There must be some really juicy things in those files about him. No other explanation makes sense. Or maybe about someone of the group of cretins he put into important positions.

I think there's a very good possibility that Epstein was an intelligence agency(s) asset....and there are a lot of people that do not want that out....that he was used for intelligence purposes, to blackmail, etc famous people and world leaders.

Something tells me that is something they dug up and now are wanting to shut down...

Here's a reference that details some of that, and also notes it's probably going to get even worse if/when Trump's tariffs kick in:

Beef prices are soaring: Hereâ(TM)s why

The countries that export a significant amount of meat, such as New Zealand and Australia, are facing a 10 percent tariff, while others, like Brazil, which has exported 216,119 metric tons of meat this year, might be staring at a 50 percent tariff.

Still, multiple other factors have contributed to the rise in beef prices, including drought conditions, a downward trend in the number of herds, high supply costs and a parasite impacting some imported cattle.

We should be MORE than capable of raising enough beef in the US to meet any US beef needs.

we don't need imported meats....

I do not think anymore that people are capable of this. A few are and they do it without prompting (the 10-15% "independent thinkers") the rest is just dumb and honestly believes ignoring things makes them go away. They do not even understand what a fact is, much less that it can be verified.

You may be leaving out a substantial number of people that. "Just don't care"....

I'm leaning pretty heavily towards that group of folks.

I mean I don't see this destroying the world of my way of life in my lifetime......and therefore I don't see a compelling reason to change my lifestyle, go out of my way , or even compromise my comfort for something of no perceivable benefit to my remaining lifetime....

I'm in Lahaina right now. There was a fire here two years ago. You may have heard of it.

Nope....never heard of it...

Robotics as a field is about to surge, and food prep will be one of those things that many people will have a robot in their home for.

I doubt that in many cases....for instance, I happed to really ENJOY cooking....and prep work is part of it. I learned my knife skills for a good reason.

And for restaurants that are at least a level or two above fast food...they're not going to want everything to be non-human perfect, etc....otherwise why go to any particular restaurant when the full experience would be just exactly the same with full blown robotic food prep and service...?

It's funny how we get comments like this but we never hear conservatives complain about the loss of freedom from us banning all kinds of other dangerous stuff. That FDA and their freedom hating right?

Are you trying to argue that the FDA is a constitutionally protected right?

What jobs won't be AI impacted?

Most restaurant work would be one....

$75 Billion allocated for ICE over the next four years.

Cheeto claimed he was going after criminals but it turns that 75% of this group who were kidnapped to El Salvador had criminal records

Well....while it is best to clear out the REALLY bad guys first, anyone here in the US illegally....is a criminal and should be deported according to the laws on the books.

And yes it IS a criminal offense under 8 US code 1325.

And illegal re-entry after deportation is a more serious felony.

I will agree that some sent to that foreign super duty prison was overkill....by law we should be sending them 'home'.

Remind me how arresting the guy doing kitchen prep work makes the country great again?

He is taking up a job that a US citizen could be doing. I used to work in restaurants as a kid and college student.

Also, very good chance he's being paid under the table in cash, so no taxes....and he's likely being treated in the ER for any medical needs, which comes out of all of our pockets with increased prices, etc.....we may be paying to educate the kids they brought over or dropped while here that otherwise would not be a burden on our educational system.

That's a few solid reasons.

If you print a gun (or gun parts, depending on the part), it has to be traceable to an individual (not sure how you'd want to handle that), and have a serial number that gets registered to your gun license, complete with rifling pattern (randomly generated for each print)... of course, the file would have to be secured against being modified (maybe SHA or something).

Federally this is NOT true....US citizens have had and still have a right to manufacture their own firearms and you do not have to mark them with any identifying codes/numbers.

Now...that being said, you cannot sell or even give these guns away, they are for personal use ONLY.

But it is perfectly legal to manufacture you own weapons, even the "serialized parts" that gun manufacturers do that they SELL....and you as a private citizen do not have to mark or register them in any way....Federally.

Some freedom hating states have put laws in place making this illegal....not sure how that would stand up to a lawsuit, but it is what is it now...but these state laws only apply in a very few blue states.

Thankfully I dont live in or near one of those....

Even during this year's heat wave, inside temperature never climbed above 26C (I have home. That's just fine. I did get a ceiling fan though.

Looking 26C up..that's about 78.8F...that's too fucking hot for indoors to me...

Hell, I keep it about 72F at night to sleep.....about 74-75F during the day when home....

...it was fun...perfect thing to accompany a drink in the other hand.

Something to do while talking to folks...

Great excuse for a break, and when they made us go outside....it actually was a chance to hang with upper upper management quite often and get their ear when you otherwise would never see or meet them...that was always helpful in business.

I'm a bit of a firebug too, so lighting them was always the best part.

It also mean you always had a REAL lighter to hold up at concerts when cheering for encores....people holding phones up now...ugh.

Too bad they can't some up with a healthy way to do it....but oh well, at this point in my life, I'd rather do what I can to extend what I have left....but man, I sure do miss it.

Also, for the most part...a degree is MOSTLY to get your foot in the door right out of school and starting out.

After a few years....you then are dependent upon experience and contacts you've made to get better jobs that pay significantly more.

Why would you think you want to work for someone with arbitrary hiring criteria irrelevant to your actual abilities?

Money.

I mean, that IS the reason people work...right?

I mean hell, if they paid me $300K/yr to scrape dead cats off the road, I'd switch careers in a New York minute...

College is about learning to think.

Partially.....but in these modern times, college isn't JUST about the higher eschelons of thought....it is also training for jobs.

You learn chemistry to doing chemistry things, you learn engineering to learn engineering things ...you learn biochemical lab work to learn biochemistry.

Sure, you need to learn to reason, etc....but it is far from a pure form of education for education's sake and learning to think, you ARE there to learn real skills...at least the ones hoping to actually earn top $$ when they graduate.

That's why the majoring in non-binary trans Eskimo communism studies really isn't the best idea of how to spend your hard earned $ for school.

I'm pretty certain an electric motorcycle will be at least as dangerous as a gas one.

That just wouldn't cut it.

Part of the motorcycle experience is the visceral feeling you get with the engine rumbling beneath you....the sound, the smells. Also, the connection to the machine with the gear changing, engine braking...clutch, etc.

You feel connected to the road more....

There is a lot of things that make riding an ICE motorcycle enjoyable and a true experience for the rider today....a motorcycle is NOT just about transportation from A to B.

Hell, some days I get up early on Sunday morning before traffic hits (In the New Orleans area...on Sundays you can often have the roads to your till about 11am.

But I'll get up early, gear up and just "ride".....with no set destination in mind. I'll ride familiar roads....I may veer off and explore roads unknown...I just ride.

I saw your reply to someone else and no....adding "speakers" to simulate the sound just isn't going to cut it.

If the only choices I was was an electric "motorcycle"...I'd like not bother anymore...at least half the experience that makes it fun and give one a zen feeling, would be gone.

I think I've got an excellent chance of being able to ride my normal motorcycle till I'm too old to do so...gas isn't likely to disappear in my lifetime, nor will ICE transportation....especially not in the US.

But if it does happen, I do feel sorry for those in the future that can never experience it.