… FrnakJ logs in to see what’s become of his beloved website. His reaction:

… and he has no idea that an Emu has been hired.

CBS ’60 Minutes’ airs two different answers from VP Harris to the same question
Fox News  | October 9, 2024 | Brian Flood, David Rutz

CBS aired two different answers to the same question in its “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, replacing a clip from the Democratic nominee that aired on “Face the Nation” Sunday when the interview package aired in a primetime special on Monday.

Harris was mocked by conservatives when footage of her offering a lengthy “word salad” that was aired by CBS on Sunday’s “Face the Nation” to promote the “60 Minutes” sit-down, when Bill Whitaker asked why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the United States. However, the vice president’s lengthy answer didn’t make the version that aired on Monday night on “60 Minutes” and a shorter, more focused answer to the same question was shown instead.

“Well Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region,” Harris responded in the “Face the Nation” version.

Sometimes interviews are edited to save time, but when CBS aired the interview on Monday night, Harris had a different answer to the exact same question.

“We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end,” Harris said.

The Trump campaign called for CBS to release the full interview unedited on Tuesday.

Pedestrian possibly killed in crash that saw car being driven by DUI suspect plummet into Santa Ana River
CBS News | October 8, 2024 | Dean Fioresi

A pedestrian was killed when they were hit by a possibly drunk driver who drove their car off the road and into the Santa Ana River in Anaheim on Tuesday evening.

It happened at a little after 6:30 p.m. near E. Wagner Avenue and S. Rio Vista Street, according to the Anaheim Police Department.

Crews arrived at the scene to find a car that had landed in two feet of water in the Santa Ana River after veering off the road, police said. They’re investigating the driver as possibly being under the influence of an unknown suspect when the crash happened.

Both the driver and a passenger were able to exit the car under their own power, according to Anaheim Fire Department crews.

Video from the scene shows that the car drove through a fence that runs along a pedestrian walkway near the riverbed.

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While on scene, officers received information on a woman that was reported missing in the area. They say that her husband called to say that she had gone for a walk along the riverbed but had not returned home.

They discovered a body in some bushes at the scene, but are working to determine if it’s related to the crash.

Investigators believe that the car was traveling over 40 miles per hour when the crash occurred.

Y’know, maybe I’ll go into the police detective business. I’ve seen their magazine covers, and they’re hot. It doesn’t appear to be all that demanding or time-consuming a job, either.

Kamala Harris Dodges Colbert’s Question on . . . [truncated]
Fox via Yahoo | 10/9/24 | Joseph Wulfsohn

“And so when we think about the significance of what this next generation of leadership looks like, were I to be elected president, it is about – frankly, I love the American people, and I believe in our country. I love that it is our character and nature to be an ambitious people. You know, we have aspirations, we have dreams. We have incredible work ethic. And I just believe that we can create and build upon the success we’ve achieved in a way that we continue to grow opportunity and in that way, grow the strength of our nation,” Harris continued before touting her “opportunity economy” pitch and talking about her small business owner mother.

Why aren’t there freaking windows in these buildings?

OK, who wants to take point? I’ve got this blasted sprained hamstring, you see …

Some guy on a news forum:

They’ve been looking for a much more ENERGY DENSE battery. There are at least four major conceptual problems with EVs:

1. Energy density — a 700-lb 70 kWh EV battery holds about the same energy as 2 gallons of gas (14 lb).

2. Charging time — pumping 70 kWh into an EV battery takes a long time — dependent, of course, on the available power of the charger and grid. No amount of tinkering with battery chemistry will overcome this problem.

3. Power availability — where does this power come from? The eco nut jobs insist on wind and solar. These are not only intermittent and unreliable. They are extremely capital intensive for the low amount of power generated per dollar spent. The transportation sector of the US economy uses the equivalent power of all of the nuclear plants in the USA combined. Wind and solar cannot match this.

4. COST — EV batteries are extremely expensive and have a relatively short life. Once the virtue signaling morons have all bought theirs, normal car buyers are not interested in buying an expensive impractical vehicle that has a depreciation curve like a rock dropped off a cliff.

There are numerous other issues that the fan boys/ shills try to lie away, but these alone should be enough to turn any sensible buyer away.

From elsewhere in the thread:

“Einstein:
Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler”

Biden-Harris Regime Quietly Amends Directive Against Assassination of Americans
Headline USA | 10/07/2024 | Luis Cornelio

The Biden-Harris administration amended a Bush-era directive against the assassination of Americans as it pertains to law enforcement activities in intelligence collection and national security.

The Defense Department appears to have removed language asserting that “under no circumstances shall any” component or employee of the federal body “engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.”

This clear language appeared in the August 2007 version of the directive, which relates to the implementation of former President Ronald Reagan’s Executive Order 12333, originally signed in 1981.

On Sept. 27, 2024, the Defense Department established more vague language, stating that no department “civilian employee or member of the Armed Forces will engage in, or conspire to engage in assassination.”

The “under no circumstances” clause is notably missing, prompting many on social media to sound the alarm about the intent behind the change.

ASSASSIN@TION: Last month the Biden-Harris regime updated the 2007 DoD Directive 5240.01 removing the prohibition, “Under no circumstances shall any DoD Component or DoD employee …

[… leaves a whole lot of wiggle room, doesn’t it? What about an IRS asset? — Oppo ]

… engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassin@tion.” Under the regime’s new rules the government can target foreign nationals and Americans both here and abroad.

h/t @nataliegwinters

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— @amuse (@amuse) October 5, 2024

The amendment was first noted by journalist Ken Klippenstein’s page, KlipNews, which shared the news on X.

Natalie Winters, a journalist and co-host of Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, also highlighted the change on X.

“Odd thing to change. Especially stripping the ‘under no circumstances’” …

Mega Millions Is Raising Ticket Prices From $2 To $5
OANN | September 27, 2024 | James Meyers

A spokesperson for Mega Millions announced that the price of tickets will soon cost $5 instead of $2, also adding that the starting jackpot will increase from $20 million to $50 million and will continue to grow based on sales.

Additionally, the odds of winning the jackpot will go up from 1 in 302 million to 1 in 290 million.

Every ticket will have a built in “randomly generated multiplier” to increase non-jackpot wins, with multipliers ranging from 2X to 10X, according to the spokesperson.

The new price to play is set to debut sometime in 2025, promising to “bring more value and excitement to players,” said the Mega Millions gaming commission.

Raising the price of something brings more value and excitement? That’s the “semi” part. Provided by the government.

Anyway, here’s the serious discussion part:

(a) I don’t play the lottery because I’m a tightwad, and I am also severely naturally unlucky. If the odds were one in 2.1 I’d still avoid it because I’d lose. For reference, see my history at playing roulette (red vs. black). It ain’t pretty.

(b) My instinct tells me that government should not be involved in lotteries.

My brain objects, and says that it is a harmless and painless way for the government to gather money from people willing to throw it away. But that should not be a valid goal by itself. The government should be clear and open about what money it requires, and why; and should face the hard decision and consequences of demanding that money from taxpayers.