Who Lost the Week?!?!?

The 6th largest economy in the world is hitting 100% solar periods on a daily basis
From Electrek (Industry blog) : In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for 30 of the past 38 days. Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z....
by umbra 102 comments 501 Recs
Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
by Pakalolo 81 comments 253 Recs
Isn't it odd that Melania and none of his kids are at his criminal trial?
I do. I find it odd that his own family that we know of is not at his trial. Not one sibling, not any family or if he has friends...where are they? I know if my husband or family member was on trial, I would try to be there at least one day. If Melania...
by Vetwife 419 comments 451 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine launches devastating attack on Crimean airfield
Ukraine launched a strike against Russia’s airfield in Dzhankoi, Crimea. Reports indicate ATACMS rockets may have been used and that 15 were wounded and 22 are missing. The photo shows the destroyed S-400 Triumph air defense system. The strike was...
by quaoar 68 comments 400 Recs
Boeing Crisis Ignites Call for Strict U.S. Stock Buyback Laws
I hate stock buybacks. I think they are one of the most self-serving things that corporate America does. Instead of investing in workers and in training and in research and in equipment, they don’t do a thing to make their company better and they...
by thomhartmann 89 comments 276 Recs
The truth about Amtrak
President Joe Biden has made it a priority to improve and expand the National Rail Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak. What is a problem for many people is that Amtrak does not show a profit, except for particular routes. There are repeated...
by xaxnar 119 comments 203 Recs
Ohio AG *REJECTS* Provisional Certification Solution to Put Biden on the Ballot - Is Court Next?
For those who aren’t familiar with this bizarre little saga, the basic background is this: Ohio state law requires officials to certify the ballot 90 days before an election (which, in this case this year, is August 7th). Although, as noted further...
by Munchausen 305 comments 377 Recs
MAGA influencer tries his hand at jury tampering on social media. It backfires bigly
The fellah doing all the illegal jury tampering suggestin’ is one Clay Travis. What the hell is a Clay Travis? I dunno, but the apparent Megamind recently put that whole secret squirrel operation of Tank-Manhattan-Criminal-Court-Case-Against-Trump...
by sepiasiren 246 comments 637 Recs
Dude, Trump's crimes were not victimless!
I posted a meme showcasing the acknowledged two-tiered justice system, most of it divided by class and race, that has always existed in America. A follower on one of my social media threads gave me considerable pushback from the meme. It seems some...
by sepiasiren 15 comments 106 Recs
8 weeks Post Total Left Knee Replacement Surgery Update,
Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
by eeff 54 comments 100 Recs
81 year old white Ohio man with handgun murders unarmed defenseless Black 61 year old woman
This story was first posted by maggiejean on 4/15. Story number 12 in the overnight news digest. www.dailykos.com/… An Ohio man was charged with murder after shooting a Black ride-share driver in an unprovoked attack, following the most recent string...
by Kevo2007 105 comments 186 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 785 "Russian advances will accelerate, absent urgent American action"
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military airfield in occupied Dzhankoi, Crimea, overnight on April 16 to 17. Geolocated footage posted on April 16 shows explosions at the airfield in ...
by annieli 7 comments 39 Recs

