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DEMSKI!!!!!

Grant not scaring anyone of late.

Liking this opening drive!!!

SHOWTIME!!! ABOUT FREAKING TIME!!!

Dr. Oz Tops Herschel Walker By Being Photographed With Hitler’s Car It is impossible to believe that a candidate and a party would make this kind of mistake, but here it is: Nothing to see here, just Pennsylvania’s Republican US Senate candidate being photographed with Hitler’s car prominently on display. Since this is the haplessly run National Republican Senatorial Committee, under the leadership of Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), it isn’t much of a surprise that they set up one of their candidates to be seen with Hitler’s car. It wouldn’t be difficult to set up the speaking area to not display Hitler’s car.

Trump Reportedly Pitched Trading Classified Files for Documents Proving Russia Probe was a Hoax Instead of returning the classified materials he’d taken to Mar-a-Lago from the White House, Donald Trump allegedly wanted to trade them for documents showing the FBI investigated his 2016 campaign ties to Russia, according to reporting from The New York Times. For more than a year, National Archives officials hounded the former president’s aides and attorneys to return the boxes. Trump insisted they contained nothing important, some just had dirty laundry. But after more pushing from his team, Trump pitched a deal: give the government back its files in exchange for proof that the FBI’s Russia investigation was a “hoax,” the Times reported. His aides knew the idea would be a “non-starter” and never acted on it. After one of Trump’s attorneys warned him he could face serious consequences if he did not return the classified documents, the former president, who kept insisting the “boxes were ‘mine,’” began going through them last December, the Times said. The news is the latest in the ongoing saga, which has sparked a Justice Department investigation into Trump's handling of the classified material. Federal investigators still believe he is withholding government documents, the Times reported earlier this week.

FIFY

Holding off posting here until I can get my heart rate down after watching the BC-Toronto game. Sorry, I meant keeping my lunch down.

Looks like the BC-Toronto game just might be even as embarrassingly bad or worse than the game last night (groan).

The Russians are no strangers to reprisals, torture and extra-judicial killings for the past 90 years. This is deeply ingrained in their culture, particularly in their military and intelligence services. As I have posted here, there is strong evidence that they have resorted to the tactics (such as taking the gold fillings of slain prisoners) in Ukraine that were the hallmark of the Nazi Gestapo. I fear that the Ukrainians will retaliate after driving the Russians back to pre-2014 borders using the same measures on Russians and Russian sympathizers they capture. This will create intergenerational hatreds that will poison any peace and ensure a century or more of instability.

Not to mention masochists.

A bunch of (goose) eggs together is called a clutch, so, yes he is.

Am hoping they are just good enough.

Am impressed with Hills' tough running.

Cannot believe how poorly Evans is playing. Fajardo is being Fajardo and if Evans plays even an average game, the Riders would be down by 30 points. Evans must have left his smarts in his other pants,

Can we really be sure these are your words?

Yet, Walker raised $500,000 in the last 48 hours. Jeez.

Glenn was a good QB but not the all=star that Kelly wanted. He was not the firebrand media darling that some wanted- just a bit too laid-back and not win or die.

Uvalde School District Suspends Its Entire Campus Police Force For Unknown Period The school district of Uvalde, Texas, suspended its entire campus police force Friday, saying new developments have “uncovered additional concerns with department operations” following officers’ response to a deadly mass shooting at a district elementary school in May. The suspension will last “for a period of time,” the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said in a statement. The district has asked the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide additional troopers for now. “We are confident that staff and student safety will not be compromised during this transition,” the UCISD statement said. The district has also placed Lt. Miguel Hernandez on administrative leave. Hernandez had taken over as UCISD police chief a month after the deadly shooting when his predecessor, Pete Arredondo, was himself placed on administrative leave. Arredondo was ultimately fired for how long it took officers to confront the gunman, who killed 19 young children and two adults at Robb Elementary on May 24. Ken Mueller, the district’s director of student services, was also placed on leave but elected to retire instead, UCISD said Friday. The district said it’s still cooperating with two investigations into the shooting response ― one by a team of private investigators the district hired, and one by the Texas Police Chiefs Association. Aside from saying it had recently developed “additional concerns,” UCISD didn’t provide any information about what led to Friday’s decision.

Its the NFL- whaddya expect?

On the CBC national news, they interviewed one of Ms. Smith's supporters as to what his priorities were. He looked for all the world like he was freshly out of a survivalist bunker in Montana, but his priorities were reducing taxes and improving healthcare. Didn't seem to be able to explain how reducing government income would improve medical services, though. Alberta is trying to retreat into the Dark Ages.

Rising cases of variants BQ.1 and XBB could make COVID drugs all but useless, study finds As colder weather sets in, public health experts are keeping a close eye on COVID-19 variants that could spell doom and gloom this winter, just like omicron did last year. Yet these nascent variants that are rapidly spreading abroad have an evil twist that omicron lacked: an ability to evade the drugs that humans have developed to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The two subvariants of particular concern are known as BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, both off-shoots of the omicron variant BA.5 (but with several key changes.) Indeed, they seem able to evade many of the tools we have to defend against it, which could trigger a wave of hospitalizations, disabling victims with long COVID or death. Also worrying are two other strains: one called BA.2.75.2, which seems to be spreading quickly in Singapore, India and regions of Europe; and XBB, which some research suggests is the most antibody-evasive strain tested, almost on the level of the SARS-CoV-1 virus (known then simply as "SARS") that caused an outbreak in 2003. This could make the new vaccines relatively useless (but still better than nothing.) Moreover, an outbreak caused by one of these highly drug- and antibody-resistant variants could be much worse due to many world governments performing far less testing and reduced public health surveillance compared to 2020 and 2021. Despite some confusing remarks from President Joseph Biden, the pandemic appears far from over. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has essentially been given free rein the last several months, allowing it to mutate and evolve new ways around immunity and vaccinations. These tiny alterations are largely focused in the spike protein, the hooks surrounding the virus used to insert itself into cells and reproduce. The difference between variants and subvariants comes down to the level of genetic changes in the virus. It appears that the adaptations necessary to evade immune detection are becoming more and more slight — and, more curiously, all the subsequent major mutations have stemmed directly from the omicron variant, which appears to be incredibly successful at reproducing already. Indeed, we may not see a major new strain any time soon because these omicron lineages are just so good at spreading, although it's difficult to predict anything with certainty. https://www.salon.com/2022/10/04/bq1-xbb-variants-resistant/