That the alleged shooter in this case is a Female identifying Trans, attacked a 'Christian' school they attended years ago, believed that at least 2 of the guns were obtained legal makes this case confusing for those who are against more gun regulations and those who hate Trans identification.
Jump to postThe Grand Jury on the Ms. Daniels hush money probe reconvened today (Mon. March 27th) and heard testimony for a 2nd time from Mr. David Pecker, former editor and publisher of gossip paper 'National Enquirer'. Pecker (got to love his last name :smile: ). gave cover to Trump, paying money to other wom...
Jump to postWhat Netanyahu is trying to do is make it near impossible for the Judiciary to prosecute him for his corrupt acts in office. Many citizens of Israel were born or had ancestors who were victims of authoritarian leaders.They know that horrible history and for sure they won't tolerate it from their lea...
Jump to postI have seen many great works of art including 'David' in person that have anatomically correct nudity. I have seen in European art museums grade school kids in them and looking at art with nudity and they are far more reasoned, mature, view them in context as art, not 'dirty'. Although there have be...
Jump to postThe Manhattan DA's Grand Jury hearings on the handling of the hush money to Ms. Daniels were not held after Monday this past week and it is most likely they will return next week. There is plenty of speculation as to why the delay. Maybe some sick jurors. A security breach or threats that is putting...
Jump to postA lot of the fear, misunderstanding, ignorance of Trans persons has led to a new generation of hate and even violence toward them. We have many politicians who twist that fear into easy ways to get votes rather than find reasonable compromise as to Trans persons and to cover up their other evil beli...
Jump to postHaving an experienced pilot, even if not of the aircraft type they usually fly, helps with the CRM necessary when a pilot becomes incapacitated. The PF can concentrate on flying with less potential overload on them,help make arrangements for diversion or return including for EMT's to meet the plane,...
Jump to postOne of the worst legacies of the Invasion of Iraq was the destruction of the day to day working government. Many Iraqis citizens ransacked, looted government offices. bureaucrats were killed or chased out due to connections to Saddam Hussein who many Iraqis hated but couldn't opposes and wanting mon...
Jump to postI doubt it would have changed anything. If the Access Hollywood tape didn't turn off his followers, then revelations that he'd been dallying with a porn star wouldn't bother them either I doubt it either. So many were voting for him in just enough states to win office by the twisted EC vote.for his...
Jump to postNothing on Monday, looks like any possible indictment will happen Wednesday, the next scheduled date for the Grand Jury to meet. As of today, the NYPD and court law enforcement have been preparing for protesters and the media mob that will be happening for sure. Many Republicans, as to Trump, look l...
Jump to postIt is doubtful his possible arrest will occur on Tuesday, March 21st. There are reports of at least one more witness for the Grand Jury to hear from and they meet on Monday. The bill of Indictment could be voted on that day by the Grand Jurors. That is unlikely as only meet for 3 hours per session, ...
Jump to postI thought he might fight extradition from Florida for the NY State/Manhattan DA case as to the illegal payout to Stormy Daniels. He has already gone online to bash the apparent charges with his usual word salads and bashes of everyone but himself. Guess he is going to use it for a 'I am a victim' ra...
Jump to postThe use of the word woke has evolved from its use by Black newspapers and social justice/civil rights organizations since the 1930's-40's to a catchall pejorative term by White Republican politicians that works well with many White voters. The anti-woke agendas of DeSantis and other Conservative pol...
Jump to postI live in the USA, have a Mazda CX-30 Preferred AWD 'sub-compact' CUV with a lot of those 'annoying' features that I actually like, especially as 68 years old. I like the adoptive cruise control, brake warnings, lane warnings, reverse cross-traffic warnings. It has a traditional shifter for the trad...
Jump to postMy niece here in New Jersey had a baby at 24 weeks of development. Fortunately she had the baby delivered in an emergency procedure, both her and her son are very much alive. Now if she had a situation where the baby died or was dying with no chance of survival, herself in danger of dying so an abor...
Jump to postI am surprised that China hasn't put more pressure on the government of Malaysia or hasn't commissioned a search in the area of possible large debris, especially with most of the passengers PRC citizens. Likely the PRC doesn't have the high tech equipment, won't pay or trust foreign governments with...
