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rpannier's JournalObviously she never asked me, because I wouldn't be at all upset
According to The Independent, Nikki Haley said she would pardon il douche because
“We’ve got to leave the negativity and the baggage behind. I don’t want this country divided any further. I don’t think it’s in the best interest for America to have an 80-year-old president sitting in jail and having everybody upset about it.”
I repeat, she never asked me and I wouldn't be upset
So... it's not everybody that would be upset if he were in jail
And by-the-way... It's ex-president
Five Stories from Europe You May Have Missed
5. RFE/RL Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, Held In Russian Prison, Nominated For UNESCO PrizeThe Czech Foreign Ministry said on February 16 that it and 22 other nations have nominated RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who has been detained by security officials in Russia for more than 120 days, for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano 2024 World Press Freedom Prize.
The prize, created in 1997, is an annual award that honors a person or a group of people who make an "outstanding" contribution to the defense and promotion of press freedom across the globe despite the "danger and persecution" they face.
Kurmasheva, a Prague-based journalist with RFE/RL who holds dual U.S. and Russian citizenship, has been held in Russian custody since October 18 on a charge of violating the so-called "foreign agent" law.
Despite spending some four months in custody, the U.S. State Department has yet to designate her as wrongfully detained as it has other U.S. citizens held in Russia.
https://www.rferl.org/a/kurmashev-unesco-prize-nomination-russia-detention-radio-free-europe/32822789.html
4. Dover Port health body fears gangs of meat smugglers looking to bypass new post-Brexit checks
The Port of Dover could become a target for criminals smuggling illegal and diseased meat into the country under new post-Brexit plans that will involve lorries from the continent being checked 22 miles inland, the port’s health authority has warned.
The Dover Port Health Authority (DPHA) is now considering legal action against the government over its decision to end physical checks of imported meat at a post within the port. Instead, lorries will be directed to a new checking facility half an hour’s drive up the M20 at Sevington, Ashford.
Lucy Manzano, the head of the authority, said that as a port with the only inland border control post in the country, Dover could become a hotspot for criminal gangs trying to bypass checks.
She said: “These goods will now come through Dover without interception at the port, with the anticipation and hope that drivers will self-present at a facility 22 miles away.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/09/port-of-dover-fears-gangs-of-meat-smugglers-looking-to-bypass-new-post-brexit-checks
3. EU deal on platform workers falls apart, pushing law into limbo
A group of member states blocked on Friday a law designed to improve the conditions of platform workers across the European Union, pushing the legislation to the brink of limbo.
The coalition was large enough to act as a blocking minority and derail the political agreement reached last week between the Council and the European Parliament.
Germany, the bloc's most powerful state and host of Delivery Hero and Free Now, chose to abstain, complicating the arithmetic to obtain the required level of support.
Greece and Estonia also abstained, while France, a vigorous opponent of the law, said it could not support the text on the table, Euronews learned through diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/02/16/eu-deal-on-platform-workers-falls-apart-again
2. Spain’s conservative party fears defeat in its Galician heartland
Spain’s opposition conservative party faces the prospect of defeat in its leader’s home region, where it has governed for much of the past four decades, when voters in Galicia go to the polls on Sunday.
The People’s party (PP) won an absolute majority four years ago under the then regional president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who now leads the national party, but polls suggest its declining fortunes could open the door to a coalition of the Socialist party and the surging Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG).
In a close-run race, however, the kingmaker may turn out to be Gonzalo Pérez Jácome, the mayor of Ourense, who has won attention by dressing as a Power Ranger and Superman in a single-issue campaign demanding the regional government repay “its historic debt” to the town.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/17/spain-opposition-pp-fears-defeat-in-its-conservative-galician-heartland
1. Hungary’s president resigns in unusual setback for ruling party
The Hungarian president has announced her resignation over her decision to pardon a man convicted of helping cover up a sex abuse case at a children’s home as the controversy posed a challenge for Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
The pardon decision was made last year but only caught the public’s attention over the past days after a report by the local news site 444.hu, which was met with outrage, leading Hungary’s opposition to call for Katalin Novák to step down.
“I made a mistake,” Novák said in a televised address aired on Saturday, when she announced her resignation and issued an apology to any victims who felt she had not stood with them.
László Kövér, the speaker of Hungary’s parliament and another close Orbán ally, is expected to temporarily fill the president’s responsibilities until the parliament elects a new president.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/10/hungarys-president-resigns-in-unusual-setback-for-ruling-party
This person holds an elected position in the Idaho legislature
I give you Rep Heather Scott, R-Idaho State Mental Hos... I mean... Blanchard, ID
An Idaho lawmaker wants to expand a law that bans cannibalism over fears about a rise in human composting.
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, introduced a bill Thursday to expand the state’s cannibalism ban and told a legislative committee that she’s worried about the possibility that people are eating other people.
“This is going to be normalized at some point, the way our society’s going and the direction we’re going,” Scott said.
