“Further investigation has revealed that Ms Backeberg’s disappearance was by her own choice and not the result of any criminal activity or foul play,” the sheriff’s office said.

Around the time of her disappearance, Backeberg had filed a criminal complaint against her husband, alleging that he beat her and threatened to kill her, the BBC reports, citing the Wisconsin Missing Persons Advocacy non-profit group.

This is from the 9th. Two days ago.

Not to disrespect (I’m assuming) your fledgling news site. Is flyemu.com a trusted news source here? Also this is a repost.

A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union.

In the momentous step which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part, it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course.

Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin.

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp

This is already bad because it’s a Library and these people hate those things, but also…

It also administers copyright law through the United States Copyright Office.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress

By definition the federal government will return Seattle PD back into what it was, but with federal backing and technical support.

I’m in a smaller city and even our local PD has two apcs. This is a nightmare.

Well his doctor did say he could possibly live to be 200.

“I told the President that if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to be 200 years old”

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/dr-ronny-jackson-donald-trump-clean-bill-of-health/index.html

Low energy!

Oh come on now, you’re not even going to give his third term a chance? I got $10 says it’s worse.

Double dick move by tesla, shorten the warranty period, and lower the resale value! INNOVATIVE!

For these people it’s just the prosperity gospel, but without God. nothing matters to them except money.

The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 Eventually, the tariffs on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy were lifted,[4] but since 1964 this form of protectionism has remained in place to give US domestic automakers an advantage over imported competitors.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax

I really like both of Tim Burton’s Batman movies, the sets, the costumes, the music (Danny Elfman), and the whole tone.

Typically owned by the state, like the white house.

It’s complicated…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act

96:3 Senate

417:2 House

The real world effectiveness of the STOCK Act at curbing insider trading is up for debate. Insider trading laws which already existed to stop such practices lack specific definitions making them difficult to enforce, the STOCK Act attempts to rectify this but critics argue it does not do enough

You’ve made my day, thanks

Let’s not forget the river fires!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/

I should have clarified, my response was pointed.

but dealers were already being held accountable anyways.

I disagree with the above statement.

Dealers, by and large, were NOT being held accountable

More than half of all stores with violations transferred guns without running a background check correctly, waiting for the check to finish or properly recording the results. More than 200 dealers were cited for selling guns to people who indicated on background check paperwork that they were prohibited from owning them. Dozens made false statements in official records, a violation that includes facilitating illegal straw purchases.

A Florida gun dealer got in trouble for giving a Taurus handgun to a convicted felon in the parking lot and an Arkansas pawn shop was cited for selling a firearm to a customer even though he’d failed the background check because of an active restraining order. In Ohio, one store transferred guns without conducting background checks 112 times; another was missing some 600 firearms. A Pennsylvania gun retailer racked up 45 violations and received eight warnings from the ATF. But the store was allowed to remain in business, and went on to sell a shotgun to a man who used it to kill four family members, including his 7-year-old half-brother.

and then…

A single violation is enough to shutter a gun shop if ATF officials can prove that the store willfully broke federal regulations. In the vast majority of the cases analyzed by The Trace and USA TODAY, the ATF gave violators the lightest penalty available: a boilerplate warning letter reminding them that their compliance is critical to “reduce violent crime and protect the public.” The agency revoked a gun dealer’s license in less than 3 percent of cases.

https://www.thetrace.org/2021/05/atf-inspection-report-gun-store-ffl-violation/

Not “Completely”, but they are trying.

The Last Screenwriter

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32236000/

“Featured Review” is telling.

Cancel-culture mob missed the point. Shame on the cinemas who cancelled the screening because whinging mobs shook their fists.

First of all, the movie is non-profit. Secondly, it was made by a real human crew and real actors.

It was clever to get ChatGPT to write a film script about a screenwriter who feels his job is threatened by AI’s superior writing ability. How can anyone not be curious to watch this movie?

…

Ultimately, the script lacks any real punch or decent plot twists or narrative layering that we humans love about film. It doesn’t go anywhere you wouldn’t predict.

emphasis mine.