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that should be between them and a doctor. i was told my a shrink to self medicate because i could not handle the head meds. they changed my personality and made me suicidal. so what do you think? i have also smoked pot off and on since i about fourteen. i have owned a gun since 81 or 82 and i have yet to shoot or even pull it on anyone.

I just ordered a book last night on crap like this. It is Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation Hardcover – April 18, 2023 by Jon Ward (Author) it is on amazon right now for fifteen bucks hard cover. the man is a preacher as was his father and he tells how the evangelicals basically went bat s*** crazyHe is not mean spirited and his writing is amazing. he is not mean spirited at all. He says this is his testimony. I might have more to say after i finish the book.

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yahoo.com ‘They say I’m ancient’: Biden speech to White House media proves to be one for the ages David Smith in Washington 6–7 minutes Age shall not weary him, but it might provide some good punchlines. Joe Biden, the oldest president in American history, faced his biggest political liability with a smile on Saturday as he addressed a gathering of Washington’s political and media elites. The 80-year-old, who this week announced a bid for re-election in 2024, flipped between a pugnacious defence of press freedom and crisp one-liners at the expense of political opponents as he addressed the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. As opinion polls show that a majority of Americans have little appetite for a second Biden term, with many citing his age as a defining concern, he chose not to hide from his most obvious vulnerability but run towards it. “I believe in the first amendment, not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” he said, referring to one of America’s founding fathers, who died in 1836. He went on: “Look, I get that age is a completely reasonable issue. It’s in everybody’s mind and by everyone, I mean the New York Times. Headline: ‘Biden’s advanced age is a big issue. Trump’s, however, is not.’” The president had a dig at Don Lemon, a CNN host who was fired this week after a series of missteps including remarks that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, “isn’t in her prime” because “a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s”. Biden earned a big laugh when he said on Saturday: “They say I’m ancient; I say I’m wise. They say I’m over the hill; Don Lemon would say, ‘That’s a man in his prime’.” There was also an indirect pitch that, despite concerns over his readiness for a gruelling election campaign, Biden is spoiling for the fight with Republican opponents. He said of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right congresswoman from Georgia: “I want everybody to have fun tonight but please be safe. If you find yourself disoriented or confused, it’s either you’re drunk or Marjorie Taylor Greene.” Referring to Florida governor and potential presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’s protracted battle with Disney, he quipped: “I had a lot of Ron DeSantis jokes ready but Mickey Mouse beat the hell out of me and got there first.” And Biden said of House of Representatives speaker Kevin McCarthy: “Look, you all keep reporting my approval rating as 42%. I think you don’t know this. Kevin McCarthy called me and asked me, ‘Joe, what the hell is your secret?’ I’m not even kidding about that.” Biden also had fun poking fun at the media, especially Fox Corp’s recent settlement of a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5m in a case that centred on Fox News’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been manipulated in favour of Biden. “It’s great the cable news networks are here tonight. MSNBC owned by NBC Universal. Fox News owned by Dominion Voting Systems.” That line earned laughter and applause. “Last year your favourite Fox News reporters were able to attend because they were fully vaccinated and boosted. This year, with that $787m settlement, they’re here because they couldn’t say no to a free meal.” In a jab at former president Donald Trump, Biden quipped that comedian Roy Wood Jr, who also was a featured speaker at the dinner, had offered him $10 to keep his speech short. “That’s a switch – a president being offered hush money.” Earlier this month Trump was charged with 34 felony counts in a case involving an alleged $130,000 hush payment to an adult film star during his 2016 presidential campaign. Biden assured Wood: “I’m going to be fine with your jokes but” – he put on his trademark sunglasses – “I’m not sure about Dark Brandon.” This was a nod to an internet meme that began as a rightwing attack but has been co-opted by Biden’s supporters. Wood, a regular on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, naturally could not resist making Biden’s age a target. He said: “We should be inspired by the events in France. They rioted when the retirement age went up two years to 64. Meanwhile in America, we have an 80-year-old man, begging us for four more years.” Related: Joe Biden hails ‘absolute courage’ of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich For all the comedy, Biden also used his speech to issue forceful denunciations of attacks on press freedom and on misinformation that threatens to undermine democracy. The president and first lady Jill Biden met privately with the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich upon arriving at the dinner. Gershkovich has been imprisoned in Russia since March after being charged with spying, despite strong denials from his employer and the US government. Also among the 2,600 guests in a cavernous hotel ballroom was Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, who has not been heard from since disappearing at a checkpoint in Syria in 2012. Biden said: “Journalism is not a crime. Evan and Austin should be released immediately along with every other American detained abroad. I promise you, I am working like hell to get them home.” The president acknowledged Brittney Griner, a basketball player who was detained in Russia for nearly 10 months last year before her release in a prisoner swap. Griner attended with her wife, Cherelle, as guests of CBS News. “This time last year we were praying for you, Brittney,” Biden said. In another preview of a 2024 campaign theme, Biden condemned news outlets that use “lies told for profit and power” to stir up hatred. “Lies told for profit and power. Lies of conspiracy and malice repeated over and over again designed to generate a cycle of anger and hate and even violence.” The Washington black-tie dinner returned last year after being sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Biden was the first president in six years to accept the invitation after Trump shunned the event while in office. This year the gala drew politicians including Vice-President Kamala Harris and celebrities such as actor Liev Schreiber and singer John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, a model and television personality.

