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General Discussion / I see this Asian guy near Fresno took over for McCarthy eh??

« on: May 23, 2024, 11:47:42 AM »

Vince Fong won the California special election to replace Kevin McCarthy. Here’s his plan
Assemblyman Vince Fong understands that he’s taking over for nationally-recognized, powerful and controversial congressional Republicans who have represented California’s rural heart for 45 years.

How he fits into the legacy handed down by his former bosses is not top of mind for the Republican elected Tuesday to finish the last months of retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s congressional term.

First on his agenda is focusing on local and national issues related to securing the Southern Border, water infrastructure, small businesses and food and energy production.

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General Discussion / My nephew's my age when I bought my first home, he wants to follow my foot steps

« on: May 23, 2024, 02:09:48 AM »

..Like me back in the mid-90s, he's single with no dependent. Although he makes way more money than I did back in the 90s, the housing market was more favorable to me. The average home price and income gap was much closer compared to now. Plus, my interest rate was much lower.

I told him if he can afford it, go for it as he can always refi down the road if needed while continuing to build equity. I went to visit some of the new build homes that he's interested in and the constructions, duct, markings, measurements, etc., reminded me a lot of when I bought my first home that was also a new build during my walk through:

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General Discussion / I've been on the exit roll and it's no big deal but this lady just went ape nuts

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:52:54 PM »

Frontier Airlines passenger refuses to comply with exit row instructions causing plane to deboard

‘I already knew something was about to pop off when she had that attitude,’ travel blogger says

Video in link below:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/frontier-airlines-passenger-refuses-comply-010403445.html#:~:text=A%20Frontier%20Airlines%20passenger%20refused,glasses%20argued%20with%20airline%20employees.

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General Discussion / It's one of the RED pockets in California so not surprised trans are not welcome

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:44:35 PM »

Battle in Huntington Beach after transgender surfer barred from longboard competition

LOS ANGELES — Sasha Jane Lowerson just wanted to surf. But when the Australian longboard surfer attempted to enter an upcoming competition in Huntington Beach, the athlete, who was born intersex, learned that the organizer wasn't going to allow transgender athletes.

Took these photos when I was in that RED area(s):






Nice blue beach:






Lunch:




Arrived at Huntington:







John McCain died:





Huntington's pier has a bit more traffic:








More Baywatch too:






The beach is not as blue as Balboa's even though it's not that far from each other but definitely more surfers:










Lots more kites:




Laguna:

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General Discussion / That's why he's the "cheetah" of the NFL?

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:38:01 PM »

Tyreek Hill is expecting ANOTHER child - and his first with wife Keeta - with Dolphins star already a father to 10 kids with four different women

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General Discussion / Yeah getting chased with an axe is a big red flag fo sho

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:27:01 AM »

Britney Spears ‘Chased’ Ex-Husband Sam Asghari With an Axe During ‘Last Straw’ Fight

Britney Spears 42 and ex-husband Sam Asghari 30 called it quits on their marriage shortly after their one-year wedding anniversary in August 2023. A source exclusively tells In Touch that Sam “got the worst” of Britney’s freedom following the end of her conservatorshi p in 2021 and shares the “last straw” that led to the former couple’s separation.

“Unfortunately, when she was free of her conservatorshi p, Sam got the worst of it. One of the last straws for Sam, there were many, Britney chased him with an axe,”....

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General Discussion / AR Trooper may "play dirty" but idiot shouldn't flee in the first place

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:22:12 AM »

Watch Arkansas Troopers Play A Dirty Trick On A Fleeing Motorcyclist
Catching a fleeing motorcycle can be a difficult task for cops because of several factors. But one thing you can always count on is that Arkansas State Police won’t hold back if you decide to run at high speeds, bike or no. This motorcyclist scofflaw learned that lesson the hard way. The chase started when a trooper noticed a guy on a motorcycle not only doubling the speed limit on the interstate, which is a truly dumb thing to do on a bike or in a car, but also lane splitting. While that practice is legal in certain situations for California, it’s pretty much illegal everywhere else.

