Jaw-droppingly obvious racism, and the Democrats remain silent.

Astounding cruelty that’ll actually hurt the economy, and Democrats remain silent.

Cruelty that serves no purpose beyond cruelty, and Democrats remain silent.

She’s lived in the US since age 1, with no criminal record. She’d never been arrested, until American Secret Police pushed their way into her home without a warrant.

Excerpt: Parente, who was a federal prosecutor for 15 years, said he had never heard of anything as bad as the conduct in the Broadview Six grand jury sessions. He said that while he has not yet been able to review the unredacted transcripts, Judge April Perry gave a summary in court of her impressions. She said she had reviewed thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts in her career and had never seen anything worse than what she saw in these pages.

Parente said during the grand jury sessions, prosecutors used vouching, which he called a “101 no-no for any prosecutor,” kicked out grand jury members who disagreed with them, did not disclose that a No True Bill – which indicates no indictment – had been returned to either the defense or the public. Parente also said that after receiving the No True Bill from one grand jury, they re-presented their case after excluding grand jurors who disagreed with them. The grand jury then returned a True Bill to indict the “Broadview Six.”

Parente also said that while Judge Perry thought only 30 lines in the transcript had been redacted, prosecutors actually left out entire pages and never informed her.

From 2024: Trump may owe $100-million from double-dip tax breaks, audit shows

There’s probably no information in this ‘factcheck’ article that you don’t already know, but the article is amusing because it’s written in New-York-Times-speak — a calm, almost bored tone in which claims are “inaccurate” instead of horseshit, “Mr. Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund” is presented in quotes but not debunked, and it’s “an unusual fund” instead of an unprecedented swindle.

Excerpt: Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. Now, a new study has found that many of these tools share data not just with employers, but with digital advertising platforms and data brokers as well.

Never understood the appeal of this. I’ve eaten tons of factory food from my freezer at home, whatever can be quickly zapped in the microwave, but who wants factory food when they’re eating out?

Well, I’m certainly on board with a boycott, but it’s easy for me (no TV, and no interest in any of the endless CSI shows or anything else CBS airs, even before they unplugged Colbert to please Trump). Realistically, though, giant corporations like CBS/Paramount/Skydance are so huge, they’re effectively immune to boycotts. Better we simply break ’em all up, till there are no American companies bigger than Mrs Rigby’s Diner.

Rubio criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts

Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak

Excerpt: The arson attack in Rwampara reflects the challenges of health workers trying to curb a rare Ebola virus by using stringent measures that might clash with local customs, such as burial rites. The disease has been spreading for weeks in a region lacking in adequate health facilities and where many people are on the move to escape armed conflicts.

The bodies of those who die from Ebola can be highly contagious and lead to further spread when people prepare bodies for burial and gather for funerals. The dangerous work of burying suspected victims is being managed wherever possible by authorities, which can be met by protests from victims’ families and friends.

Me again: If you’re thinking this could never happen in a “civilized country” like America, did you sleep through 2020?

If you’re thinking “Of course,” remember that a few months ago, then-vaccine head honcho Dr. Vinay Prasad said, with no evidence, that the COVID vaccine had been proven to have killed ten children. Prasad is gone now, so a touch of truth is allowed, at least until RFK Jr fires a few more people who understand science.

Excerpt: “It’s stunning. It’s painful, but it’s true that somebody on social media who’s a trusted influencer will outflank any scientist who’s trying to show you data, so you can’t fight misinformation with data,” Fauci said. “You have to fight misinformation with figuring out a better way to communicate to people on a level that they understand.”

Excerpt: A new state law offers these students a unique protection: If something in a class conflicts with their strongly held religious or personal beliefs, students can ask their professor for an alternative assignment or exam. And as long as their request doesn’t change the fundamental nature of the course, the professor is now required by law to allow the student to opt out.

Pretty much what Trump is doing on a weekly basis, sinking ships in the Caribbean.

Excerpt: Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch “information agents” to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.

Me again: This will reduce traffic on all sites, across the internet. With those sites diminished or dead, along with the original information they provided, Google’s marvelous new AI-search will be basing its misinformation on older, less reliable information. Not that the internet is healthy now, but this will be its death cry.

On the bright side, it’ll kill Google Ads, too.

I can’t imagine myself using Google’s AI-based ‘search’, ever, and only hope the change nudges people away from Google. Oh, and by the way, 2½ years after switching & recommending Kagi, I recommend it even more. Cripes, even Bing is better.

Bwa ha ha!

Won’t you please put cash in the offering plate, to support this work of the church?

Excerpt: In dozens of other countries, governments make it easy for people to navigate labyrinthine tax laws. Ordinary wage-earners receive a pre-filled return from the state, and they can either sign or dispute it. Americans have different, decidedly worse options. We can white-knuckle our way through a mess of hard-copy paperwork, pray we didn’t make any errors, and file via mail. Or, if we want the convenience of calculating and submitting our returns electronically, we can pay a tax-prep monopolist to do it for us.

Excerpt: According to the Nexis database, there were only 29 stories referring to ‘hate marches’ between 1 January 1994 and 7 October 2023. Since then, 3152 stories have used the term, most of them focused on pro-Palestine protests. In other words, despite regular demonstrations of racism, hate, discrimination and bigotry on the world’s streets, more than 99 per cent of stories that mention ‘hate marches’ have been published since 7 October 2023 and have focused on anti-racist protesters.