I think most people would consider that somewhere in the realm of waste fraud or abuse because they would wonder why that money isn’t well ccounted for and especially when they see food insecurity on military bases and they see talk
Justin Jones: Tennessee lawmaker reinstated three days after expulsion
The BBC says:
Ms Johnson, who is white, survived her expulsion by one vote, leading her to accuse Republicans of racism for expelling the other two legislators, who are black.
But Republicans said the reason they did not expel Ms Johnson was because she had less of a role in the protest and did not use a megaphone to lead chants.
Republicans accused three Democratic representatives – Mr Jones, Mr Pearson and Gloria Johnson – of bringing “disorder and dishonour to the House” when they joined protesters at the statehouse
Scott Bessent on Nord Stream
Look, the Europeans, we look back and there was a famous meeting where President Trump told the Europeans that you’re insane
for building Nord Stream 2. What are you doing? You already get most of your energy from Russia and you’re going to double down on it? And they did. And look what happened. So we blew it up.
Somebody did. somebody Somebody there. Probably Putin!
Some Norwegian fishermen bumped into it, is what I read, but look, the Europeans
go kicking and screaming, but I think they’re going to have to rebalance, too.
A Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past
A few years ago, Toews was walking around Toronto, where she lives, turning the idea for a novel over in her mind. She had been thinking about it on and off since 2009, when she read about a series of crimes that had taken place in a remote Mennonite community in Bolivia known as Manitoba Colony.
Databricks pushes open-source chatbot as cheaper ChatGPT alternative
Databricks wants enterprises to train their own AI models using its software. Ghodsi said the company’s researchers had taken a two-year-old model that was freely available and trained it with a small amount of data for three hours on single computer that anyone with a credit card could rent.
Risen on NYT
I was sitting in the nearly empty restaurant of the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, getting ready for a showdown with the federal government that I had been trying to avoid for more than seven years.
MLK urged America to be true to what you said on paper
In an April 3, 1968 speech in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King Jr asked America to be true to its principles.
we’re going into court tomorrow morning to fight this illegal, unconstitutional injunction. All we say to America is, “Be true to what you said on paper.
Unbelievable!
The ridiculous story about Gary Lineker and freedom of speech goes on. Sir Keir said the prime minister had previously said he “wanted to protect free speech and put a stop to no platforming
“.
Meanwhile others said “I hope the current situation between Gary Lineker and the BBC can be resolved in a timely manner
”
Is Pocket Casts worth the monthly cost ?
pocket casts costs money but has great features. My favorite setting, though, is the one that lets you automatically start each episode of any show as many seconds in as you want.
really like about the swipe gestures in pocketcast is when you swipe to the right you can actually do a add to my up
to this time stamp in the podcast overcast does this and pocketcast apple
Chris Christie: ‘The circus continues’ on Trump calling for protests over potential arrest
Trump, who is running for president in 2024, said on Saturday that he thinks he’ll be arrested on Tuesday as a New York grand jury probes the alleged hush-money scheme that came amid his 2016 presidential run.