LET'S ALL SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR FLORIDA TODAY As it looks like Hurricane Helene is going to slam into the Gulf Coast of the panhandle at at least Category 3 status, maybe 4. The storm already left a mess in Cancun where it was only a Cat 1 when it hit. Tallahassee, home to the Capitol of Florida, Florida State University and Florida A + M University has TERRIBLE drainage so I full expect them to be under water by tonight. This is gonna be a bad one.
GOT AN EXPRESS LANE VIOLATION? Good luck getting the auto-ticket dismissed even if you have a good reason for crossing those double white lines. The system isn't set up to let you off even with a good reason and the Denver Post writes about it here. Seems like this would be good for some sort of lawsuit soon. I saw a bunch of people still crossing in and out of the express lanes on C-470 Monday afternoon so obviously everyone isn't getting the message.
GAVIN NEWSOM CAN JUST CALM DOWN As Federal Elections Committee rules already prohibits false representations no matter how they were created and the Federal Communications Committee is considering a rule require that deepfakes or spots using AI MUST contain a disclaimer that they were created with AI. There is no need for the stupid and unconstitutional law he just signed in California because his feelings were hurt. Read more here. The problem is these deep fakes often use the records of the politicians to make fun of them and Newsom does NOT like that.
COULD A NORDIC SPA BE COMING TO DOUGCO? The first hurdle was cleared by the developer who bought a 35 acre parcel in the Roxborough Park area with the stated intention to either build a Nordic spa facility or about 30 homes. They wanted to form a metro district to work on infrastructure and the neighbors are already not happy. I bet you that land was for a sale for some time, the neighbors should have bought it. Just saying.
MORE STARS OF THE AURORA APARTMENT VIDEO ARE IDENTIFIED And Aurora Police says warrants are being issued for the last three men seen brandishing guns in a security video from an Aurora apartment complex. Now that they know who they are they can arrest them, assuming they haven't just fled back over the border.
AND WHO ALWAYS BREAKS THE CEASEFIRE? Fun fact: I don't believe that in all the ceasefires that have been arranged as Israel fights various factions who want to destroy it that any have been broken by Israel. They have ALL BEEN BROKEN by Hamas or Hezbollah. Every last one of them. So when I see stories like this one, where our addled President is asking for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon to allow for diplomacy, I have to laugh. Israel will stop when they have taken out Hezbollah's abilities to kill them. Period. Israel has already said no thank you to the ceasefire as I expected.
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HEY LEFTIES, THEY'VE ALREADY TRIED TO KILL HIM TWICE But that didn't stop this exchange on The View.
NEW YORK'S MAYOR HAS BEEN INDICTED And remember people, you can indict a ham sandwich so this doesn't mean anything more than he's been indicted. What for?
Details about the exact accusations remained unclear, but they are believed to be connected to allegations of the Turkish government illegally funneling money into his mayoral campaign in exchange for approval of the Turkish Consulate in Manhattan, according to sources.
Sources said the mayor is facing a charge of acting as an unregistered foreign agent after accepting donations from foreign entities.
Seems kind of funny that the President just flew the President of Ukraine over on a US Military plane before trotting him out in front of the press to campaign for Kamala Harris and that's not foreign interference but this is? Weird. Adams says he's being punished for speaking out about the illegal immigration crisis his party has allowed to bloom. We'll see what happens.
TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, SHUT UP This is the most powerful piece of advice I've ever been given in my life, especially in negotiations. Read it here.
INSIDER TRADING OR LUCKY COINCIDENCE? You can decide if the timing of Paul Pelosi's (Nancy Pelosi's husband) of $500k of Visa stock right before the feds announced an anti-trust investigation is just dumb luck or not. I know what I think and luck has nothing to do with it.
RURAL AMERICANS DON'T LIVE AS LONG And it's likely because they still smoke and are fat, two things that undeniably shorten lifespans. Read more here.
TEN REASONS TO ABOLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Which Donald Trump has promised to do. The Babylon Bee has a tongue in cheek look at what would happen here.
JORDAN PETERSON ANALYZES TRUMP AND HARRIS And this is super interesting.
LIFE ADVICE FROM A 95 YEAR OLD And watch her do pushups! I am inspired.
THIS COMEDY SPOKE TO ME There is some bad language but it's so, so funny.