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What if?
I've been doing 'what if' scenarios as long as I can remember.
For example... What if the boss realized his lazy son wasn't qualified for the position he put him in and hired someone who actually worked for a living!
What if Led Zeppelin actually lost their copyright infringement suit?
What if The Monkees had real talent?
What if Jimi Hendrix hadn't overdosed on barbiturates?
What if Biden took 85% of the votes would Trump be able to contest that?
What if a CIA agent on his death bed confessed that 911 was an inside job?
What if Elvis was actually pumping gas at a station in Lansing, Michigan?
What if I stayed in the school symphony (instead of joining a rock band) and received a music scholarship?
What if I would have kept my brother's 1957 BMW Isetta and had it fully restored?
(They bring as much as $45,000 now)
What if I drove a new BMW, would women notice me?
What if I rented my Miami house (and not sold it) would I lose my eviction rights to an unemployed tenant due to COVID?
What if Nikola Tesla didn't allow Thomas Edison to take advantage of him and his inventions?
What if Bent got Jim banned and had no one to chase around to feed his obsession?
What if the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter Kobe Bryant was killed in had a collision detection system? (something found on $500 drones)
What if Whitney Houston didn't have cocaine, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), alprazolam (Xanax), cannabis, and cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) in her body when she took a bath?
What if Stevie Ray Vaughan acted on a hunch about the nightmare he had one day before his death?
For example... What if the boss realized his lazy son wasn't qualified for the position he put him in and hired someone who actually worked for a living!
What if Led Zeppelin actually lost their copyright infringement suit?
What if The Monkees had real talent?
What if Jimi Hendrix hadn't overdosed on barbiturates?
What if Biden took 85% of the votes would Trump be able to contest that?
What if a CIA agent on his death bed confessed that 911 was an inside job?
What if Elvis was actually pumping gas at a station in Lansing, Michigan?
What if I stayed in the school symphony (instead of joining a rock band) and received a music scholarship?
What if I would have kept my brother's 1957 BMW Isetta and had it fully restored?
(They bring as much as $45,000 now)
What if I drove a new BMW, would women notice me?
What if I rented my Miami house (and not sold it) would I lose my eviction rights to an unemployed tenant due to COVID?
What if Nikola Tesla didn't allow Thomas Edison to take advantage of him and his inventions?
What if Bent got Jim banned and had no one to chase around to feed his obsession?
What if the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter Kobe Bryant was killed in had a collision detection system? (something found on $500 drones)
What if Whitney Houston didn't have cocaine, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), alprazolam (Xanax), cannabis, and cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) in her body when she took a bath?
What if Stevie Ray Vaughan acted on a hunch about the nightmare he had one day before his death?
Joe Biden Remains Hiding at Camp David After Afghanistan Collapses
President Joe Biden will remain hidden at his presidential retreat at Camp David through Monday, according to the White House, as the Taliban swiftly seized control of Afghanistan.
The president’s daily guidance for Monday indicated Biden would remain at Camp David for at least one more day, with no public events scheduled.
But a senior administration official indicated to reporters Sunday evening that Biden might address the country “in the next few days,” according to reports.
It remains unclear whether Biden will speak from Camp David or return to the White House to deliver his speech, the reports noted. He was previously scheduled to remain at Camp David until Wednesday.
Biden has not spoken publicly on Afghanistan since Tuesday after expressing optimism that the leaders of the Afghan government would rally to defend their country.
“I think they’re beginning to realize they’ve got to come together politically at the top,” he said, referring to the leaders of Afghanistan.
Biden told reporters Tuesday he did not regret his decisions on Afghanistan, leaving the following day for the rest of his August vacation in Delaware before he shifted his vacation to Camp David on Friday.
From Camp David, Biden has monitored the crisis as the White House released photographs of the president speaking to aides remotely on social media.
The buffoonery of this President has reached dangerously lethal levels and the the embarrassment he has brought to this country in view of the entire world is beyond reproach and it is time for this dysfunctional President to RESIGN RIGHT NOW !!!!!
TRUMPS TAX CUT TO A SMALL GROUP WAS ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT AMERICAN POVERTY!!