247sports.com Tracking Auburn players in undrafted free agency Nathan King 3–4 minutes The draft has concluded, but a handful of former Tigers are still looking to begin their professional careers. Auburn saw five players taken in the 2023 NFL draft, heavily improving upon its output from last year, when cornerback Roger McCreary was the only player selected. Edge rusher Derick Hall and running back Tank Bigsby were drafted on Day 2, going in the second and third rounds, respectively, to the Seahawks and Jaguars. Saturday saw defensive lineman Colby Wooden go in the fourth round to the Packers, linebacker Owen Pappoe in the fifth round to the Cardinals, and kicker Anders Carlson join Wooden in Green Bay after being picked in the sixth round. Within the next few hours Saturday evening, and into Sunday and the early stages of the week, a few more Auburn players will likely get picked up in undrafted free agency, or will receive invites to rookie minicamps in hopes of earning their way onto a roster. Keep track of the latest moves here. All times are central. UNDRAFTED FREE AGENCY (latest update: Saturday 8:07 p.m.) • EDGE Eku Leota —> Carolina Panthers (reported by The Charlotte Observer): The former Northwestern transfer was a productive pickup for the Tigers the past two years. Leota was second on the team in both sacks and tackles for loss in 2021, and had two sacks and five TFLs before a season-ending pectoral injury in Week 5. Leota had 15 tackles for loss in 17 games as a Tiger. • TE John Samuel Shenker —> Las Vegas Raiders (per Auburn): The Tigers’ top tight end for the better part of the last four seasons, Shenker caught 68 passes in his career for 779 yards and three scores. He holds the Auburn record for tight end catches and Auburn, and No. 2 in yards. • WR Shedrick Jackson —> Cincinnati Bengals (per Auburn): After biding his time as a blocking specialist early in his career, Bo Jackson’s nephew emerged as a starter in Auburn’s receiving corps over his last two seasons. The former 4-star recruit snagged 56 receptions over the past two years, with 744 yards and a touchdown. He ran an unofficial 4.25 on his 40-yard dash at pro day, which, if correct, would be the fastest in Auburn history and the fastest at this year’s NFL Combine. • OT Kilian Zierer —> Houston Texans (per his agent): The No. 1 JUCO offensive tackle in 2020, Zierer started 16 games at Auburn, including all 12 at left tackle last season. At 6-foot-7 and 307 pounds, Zierer is originally from Germany. AUBURN PLAYERS AVAILABLE • OG Brandon Council • NT Marquis Burks 2023 NFL DRAFT RECAP • EDGE Derick Hall —> Seattle Seahawks (second round, No. 37 overall) • RB Tank Bigsby —> Jacksonville Jaguars (third round, No. 88 overall) • DE Colby Wooden —> Green Bay Packers (fourth round, No. 116 overall) 2COMMENTS • LB Owen Pappoe —> Arizona Cardinals (fifth round, No. 168 overall) • K Anders Carlson —> Green Bay Packers (sixth round, No. 207 overall) ">247Sports

