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Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district

The Daily Show is a show that boggles my mind that a white person could look at George Washington. He's the biggest villain this country has ever had, setting up race relationship issues that we still have to struggle with to this day.

The US has such a grey past. It's hard to take pride in all the good things we've done and our founders. Bernie Sanders likes to make, which is that. Compared to now when there's a boom in any sector, very few people in the bottom 90% of the population get anything.

The Supreme Court rejected maps that reduced congressional district representation of majority black voters in Alabama and Louisiana. They could go the Ohio route, have it rejected but OOPSIE its too late before the next election.

The Supreme Court doesn't do Whack-a-Mole. They set precedent for lower courts. This is a positive sign that as corrupt and morally bankrupt as they are.

Here's Louisiana's congressional map. And here's a map where African-Americans are a majority.

www.reuters.com - 3 years ago

Exclusive: Deutsche Bank tells investors some of their Russian shares are missing

DB are likely just the first to formally notify customers that Russian held assets may not be backed anymore. Deutsche Bank is saying the shares are subject to Russian whims. DB have to inform them that their operations can no longer reconcile their accounts to proof of ownership in an instrument.

The Los Angeles Times is one of the great U.S. newspapers. They cite an LA county coroner...as tweeted by a reporter.

The richest companies in Russia and China have done some shady shit over the years. If you care about your bank balance alone and above all else, you'd still be an idiot for investing in any country Putin is running.

apnews.com - 3 years ago

The Supreme Court won’t let a North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school

Baker Mitchell said the dress code was intended to promote "chivalry" by the male students and respect for the female students. He says it encourages thinking about a person differently depending on gender and has very outdated norms associated with it. The implicit message is the girl is weak and must depend on a man to navigate the world.

Charter Day School says it seeks to "emphasize traditional values" and enforces a dress code. Girls aren't vintage gravy boats. They're girls. Honor them by treating them as equals.

i went to a fairly strict catholic k-8 school and even they would let girls wear pants if they wanted.

yle.fi - 3 years ago

Helsinki deputy mayor caught spray painting graffiti

The deputy mayor is known as a supporter of street art. He said on Facebook that the work he was producing was a tribute to Pasila.

Obama was wearing a Tan Suit like cmon that’s peak. The reason that died down as fast as it came up, because the press started publishing pictures of that hypocrite Mitch McConnell wearing tan suits.

Obama was a very good man to be president and did well with a Congress that pledged to obstruct him. His biggest mistake was mocking Donald Trump.

Boris Johnson is a lovable harmless buffoon. He's a member of the Left Alliance and he's pretty legit.

www.bbc.co.uk - 3 years ago

New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia

David Attenborough hears Warner Herzog. And those that hear Nic Cage Gilbert Gottfried.

IRL is already working on designs where the balloon will be a mothership for drone sorties.

Africa is tearing their own countries apart, North Korea is assholes, Taxpayers covering recovery costs of silly rich people doing silly rich things. Africa is also tearing its own country apart. Obviously he meant the region of mid-africa.

apnews.com - 3 years ago

Suspect pleads guilty in attack that killed 5 at Colorado Springs sanctuary for LGBTQ+ community

I think in this case we are talking about the same Nazi. His dad is a former porn star and bigot. I think Conservatives are still pretending he is non-binary to attack the LGBT community.

I hope he lives a long life in a 6x6 concrete room. I hope being continually fed more and more news of progress being made in terms of LGBT+ acceptance and rights.

The kid never had a shot. His mother was literally nuts and his father was a junkie meth head.

apnews.com - 3 years ago

Wagner mercenary leader issues defiant audio statement as uncertainty swirls after mutiny

Prigozhin, Putin, and Lukashenko are friends and have been friends for decades. Vince McMahon's probably scripting this whole thing. There are no friends in politics, there are only tools with mutual interests.

Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin issued a statement regarding his group's coup attempt. He said the group did not intend to overthrow the government, but rather to protest against an injustice perpetrated by Russia’s military leadership.

apnews.com - 3 years ago

Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia, with 2 million expected after lifting of COVID measures

I can put up with it at a concert or a play because that’s enjoyable but being crammed in a space pledging allegiance to an invisible alleged superior being? Nope.

