If chimpanzees had access to TikTok, the platform might soon be flooded with videos of 'chimpfluencers' wearing grass in their ears and butts -- the latest trend going around a chimp sanctuary in Africa.
Letter presented to president recognizes his extraordinary achievements in Middle East peace efforts read more
President Trump's tax and spending bill sets in motion nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other health policy changes that could loom over the midterm elections. - - - But the real effects likely won't be felt until well after the ballots are cast. read more
The overly agreeable nature of most artificial intelligence chatbots can be irritating -- but it poses more serious problems, too, experts warn. read more
The Baby Boomer generation has long been dubbed the Me Generation, and their retirement choices might prove it. Today, 3X as many Boomers as Millennials (45%) say they want to enjoy their wealth rather than pass it to the next generation, with many rejecting babysitting duty, too. ...
Religious conservatives claim Katrina was God's omen, punishment for the United States (2005)
www.mediamatters.org
... In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some religious conservatives have speculated that the storm was sent by God as an omen or as a punishment for America's alleged sins. Media Matters for America has documented such statements from three religious conservative media figures: Pat Robertson, Hal Lindsey, and Charles Colson.
Pat Robertson: Katrina linked to legalized abortion
On the September 12 broadcast of the Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club, host Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America and a former Republican presidential candidate, linked Hurricane Katrina and terrorist attacks to legalized abortion: ...
I remember the days when a weather event had assaulted a blue city or blue stae, and the GOP had said that it was God's punishment for their sins.
For example ...
US pastor, who believes floods are God's punishment, flees flooded home (2016)
www.bbc.com
... US pastor Tony Perkins, who believes natural disasters are sent by God to punish gay people, has fled his flooded home in Louisiana.
In 2015 he caused controversy when he agreed with a statement that natural disasters are sent by God as punishment for abortion and gay marriage. ...
A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps
apnews.com
... Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
The agencies repeatedly failed to secure roughly $1 million for a project to better protect the county's 50,000 residents and thousands of youth campers and tourists who spend time along the Guadalupe River in an area known as "flash-flood alley." The plan, which would have installed flood monitoring equipment near Camp Mystic, cost about as much as the county spends on courthouse security every two years, or 1.5% of its annual budget. ...
@#1 ... Revenge prosecutions are SO Trumpy. ...
FTFY ...
Vacuous revenge prosecutions are SO Trumpy.
@#111 ... When an appeals court remands the lower court unanimously due to "lack of evidence" it's a strong indication the case should not have ever been brought. ...
A ceasefire would be A Great Thing.
I would welcome it, if it leads to an ultimate peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.
A Peace Treaty.
Like this one ...
Egypt"Israel peace treaty
en.wikipedia.org
... he Egypt"Israel peace treaty[1] was signed in Washington, D.C., United States, on 26 March 1979, following the 1978 Camp David Accords. The Egypt"Israel treaty was signed by Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, and witnessed by Jimmy Carter, President of the United States.[2] ...
A Palestine State?
imo, possibly, but not likely. I doubt Israel would not allow a free, independent Palestine State.
And that may be why, decades from now, the Middle-East may still be a volatile hot-spot.
Taking the attention of US Presidents away from internal problems.
@#7 ... It's not been determined that the lone gunman in the BBC article. ...
Not sure what your current alias is trying to say.
But, I'll go with...
I have been listening to BBC news for decades, even before the Internet occurred, in the 19060's, 70' and 80's via shortwave radio.
The BBC reporting is very good to excellent, imo.
That aside.
Border Report Live: Agents shoot, kill gunman at Border Patrol facility
fox2now.com
... Agents shot and killed a 27-year-old man who opened fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility on Monday in McAllen, Texas.
The shooting happened shortly before 6 a.m. at the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector Annex, which is connected to McAllen International Aiport. ...
So, similar if not quite identical, to the BBC reporting.
Now, if I may ask, what was your current alias trying to say in the #7 quote I cited?
thx.
Yeah the whole "ICE instead of law enforcement" thing concerns me.
While i am not saying that these charges my not be justified, I am saying that ICE seems to be able to go beyond the legal police guidelines in their interactions with people. Maybe even to the point of provoking violence instead of quelling it.
Inside ICE's superpowers
www.axios.com
... The images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans " and led to a simple question: Is all of this legal?
- - - It is -- at least for now.
Why it matters: Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created after the 9/11 attacks, its agents have operated with vastly more enforcement power, less transparency and fewer guardrails than local police. ...
More from the cited article ...