The hoax is that taking money from me and giving it to someone else is going to solve a problem that's been going on for billions of years.

So why was she the one announcing the whopping $750 available to hurricane victims?

Yet another data point. Had the guy been on a scooter, he'd be a gone pecan. Helmet, or no.

OTOH, a lot of us like living in Thailand precisely because it isn't a nanny state, and holds people responsible for their own actions. If only by Darwinism. It's sad that the kid died. But I'd need to see the CCTV and body cams (if any) before I'd blame the cops.

There you go, making sense in a Thai bashing thread.

TBH, my biggest concern is the shortest queue. I'm amazed at the long queues at the local Super Rich, when I can walk into a nearby no-name exchange with no queue and the same (or better) rate. Being in the Samui section, I can't help with local knowledge. Good topic, though.

It may have happened exactly as stated. But I'd love to see the CCTV and body cams.

To beat the traffic. Harris attendees can't leave early because all three busses leave on schedule.

Boeing could use a little bit of good news.

That's because everyone already knows she grew up in a middle class family. And that's her entire repertoire. And her answer to every question. Except "Orange Man Bad". And that gets tiresome, too.

I'll bet that if they were ensconced in 2 tons of metal with seatbelts, they'd both be back at the hotel right now, having a good time on their holiday.

Gosh. If you want to play pick-a-month, how about this past year... Native born Americans have lost 825,000 jobs in the past 12 months, (130,632K - 131,457K). And that's before the downward adjustment that they've had to make in 16 of the last 17 reported months. Probably closer to 1 million lost after they quietly revise it down. Again. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU02073413 And there are 485,000 fewer fulltime jobs (Native and immigrant) than there were a year ago, (133,660K - 134,145K) Probably even more lost after the coming downward revision. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12500000 Fewer jobs for 'Muricans, and fewer full time jobs (with benefits, health insurance and other perks) for everyone. It's tough to live the American dream, including home ownership on a P/T job with no bennies, or job security. That's some red hot economy your team is presiding over.

Still hasn't caught up to Pre-Covid numbers for native born workers. Over a million jobs below the peak before Covid. I'm not seeing the good news for native born 'Muricans. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU02073413

The Hurricane Season ends in 55 days. That seems immediate. Helene recovery will be going on well beyond the "hurricane season". And Mayorkas says FEMA doesn't have enough money to make it through. While his staff says they can meet immediate needs, he says they can't. Which is it?

North Carolina. FEMA is planning to bulldoze entire towns after Helene, mostly where Trump was strongest. And the Dems are going to disqualify anyone who's registered to vote from an address that is no longer mailable. And there obviously won't be any in-person voting in a bulldozed town, which would have also favored Repubs. That's the scuttlebutt in the wingnut conspiracy circles. God, I love a good wingnut conspiracy theory. You'll have to find the link yourself. It's not an "approved source".

Had there been no migrants to house, feed and care for, why would congress authorize that money be spent on them, instead of other programs? Like hurricane relief. Or veteran health care. Or... Or... This stinks for citizens, no matter how you try to spin it.

Statistics and history would say that unleashing 20,000 newcomers from a culture that eats cats and dogs into a town, there will probably be some cats and dogs eaten. The only question then becomes, who is offering more money for the video and photographic proof? The Trump team, or the Dems? Or did you miss that whole Stormy trial thing about "catch and kill", where hundred of thousands of $$ are paid to squelch inconvenient evidence? I'm not a Harris fan, but that's where I'd be trying to sell any evidence I had. I think they pay better.

I tried. Watched it on and off for awhile. But couldn't keep watching. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did.

If you believe those numbers in front of an election, I have a bridge for sale. Especially since they've "adjusted" the jobs numbers down just about every month in the past year. Not to mention, how many of those jobs were full time, non-gub'ment (or NGO), and went to the native born and not to the "newcomers"? And how is unemployment the same, when we have 10 million new job entrants, and (arguably) not many more jobs than pre-Covid? There's another puzzler for ya...

At the very least, maybe this will push the insurance companies to do their own inspections to make sure the vehicles they're insuring aren't death traps. Even if the official inspectors are bent as a dog's hind leg.

Kimmel was one of those guys who came up with an occasional gem. He lost it when he had to perform every boring night.

I'm following the science: Science confirms what you’ve always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/science-proves-pop-music-has-actually-gotten-worse-8173368/