Women don't need a guardian anymore (but are meant to travel in groups)

www.washingtonpost.com - 3 years ago

Fauci, former face of U.S. covid response, to join Georgetown faculty

Fauchi has been indicted twice, and impeached twice. He's been indicted twice and penned twice, but he could turn so many against him.

news3lv.com - 3 years ago

Mother arrested after baby found dead inside residence, 3 others also found neglected

The Body Keeps Score is an excellent book on the impact of trauma at any age. It mentions some AWFUL topics, bluntly. Trigger warning for topics: "violent rape/child murder/war, car crash killing children"

CPS isn't doing its job in part because of lack of funding (which in turn means lack of qualified social workers), and lack of safe relative placement homes. The lack of foster homes is staggering. Take what you feel is considered lacking and double it. I imagine also it is extremely difficult legally to remove a child from their parent or parents.

If she was so desperate for money that she kept a pedophile around and had to sell art, she could've gotten some bullshit job anywhere that would take her. State programs that could help could help.

www.theguardian.com - 3 years ago

Harvard professor who studies honesty accused of falsifying data in studies

Scietist/academics like this screw us all. Pisses me off so much. Those cheaters make teaching ethics to undergraduates so much harder.

It’s only natural for some people to become corrupted. There’s far too little people doing things for the good of themselves.

Francesca Gino wrote a book with the subtitle "Why it pays to break the rules in work and life" She writes a novel about how to spark creativity, excel at work, and becomehappier: By learning to rebel. CharlesDuhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Powerof Habit and Smarter Faster Better She walks her walk, I'll give her that.

Poland is too far from Pomona for a ground assault, and their municipal airport is too small. Germany's plan was perfectly planned and we executed. But...did you come up with a better plan to invade Russia?

www.nbcnews.com - 3 years ago

U.S. court blocks Florida law restricting drag performances

DeSantis' "laws" will be stricken down because by the time they do, he would have already reaped the benefit from his base. The truth goes brrr: They could feed the children and lower property taxes if they stopped building billion dollar football stadiums.

The 1st Amendment says nothing about forcing people to like your shitty opinion. It's like outrage and hate crack stimulating their primitive brain. Republicans have turned feeding the id of their supporters into a science.

Donald Trump missed the same opportunity - if he had given just one fuck about things that affected all Americans. If he worked on any of these things, he would probably gain popular support from all Floridians.

The insurance company left the state June 1st and we had to find a different company anyways. They aren't raising rates to raise profits, they are raising rates because hurricanes have become too damn expensive. Florida has no income tax, and they don't want to start a run on the beachfront properties that provide most of their property tax.

Ron Desantis should consider asking yale for a refund, because a lot of things failed to stick, it seems He knows exactly what he's doing. He thinks he knows what his doing it’s not really working. It's just theater to show they he cares about the issues. The goal isn't laws, it's a fan base.

www.theguardian.com - 3 years ago

Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine

A source who was briefed on the case tells the Guardian that it appeared the worker had "intentionally stepped in front of the live engine" on the jet. She said she saw the aftermath of train/person suicides a couple times.

Most people die relatively slow painful deaths. Critical care nurse for way too long here. It was so rare for critical patients to survive in the begining.

The ramper left a suicide note and jumped head first into the engine. Gate agent says the ramper was one of the wing walkers guiding it in. The system is activated by a ramp agent or a marshaller.

In Japan they call these sorts of things "human accidents" and have dedicated teams to cleaning up and getting the trains going ASAP. In a city of 30M people the trains need to run, so they have a turnaround time of less than 20mins AFAIK.

A source told the Guardian that it appeared the worker had "intentionally stepped in front of the live engine" on the jet. Police were investigating that aspect.

apnews.com - 3 years ago

Russian defense minister makes first public appearance since mercenary revolt demanded his ouster

Putin's military leadership is a weakness in the Russian military. Putin is put in a situation where there are a lot of bad optics on his leadership. Prigozhin hasn't said a word since he left Rostov.

www.theguardian.com - 3 years ago

About 6m across US at risk of extreme weather as over 700,000 without power | US weather

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new law last week that would block Austin and Dallas from implementing measures. The law would require construction workers to get a 10-minute water break every four hours. If they deserved water they would have gone to a good Christian college.

