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  • The famine has taken its toll

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    George KG
    Genocide and famine, apparently.
  • In the final days of 46.

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    George KG
    The grifting senile old fart just cost you another $12.53. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/education-department-cancels-another-42-billion-student-loan-debt The latest round of relief provides $1.26 billion for 85,000 individuals who attended schools that allegedly “cheated and defrauded their students;” $2.5 billion for 61,000 borrowers with total and permanent disabilities; and $465 million for 6,100 public service workers, the U.S. Department of Education said on Monday. This latest action brings the total student loan debt canceled since Biden took office to $183.6 billion, benefiting more than 5 million Americans, according to the White House. In 2022, the Biden administration finalized a new borrower-defense rule designed to provide full relief to borrowers who had received partial forgiveness under the DeVos-era policy. However, the rule has been put on hold since the summer of 2023, following a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. That court granted a preliminary injunction in April, citing “numerous statutory and regulatory shortcomings” in Biden’s policy. The appellate judges also called some provisions “certainly unlawful” and criticized the rule’s “vague, brand new standards” for holding colleges accountable. “The unbridled scope of these prohibitions enables the department to hold schools liable for conduct that it defines only with future ‘guidance’ documents or in the course of adjudication,” the judges wrote in their opinion. “Simply put, the statute does not permit the department to terrify first and clarify later.” The Supreme Court has yet to say when it will hear oral argument "No one is above the law." Oh. My. Sides.
  • The guy who runs SCOTUSblog

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    jon-nycJ
    Good thing he’s knows some good lawyers.
  • Say hello to my little friend.

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    George KG
    Obviously impossible to judge the size of the meteorite, but I wonder what it's terminal velocity is and how fast it was going at impact.
  • Stress during surgery

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    jon-nycJ
    I would have been stressed when young because I wouldn’t have known what I was doing. I’d be more stressed now because I still don’t know what I’m doing AND my hands have a bit of a tremor from tacrolimus.
  • The moment you knew you picked the wrong partner

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    George KG
    @Axtremus said in The moment you knew you picked the wrong partner: Pppffft ... you know that list is hopelessly biased when you don't see "when I found out s/he voted for Trump" on the list. Actually, a more accurate representation might be "When I found out that s/he 'unfriended' someone because of the way that person voted."
  • He’s just babbling

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    CopperC
    @George-K said in He’s just babbling: power in the hands of a few ultra-wealthy people How could that happen?
  • Should Jon and I buy Bosendorfer 230VC today??

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    AxtremusA
    @LuFins-Dad said in Should Jon and I buy Bosendorfer 230VC today??: @Jolly would you prefer the logo in brass or nickel? Pearl is not an option? (@LuFins-Dad take this back to Bosie/Yamaha HQ; may turn out to be a $multimillion idea.)
  • Dear Mr. Attorney General,

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    JollyJ
    I think Garland regrets the day he took the DOJ job. He's been a disaster. Right up there with Reno.
  • $10 on Mace

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    JollyJ
    I think so.
  • "Grow a spine."

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    MikM
    She's right, of course. I only saw her play once, down in Florida in 1986. Never saw a player move so fast in doubles. Stunning athleticism.
  • Capital One

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    89th8
    That is odd. I've been a Capitol One 360 account holder for a while (back when it was ING Direct) and we have regular savings as well as the performance savings, in fact most of our savings cash is in the latter since it earns 4% interest. I'm not sure how/why we moved money into it but we didn't have a problem knowing about it or using it as the article suggests. The $2 billion figure seems dramatic... consumers at some level need to be their own self advocates. Nothing was hidden about the accounts available to use, at least not to me.
  • FTC vs. Deere

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    taiwan_girlT
    I thought this had been going on for the while and wasn't there some US court case that gave the "right to repair"? I remember @Larry talking about it. EDIT: Here is one forum thread on it. Not exactly the one I am thinking of https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/10359/right-to-repair/2?_=1737033033630
  • When Democrats Look Like Republicans

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  • No, it can't.

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  • Brad Pitt: "I need money for kidney surgery."

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    MikM
    I saw the Brad Pitt thing tonight in news. Life is hard. it's even harder when you're stupid.
  • How is Pam Bondi

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    taiwan_girlT
    Off topic, but she should be confirmed by 100-0. I think that these pick for the cabinet should be evaluated on their qualifications (of course if they have some really bad personal history like the murdered someone, then that would obviously disqualify them). Just because you dont agree with some of their outlooks is not the best reason to vote against a person.
  • Blazing Saddles - the joke that didn't make it.

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    George KG
    Also, only Mel Brooks could have accepted a Golden Globe (?) award for "The Producers" by saying, "First of all, I'd like to thank Hitler...."
  • Total scalp avulsion

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    MikM
    I read the article. As skilled as her team was, she is still very, very fortunate. Good for all of them.
  • The Biden-Harris Rift

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