...Troopers train regularly on high-speed pursuit tactics. And in this case they use an unusual method to stop this chase. A trooper who was coming from the opposite direction cuts into the opposing lanes of traffic, angles his cruiser just so, and forces the biker off the road. The guy proceeds to crash and quickly realizes he’s done. It’s quick, brutal, and effective. And yet the suspect doesn’t appear to be injured. That’s how it’s done in Arkansas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neh-jfV7dzY&t=7s

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General Discussion / Re: LYING, Trump's 'never coming back to MN' is as bad as "ABANDON PH ENTIRELY"

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:16:11 AM »

..LIE by his loyal stooge here on PH:

Local TV Station Catches Donald Trump In A Lie About 'Never Coming Back'

In a segment that aired last week that is now going viral on social media, KSTP's Tom Hauser reminded the former president of when he vowed in 2020 to “never to come back to Minnesota” if he lost the state to President Joe Biden in that year's election.

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General Discussion / Bet his Democrat Senator is LYING and the LIE is bolded in red

« on: May 22, 2024, 12:09:30 AM »

Newly released photos depict cash and gold bars seized from Sen. Bob Menendez's home

Cash stuffed into boots. Envelopes of bills tucked inside jackets emblazoned with the senator's name. Gold bars.

Prosecutors in the Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case on Friday released more than 100 photos of the cash and gold seized from the New Jersey Democrat's home, presenting a clearer picture of the evidence shaping his high-profile bribery trial.

Menendez is charged with accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes in return for official government acts.

The FBI said that more than $486,000 in cash was found in his home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, which he shares with his wife Nadine Menendez, who also faces charges. She will stand trial separately. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York entered the photos as part of their trial exhibits. Although Menendez’s house is located in New Jersey, SDNY is prosecuting the case because some of the alleged misconduct by the senator had ties to New York.

Dozens of photos show stacks of bills tucked inside bags, shoes and jackets. One photo shows a stack of bills that prosecutors say totals $4,300, found in the senator's Congressional Hispanic Caucus jacket with his name embroidered in yellow.

Another photo showed a stack of $100 bills found in an envelope of another jacket embroidered with "Senator Menendez."

Prosecutors asked an FBI agent about the cash found in the senator's clothes during Friday's testimony.

“What were the name on the jackets?” a prosecutor asked the agent.

"Robert Menendez and Senator Menendez," the agent answered.

"Did you see the name Nadine on any of the jackets where you found cash?" the prosecutor asked.

"No," the agent confirmed.

Thousands of dollars of cash were also found tucked inside of shoes. An envelope containing $7,500 was found in a right brown boot, according to a spreadsheet detailing evidence from prosecutors. A left brown boot contained an envelope with $7,000, the document said.

Other photos in the exhibits included stacks of cash in disposable Forever 21 and Arc'teryx bags. Some of the stacks were rubber banded, and others were bound with labels denoting "$10,000."

Prosecutors also included several photos of gold bars, which they allege were part of the bribes. Thirteen gold bars were recovered at the senator's home, according to prosecutors. Two of the bars weighed one kilogram each, while the others weighed in at one ounce each.

Menendez's attorney Avi Weitzman said in court on Wednesday that the senator was not aware that his wife had gold bars, arguing that jurors should not judge someone by whom they live with.

Nadine Menendez kept the gold bars in a closet, which the senator’s lawyer said he did not have a key to. He also was unaware how she had obtained some of the gold, the lawyer said.

The senator has defended the cash found in his home, arguing last year that he has withdrawn personal cash for emergencies.

"For 30 years, I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which I have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba,” he said last year.

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General Discussion / This $1/mile toll could affect many of you Hmong in Sacramento

« on: May 21, 2024, 03:04:37 PM »

California commission approved new I-80 toll lanes. Could you be charged $1 per mile?

New toll lanes moved one step closer to hitting capital-region commuters in the wallet last week when the California Transportation Commission approved one east- and one westbound lane with fluctuating tolls for vehicles with one or two occupants on Interstate 80 through Yolo County.