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Russia's Supreme Court Annuls a Treason Conviction?!?
Not sure what to make of this yet, but according to Reuters the Russian Supreme Court just annulled the treason conviction for Valery Golubkin, a Russian physicist in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Aerohydromechanics at the Moscow Institute...
by Irontortoise 1 comments 1 Recs
My Senator strikes again (Jim Risch - ID) Lava Ridge Wind Project.
I’ll admit, I didn’t even read the e-mail on this (From Oct. 2023) Admittedly, I was busy being evicted, finding a new place to live, my father was dying, etc, so yeah, not a priority, and it’s from my crazy senator that makes no sense and stuff. But...
by CrystalHR 3 comments 1 Recs
White House Picture of the Day for April 18th 2024
Welcome to White House Picture of the Day Showcasing a photo from the White House Photography staff, led by Adam Schultz. Feel free to join us anytime and share with us what is happening in ...
by bsegel 1 comments 8 Recs
Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E160: Trump: Jimmy Kimmel And Al Pacino Are The Same Guy
Episode 160 has been uploaded. iHeartRadio this podcast all podcasts Omny.FM this podcast all podcasts ivoox this podcast all podcasts Apple this podcast all podcasts Preview is a short this time. YouTube, later A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump is an...
by Proginoskes 2 comments 3 Recs
US Army Financial Counselor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Gold Star Families of Millions
On 16 April, Caz Craffy, a US Army civilian employee (DAC) and Major in the US Army Reserve, pleaded guilty to bilking millions of dollars from Gold Star families. From May 2018 to Nov 2022, he obtained over $9.9 million from victims who received a...
by C0RI0LANUS 10 comments 17 Recs
IAN:Thursday 4/18/2024 Spring is Here, Get an Air Fryer
The neighbors have been replanting their front yard flower beds and trimming their hedges.� The birds have stopped coming for daily baths, I assume their time is otherwise engaged.� New shoots are ...
by art ah zen 12 comments 11 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 785 "Russian advances will accelerate, absent urgent American action"
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military airfield in occupied Dzhankoi, Crimea, overnight on April 16 to 17. Geolocated footage posted on April 16 shows explosions at the airfield in ...
by annieli 7 comments 39 Recs
Late Night Insomniacs Vent Hole
SPOILER WARNING: A late night gathering for non serious palaver that does not speak of that night’s show. Posting a spoiler will get you brollywhacked. You don’t want that to happen to you.
by sallym 8 comments 4 Recs
Overnight News Digest for April 17 2024
The Hill — Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming days providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other democratic allies overseas — a...
by jeremybloom 20 comments 17 Recs
Trying to fact-check an e-mail from my Senator. (Jim Risch - ID)
Okay, I got this in my e-mail, and since I was doing other weird research, it drew my attention, as the numbers seemed really high (On immigration). I’m pasting this all, then snipping it into bits. Democrats Blocked Secretary Mayorkas' Impeachment...
by CrystalHR 12 comments 7 Recs
Miscellany: Donald violates gag order (again) plus MTG wants space lasers at the border
Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
by annieli 22 comments 71 Recs
PWB Kitties Love Bats
Today is International Bat Day…�Bats are beautiful creatures, and kitties appreciate their place in the world…�Let’s celebrate bats tonight… But first, the rules… You are all ...
by mamajo2k 48 comments 70 Recs
Top Comments: TFG's Testimony
I’m sure he won’t testify. But that didn’t stop me from writing an approximation of how it would sound. But first, a word from our sponsor! Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker 12 comments 20 Recs
SCOTUS Suddenly Concerned About Overcriminalization...for J6 Insurrectionists: 'BradCast' 4/17/2024
Guest: LawDork's Chris Geidner Also: Scam GOP impeachment trial ends in one day AZ Repubs spike repeal of 1864 abortion law (again) Voter turnout doubles in AL's new majority minority U.S. House District... On today's BradCast: If only the corrupted...
by TheBradBlog 2 comments 4 Recs
8 weeks Post Total Left Knee Replacement Surgery Update,
Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
by eeff 54 comments 100 Recs
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 4/17/24: Pony Up
Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang . The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March ...
by jck 101 comments 28 Recs
Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
by Pakalolo 81 comments 253 Recs
State Department Inertia
Brett Murphy of ProPublica reports that “SOS Blinken has not acted upon the recommendations of a Special State Department Panel that found that several Israeli military and police units do not qualify for US arms transfers under the Leahy law due to...
by AvoidAmnesia 3 comments 9 Recs
Taps...
I hadn't thought about him for months. But during the Spring and Summer the windows tended to be open we'd hear him every night just at dusk. One minute of thumpity like music. Always the same melody, always the same duration of time. Then the Fall and...
by phcarb 3 comments 17 Recs
A Serious Proposal For A New Slogan For The Trump Campaign
"Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable, I mean it was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of...
by KeithDB 11 comments 21 Recs

	Egypt’s new president Muhammad Morsi (replacing the ousted and autocratic Hosni Mubarak), issuing a decree ….. vastly increasing his powers and having immunity from judicial oversight
10%	5 votes
	Doug Ford, the bombastic mayor of Toronto, Canada – forced to leave office after being found guilty of a conflict of interest … and blaming it on his ‘left-wing opponents’
4%	2 votes
	Lindsay Lohan, who was (a) arrested for assault, (b) cited for lying to the police (in a separate case) and (c) received scathing reviews for her portrayal of Liz Taylor in one week
4%	2 votes
	France’s conservative opposition UMP party, on the verge of splitting apart following a bitter leadership battle between Jean-François Copé and former prime minister François Fillon
0%	0 votes
	BP Oil, banned for a time by the EPA from acquiring new drilling leases because of its ‘lack of business integrity’ over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010
2%	1 votes
	Fox News, inviting the military expert Tom Ricks to speak about Benghazi …. only to have him turn against Fox
44%	22 votes
	'Two and a Half Men' actor Angus Jones, forced to apologize after the Christian activist urged viewers not to watch his 'filthy' show .... which pays him $350k/episode
2%	1 votes
	Wal-Mart, suffering several Black Friday strikes and having a sub-contractor who used a Bangladesh clothing factory … where a fire killed more than 100 people
20%	10 votes
	Kentucky high school teacher Kendra Baker, reprimanded for writing 'You can't be a democrat and go to heaven'
0%	0 votes
	Former multi-candidate treasurer Kinde Durkee (D-CA), described as the Bernie Madoff of campaign treasurers, sentenced to 97 months and $10.5 mill in restitution after pleading guilty to five counts of mail fraud
0%	0 votes
	New York fast food restaurant chains, enduring an unprecedented series of protests over low wages and benefits and the right to unionize
4%	2 votes
	Rep. Steve King (R-IA), saying that the GOP shouldn't try to win the Latino vote because Democrats will just give them 'great big checks'
2%	1 votes
	Marton Gyongyosi, a member of Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party, triggering a wave of condemnation by calling in parliament for Jews to be catalogued and screened as potential national-security risks
6%	3 votes
	Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), resigning from Congress for health reasons and an ongoing criminal investigation
0%	0 votes
	Multiple choices/other names (please specify in a comment)
2%	1 votes

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