However, it gives me a chance to use these pics again. Men are such pigs.


No Driving on the Weekends?
American Thinker | 19 May, 2024 | Eric UtterA bad move from a totalitarian-minded leftist leader in Germany is sure to give Joe Biden ideas.
Germany’s transport minister (and progressive politician), Volker Wissing, last month vowed to ban driving on weekends to meet Germany’s climate-related goals. It’s either do that or else he wants the ruling coalition to pass more restrictions within the Climate Protection Act come July.
According to the German newspaper BILD, as cited by Politico, Wissing penned a letter to the coalition’s parliamentary group leaders, in which he bemoaned the fact that the reforms haven’t yet been approved.
Wissing, whose initials are ironically those of Germany’s most famous auto maker told BILD, according to the Politico report that: “This serves neither the climate nor the reputation of the federal government.”
He added that reducing traffic to achieve climate goals would mandate measures such as “comprehensive and indefinite driving bans on Saturdays and Sundays.”
A government telling its citizens that they can’t drive on weekends would seem like a hard sell at best, but then again we obeyed similar — and even more intrusive — measures during the COVID pandemic lockdowns.
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None of it was pretty. Mass propaganda disguised as medical expertise (remember when Joe Biden and his CDC army of Goebbels clones demanded that we wear three or more masks outside?) and mass censorship of social media conversations (because, we were frequently told, disinformation kills!) proved that — when push comes to shove — Western governments will quickly dispense with protections for free speech. Wannabe dictators (intent on protecting “democracy” by being authoritarian) embraced their true “Do as we say!” dispositions and branded the public’s rights and liberties as “enemies of the State.”
Officials summarily punished anyone who resisted COVID’s descending Iron Curtain. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau seized the bank accounts and property titles of Freedom Convoy protesters. Videos from Australia and New Zealand showing police forces blocking roads, securing quarantine camps, and pushing citizens back into their homes looked like scenes from a Mad Max movie. California Democrats buried skateparks in sand, cordoned off jungle-gyms with yellow crime tape, and arrested lone surfers paddling in the ocean. Abandoning moderation and constitutional constraints, Western totalitarians embraced intimidation, coercion, and surveillance on a wide scale.
Throughout the West, governments prohibited places of worship from conducting religious services, recorded license plate numbers of congregants, and issued excessive fines to clergy.
— “Lessons from COVID Totalitarianism”
American Thinker | 19 May, 2024 | J.B. Shurk
Good night.
Rhianna vs Jennifer Lopez
Rhianna (0-6-0 Pts. 100 Avg. 16.67)

VS
Jennifer Lopez (2-4-0 Pts. 298 Avg. 49.67)

Good evening.
Natasha Bedingfield vs Katy Perry
Natasha Bedingfield (5-1-0 Pts. 376 Avg. 62.67)

VS
Katy Perry (5-1-0 Pts. 469 Avg. 78.17)

1. None of your business.
2. None of my business.
Gambling Is Ruining Sports
The Free Press | April 4, 2024 | Joe NoceraFor decades, Las Vegas was the only place in the country where sports betting was legal. And once upon a time, the men who ran the major sports leagues were terrified of betting. The great fear was that it would corrupt the players, who would be tempted to fix games.
Turns out, those fears were valid. In the last year, there’s been a spate of gambling-related controversies. The NBA is investigating Toronto’s Jontay Porter for taking himself out of two games to boost gamblers betting against his performance. Major League Baseball’s best player, Shohei Ohtani, is under a cloud after his Japanese translator used $4.5 million of Ohtani’s money to pay off gambling debts. (For the moment, at least, the translator is believed to have stolen the money from Ohtani, and he says he never bet on baseball.) And in 2023, the NFL suspended five players for betting on games in their own league.
Perhaps these controversies were inevitable. Because these days, professional sports have a lot to do with Vegas.
The dam broke in 2017, when the National Hockey League put a franchise in Las Vegas, and when the Oakland Raiders relocated to the city—where they play in a stadium where gambling takes place. The following year, a Supreme Court decision opened the doors to sports betting across the country; 38 states have since legalized it. Since then, online sports betting behemoths FanDuel and DraftKing have plastered their logos on the floors of basketball arenas and become major advertisers for televised pro sports events. And this year’s Super Bowl actually took place in the Raiders stadium—yes, the one where gambling takes place.
Did the Founding Fathers concern themselves with what a person did with his own money?
Of course I recognize there’s a problem when players, owners, managers, and the mob get involved.
I don’t think I’ve thought this through, which is why I’m going to you guys.
Good afternoon.
Britney Spears vs Mariah Carey
Britney Spears (6-0-0 Pts. 480 Avg. 80.00)

