"And Now a Word From Our Monster - by Mr. Fish"

article is a good read

"The case " which appears to be one from Lake County " and others like it were detailed by the grand jury in a scathing report that concluded DCF was "failing catastrophically" in its duties to protect the vulnerable.

The agency's "systemic inaction" led to severe trauma and the preventable deaths of children and the elderly across a five-county region in north Central Florida, it said."

"The most recent grand jury, sitting in Marion County, detailed seven "heartbreaking" cases in its report where DCF had been called to investigate but took little to no action. Six of the cases resulted in death and the seventh in the arrest of the father on sex abuse charges.

The deaths included that of a toddler who died from skull and spinal injuries, and whose mother " who had a 17-year history with DCF " was charged with his murder.

Another was that of an elderly women who was regularly found on the floor naked and covered in human waste but who remained with her caretaker, though DCF knew that person had been using illegal drugs.

"Children were exploited, abused, neglected. Children died," said Sen. Don Gaetz, a Panhandle Republican, at a press conference a few days after the report's release.

"The department delayed, denied, lied and then did nothing."
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Also see, 'Republican Family Values'.

Kirk was a grown man who liked to bully college students into believing that JC was white nationalist rwinger who did the bidding of Oligarchs.

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." - JC

The punishment is the point... how dare people not be able to feed their family on $7.25 an hour!

If that was good enough in 2009, it's good enough today!

He's going down with the Trumptanic!

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If he has to die, everyone and everything else should go with him... this is an extreme sort of narcissism; really he's a Dark Triad Personality.

Someone's political bribe, er, donation, is werking out quite well for them.

Crony Capitalism Forever!

"Trump Has Bonkers Excuse for Why He Won't Just Give Out $5,000 Now
And that's why he has to bribe people ahead of the midterms.

Speaking to Fox News's Laura Ingraham Thursday, Trump offered a baffling excuse for why he couldn't distribute the $5,000 dividends he'd promised the night before.

"Why not just give the money now? If you have the money, why not give it now?" Ingraham asked.

"Because they can't. I'll tell you what, because the Democrats can't do it, because with them it's negative growth," Trump said. "With us, it's so positive."

In reality, Republicans are simply not on board. Even Fox News hosts balked at the hypothetical handouts' estimated $1.3 trillion total price tag. If Republicans were the least bit interested in moving forward with these checks, then they already control Congress. They could just make it happen.

It's increasingly clear that Trump is hoping he can pay Republicans' way through the midterm elections by dangling cash in front of voters.

But the president has promised to deliver cash payments multiple times, including $2,000 stimulus checks of tariff revenue and $5,000 stimulus checks for the bygone "DOGE dividend." excerpts

MB... the Stormin' Mormon?

'Asked about President Donald Trump's proposal to dole out $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans win both chambers of Congress during the midterm elections, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned that borrowing to spend would cause more inflation.

"What I would say is, if you are getting surplus revenue, you should cut people's tax and return it to the people," DeSantis said on Thursday.

"What I don't think you wanna do is borrow another ... trillion and a half dollars and then just try to flood that into the economy, because that will lead to more inflation. That will lead to more debt," he said, "and more inflation."

"Empty seats, socialism and Trump dominate the Republican midterm convention

One of the more common pleas was for Trump supporters to support other Republicans.

"I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot," the president implored the first day.

"You know what happens if you don't vote? You go to hell," he said on the second night."

"Both days, there were thousands of empty seats, including almost all of the upper level, even as Trump insisted the arena was "packed" with "thousands" more waiting outside."

"Wednesday, Trump said that America "has beaten communism before and we will beat it again."

"In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals," Trump said.

"They call themselves Democrat socialists, but actually they're communists. They're not socialists. They're long beyond socialists."

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And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"

He was the Hero of 911, being dragged out of the rubble as he was saving people!

Here's DJT trying to bribe voters with a $5000 check... much like he did with Tariff rebates that also never happened:

Hawaii
New Jersey
Utah... huh

Hawaii (#1): Scored 69.53 out of 100, driven by high life satisfaction, good health, and low financial worry.

New Jersey (#2): Scored 67.09 out of 100, noted for strong mental health, supportive family networks, and low depression rates.

Utah (#3): Scored 66.45 out of 100, leading the nation in economic security and strong community work metrics.

That was Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCread.

I think prolly few people here care.... but this is brilliant Media Timing Strategery!

Who else but MAGA would decide the best day for their National Convention is the starting evening of NFL Football, featuring the teams in the Superbowl earlier this year?

Trump said no one came because they only needed the Winners there, and their Losers (who have to overcome DJT's dragging them down) have work to do at home.

WAIT!

Hendrix-esque Star Spangled Banner?

wowser!

Trump SNAPS over Empty Convention

"Feewings, nothing more than feewings"

What If We Redrew Texas's Borders?

In other news:

"Russian Warships BURN As Ukraine LAUNCHES Unprecedented Attack; Frontline COLLAPSES | Enforcer News"

I'm just glad that this was the thread where Eb and 1Nut quit pretending and just started making out.

bet you roll... and no, not the one under your shirt...