The Commerce Department reported that prices rose just 2.1% in September from a year earlier, down from a 2.3% rise in August. That is barely above the Fed's 2% inflation target and in line with readings in 2018, well before prices began surging after the pandemic recession.
People filing for weekly unemployment benefits for the first reached a seasonally adjusted 216,000 last week, falling to its lowest total since May three weeks after reaching a 2024 high.
On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed. They sat down with the BBC 55 years later. read more
Orange and grapefruit producers had just barely recovered from 2022's Hurricanes Ian and Nicole and were already facing an upcoming growing season. read more
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison has confirmed a report that Canada is alleging an Indian cabinet minister and close adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered intelligence-gathering operations of Canadians. read more
US talks to China about N.Korea's dispatching of troops to Russia
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... The US government has unveiled that it has talked to China about North Korea's dispatch of soldiers to Russia, which is continuing its invasion of Ukraine.
It apparently urged China, which has been a patron of the North, to exert its influence in a bid to avoid the situation destabilizing further.
US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Monday that they have communicated with Chinese officials about the matter and told them that the United States is concerned about it.
Miller said the US side has been making clear to China that the country has an "influential voice in the region." He said US officials have also told Beijing that they ought to be concerned about this destabilizing action by two of its neighbors, Russia and North Korea.
Also on Monday, Deputy Press Secretary of the US Defense Department, Sabrina Singh, said in a briefing that Pyongyang is believed to have sent around 10,000 soldiers to train in eastern Russia. She added that the troops will "probably augment Russian forces near Ukraine over the next several weeks."
She did not give details about where the North Korean troops are believed to be deployed, but said "a portion of those soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine." ...
@#9 ... We need one for television. ...
Yeah.
Video streaming seems to be particularly bad in that aspect.
FTC investigates video streaming and social media for data collection (September 2024)
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... A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information while failing to adequately protect users online, especially children and teens. ...
2nu - This Is Ponderous (1990)
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Lyrics excerpt...
...
This is ponderous, man, really ponderous
I had this dream the other night
I went to work one day
And nobody remembered who I was
So, I decided to take the day off
On my way out
I run into my boss and he says
Hey, you look familiar
I said, thanks, people say that
A lot in these dreams
Then the horns kicked in
And my shoes started to squeak
Then all of a sudden
I'm standing on a beach
In some tropical part of the world
And there's this sign that says
'Aren't you supposed to be at work'
Sort of screamed out at me
Then I remembered
I'd been here in other dreams
But usually there was a water polo game
And a girl who could talk with her eyes
And she'd say
'Can you see what I'm saying'
Then the horns kicked in
And my shoes started to squeak
...
A song I have only heard on college radio.
@#72 ... Where did you run off to dim-bulb ...
Hank Johnson: US Congressman claims Guam 'will capsize from military influx'
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... A United States Congressman, Hank Johnson, has become an unlikely internet hit, after he claimed the Asia Pacific island of Guam would "tip over and capsize" from a planned influx of American troops.
The 55 year-old Democratic member of the US House of Representatives claimed he was "obviously" joking when he made the remarks during evidence with a senior Naval officer about the US Military's build-up on the American territory.
While questioning Admiral Robert Willard, the head of the US Pacific fleet, the two-term Congressman from Georgia expressed concerns about the plans to post up to 5000 extra marines, and their families, to the island.
"My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," the former judge told the House Armed Services Committee hearing.
At the same time he leant to his left and added hand motions suggesting a large vessel tipping into the sea.
After a pregnant pause, Admiral Willard, replied that officials did not expect such a problem.
"We don't anticipate that," he said in a deadpan response, while trying hard not to laugh.
"The Guam population is currently about 175,000 and, again, with 8,000 Marines and their families, that is an addition of about 25,000 more into the population."
Since the exchange last Friday, it has become the most viewed viral video over the past 24 hours.
Since it was posted online late on Wednesday, it has gathered more than 800,000 hits on YouTube. Other versions have thousands of extra hits. ...
So, does your current alias have anything serious to say?
@#25 ... Actually, I don't see that occurring. The only ones I see even talking about it are the Kamala dead-enders ...
Maybe, look harder?
GOP voices frustration, disgust over Trump MSG rally
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... Republicans are expressing frustration about controversial remarks made at former President Trump's Madison Square Garden rally, worrying it could complicate the party's outreach to Hispanic, Latino and Black voters.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, one of the featured guests at Trump's New York City event, sparked a furor after referring to Puerto Rico as a "a floating island of garbage," prompting some members of the GOP, like Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-N.Y.), who is Puerto Rican, to come out against the remarks. And Tucker Carlson mocked Vice President Harris's racial identity.
The controversy comes as Republicans have looked to expand their reach with different voting cohorts, which could hold the keys to another Trump reelection. ...
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