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Scott said she has been “disturbed” by the practice of human composting, which has been legalized in several states as another option for dealing with remains that may be more sustainable than other burial methods and reduce a person’s carbon footprint. But she said outlawing composting would require overhauling rules for morticians, and so instead focused on deliberately giving another person human flesh.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article285234417.html#storylink=cpy
Words fail me
Sooooo... Dean Phillips finished behind Mariane Williamson in South Carolina
If that doesn't convince him he's not viable...
Source:
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/04/marianne-williamson-tops-dean-phillips/
Hershel Walker still has lots of cash from his failed senate bid.
Now you know why you can't find a coke or meth dealer. They're all around his home in Texas... I mean... Georgia
for the actual story:
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/pg-am-herschel-walker-still-holds-trove-of-unspent-senate-campaign-cash/VGYCHMPTVNCVDAZ5EPH7UY6QYY/
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ESPN returns Emmys and disciplines staff after submitting for awards under fake names
ESPN returned dozens of Emmy statues and “disciplined” employees after an investigation disclosed Thursday found that the sports network had submitted fake names to the awards organization in a bid to secure trophies for on-air personalities who had been ineligible to receive them.
The apparent fraud stretched back to 1997, ESPN said in a statement, acknowledging that members of its team “were clearly wrong” for concocting the scheme.
“Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 in Emmy categories where they were not eligible for recognition or statuettes,” an ESPN spokesperson said in a statement. “This was a misguided attempt to recognize on-air individuals who were important members of our production team. Once current leadership was made aware, we apologized to NATAS for violating guidelines and worked closely with them to completely overhaul our submission process to safeguard against anything like this happening again.”
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/espn-returns-emmys-and-disciplines-staff-after-submitting-for-awards-under-fake-names/ar-AA1mPjse?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=cd7d6caf571b49bdfc7ad41456787719&ei=94
According to the article the story was first posted in the athletic
https://theathletic.com/5193316/2024/01/11/espn-emmys-fake-names-college-gameday/
From the athletic
That request was one of many ESPN made of some of its biggest stars last year after the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), the organization that administers the Emmys, uncovered a scheme that the network used to acquire more than 30 of the coveted statuettes for on-air talent ineligible to receive them. Since at least 2010, ESPN inserted fake names in Emmy entries, then took the awards won by some of those imaginary individuals, had them re-engraved and gave them to on-air personalities.
Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Samantha Ponder, among others, were given the ill-gotten Emmys, according to a source briefed on the matter, who was granted anonymity because the individual is not authorized to discuss it publicly. There is no evidence that the on-air individuals were aware the Emmys given to them were improperly obtained.
The ultimate guide to Cockney rhyming slang
Many of us know that "brown bread" is Cockney rhyming slang for dead, "china plate" for mate, and "bubble bath" for laugh. But how many know the meaning of the phrases? The historic native wit of this east end community (and its followers from around the world) often has an interesting logic to its phrases. Rather than simply a rhyming association, the slang reflects meaning in the expressions themselves. Here's a guide to the most commonly-used Cockney rhyming slang:
"Apples and pears" (stairs)
To the Cockney, the phrase "steps and stairs" describes the idea of gradation. Every good costermonger has skill in displaying the front of his stall. The selected samples of fruit and vegetables are expertly graded in "steps and stairs". Apples and pears, when in season, are common on each barrow and, when polished, create an arresting display.
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"Cut and carried" (married)
Applying only to the wife who is cut off from the parental support and carried (provided for) by her husband.
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"Lion's lair" (chair)
Referring to the risk caused in disturbing the father of the household when he was taking his afternoon nap in an armchair "of a Sunday".
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"Rats and mice" (dice)
The appearance of dice rolling is similar to rodents running.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang
Donald Wildmon, the founder of the American Family Association, is dead
He was 85 and died from complications from dementia.
From where I sit he's always been demented
Luke Combs helping a fan who almost owed him $250,000 for selling unauthorized merchandise
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Country singer Luke Combs is making amends to a disabled Florida woman who sells tumblers online after she was ordered to pay him $250,000 when she got snared in a crackdown his lawyers launched against companies that sell unauthorized merchandise with his image or name on it.
Combs in an Instagram video posted Wednesday said he told his attorneys to remove Nicol Harness from a lawsuit they filed in an Illinois federal court and that he was sending her $11,000. She had sold on Amazon 18 tumblers she had made with his name and likeness for $20 each, grossing $360.
The singer, who recently topped the country charts with his remake of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” also said he would start selling his own tumbler with the proceeds going to pay Harness’ medical bills — she has heart disease and was recently hospitalized. He also said he would fly Harness and her family to an upcoming concert so he could meet her.
He said his lawyers were only supposed to go after big companies that sell unauthorized goods, not fans who have a little business on the side. Most of the 45 other sellers sued appear to be large operations in Asia, court filings show. Under U.S. copyright law, sellers of unauthorized goods can be hit with stiff penalties and have their assets seized. They can also face criminal charges.
https://apnews.com/article/luke-combs-lawsuit-unauthorized-merchandise-fan-6c58df6889a207236381f68065e12525
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