ALI VELSHI
ProPublica investigation uncovers how much 82 ultrarich families gained by Trump’s 2017 tax cut
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New reporting by ProPublica found that a specific tax break that found its way into President Trump's 2017 tax bill benefited only “82 families” per one of the reporters, Justin Elliott. That Republican tax bill gifted the wealthiest of corporations $233 billion in tax cuts, according to the Center for American Progress. $233 Billion in tax cuts to corporations. $69 Billion to lift low-income families above the poverty line. Those tax cuts to people and companies that didn’t need them could have solved American poverty. Says Elliott, “this part of the Trump tax bill was extremely tilted towards the richest people in the country.”
ProPublica investigation uncovers how much 82 ultrarich families gained by Trump’s 2017 tax cut
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New reporting by ProPublica found that a specific tax break that found its way into President Trump's 2017 tax bill benefited only “82 families” per one of the reporters, Justin Elliott. That Republican tax bill gifted the wealthiest of corporations $233 billion in tax cuts, according to the Center for American Progress. $233 Billion in tax cuts to corporations. $69 Billion to lift low-income families above the poverty line. Those tax cuts to people and companies that didn’t need them could have solved American poverty. Says Elliott, “this part of the Trump tax bill was extremely tilted towards the richest people in the country.”
Taliban Enters Pres. Palace in Kabul; One Leader Says He Was Once Held at Gitmo. Who Let him out?
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“I was detained in Guantanamo bay camp for several years”, says one of the Taliban leader inside the presidential palace in #Kabul. #Afghanistan
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“I was detained in Guantanamo bay camp for several years”, says one of the Taliban leader inside the presidential palace in #Kabul. #Afghanistan
Soda that makes you cry...
More than eight months now that I've been avoiding sugar... especially drinks that are high in fructose corn syrup.
Initially, I dropped 15 pounds and 5 more but that 5 pounds wavers like the stock market. The weight gained while visiting my brother is finally gone and I'm back to pulling my pants up at least 40 times per day!
While grocery shopping I decided it was okay to try some drinks that had real sugar and ended up with some Red Rock Golden Ginger Ale. It was on sale yet terribly expensive as the little bottles are roughly 90 cents each.
This stuff is really strong and one sip goes directly to your sinuses making your eyes tear up! What I've been doing to get around that is to mix the soda with carbonated (seltzer) water... the stuff with a hint of flavor and no calories. 50/50 is the usual mix. It's enough bite to still go to my nose but the flavor is tamed.
Initially, I dropped 15 pounds and 5 more but that 5 pounds wavers like the stock market. The weight gained while visiting my brother is finally gone and I'm back to pulling my pants up at least 40 times per day!
While grocery shopping I decided it was okay to try some drinks that had real sugar and ended up with some Red Rock Golden Ginger Ale. It was on sale yet terribly expensive as the little bottles are roughly 90 cents each.
This stuff is really strong and one sip goes directly to your sinuses making your eyes tear up! What I've been doing to get around that is to mix the soda with carbonated (seltzer) water... the stuff with a hint of flavor and no calories. 50/50 is the usual mix. It's enough bite to still go to my nose but the flavor is tamed.
Mike Lindell fled the stage at his cyber symposium
"Business InsiderBusiness Insider"
"My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell fled the stage at his cyber symposium at the same time news broke that Dominion's billion-dollar defamation lawsuit against him would proceed
Cheryl Teh
Thu, 12 August 2021, 8:16 am
Lindell my pillow
Voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems is currently suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for defamation. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Mike Lindell fled the stage at his cyber symposium at the same time news broke that Dominion's defamation lawsuit against him is going forward.
A federal judge denied Lindell's bid to dismiss the voting machine maker's $1.3 billion lawsuit.
Lindell is holding a 72-hour event in South Dakota to prove his election conspiracy theories.
See more stories on Insider's business page.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was seen dashing off the stage at his cyber symposium at the same time news broke that the $1.3 billion defamation suit filed against him by Dominion Voting Systems will go ahead.