Jump to postSilvergate Capitol was also another bank in trouble, but shut down voluntary and winding down without Federal intervention. Some other 'mid-sized' and regional USA banks are at risk as well. First Republic Bank and Western Alliance Bank may be the next ones to get into trouble as they are seeing 'ru...
Jump to postWe may be seeing the beginning of a wave of bank and other financial institutions failures taking place. Increased base interest rates by the US government, the crash of cryptocurrencies, the 'upside-down' state of a lot of residential mortgages, commercial real estate, car loan and other debts, inv...
Jump to postI think there has been a major increase in the last 4-5 years of persons acting on their anger and frustration at government and its elected, appointed and judicial officials. From school boards to the US Capitol on 1/6/21, on many issues, from a range of the social and political spectrum, the use o...
Jump to postFirst of all, Americans can be targets of crimes, maybe see something they shouldn't have, failed to recognize the risks of travel in Mexico, especially in Mexico's border states with the USA. This situation is appearing to be a drug deal gone wrong or in the wrong place at the wrong time. Personall...
Jump to postThere has evolved a consensus that teen marriages are not good for women in particular, but also to allow for a woman to choose not to forced to marry the father The minimum age of marriage in the USA is set by the individual states and territories. Six USA states (including New Jersey, New York) do...
Jump to postThe "Trump" livery was a lot like that of his personal planes and that of his one-time airline. Thankfully an update of the the classic livery with origins going back to the 707's of the early 1960's will be used.as a classic, simple, elegant and unique one. For Boeing, it relieves them of...
Jump to postTrump's behaviors have become worse. He is getting fewer to turn out for his speeches and appearances. Trump is getting old, not aging well, is still seen as the evil leader to cause the 1/6/21 mob terror attack on the US Capitol. The disclosures in the Dominion v. Fox News case, the secret document...
Jump to postTelly Savalas also used his Greek ethnicity in his character. That fit in well in the NYC setting as the city had and still has a significant population of persons of Greek heritage, mostly known for operating diners. I watched it when it was originally shown in the 1970's. The show was very popular...
Jump to postWhat is needed is a new balance in dealing with crime and quality of life all over the USA. Many of the criminal justice reforms that states and cities have done are in response by Democratic party politicians to huge protests about the excessive use of deadly force and harsh prosecution disproporti...
Jump to postSadly, the tactics of many Republicans, like taking strong anti-LGTBQ, anti-abortion, anti-poor, anti-immigrant and racist views is to get votes from their base and to put the Democrats on an awful, very difficult defensive position they can't be more nuanced about. Trans persons are asserting their...
Jump to postAs this was on Spirit Airlines, did they charge a fee for the O2 mask use, a fee to put out the fire ? Seriously, this was a significant incident and could have been much worse. As much as we bash Spirit, the pilots took the professionally correct action. Of course they didn't have a flight from JAX...
Jump to postThe Mayor of Chicago has ordered a crackdown on the homeless who have sought shelter at the city's ORD airport terminals and related facilities. Today's election results make Mayor Lightfoot a lame duck which most likely means the crackdown is over, at least for now. It remains to be seen who the n...
Jump to postEl Salvador had to create a new prison as part of a massive crackdown on criminal gangs in the country who have killed many 1000's and had taken economic control of the country. They had run out of room in existing prisons. Civil rights have been suspended to arrest many. Now the country will have 2...
Jump to postDiscussions of racial issues has become very delicate in the USA. Many Black persons are becoming more assertive of the their rights and to speak out against any hint of racism. Adams made a comments on a controversial survey result that came off as offensive. Social media, the internet can spread s...
Jump to postI worked in the Law Department of the PANYNJ from 2008 to 2021. Some of the people I worked with were working then when it was attacked. They had to walk (and in one case due to a physical handicap crawl or be assisted down 70 stories). Some also were in the building 40 years ago and on 9/11/01. Six...
Jump to postFor owners of GSE, if a service company, a financing company (leasing) or government airport agencies, if a piece of equipment has reached the end of useful life, depreciation is fully written off, is not reliable enough for continued use, not appropriate for need, damaged so not financially viable ...
Jump to postI wonder too with airport jobs if as we seen in the USA, that many can't pass or don't want to go through the security or drug testing requirements for them. Why go through the hassle of those requirements, possibly fail them when one can make the same amount of money in a job that doesn't have them...
