(I can't believe I missed that! LOL!)

hahahaha! Damn!

Queen Elizabeth demanded raw milk daily and she lived to be 102 years of age.

I can't find a reputable source stating that she drank raw milk. I can verified consumption of milk she drank was in her tea, and there was no reference on whether that milk was raw or pasteurized.

Lamplighter - it seems like every couple of weeks we have another issue with a cop of with a Sheriff. You want to know why the GOP is getting rid of oversight in Florida and giving it back to the police? I'd bet it's because the Police Unions are pissed their members are being caught. It just feels like a constant stream of bad behavior on the part of cops. For instance:

An officer responding to a domestic violence call arrested a woman's boyfriend, then went back to the scene, took off his body camera and touched her inappropriately, Florida authorities said. John Burgos, 35, is the 15th employee of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office to be arrested this year, according to reporting from The Florida Times-Union and WJXT.

What provisions of the Sunshine Law have been repealed in recent years to make it "toothless"? Sincere question.

I've been following this erosion and attach on our sunshine law for years.
Just google "Florida sunshine law weakened"
It will give you one example after another.

Our local paper can't even do FOIA any longer because of the escalation in costs associated with each FOIA requests - by the State of Florida.

Did that pilot live to talk about it?

16 people have died. Did the drone taking this plane out of commission contribute to any of those deaths?

Maybe it was that Blue Wall of Silence that provided the substantiation for the body-cam requirement?

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! DING!

That's how we got oversight boards and commissions in the first place. Because cops repeatedly demonstrated they can't be trusted to "police" their own. FRICK this is obvious.

#15 - Exactly, Lamplighter. The law is harmful, destructive, and dangerous.

So much ------- -------- and garbage.
Cops cover for cops - and when it's the Sheriff going after a good cop, they all pile on. I've seen it, I watched good cops's lives destroyed by it.
Sunshine Law used to be something we were very proud of in Florida. It is toothless now. Limping along at best. DeSantis and his cronies have been busy killing it slowly. "The Sunshine State" used to have meaning to us that knew what that motto was actually about. Now it's a slap in the face.

By the way - great job illustrating where you fall (right in line) with that Blue Wall.

I meant to double-post that. Damn.

Double-posting meaningless nonsense and saying it makes perfect sense. Awesome. What a reflection.

She still won't understand, even if it's read to her.

In 2022 Florida's graduation rate was 89.7% (COVID adjusted, so DeSantis removed that year for "not being equal") making this the first official year of "89.7%". In 2022 at 89.7% Florida was 33rd in state rankings for this metric. I doubt that's changed. Yet now we hear DeSantis and right-wing media saying how Florida should be the example. Idiots.

Teachers here try so hard, too. I know many and they are dedicated and frustrated. So many retired early because of DeSantis and the GOP.

#46 - what was trump blamed for exactly?

Yav you mean like not clearing brush and doing controlled burns? Because that has nothing to do with the climate.

Nope. I'm not getting dragged into this to argue with a moron that lies and obfuscates. You and Effete should go find that bum you keep talking about. Fccking idiots.

Luftwaffles. You don't know the cause and you attack Gal for the reality of what has and is providing an incredible environment for any cause of ignition to ravage and destroy like never before.

Doing a lot more this year on funding, too. Proudly announcing it:

Tallahassee, Fla., June 12, 2024 " Today, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) applauds Governor DeSantis' Focus on Florida's Future Budget, which continues to raise teacher salaries, make significant per-student investments, and advance Florida's unrivaled commitment to school choice. Governor DeSantis' budget includes an additional $201.8 million for teacher salaries, bringing the total to an unprecedented $1.25 billion. Additionally, the Governor approved over $570 million towards school safety and mental health, including $20 million in security funding for Jewish Days Schools and $20 million in school hardening grants for Florida's Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Brings the investment in teacher's salaries up $4.6 billion since 2020. As I said, it's nice to move from 59.2% to almost 89.7%. It's funny watching the libertarians and others say it's due to "X" or "Y" (competition, eradicating DEI, blah blah blah) while ignoring

She isn't worth any praise. Glad she's dead.

Florida breaks record for Florida.
Not a ranking of Florida against other states.

Kudos to Florida bringing the state graduation up from the 2003-2004 rate of 59.2%. Every year we've seen improvement (discounting COVID years where requirements were reduced and the graduation rates were higher than today's numbers). Now we're competitive with other states in the grad rate numbers.

Amazing what happens when the government actually funds education, isn't it?

One of the previously worse counties that showed the highest improvement credits active government involvement; teacher's pay, intervention programs, targeting individual needs, appointing more staff, graduation facilitators, more time and intensive instructional support, etc. In other words, they finally are spending the money and SURPRISE! It worked!

NOTE: The public school grad rates are higher than the private and charter school grad rates in the above county. Probably not an outlier.

This DEI stuff is so damn stupid it hurts. As is b blaming anyone the damn MAGAts can for everything. Total worthless morons.

We know why there was not enough water. At least those of us that know enough to get actual information and not rely on dumbass liars, provocateurs, and scapegoatists trying to score points with hate. It's not even that complicate. Step back and just think for a minute before buying into the lies.

A real charmer.

---- Musk.
What a childish POS.
Always has been, always will be.

Ah - the raw story has a link to the "infiltrator" which links to another raw story article about actual story/source in the link I provided in #6.

Douchebag.