Lindell attempted to have this defamation lawsuit against him dismissed during a hearing in June. But US District Judge Carl J. Nichols on August 11 ruled that the three defamation lawsuits against Lindell and Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, which are seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from each party, are slated to proceed in full."
Another damp squib hits the dust lol, Can't wait for the court case, going to be very revealing and will finally bought to bed the fallacy the election was rigged.
"My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell fled the stage at his cyber symposium at the same time news broke that Dominion's billion-dollar defamation lawsuit against him would proceed
Cheryl Teh
Thu, 12 August 2021, 8:16 am
Lindell my pillow
Voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems is currently suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for defamation. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Mike Lindell fled the stage at his cyber symposium at the same time news broke that Dominion's defamation lawsuit against him is going forward.
A federal judge denied Lindell's bid to dismiss the voting machine maker's $1.3 billion lawsuit.
Lindell is holding a 72-hour event in South Dakota to prove his election conspiracy theories.
See more stories on Insider's business page.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was seen dashing off the stage at his cyber symposium at the same time news broke that the $1.3 billion defamation suit filed against him by Dominion Voting Systems will go ahead.
Lindell attempted to have this defamation lawsuit against him dismissed during a hearing in June. But US District Judge Carl J. Nichols on August 11 ruled that the three defamation lawsuits against Lindell and Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, which are seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from each party, are slated to proceed in full."
Another damp squib hits the dust lol, Can't wait for the court case, going to be very revealing and will finally bought to bed the fallacy the election was rigged.
I'll be meeting Fred this weekend...
There is a destructive nature about Fred. He comes and goes rather quickly and expected to leave the place a mess. Lots of people will be watching Fred, literally tracking his whereabouts as he plans to visit South Florida come this weekend.
It's depressing to think about the whole thing, but that is the outlook for now. Currently Fred has passed over the Dominican Republic, Haiti and is kissing the eastern point of Cuba.
I've got the path of Fred right here:
If you haven't guessed by now, Fred is a storm.
It's depressing to think about the whole thing, but that is the outlook for now. Currently Fred has passed over the Dominican Republic, Haiti and is kissing the eastern point of Cuba.
I've got the path of Fred right here:
If you haven't guessed by now, Fred is a storm.
Those in Favor of Life
Yesterday in The New Yorker;
I suppose the others are 'just dying' to support DeSantis.
In response to:
Satire from The Borowitz Report
DeSantis Losing Support Among Voters Opposed to Dying
By Andy Borowitz
August 10, 202
FLORIDA (The Borowitz Report)—In a potentially ominous development for the Florida governor, a new poll shows Ron DeSantis hemorrhaging support among voters who identify as opposed to dying.
According to the poll, DeSantis’s favorability numbers are plummeting among Floridians who describe themselves as “somewhat,” “very,” or “strongly” opposed to being dead.
Asked to name the issue most important to them, an overwhelming majority of anti-dying voters cited “continuing to exist,” with the economy and immigration placing a distant second and third.
Harland Dorrinson, an aide to the Governor, dismissed the poll numbers as “a distraction” and said that “this obsession with not dying is the kind of political correctness the people of Florida are tired of.”
“Governor DeSantis has had a very strong pro-dying message, and that’s not going to change,” the aide said.
Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian
who has written for The New Yorker since 1998.
He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
DeSantis Losing Support Among Voters Opposed to Dying
By Andy Borowitz
August 10, 202
FLORIDA (The Borowitz Report)—In a potentially ominous development for the Florida governor, a new poll shows Ron DeSantis hemorrhaging support among voters who identify as opposed to dying.
According to the poll, DeSantis’s favorability numbers are plummeting among Floridians who describe themselves as “somewhat,” “very,” or “strongly” opposed to being dead.
Asked to name the issue most important to them, an overwhelming majority of anti-dying voters cited “continuing to exist,” with the economy and immigration placing a distant second and third.
Harland Dorrinson, an aide to the Governor, dismissed the poll numbers as “a distraction” and said that “this obsession with not dying is the kind of political correctness the people of Florida are tired of.”
“Governor DeSantis has had a very strong pro-dying message, and that’s not going to change,” the aide said.
Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian
who has written for The New Yorker since 1998.
He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news.
I suppose the others are 'just dying' to support DeSantis.
Dem Priorities: Cause deaths of 1000s, okay. Squeeze a Bum?? Fired!
That hotbed of Right Wing, Red-neckish news, the NY Times, the Grey Lady herself, had this to say about Randy Andy:
More than 172,000 residents and employees of nursing homes and long-term care facilities have died of complications from Covid-19 in the United States, according to a Times analysis. New York leads all states in such deaths, with more than 15,000 so far.
By the time the Health Department issued its July report, Mr. Cuomo had been under fire over nursing homes for months. The criticism came mostly from Republican lawmakers, who suggested his administration was directly responsible for the high death toll.
At issue was a policy issued in March 2020 that effectively ordered nursing homes to take back residents who had been discharged from hospitals after being treated for Covid-19. The goal was to keep virus patients from overwhelming hospitals, a step other states also took.
According to the coverage, some have attributed NY state's extraordinarily high death rate among nursing home residents to Cuomo's orders to return the Covid infected to the homes, where the uninfected were staked out helplessly, like sacrificial goats, as the contagion swept through their numbers. And then, the reports go on, the high losses were deliberately suppressed.
Mentions of Cuomo's callous stupidity, causing needless deaths of thousands of grannies and grandpas were heard months ago. But it's only after several women came forward, complaining of s*xual harassment, that the serious hue and cry for his resignation arose among the Left.
Priorities?
More than 172,000 residents and employees of nursing homes and long-term care facilities have died of complications from Covid-19 in the United States, according to a Times analysis. New York leads all states in such deaths, with more than 15,000 so far.
By the time the Health Department issued its July report, Mr. Cuomo had been under fire over nursing homes for months. The criticism came mostly from Republican lawmakers, who suggested his administration was directly responsible for the high death toll.
At issue was a policy issued in March 2020 that effectively ordered nursing homes to take back residents who had been discharged from hospitals after being treated for Covid-19. The goal was to keep virus patients from overwhelming hospitals, a step other states also took.
According to the coverage, some have attributed NY state's extraordinarily high death rate among nursing home residents to Cuomo's orders to return the Covid infected to the homes, where the uninfected were staked out helplessly, like sacrificial goats, as the contagion swept through their numbers. And then, the reports go on, the high losses were deliberately suppressed.
Mentions of Cuomo's callous stupidity, causing needless deaths of thousands of grannies and grandpas were heard months ago. But it's only after several women came forward, complaining of s*xual harassment, that the serious hue and cry for his resignation arose among the Left.
Priorities?
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo anounces that he will resign effective in 14 days. NY gets 1st female gov
Today from Yahoo News;
(Continued in my first comment below)
In response to:
Cuomo resigns after probe finds he sexually harassed 11 women
Christopher Wilson and Chloe Xiang
Tue, August 10, 2021, 12:12 PM
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from office Tuesday, one week after an investigation concluded that he had sexually harassed 11 women and retaliated against his accusers.
At a press conference Tuesday, Cuomo announced that he would step down from the office. His resignation will be effective in 14 days.
“The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing, and therefore, that’s what I’ll do, because I work for you, and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you,” Cuomo said.
The decision to resign spared Cuomo, who has been governor since 2011 and is the son of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, a potentially lengthy impeachment trial in the New York Assembly that was likely to have ousted him from power.
Lt. Kathy Hochul is now preparing to step in as governor. A native of Buffalo, Hochul will be the first female governor of New York. She had been serving under Cuomo since 2014 and has a long history of working in New York state politics, having served in Congress and as a county clerk.
Hochul wouldn’t be the first lieutenant governor to assume the gubernatorial position. In 2008, then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned following a prostitution scandal and was succeeded by his lieutenant governor, David Paterson.
On Aug. 3, State Attorney General Letitia James announced the results of an investigation into allegations made against the governor by women who worked for or alongside Cuomo. According to James, the report revealed “a deeply disturbing yet clear picture” in which the governor “sexually harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women, by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging, and by making inappropriate comments.”