Jump to postThere are a number of factors that have led to the long developing crises as to the paying back college/university student loans. Yes, there are some who are scamming the system, just not paying as jerks or believe the loans are illegal, but a majority are paying in timely ways. Of course college co...
Jump to postIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner have been Subpoenaed by the Special Counsel, Jack Smith, investigating the attempts to overthrow the 2020 Presidential Election including the mob terror attack on the Capitol on 1/6/21. They did give testimony via depositions to the 1/6 House Committee in 2022. https:/...
Jump to postMy Favorites:Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and George Washington. Lincoln for actions that ended enslavement, dealing with the Civil War to keep this country together. FDR for saving the country during the Great Depression (especially in its early stages) and George Washington for setting the base sta...
Jump to postHomeless persons are nothing new in the history of the USA (like during the Great Depression of the 1930's), but over the last 40 or so years, it has become much worse for a variety of reasons a number here have brought up. About the only time it gets attention is when some homeless person hurts peo...
Jump to postThat Carter has chosen to go into home hospice care shows his strong religious and personal beliefs as well as a desire to pass away with family and friends in his home. Many criticize him as President but many praise him for his great acts for humanity especially after holding office including supp...
Jump to postThe Mayor of Chicago has ordered a crackdown on the homeless who have sought shelter at the city's ORD airport terminals and related facilities. I put this here due to the political factors around this action rather than in other topic areas, including that the controversial mayor of Chicago is up f...
Jump to postPer the PANYNJ website for JFK, the terminal is still closed as of Saturday at 2:00 AM. Per some other news reports on Friday, some electrical service has been restored but not enough to operate the terminal. I wouldn't be surprised if it is closed most of Saturday.and into Sunday.as all equipment n...
Jump to postThe discovery disclosures by Fox News executives and of Rupert Murdoch shows how sick the management was to allow on-air personalities were spread horrible lies about the results of the 2020 Presidential election to boost ratings and ad revenues. Part of the false attacks by their on-air news commen...
Jump to postThis Grand Jury was an investigative one to go over evidence and have witness testify to assist the Fulton Co. Prosecutor. Usually they are used when organized crime groups, corruption of law enforcement and government officials. A separate Grand Jury will have to be impaneled for the prosecutor to ...
Jump to postFord is in sharp decline in Europe and in particular the UK. They often had top 10 sellers in the UK but have dropped off the top 10 in the last few years. The Fiesta model is gone in Europe.Germany is too expensive for labor costs to continued operations there, likely keeping plants in Spain and jo...
Jump to postThe Oscars are set on the usual 12 month calendar year. It takes a while to allow for voters to see some films and process their votes. As to the Super Bowl, American football is usually held in the fall, it used to be the original, pre-Super Bowl league championships were held, as had shorter seaso...
Jump to postThe damage including 10's of 1000's of deaths in Syria is horrible but the terrible political situation there has made it near impossible to give anywhere near sufficient help with rescue and recovery. That is compounded by the millions of refugees from other parts of Syria that have sought safety i...
Jump to postI am old enough (68) to remember when 3000 miles was the recommended max for oil changes and filters in cars and light trucks. I even followed that with cars I owned until the 1990's. Look in the owners manual and usually there is what they call 'severe service', shorter oil change intervals if a ca...
Jump to postSadly, just another day in the USA. We are #1 in these mass/multiple killings, we have the highest rate per capita of death by gun of developed countries, Our culture, our media supports, indeed encourages gun violence to settle grievances. Our laws, especially the US Constitution's 2nd Amendment pr...
Jump to postOne problem Disney and other movie companies are facing is that people are not returning to theaters but for a very few major films like "Top Gun:Maverick". That has also been bad for movies for kids audiences that Disney has been a leader with. There are a number of factors hurting all mo...
Jump to postReports are now saying an estimated over 20,000 dead in the affected region. Some relief is getting into Syria. Access and being able to help Syrian victims is badly hampered due to sanctions by the USA on their government and access via Turkey is very limited to keep out refugees from Syria. https:...
Jump to postDisney CEO announced large employee cuts (7,000), reductions in marketing/advertising expenses, changes in certain divisions, especially the streaming business to reduce costs and bring bigger returns to shareholders. This also means a reinstatement of dividends to shareholders, suspended during the...
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