@taiwan_girl said in Meanwhile, in Illinois...: As long as you can afford the home insurance (if you can even get it). Also, I may be wrong but I think that police pensions are tied to the state. So, if you move to another state, you have to start all over. Unless you are just starting out, it may be tough move to do. Most state pensions are 401a plans. There are ways in most government pension systems to roll over those funds or a way to buy air time.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/14/liberals-migration-eric-adams-mugged/ If only the bods at Apple could give up on the green rubbish and invent a time machine – not to save Kennedy or down Hitler, but so that we might arrange a debate between 2020 Sathanandan and 2023 Sathanandan, chaired by Congressman Hindsight. In a similar spirit, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has also GONE TO WAR against everything he stood for five minutes ago, having once been an enthusiast for migration but now so sceptical that they’re calling him the “black Trump”. The reason? It turns out his city can’t afford lots of people turning up and using its services.

NASA releases report on UAP (UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA) Interesting report, but in the end, doesn't really say anything. "We think that they can be explained by non-alien means, but we are not 100% sure. More investigations is needed." https://science.nasa.gov/science-pink/s3fs-public/atoms/files/UAP Independent Study Team - Final Report_0.pdf

Poor judgement and ultimate responsibility. You have a big fundraiser and you don't know what's going on?

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@Copper said in First, the dollar menu. Now this.: Which is worse, the $5 Coke or the $30 to check a bag 1-way? Off topic, but I think that they should have no charge for checked bags and charge for carry on. That would definitely speed up boarding and off-boarding of people and may help with the time to turn around the planes.

@Jolly Is Carlson not aware that Argentina has been a chronic economic basket case for the last 40 years or more?

I wonder if some Beatle’s tunes, or at least the melodies, will, over time, morph into English folk songs. Many melodies from the past do just that.

Somewhat related. https://www.engadget.com/foxconns-promise-to-invest-10-billion-in-wisconsin-is-now-a-distant-memory-090555405.html

@LuFins-Dad said in Oktoberfest… And why I really don’t like other band parents: Shit. They are now asking us to lead that tailgate. I’ve never even been to a tailgate… Beer, water, chips might be enough. If you are ambitious you could grill burgers and dogs. Better to get a couple party platters from the super market. And of course a few nice desserts. Go for easy clean up because everyone will bolt when the game starts, or earlier if the band starts playing.

I do think that, in the US at least, it will be liability that slows this way down.

Oh sure. That's been a known since the second album.

read://https_www.washingtonpost.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fwhat-patrick-moynihan-knew-about-the-importance-of-two-parents%2F2015%2F03%2F13%2F2cdf9bae-c9a4-11e4-aa1a-86135599fb0f_story.html

Congress has pretty good health insurance...

Manchin, Gabbard and Yang sounds like one of those dodgy lawyers offices. Well it does.

Well said LD. People often think the situation is worse than it actually is, because they are inundated by incessant negative news from across the country and the world… humans did not have to digest that type of fire hose information avalanche until recently. Social media (or the internet’s instant information of everything) makes everyone addicted, jealous, judgmental, impatient, and ironically WAY less connected. Keep things local, be a good neighbor, work hard, be kind, it’s really not that bad out there.

The question ya’ll have missed in that is “Whose husband is she looking for?”