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Just One Thing: Who is to decide?

This isn’t an important story but it’s a funny one. Apparently a picture of John Travolta’s home, taken from above, is making its way around the Internet. It looks like a very big house with an enormous yard and a tennis court and swimming pool and a circular driveway and trees all around and a big security gate. Oh, I almost forgot, there are also two jets. A small-ish Bomardier and a vintage Boeing 707 that used to be in the fleet of the Australian airline Qantas. Since according to liberals we are not allowed to have fun or own nice things, it won’t surprise you that some online reactions called Travolta disgusting and one said “we truly need to abolish grossly excessive wealth like this.” Those statements always leave me wondering: who will decide what’s excessive?

‘Disgusting’ photo of John Travolta’s home sparks outrage online: ‘It’s absolutely ridiculous’ (yahoo.com)

Other Stuff

I don't entirely understand the nature of the threat but the bottom line is that if you have an iPhone, update your iOS with the latest update immediately: Apple zero-click iMessage exploit used to infect iPhones with spyware (bleepingcomputer.com)

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GOP figuring out they have a "pro-life" problem: Republicans try to find new term for pro-life to stave off more electoral losses (nbcnews.com)

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Not surprised given the likely opposition to the deal from the Attorney General of Colorado: Report: Kroger, Albertsons looking to sell stores to grocery company (denverpost.com)

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Reality bites leftists soooo frequently, often exposing their idiocy or hypocrisy. Here are two new examples:

Teachers Union Pres. Who Conflated Private Education With Facism Sends Her Son To Elite Private Catholic School | The Daily Caller

Dem Party chairwoman who once called to defund the police carjacked and assaulted in Minneapolis | Fox News

(To be fair, one could argue that her original complaints about the police department were aimed at turning it into a better organization rather than just permanently eliminating it. At least one could argue that if one were trying to be kind.)

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If this is true, why would it be true? Science Confirms: Men with Beer Bellies Attract More Beautiful Women and Live Longer | by Amazing Manual | Medium

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Fun with words: New Words Drop! These Words Got Added To Dictionary.com In Fall 2023

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That's a REALLY bad night: Kadarius Toney had drop-filled night, costing Chiefs in loss to Lions (nypost.com)

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You're killin' me, Smalls: World's deadliest karaoke song by Frank Sinatra has caused the deaths of multiple people in the Philippines (ladbible.com)

There's even a Wikipedia entry: My Way killings - Wikipedia

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Wow: Scientists grow artificial embryo model without using sperm, an egg or a WOMB in world-first - and it tested positive on a pregnancy test | Daily Mail Online

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I'll probably tell my own giant bunny story today: Some-bunny to love! 28lb therapy rabbit called Alex the Great turns heads after it's wheeled through airport in a pram | Daily Mail Online

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Does this describe you? Revealed: Shocking number of Americans who haven’t seen a doctor in five years (nypost.com)

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Some of this stuff was in prior blogs but I didn't get to them on the show earlier this week:

Home equity borrowing plunges: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-aebb7553-f4d1-415c-b7ce-c25ea20342ae.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

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Bird watchers in a flurry over 'rare' incursion of wild flamingos blown into US from Hurricane Idalia - ABC News

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Vaping can shrink testicles, cause sperm counts to plummet: study (nypost.com)

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I'm with Payton: Broncos' Sean Payton told Russell Wilson he needs to 'f---ing stop kissing all the babies,' per report - CBSSports.com

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Which school subjects do Americans say are most relevant to their lives? | YouGov

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Should this be illegal? Florida Man Charged Over Failed Attempt to Cross Atlantic in Giant ‘Hamster Wheel’ (thedailybeast.com)

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This is really really dumb (in the sense of data abuse): Reviewers revealed: Who writes the most 1* and 5* reviews? - Trustpilot Blog

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Just don't do it: Warning over dangerous TikTok 'One Chip Challenge' spreading like wildfire on social media which sees people eat extremely spicy tortillas - after US teenager, 14, died while taking part in viral craze | Daily Mail Online

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Offered without comment: Police investigating human skull found at Goodwill in Goodyear | 12news.com

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