And, according to the NIH, Cigarette smoking is good, sometimes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8746297/ Beneficial effects of nicotine and cigarette smoking: Evidence is growing that cigarette smoking and nicotine may prevent or ameliorate Parkinson's disease, and could do so in Alzheimer's dementia. A variety of mechanisms for potentially beneficial effects of smoking have been proposed, but three predominate: the 'anti-estrogenic effect' of smoking; alterations in prostaglandin production; and stimulation of nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the central nervous system. Even established inverse associations cannot be used as a rationale for cigarette smoking. These data can be used, however, to clarify mechanisms of disease, and point to productive treatment or preventive options with more narrowly-acting interventions.

@Renauda said in The judge is pissed: That is the common pronunciation of the word up here as well. Although from time you hear it pronounced as CREEtin. Where I grew up, it was "CREE-(hard stop)-IN"

Not good.

Mel still does voice work. He was in Toy Story 4.

About that "tax exempt" status... Georgia has launched an investigation into a charity controlled by the church that pays Sen. Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) a $7,417 monthly housing allowance and owns an apartment building that is trying to evict tenants, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. The Georgia Secretary of State Office's Securities and Charities Division on Wednesday sent a letter to Ebenezer Building Foundation demanding that the charity explain why it is operating in the state without an active registration. The Ebenezer Building Foundation has reported in each of its Form 990 tax returns filed with the IRS since 2011 that it is registered to operate as a charity in Georgia. But the Georgia Securities and Charities Division told the Free Beacon that Warnock's charity is not registered with state authorities. Ebenezer Building Foundation identifies Warnock as its principal officer in its Form 990s and says it delegates all management duties to Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Warnock pulls a salary on top of a lucrative tax-free housing allowance as he serves in the Senate. "The Division's records indicate that Ebenezer Building Foundation … is not registered as a charitable organization with the State of Georgia," an attorney with the Georgia Securities and Charities Division wrote in the letter to Kenneth Palmer, a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Board of Trustees. The letter warned Palmer, who also serves as the chairman of Ebenezer Building Foundation, that soliciting charitable contributions and operating a charitable organization in Georgia without an active registration or an applicable exemption are violations of state law and will subject the charity to administrative penalties. Georgia's investigation was launched after the Free Beacon reported Tuesday that the Ebenezer Building Foundation owns 99 percent of Columbia Tower at MLK Village, a low-income apartment building in downtown Atlanta that moved to evict disadvantaged residents during the pandemic. One lawsuit, which resulted in a court-ordered eviction, sought just $28.55 in past-due rent. The lawsuits were filed during the same timeframe Warnock attacked his political opponents for failing to safeguard struggling Georgians against pandemic-era evictions.

Looks like fun

I think I kill more birds. I really like poultry and especially game birds.

@Jolly Thanks for sharing. Not that I care, but what about mattress tags?

@jon-nyc oddly enough, where I grew up, that was the symbol for wanker

He has. It just comes out of his mouth instead.

Anyone here within view? [image: 1665776489653-45aacde5-e5e7-4e6c-bf74-e4bf01f822eb-image.png] https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=665821721579874&set=a.416661013162614

Wow feels like it was only 5 years ago

Love the porch.

JWHFT

@taiwan_girl said in "New" Queen: Interesting how some music people write many more songs than they use on "albums" and others only write what they release. As you say, not unusual, at all. If you look at Lennon - McCartney's early stuff, there's a lot of songs that he "gave away" to other performers. "From a Window" "Nobody I Know." "World Without Love" "Bad to Me" "Woman" "I Don't Want to See You Again." Also, all of these hits were recorded by only two groups: Peter & Gordon, and Billy J. Kramer."

@Axtremus said in 30% of iPhone users...: @George-K , easy solution: get two Apple Watches. Right, @Horace ? That’s why God gave us two wrists. Also cargo shorts for storing multiple iPhones.