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Wed, 10/05/2023 - 19:28
2 pounds ground veal2 cups fresh cranberries1 cup waterArtificial sweetener to equal ¼ cup sugar2 cups tomato purée1 cup canned, French-style green beans, mashed3 tablespoons, dehydrated onion flakes2 tablespoons diced celery1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste1 teaspoon prepared horseradish1 teaspoon lemon juice½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce½ teaspoon salt ADVANCED PREPARATION: Shape veal into 16 uniform […]
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Wed, 10/05/2023 - 18:01
Last night (May 9, 2023), the Australian government delivered the latest fiscal statement (aka ‘The Budget’), and, in doing so guaranteed that unemployment would rise. A deliberate act of sabotage of living standards for disadvantaged Australians. All the hype was about the miniscule fiscal surplus that was announced as if it is some sort of…
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Wed, 10/05/2023 - 12:00
Has there ever been a bigger baby? Ever??? Update: Still ranting at 1 am: He also put out two more of those whiny videos. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was on drugs. Too many diet cokes?
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Wed, 10/05/2023 - 10:00
Good for her: Former congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has vowed to do everything she can to keep Donald Trump from returning to the White House, launched a television ad Tuesday warning viewers that the former president “is a risk America can never take again.” The ad is running on CNN before and during a high-profile town hall scheduled Wednesday night on CNN featuring Trump — now a 2024 candidate — taking questions from voters in New Hampshire. The 60-second spot, which Cheney narrates but in which she does not appear, is funded by her political action committee. It recounts Trump losing the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden and lying to his followers about the results. Then, Cheney says, “he mobilized a mob to come to Washington and march on the Capitol” on Jan. 6, 2021. “Trump was warned repeatedly that his plans for January 6th were illegal,” Cheney says, as images of the Capitol being overrun are shown. “He didn’t care, and today he celebrates those who attacked our Capitol.
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Wed, 10/05/2023 - 08:30
Every single day he rolls out another one. Here’s the latest: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday that he signed a major piece of legislation aimed at weakening public sector unions by making it harder for them to collect dues from members. Senate Bill 256 forbids most unions representing government employees from having dues deducted directly from workers’ paychecks. It also requires that affected unions maintain at least 60% membership in their bargaining units, or else they could face decertification and lose their contracts. The new law will force public sector unions to develop new ways of getting dues from members — such as setting up electronic bank transfers — and will also imperil the existence of those unions that don’t meet the 60% threshold. Although DeSantis and other Republicans have cast the bill as “paycheck protection” for workers, they excluded unions representing police, firefighters and corrections officers — i.e., the unions that are typically more likely to support Republicans. The unions that are subject to the law tend to represent teachers, sanitation workers and other government employees.