VS
Mariah Carey (2-4-0 Pts. 283 Avg. 47.17)

Doesn’t Like the Cut of His Jib
“Well, He May Have Viewed IMAO, Which May Either Have Been a Crime, or a Misdemeanor in Furtherance of a Crime, Which I Haven’t Specified Yet . . . “
Judge Merchan: The jurors do not need to believe a crime was committed in order to convict Trump of unlawfully hiding a crime he never committed.
Conservative Treehouse | May 26, 2024 | SundanceJudge Merchan has yet to release the public version of jury instructions, however he previously decided last week that the jurors do not need to agree on a predicate crime in order to find President Trump guilty of trying to hide one.
Fifth Amendment: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment …”
Sixth Amendment: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall… be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation…”
“The more lilliputian their maneuvers, the bigger they make the giant they are trying to tie down.”
We Are Being Warned That Nanobots Will Be Flowing Through Our Bodies “By 2030” And Will Be Used To Connect Our Brains To The Internet
End of The American Dream | 5/16/24 | Michael SnyderOnce thousands of nanobots are zipping around inside your body, will you still be in control of your mind, will and emotions or will the nanobots be running the show? According to Google, a nanobot is “a hypothetical, very small, self-propelled machine, especially one that has some degree of autonomy and can reproduce”. Scientists here in the United States have been working on nanobots that can travel through our bodies at astonishing speeds, deliver medicines to targeted locations, and even enter our brain cells. Eventually, researchers hope to use nanobots to connect our brains directly to the Internet. I realize that all of this sounds quite crazy, . . .
Nah…
Futurists often claim that nanobots hold the key to eternal life. Inventor, author, and Google futurist
(He’s planning to use Google at some point in the future?)
Ray Kurzweil, in an interview with Neil deGrasse,
(Did his Tyson go bankrupt?)
claimed that tiny nanobots in our bloodstreams will prevent us from dying in 2030.
Other years, apparently, are up for grabs.
According to Kurzweil, the nanobots will travel inside you on a molecular level, protecting your biological system and ensuring you’ll have a good and long life.
So they’re just tiny little Spocks?
Good morning.
Olivia Rodrigo vs Fergie
Olivia Rodrigo (1-5-0 Pts. 275 Avg. 45.83)

VS
Fergie (3-3-0 Pts.353 Avg. 58.83)

One week to go and we look good to start Group AA on time. At least I hope so.
Results
Standings
| Contestants | Record | Points | Average | Points Against | Average Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britney Spears | 6 – 0 – 0 | 480 | 80.00 | 201 | 80.00-33.50 |
| Katy Perry | 5 – 1 – 0 | 469 | 78.17 | 217 | 78.17-36.17 |
| Natasha Bedingfield | 5 – 1 – 0 | 376 | 62.67 | 260 | 62.67-43.33 |
| Fergie | 3 – 3 – 0 | 353 | 58.83 | 292 | 58.83-48.67 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 2 – 4 – 0 | 298 | 49.67 | 367 | 49.67-61.67 |
| Mariah Carey | 2 – 4 – 0 | 283 | 47.17 | 359 | 47.17-59.83 |
| Olivio Rodrigo | 1 – 5 – 0 | 275 | 45.83 | 380 | 45.83-63.33 |
| Rhianna | 0 – 6 – 0 | 100 | 16.67 | 561 | 16.67-93.50 |
Week 7

“Hello Mr. Walrus, are we looking good?”
“Is that the Royal ‘WE’?”
“I meant for next week silly.”
“Oh that. Yes. Unless something untoward happens during the dark we should be on schedule.”
“What could happen in the dark?”
“Come up to my place and find out.”
Winner

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