The 168-page report also found that the governor’s conduct created “a hostile work environment for women” and that Cuomo staffers had retaliated against at least one of his accusers, who included gubernatorial aides and a New York state trooper assigned to protect him. The investigation took nearly five months and included interviews with 179 people.
Initially, Cuomo insisted that he would not leave office because of the investigation, saying in a taped recording that he “never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate s*xual advances,” the Associated Press reported.
As more women came forward to detail their claims against the governor, Cuomo had repeatedly insisted on his innocence, stating that his touching and kissing represented a generational and cultural divide between him and his accusers. In a much-maligned video statement released after James’s press conference, Cuomo portrayed himself as a misunderstood champion for s*xual harassment victims. He also released numerous photos showing other politicians touching people, including one of former President Barack Obama hugging a Hurricane Sandy Victim.
At the press conference Tuesday, Cuomo continued to remain defiant in the face of the claims against him. “My instinct is to fight through this controversy, because I truly believe that it is politically motivated. I believe it is unfair and it is untruthful."
“In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn’t fully appreciate, and I should have — no excuses,” he continued.
Even as he shifted tone, getting teary-eyed before announcing his resignation, Cuomo did not admit any wrongdoing. Referring to the controversy surrounding him, he said, “Wasting energy on distractions is the last thing state government should be doing, and I cannot be the cause of that.”...
Cuomo resigns after probe finds he sexually harassed 11 women
Christopher Wilson and Chloe Xiang
Tue, August 10, 2021, 12:12 PM
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from office Tuesday, one week after an investigation concluded that he had sexually harassed 11 women and retaliated against his accusers.
At a press conference Tuesday, Cuomo announced that he would step down from the office. His resignation will be effective in 14 days.
“The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing, and therefore, that’s what I’ll do, because I work for you, and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you,” Cuomo said.
The decision to resign spared Cuomo, who has been governor since 2011 and is the son of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, a potentially lengthy impeachment trial in the New York Assembly that was likely to have ousted him from power.
Lt. Kathy Hochul is now preparing to step in as governor. A native of Buffalo, Hochul will be the first female governor of New York. She had been serving under Cuomo since 2014 and has a long history of working in New York state politics, having served in Congress and as a county clerk.
Hochul wouldn’t be the first lieutenant governor to assume the gubernatorial position. In 2008, then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned following a prostitution scandal and was succeeded by his lieutenant governor, David Paterson.
On Aug. 3, State Attorney General Letitia James announced the results of an investigation into allegations made against the governor by women who worked for or alongside Cuomo. According to James, the report revealed “a deeply disturbing yet clear picture” in which the governor “sexually harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women, by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging, and by making inappropriate comments.”
The 168-page report also found that the governor’s conduct created “a hostile work environment for women” and that Cuomo staffers had retaliated against at least one of his accusers, who included gubernatorial aides and a New York state trooper assigned to protect him. The investigation took nearly five months and included interviews with 179 people.
Initially, Cuomo insisted that he would not leave office because of the investigation, saying in a taped recording that he “never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate s*xual advances,” the Associated Press reported.
As more women came forward to detail their claims against the governor, Cuomo had repeatedly insisted on his innocence, stating that his touching and kissing represented a generational and cultural divide between him and his accusers. In a much-maligned video statement released after James’s press conference, Cuomo portrayed himself as a misunderstood champion for s*xual harassment victims. He also released numerous photos showing other politicians touching people, including one of former President Barack Obama hugging a Hurricane Sandy Victim.
At the press conference Tuesday, Cuomo continued to remain defiant in the face of the claims against him. “My instinct is to fight through this controversy, because I truly believe that it is politically motivated. I believe it is unfair and it is untruthful."
“In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn’t fully appreciate, and I should have — no excuses,” he continued.
Even as he shifted tone, getting teary-eyed before announcing his resignation, Cuomo did not admit any wrongdoing. Referring to the controversy surrounding him, he said, “Wasting energy on distractions is the last thing state government should be doing, and I cannot be the cause of that.”...
(Continued in my first comment below)
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