Pete Hegseth Replaces Top General With Horse That Drinks Beer

WASHINGTON—Saying he had finally found a military commander whose character was worthy of the U.S. Army, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that he was replacing ousted top general Randy George with a horse that drinks beer. “With Dusty’s wartime promotion to Army chief of staff, we’re putting the world on notice that the days …
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Blegging for help: As of 20 years ago, Alaska, Kansas, Maine, New Mexico, and Rhode Island had laws about demanding SSNs. (https://web.archive.org/web/20091215054239/http://www.consumersunion.org/pub/core_financial_services/004801.html) is there a more up-to-date resource/list?

#law #privacy #ssn

He is losing his ability to filter his words...

"Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We’re fighting wars'"

I'm not sure that this will go down well among older voters, voters with children, or those who need assistance.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-not-possible-us-pay-medicaid-medicare-daycare-re-fighting-w-rcna266381

A few people who are out there following my posts may have known Georgie Gobel (the Purdue George, not the comedian from the last century).

George apparently died last month. He was a passionate early Unix user, inventor, and experimenter. Besides early work with multiprocessor Unix, he is perhaps best known for his 3-second lighting of a charcoal BBQ, a feat that earned him the 1996 Ig Nobel in Chemistry.

RIP.

https://www.jconline.com/obituaries/psbn1445636
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Goble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sab2Ltm1WcM

On this occasion of the launch of Artemis II, I need to reshare this.

This is a photo of 8 of the surviving Apollo astronauts, taken on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

The man wearing ... well ... a heat shield, is Buzz Aldrin. I have to imagine his arrival went like this:

PHOTOGRAPHER: Um, Mr. Aldrin, this is a formal portrait.
BUZZ: Do you think I don't know that, son?
PHOTOG: Well, your outfit sir, it's-
BUZZ: Son. I've been to the moon. The mother-lovin' moon. In a tin can running on a graphing calculator powered by a can of sterno.
PHOTOG: Yes sir.
BUZZ: I get to wear what I want, where I want, when I want, for the rest of my life. Do you understand me, son?
PHOTOG: Right this way sir.

And what really gets me is Charlie Duke. He's the guy in the tux with the gold trim. He thought he was going to stand out in this photo. Then in walks Mr. Moon Man.

Somehow this detail had passed me by.

The death penalty - in any country, for any crime, under any circumstances - is morally repugnant.

Any politician who wears something like this is unfit for public office. Any human being who wears something like this is morally repugnant on a level that is off the charts. This is vile.