TX also restricted adding solar and wind power and pushed to burn more fossil fuels. It's almost as though those in the Trump states who deny global warming are getting burned alive.

The high GDP Blue state tax dollars will go to people who probably hate me for being "woke"

news.sky.com - 3 years ago

Russian fighter jets scrambled after two UK warplanes detected near border, Moscow claims

Russia is not an ally, and they are experiencing a major political upheaval. The threat of nuclear weapons falling from the hands of one madman into another is reason enough.

www.nbcnews.com - 3 years ago

Five or six Secret Service agents have testified before Jan. 6 grand jury

Jack Smith's investigation could be part of the investigation. Ignorance of the law doesn’t excuse you of legal action.

Hutchinson told the committee she heard secondhand that Trump wanted Secret Service agents to drive him to the Capitol.

The old Bush W.. never heard of the guy routine.

www.wfmz.com - 3 years ago

Kutztown University warns of 'aggressive cow' on campus

Cows have to be specifically raised to be friendly. Even hand-fed cows will slap the side of their head into people.

www.theguardian.com - 3 years ago

US navy accused of cover-up over radioactive shipyard waste | San Francisco

Environmental Protection Agency raised alarm over levels of strontium-90 lower than zero. The new set of data showed levels of erroneous details were dismissed as impossible.

The VA refused to cover any of the related illnesses from toxic exposure until a couple of years ago. "Make it gone" Fort McClellan, where female Army basic, MP school and Chem Corp were stationed for over 50 years is the example I always give to people.

The navy in 2022 said its testing was inaccurate and produced a new set of data that showed levels of strontium-90 lower than zero.

www.fox5dc.com - 3 years ago

FAA issues ground stop for all DC-area airports due to equipment fire

Earlier reports claimed a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control impacted air traffic. FAA representative told FOX 5 there was no fire.

abcnews.go.com - 3 years ago

As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank

In Victoria, Australia, the government made people take photos of their odometer and email them in. Predictably, it was a disaster. In Virginia where year ypu have to have your car inspected and I could see them just noting it there.

If you tie the tax to something physically connected to a single state, everything will be fine. The physical connection will be which state the car is registered in. It's a tax on your car, not on using the roads, proportional to the odometer reading.

More than 1% of US vehicles on the road are electric or plug in hybrids. This percentage is going to start growing very fast over the next 5 to 10 years. If you’re in Pennsylvania you’ve been experiencing this forever. They never fix the potholes, regardless of money.

Compared the road damage done by a vehicle has a rule of thumb that’s (W1 / w2 ) 4, where W is the average weight on any axle on a. The fourth power means that weight per axle scales wildly. If the Hummer only pays 3x the taxes via fuel consumption then the damage from the hummer would be subsidized by the Camry.

www.nbcnews.com - 3 years ago

South Carolina fire chief who pointed gun at teens who turned in his driveway is being sued

The Mad Max Snorlax was charged with a half dozen charges the first time. He says he was not charged with the first charge of felony murder. The problem is that cops aren't arrested, charged, and locked up for 5 years.

'Mad Max Snorlax' is a fucking brilliant reply. South Carolina prefers miscarriages. Thank "god" Tim Scott and his cult fights abortions.

Billy McAdams drove into his driveway while scouting hunting sites for geese season. The teens were followed for several minutes by two pickups through two counties. They were blocked in by one and forced out of their truck and onto the ground.

The NRA and the NRA have convinced so many people to live in fear of everything and everyone. They say the only way to live is to have your guns ready at all times.

"McAdams stated, not knowing who the subjects were, he drew his handgun" He told them to "get on the ground," the report said.

news.sky.com - 3 years ago

Russia rebellion: Wagner troops to be absorbed into Russian military as mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin heads to Belarus

Prigozhin seems really fucking stupid even for a russian warmonger. He says he's holding his family hostage under threat of death. Putin then quietly either a) offers Wagner a few billions of $$ to shut up and disappear.

Wagner isn't known to be the most disciplined group in the world.

Prigozin is playing and most def has an angle. I can't see him just givin up everything and moving to belarus and retire there.

The coup didn't happen today. But it will happen very soon. The convicts and those paying debts will sign the career mercs will dip back to syria/africa or whatever hes got going on in belarus.