Autumn Bernstein, the executive director of the Yolo Transportation District, told KDRT’s Bill Buchanan in December that the actual prices had not yet been determined, but similar lanes in the Bay Area charge around $1 a mile at peak traffic times.

The 13-member California Transportation Commission met in Orange on Thursday and Friday and, as part of a broader agenda, discussed the planned lanes, which are part of the Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project. Caltrans, the Yolo Transportation District and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments are coordinating on the I-80 project.

The agencies plan to add 17 miles of new lanes, tolled for vehicles with one or two people in them from Richards Boulevard to Highway 50.

In the memorandum to the California Transportation Commission requesting approval of the tolling lanes, staff acknowledged that at a West Sacramento public hearing last month, commissioners heard “members of the public expressing concerns about potential increases in vehicle miles traveled due to expanded capacity.”

Susan Handy, a UC Davis professor who studies transportation, previously told The Sacramento Bee that research has shown conclusively that widening highways increases traffic in the long-term.

“We have a lot of very robust evidence that is very consistent in showing that when highway capacity is expanded, the vehicle miles of travel also expands,” Handy said. Adding lanes “doesn’t work because of human behavior. Because when the conditions in the roadway system change, we as individuals start to make different choices about our daily travel.”

A 2011 American Economic Review article explained that there is a “fundamental law of highway congestion: people drive more when the stock of roads in their city increases.”

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General Discussion / Asian dude from Tennessee is very fortunate because having a match from someone

« on: May 21, 2024, 03:00:44 PM »

..that is not a blood family member is pretty rare  :

Wife Donates Kidney to Her Husband After Surprising Discovery That They Were a Transplant Match

Stephen and Amy Bredfeldt of Franklin, Tennessee, underwent kidney transplant surgery on April 30 shortly after learning that doctors at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital convened a panel and determined that Amy was a partial match for her husband.

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Money & Investment / Real insider information?

« on: May 20, 2024, 12:55:18 PM »

Samuel Alito Dumped Bud Light Stock at Quite a Suspicious Time

Samuel Alito Dumped Bud Light Stock at Quite a Suspicious Time. Newly published financial disclosure reports revealed that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito dumped stock in Anheuser-Busch last summer during the height of a manufactured anti-trans hate campaign targeting the brewer.

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General Discussion / Look like twins even at 27 years apart

« on: May 20, 2024, 12:52:57 PM »

Chiefs CEO's Wife and Daughter Respond to Harrison Butker Controversy
Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt's wife and eldest daughter are weighing in on the controversy surrounding kicker Harrison Butker's commencement speech at a Catholic college. Tavia Hunt, who has been married to the billionaire businessman for more than 30 years, shared her thoughts about being a stay-at-home mom May 16, five days after the athlete sparked mixed reactions over his remarks at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., in which he said most female graduates would be "most excited" about marriage and motherhood.

"I've always encouraged my daughters to be highly educated and chase their dreams," the 52-year-old, who also shares daughters Gracie Hunt, 25 and Ava Hunt, 18, and son Knobel Hunt, 20, with Clark, wrote on Instagram, alongside throwback pics of herself with her kids. "I want them to know that they can do whatever they want (that honors God). But I also want them to know that I believe finding a spouse who loves and honors you as or before himself and raising a family together is one of the greatest blessings this world has to offer."

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General Discussion / Yes, I have participated in their unlimited shrimp

« on: May 20, 2024, 12:49:28 PM »

Red Lobster Chain Goes Bankrupt After Unlimited Shrimp Deal

Restaurant chain Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing high labor costs, rising rents, and, above all else, its unlimited shrimp deal. In 2023, Red Lobster announced their $20 endless shrimp deal would become a permanent fixture on their menu.

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Pro Sports Discussion / $1600 a year eh??

« on: May 20, 2024, 02:29:36 AM »

NFL fans in US must pay $1,600 a year to watch every game after Netflix addition

Cord-cutting fans will need to subscribe to all seven services to get access to the entire 2024 NFL slate, with a price tag about $1,600 based on last season's pricing and Netflix's current cheapest offering. That figure does not include the cost of an internet service necessary to run a streaming-only option.