When Do the Grown-Ups Take Over?

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And I thought Democrats vs. Republicans was schoolground-level stuff.

North Korea floats more garbage-filled balloons over South Korean border
BBC | June 1, 2024

North Korea is sending more balloons carrying rubbish across the heavily fortified southern border, South Korea’s military has said.

It comes just days after North Korea appeared to send at least 200 balloons carrying rubbish over the border in retaliation for propaganda leaflets sent from the south.

South Korea’s defence minister Shin Won-sik called it “unimaginably petty and low-grade behaviour” while the military added it is examining the contents of the bags floated over the border by the balloons.

North Korea has yet to comment on the latest batch of balloons, but on Thursday, vice-defence minister Kim Kang Il warned waste paper and filth would be sent over the border so the South could appreciate how much effort it takes to remove them.

Hey, Sneetches: just so you know, the rest of the world cannot tell one of you from another, nor cares to.

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Discussion Corner: Hey, Hey, My, My: Will Rock & Roll Ever Die?

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Or Is It Dead Already?

Saw a discussion on a news forum, sparked by this:

Why Steven Van Zandt Thinks Classic Rock ‘Is Going to Die’
UltimateClassicRock | May 23rd, 2024 | Corey Irwin

Basically, it was a bunch of old fogies like us spouting off. Sample:

“It will become like Classical Music. People will still listen to it, but nobody will be interested in new stuff.

All the good rock music has already been made.”

I don’t think the same way, but I feel the same way.

 

Wait — What?

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I read it once or twice, or three times, and still don’t know what’s going on.

Prominent Samoan playwright charged in murder of Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt
Hawaii News Now | 31 May 2024

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Samoan police have charged a prominent playwright with the murder of retired UH professor Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt.

Police say Samoan playwright Papalii Sia Figiel, 57, was charged with the murder at her home.

She was initially arrested on manslaughter charges, but police upgraded the charge after finding “incriminating” evidence, including a small knife and hammer. A motive is still under investigation.

Media outlets report the two women were colleagues and friends, and that Gabbard was Figiel’s mentor.

They found a small knife and a hammer. In a building. A home. What the . . . ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan Greenfield on Trump Trial

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This guy’s got a way with words.

Trump Found Guilty of Running Against Democrats
Front Page Magazine | May 31, 2024 | Daniel Greenfield

After deliberating for 9 hours, a jury of Trump’s Manhattan Trump-hating peers found him guilty of a crime that doesn’t exist anywhere in the legal codes, invented by a DA who had promised not to prosecute armed robberies but chose instead to prosecute a non-disclosure agreement.

… None of the 8 murders, 54 rapes, 204 burglaries, 303 robberies, 535 felony assaults or 891 grand larcenies that occurred in New York City the same week as the Trump trial garnered a fraction of the attention. That was bad news for the 26 shooting victims, including the 15-year-old girl, and the 54 rape victims, not to mention the other victims in the other 110 sex crimes that all had to take a backseat to a Democrat kangaroo court cutting a 2024 presidential election ad.

Toward the end, the Biden campaign even dispatched an angry and belligerent Robert De Niro (Dirty Grandpa, Little Fockers) in a COVID mask to yell something about Trump outside the courthouse. The prosecution’s case in the courthouse was little more coherent than that, but it didn’t matter with a jury that would have found Trump guilty sooner if it wasn’t for the free food.

After waiting right before the weekend, the jury announced that he was guilty. Of something.

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Wait: It Won’t?

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Why Paying Women To Have More Babies Won’t Work
The Economist | 05/23/2024

As birth rates plunge, many politicians want to pour money into policies that might lead women to have more babies. Donald Trump has vowed to dish out bonuses if he returns to the White House. 

I’d like to see your citation for that quote from Donald Trump, Economist. It doesn’t appear in the article. How utterly unexpected.

 

No! Not Cracker Barrel!

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Death of American staple as CEO tanks her own company’s stock by announcing they’re ‘not as relevant’ anymore
Daily Mail | 5/23/24

An iconic American eatery’s stock has plummeted in recent week after the company’s CEO said the restaurant is no longer ‘relevant’.

Cracker Barrel, the Southern country-themed restaurants with 662 locations across the nation, has been diminishing in popularity over the past decade – with its loyal clientele of elderly people failing to return after the pandemic.

The business tanked even more when its chief executive Julie Felss Masino told investors, ‘We’re just not as relevant as we once were.’

They put a rainbow rocking chair on the porch for pride month in their ads.