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- Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos
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RT @tristansnell
So this tiki torcher Nazi from the Charlottesville tragedy turns out to be a drug runner — allegedly smuggling fentanyl from Mexico across the border into the US. He was indicted and about to be tried but killed himself.

But sure, tell me how Latinos and liberals are the problem

RT @DrRJKavanagh
A woman who used her BMW to mow down Black Lives Matter protestors in midtown Manhattan two years ago has been sentenced to complete *five hours* of community service under a plea agreement with the Manhattan DA's office.

FIVE HOURS.

https://nypost.com/2023/05/01/nyc-woman-who-plowed-into-mlb-protestors-berated-outside-court-after-sweetheart-plea-deal/

NYC woman who plowed into BLM protestors dodges jail time with plea deal

Kathleen Casillo, who plowed her BMW into a Black Lives Matter protest in Midtown, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and will have to do five hours of community service — but will not face any …

New York Post

A quick history lesson. From 1940-1980:
•Wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax
•0 of them went broke from taxation
•0 of them left USA
•All remained exceedingly wealthy
•Manufacturing boomed
•The middle class was 62% of US economy (It's now 40% post 'trickle down scamenomics)
•We had the strongest middle class growth in US History

Let's do that again. Stop protecting billionaires. Start taxing them.
#TaxBillionaires

A Russian hacking group tracked as TA473, aka 'Winter Vivern,' has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched Zimbra endpoints since February 2023 to steal the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/winter-vivern-hackers-exploit-zimbra-flaw-to-steal-nato-emails/

Winter Vivern hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to steal NATO emails

A Russian hacking group tracked as TA473, aka 'Winter Vivern,' has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched Zimbra endpoints since February 2023 to steal the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats.

BleepingComputer

The book is live on Amazon.

https://amazon.com/dp/B0BWH6BST2/

Please share. 🙂

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the material’s environmental impact.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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