Yesterday we had the dispatch from Florida so here’s a little local news from my patch:
DC authorities identify suspect arrested in connection with shootings of 5 homeless men there and in New York City
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/us/new-york-dc-homeless-shootings-explainer/index.html
This is still going on apparently.
Police divert ‘People’s Convoy’ from downtown D.C. during another day of demonstrations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/03/15/peoples-convoy-protests-dc/
Ukraine-Russia war latest: ‘room for compromise’ in ceasefire talks; three EU leaders meet Zelenskiy in Kyiv – live
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/15/ukraine-war-large-explosions-heard-in-kyiv-zelenskiy-calls-on-russian-troops-to-surrender-putin-china-latest-news
Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws nomination to Fed board
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/03/15/sarah-bloom-raskin-fed-withdraw/
Sprots!
Stonks!
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates, but unique challenges could slow its pace
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/15/the-federal-reserve-is-expected-to-raise-rates-but-unique-challenges-could-slow-its-pace.html
For those of you keeping up on the food porn:
Today in things that made me laugh harder than they should have:
Have a great day!
I don’t follow B ball so I assume the thing with Irving has to do with vaccines . Even if it doesn’t, fuck you, Ted Cruz.
Also not even remotely surprised that Raskin got screwed. God forbid we actually have someone on the board who knows banks are out of control and need to be reined in.
I agree, fuck Ted cruz
We all agree. Even Republicans.
Yes, Irving refuses to be vaccinated and as an employee in NYC cannot play there.
Anyone see Senate is getting rid of standard time?
It’s headed for the House. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Marco Rubio actually did something useful for once.
Nope!
Counterpoint.
We could stop changing our clocks but stay at Standard Time instead.
Deal.
This this this this this. Why isn’t this, staying on standard, a thing….
The problem is in about two years, the sun’s gonna rise at 8:30 in New York City and social media is going to just be filled with people complaining about it. As much as I loathe the time changes (and am in favor of them going away!) it’s not really gonna end the whining.
Well, yes. Whining, like death and taxes, is inevitable.
It’s bad enough to be homeless and to be hunted by a psycho.
That slimy motherfucker should be sentenced to a death match with a
All pathetic attempts at kidding aside, what the hell? That is pretty damn low.
At least they caught the fucker.
Serial killers prey on people who are less likely to be missed. Homeless, prostitutes, runaways, indigenous, etc. Investigations tend to be slow-walked or essentially dropped in favor of higher-profile victims, or lost between agencies in the indigenous cases. So it’s a good thing they did catch him.
The reality is that it’s harder to get away with murder now. Security cameras, phones, surveillance, even DNA analysis, and other techniques make it tough to not leave evidence. So predators try to find people that are outside those networks.
Kylie Irving is a massively talented basketball player. He’s also a massively ignorant shithead and narcissist.
Fits in with the Houston Rockets who are the toilet of the West and long since eliminated.
Watching the Nets super team implode is almost as fun as watching the Lakers crash (and hopefully burn) thanks to Westbrick and Not GOAT GM LeBron.
Nets need to jettison Kyrie and Harden. No team with Harden on it will ever win a championship.
Harden got sent to the Sixers last week(?) for Ben Simmons. I expect him to flop like usually he does in the playoffs.
Oh, that’s right. I saw that. As a former Houstonian, I have a deep loathing for Harden. He’s as soft as a morning diaper.
Harden may tank his teams… but flop?
There is only one king of the flop(s 😉)!
Harden can only wish he was that good😁💖
And more Vlade, just because;
I go away for a few days & you guys start talking hoops? WTF? Yes, Kyrie is a flat earther anti-vax asshat. LeBron is top 5 player of all time & bottom 5 GM. He singlehandedly traded away the future of the franchise to try to get one more ring. Now it will take years of losing to rebuild anything close to what we had before. Grrrrrrrr!
To be fair to LeBron, he’s better than Jordan as a GM.
/ducks as Stephen A. Smith and old guys start screaming at each other/
Welcome to the ‘ol Minnesota feeling, Shaq!
(At least the Lakers name finally fits?😉💖)
Hopefully y’all aren’t in *forever rebuild* mode…
And if Kevin McHale ever starts skulking around, be SURE to kick his ass to the curb as soon as you see him!
FYI, interview update. They rescheduled me. I booked for next Monday.
Does Esmeralda get it on with Orville Reddinbocker and his nephew in a devil’s threesome?
great….some asshat invades ukraine and now sunflower oil is running out…..welp…there goes the cheap option
https://www.expaturm.com/german-lifestyle/sunflower-oil-shortage-germany/
thanks obama! (couldnt resist…ive missed using that one)
anyways…my already rapidly rising grocerie prices are about to rise more rapidly
Not to worry, my friend. This lady has a plan to grow more sunflowers.
I love how she weaponized sunflower seeds in psychological warfare. If that soldier survives the war, I hope sunflowers haunt his thoughts and dreams.
Guess you can’t use soybean oil for everything like the US does?
I mean my understanding is it’s a shit product with associated health risks, but also the US eats like we have free healthcare so that wouldn’t mean a damn thing.
Lots of our cooking oil is also Rapeseed (Canola) and/or Corn blend;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil
Soybean oil is in everything here! I had to cut it while nursing because of my kids allergies. It was such a fucking pain.
We got your back, Farscy!
Just gotta figure out how to get it over there, from here!😉
https://www.smudeoil.com/
Here’s a dispatch from Russia; my friend A. got picked up in Moscow for protesting the war just over two weeks ago. He has since been released.
That’s good news. Sometimes it seems like everybody in Russia is following Putin blindly. It’s good to know that there are people that realize what he’s doing.
Glad to hear it.
This needs more play…
https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problem
Interesting Putin story…
https://buzzflash.com/articles/greg-palast-for-buzzflash-how-billionaires-picked-putin-as-russias-pinochet
Things that make you go hmmmm…
The Red State murder problem is completely fascinating. Which guarantees it will get buried and we’ll never hear about it again. Democrats — hand them a loaded gun and they’ll try to brush their teeth with it.
Death Cult