https://www.agweb.com/news/business...arm-eminent-domain-replace-affordable-housing

I smell a massive bag of cash that passed between shaky hands for that vote.

 

I smell a massive bag of cash...

It's New Jersey. That's how they roll.

 

Take a farm surrounded by industrial parks and build affordable housing...twenty years later you will hear the cries of environmental racism.

 

Per Joey's request, this post has been moved to a more appropriate thread.

 

Should've put this in Tonight's Libation.

Got a sweet little British pub down the street. It is just like this -- sans the smoking, unfortunately.

 

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https://www.kold.com/2025/06/12/pro...-bust-tucson-mistaking-it-immigration-action/

major drug bust in Tucson Wednesday night attracted several protesters, with many confusing it with an immigration action.
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Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple told 13 News that the protesters interfered with a major arrest. Teeple said the suspect is a former cartel member.

“Last night, we had people protesting a drug bust,” Teeple said. “These idiots came out and protested us getting 5 million fentanyl pills off the streets. They don’t have individual thought, they have group think.”

 

In the 1920s, General Electric engineers used to prank new hires by assigning them an impossible task. They asked for a frosted lightbulb. When Marvin Pipkin got the fake assignment in 1925, no one told him it was a joke. He made it work. His invention reduced glare and improved efficiency. It is still used today.

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I see the same use chart for pseudoscience and science fraudsters.

 

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Its ALWAYS that friend that wants you to bring a suitcase for them.

 

Zombie Apocalypse in LA

 

Zombie Apocalypse in LA

This is the "democracy" they're trying to save.

 

Who you gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes?

$300,000 might be the total repair cost of parts, labor and permits.

 

The Dead End.

 

Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway.

Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

 

Interesting graph, but if one looks at the data converted in TWh per-capita, the US still leads at 12.4 vs China at 7.1 . But the tendencies look clear:

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Seems like what you would expect from a developing country with a huge population.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/p...e-government-employee-and-her-husband-charged
Former High-Ranking New York State Government Employee and her Husband Charged with Accepting Kickbacks in PPE Fraud Scheme

BROOKLYN, NY – A federal grand jury in Brooklyn yesterday returned a second superseding indictment that added charges against Linda Sun and her husband and co-defendant Chris Hu related to a fraudulent scheme involving procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the New York State (NYS) government at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the scheme, Sun steered contracts to vendors with whom she had undisclosed personal connections, and she and Hu received millions of dollars from the vendors, including some in the form of kickbacks, which Sun did not disclose to the NYS government. The new charges against Sun and Hu include honest services wire fraud, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, bribery, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Additionally, Hu is charged with tax evasion. The defendants will be arraigned on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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“Not only did Sun allegedly use Chinese money and her influence in New York State to benefit the Chinese government, it is further alleged that she used her position to steer multi-million-dollar contracts to companies controlled by family members and friends. With this investigation, this husband-and-wife team with supposed ties to corruption has been rooted out, and they will soon understand that in legitimate government spending, there is no friends and family discount,” stated IRS-CI New York Special Agent in Charge Chavis.

https://www.ntd.com/former-top-aide...-charged-with-spying-for-beijing_1014676.html
Former Top Aide of NY Governor Hochul Charged With Spying for Beijing

Her defense lawyer, Jarrod Schaeffer, said, “We’re looking forward to addressing these charges in court. Our client is understandably upset that these charges have been brought.”

Sun, also known as Wen Sun, Ling Da Sun, and Linda Hu, held various roles in the NYS government from about 2012 until 2023, during the tenures of Andrew Cuomo and Hochul, including as Cuomo's deputy chief diversity officer from February 2018 to July 2020 and Hochul's deputy chief of staff from about September 2021 until September 2022.

Diversification in criminality.