Surprising (or not) how some current aliases always seem to go uiet when presented with facts.

@#18

Yeah, I would be remiss if I did not say that I have noticed a certain, let's call it --- shift work --- aspect to the posting patterns of some current aliases here.

But not necessarily strictly on a time clock basis.

But when one current alias seems to be getting hammered by replies to its ridiculous comment(s), that current alias goes away, and another current alias comes to the fore to continue the battle.

Almost like clockwork.

@#6 ... There wouldn't be any more Republican mega-donors though. ...

Yeah.

Mega donors who donate eye-opening amounts of money, but donors who may expect to see tax reductions from a possible Trump administration.

Tax reductions that are far more than the money they donated.

In other words, to them it does not seem to be about the policies, but the return on the investment.

An accurate explanation of those seeking the second passports?

@#15 ... This is the current GOP strategy ... use legislation to ban abortion, then go out and pretend you are upset. Then, when it comes time to ratify the legislation, claim there was only one thing to do, so suck it ... ...

If I may summarize your comment...

The Republicans try to distance themselves from the lies that they have supported, but apparently want to pass bills supporting those lies anyway.

Can you say Kari Lake?

I knew you could.

@#3 ... She is being treated more unfairly than Trump ...

The implication is that fmr Pres Trump is being treated unfairly.

How so?

Just how is fmr Pres Trump being treated unfairly?

thx.

@#13 ... It's ok to just say you don't have anything. ...

OK, so, I'm not the only one here who has noticed the seemingly vacuous nature of comments by that current alias?

@#12 ... I don't want to play the 'chase a link game' today....

So your current alias admits it has got nothing. Good to know.

... So, you are free to go on believing that Iran has been only 1 month from having a nuke since 2014. ...

My concern is about what your current alias posts, without any manner of substantiation.

Please do not try to cast this upon me and what your current alias may think [erroneously] what I believe..

But what your current alias has asserted, and now seems to be reluctant, oh so reluctant, to provide any manner of substantiation for. Let's talk about that...

Why does your current alias seem to be so reluctant to provide any substantiation for what it posts?

I have an opinion in that area but, first, I'll ask your current alias for an explanation.

@#11 ... How much Democrat support did this bill have? ...

I dunno?

What numbers does your current trolling alias have?

@#14 ... it goes right to Obama. 100%. ...

Why?

@#12 ... Disney using this as a defend is hilarious....

What is the specific defense Disney is using?

And why is the use of that defense hilarious?

A song by a forward-looking Canadian band...

More from the article...

... An Afghan migrant on the terror watchlist spent nearly a year inside the U.S. after being apprehended and released by Border Patrol agents in 2023, U.S. officials tell NBC News. The Afghan national was arrested in February and then released last month again by an immigration judge who was not told he was a national security threat.

Mohammad Kharwin, 48, was freed on bond as he awaited an immigration hearing in Texas, scheduled for 2025, U.S. officials said. There were no restrictions on his movements inside the United States.

(After this article was published, a DHS spokesperson said that Kharwin was taken into custody late Thursday evening. The spokesperson did not provide further details.)

Kharwin was initially apprehended on March 10, 2023, near San Ysidro, California, after crossing the Mexico-U.S. border illegally.

Border agents suspected he was on the U.S. terrorist watchlist at the time of his apprehension because one piece of information matched an individual on the list. But the agents lacked corroborating information, which officials declined to describe, that would confirm Kharwin was the person they suspected, according to U.S. officials.

After processing Kharwin and taking his biometric data, Customs and Border Protection released him as they would any other migrant, without alerting Immigration and Customs Enforcement about possible terrorism ties, U.S. officials said. ...

@#1 ... We have spent years developing methods to handle HPAI in poultry, but this is new and we are working with our state and federal partners to develop protocols to handle this situation. ...

Stated a bit differently... ~Oh ----, WTF is going on here?~

But, that's just my view.

More from the article...

... State officials in at least four states -- North Carolina, Michigan, Idaho and Ohio -- have also said the infections in their states link back to their farms recently bringing in cows from Texas dairy herds.

Steve Troxler, North Carolina's agriculture commissioner, issued a statement that the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) had detected HPAI in a North Carolina herd.

"This is an evolving situation, and we are waiting for more diagnostics from NVSL and will work collaboratively with our federal partners and dairy farmers in North Carolina," Troxler said. "We have spent years developing methods to handle HPAI in poultry, but this is new and we are working with our state and federal partners to develop protocols to handle this situation. It is important to note the FDA has no concern about the safety or availability of pasteurized milk products nationwide."

South Dakota officials stated the NVSL had detected HPAI in a dairy herd in that state as well. ...

More from the article...

... US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have reached agreement on a wide range of issues at the outset of the Japanese leader's weeklong visit to the US. The common ground includes the importance of support for Ukraine, the joint development of emerging technologies and plans for the two nations' space agencies to work together to put a Japanese astronaut on the moon.

For Kishida, however, nothing was more important than securing Biden's renewed commitment to the security and stability of northeast Asia at a time when China continues to expand its military capabilities and confront neighbors in territorial disputes while, simultaneously, North Korea develops more advanced ballistic missiles and reinforces its ties with Russia.

Biden welcomed his Japanese counterpart to the White House on Wednesday by underlining the "unbreakable" and "global" alliance uniting the two nations, and applauded Japan's commitment to increasing defense spending and reinforcing the alliance. ...

@#54 ... The norm in America has become watching the rich exploit the rest of the country. ...

... and I agree to your comment as I read about billionaires pledge $$$ to fmr Pres trump's campaign.

Money that they will likely save if fmr Pres Trump is re-elected and gets to pass his tax-cuts for billionaires.

So, their campaign contributions to fmr Pres Trump seem to be lees for political purposes, but merely more of a return on investment (ROI). That is, they hope to recoup more money via reduced taxes than they gave the Trump campaign.

Of course, there is always the issue of fmr Pres Trump using donations to Republicans effort for his personal legal efforts...

@#1 ... So, how do SROs contribute to the learning of students? ...

Maybe by protecting students from gun attacks? Yeah, that is a great thing.

But ... if so, isn't that just putting a band-aid on the symptom, instead of looking to solve the actual problem?

From the cited article...

... Teachers who decide to carry would have to undergo 40 hours of annual gun training at their own expense, in addition to receiving approval from the school director, passing a mental health evaluation, and passing an FBI background check.

Those training requirements are the same as what the state requires for school resource officers (SROs), with some lawmakers like Rep. Ryan Williams (R-Cookeville), the bill's sponsor, saying the legislation could be a solution for schools struggling to find SROs.

"If you're from a rural district where resources are limited, you don't have the ability to provide enough SROs for your community or an SRO at all, this would give you an opportunity to find a different pathway with training, fingerprints, mental evaluation," Williams told News 2. ...

OK, first - from the article...

... school resource officers (SROs) ...

What, exactly is a school resource officer in Tennessee?

@#10 ... it is an open secret ...

If it is an open secret ... got links?

@#17

That's is the concern I have.

And my concern extends to other industries, beside the insurance industry, that use, or will use, AI to "reduce costs."

imo, if the industries are in favor of it, the outcome will not likely be A Good Thing for customers or consumers.

I mean, I recently had a chat with the support bot of my cable provider (Comcast). It was a disaster. The bot got stuck in a loop. I gave up trying to talk "with" it.