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Seattle Seahawks have a spot for Auburn’s Derick Hall Published: Apr. 29, 2023, 11:19 a.m. 4–5 minutes Auburn used Derick Hall in multiple ways, but the Seattle Seahawks had one defensive spot in mind when they chose him with the 37th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft on Friday night. “He’s an outside backer that in the nickel stuff would be an outside rusher,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said on Friday night. “There’s no question for us. He and (Seahawks outside linebacker Boye) Mafe are very similar. They both run 4.5s. They’re both 250 or 60, right in there. They both are really aggressive, attacking guys, so I think you see us fitting the mold.” Hall was an All-SEC defensive end in 2022 after receiving second-team recognition at that spot in 2021. In his senior season at Auburn, Hall recorded 60 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss and one interception. “The last two years, I had to do a lot of different things,” Hall said. “I was on the line of scrimmage, playing outside, I played the end, I played outside backer, I dropped, I rushed, I was stacked back at the Mike position doing a whole bunch of different stunts, so I was moved around a lot.” Carroll said Hall would join an outside-linebacker group that’s on the rise in Seattle’s 3-4 defense as the Seahawks seek to improve from last year’s defensive showing, when they finished 25th in points allowed and yards allowed, 14th in passing yards allowed and 30th in rushing yards allowed among the NFL’s 32 teams. Seattle’s most frequent starting pair at outside linebacker last season were Uchenna Nwosu and Bruce Irvin. Nwosu started every game and tied for the team lead with 9.5 sacks. Irvin started 10 games, but he was not re-signed after the season. Mofe and Darrell Taylor played more defensive snaps than Irvin in 2022, and Taylor also had 9.5 sacks. “We’re expecting big things from this group,” Carroll said. “It’s a good group. They were very productive last year, but I think we’re just scratching the surface. I think Darrell can have a huge year, and Chenna’s really excited about adding to what he did. He had his best season ever, and I don’t see any reason why that should fall off. “And then having the chance to put Derick in that rotation – because we want to rotate these guys. We want these guys to play fresh and fast, and that looks like it’s taking really good shape.” Fast was one of the operative words for the Seahawks where Hall was concerned. “He’s really fast,” Carroll said. “Again, we added another fast guy to play on the edge. That will show up in particular if you’ve seen the highlights of his pass rush and how he digs into guys. Speed and power are really his strengths, and he pursues the ball really well. He chases it. Probably why that happens, why he gets those numbers is because of the motor that he brings. It’s really a constant. He brings it with great energy. He played a ton of plays. I think he played 80-some percent of the time last year. “He’s a tough-minded kid as well. He’s going to really be a help for us on (special) teams because he fits right into all of the core areas. He’ll be a big guy for us in all that stuff.” Seattle general manager John Schneider said Hall had boosted his stock during the pre-draft process. “A really impressive pro day,” Schneider said. “Some of his deficiencies in his game during the fall, he really showed well to compensate for some of those things at his pro day.” After choosing Hall in the second round, Seattle came back 15 picks later and added UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet to the roster. “We drafted two grown men today,” Schneider said. “Huge competitors. Excellent human beings. Alpha-dog guys. Leaders. Derick and Charbonnet are just really impressive people.” Hall and Charbonnet followed first-rounders Devon Witherspoon, a cornerback from Illinois, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, a wide receiver from Ohio State, as the Seahawks’ draft choice through the first three rounds. “When we finished the season last year, we said we wanted to add some toughness and some juice to this football team,” Schneider said, “and we feel like we’ve really done that.” FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.

Auburn DE Colby Wooden picked 116 by Green Bay in 2023 NFL Draft Updated: Apr. 29, 2023, 12:42 p.m.| Published: Apr. 29, 2023, 11:46 a.m. Colby Wooden 2023 NFL Draft Preview: Edge rusher or Defensive line at the next level? NEW! 312 shares By Nubyjas Wilborn | nwilborn@al.com Auburn defensive end Colby Wooden witnessed a lifelong dream come true on Saturday when the Green Bay Packer picked him as the 116th pick in the 2023 National Football League Draft. Wooden was a 3-star recruit, according to ESPN, and got a 4-star evaluation by 247 Sports in 2019 before arriving on the Plains. He was a three-year starter for the Tigers with 152 career tackles, 30 tackles for loss, and 17 sacks as a stalwart for Auburn. The Atlanta native made the 2020 all-Southeastern Conference freshman team as a redshirt. Read More Auburn Football: Auburn’s Derick Hall selected in the 2nd round of 2023 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks Auburn’s Tank Bigsby selected in 3rd round of 2023 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars Wooden had 41 tackles and was third in the SEC with 9.5 tackles for loss one season after playing three games as a freshman. Wooden followed the 2020 season in 2021 with 61 tackles, seven sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 26 quarterback hurries. Wooden started all 12 games in 2022, recording 45 tackles (11.5 for loss with six sacks), three pass breakups, and a team-high three forced fumbles.

Auburn LB Owen Pappoe goes 168 overall to Arizona in 2023 NFL Draft Updated: Apr. 29, 2023, 2:39 p.m.|Published: Apr. 29, 2023, 2:08 p.m. ~2 minutes Owen Pappoe can be "explosive and disruptive" in right scheme | NFL Draft analysis from Cole Cubelic By Nubyjas Wilborn | nwilborn@al.com Auburn linebacker and two-time team captain Owen Pappoe is headed to the next level. The Arizona Cardinals picked him 168 overall in the fifth round of the 2023 National Football League Draft. Pappoe was a 5-star recruit by ESPN and 247 in the 2019 class entering Auburn when Guz Malzhan was the Tigers’ head coach. It didn’t take long for Pappoe to hit the field at Auburn. He started all 13 games in 2019 while posting 49 tackles and three tackles for loss. The 6-1, 225-pound linebacker had 93 tackles in 2020 during his sophomore season. He also racked up six tackles for loss and three sacks. High expectations for Pappoe in 2021 got dashed in State College during a loss against Penn State. Pappoe got injured and missed three games with a leg injury. Several draft boards ranked Pappoe high on their preseason lists, but the injury caused him to return for the 2022 season. Pappoe bounced back in 2022 with 91 tackles and three sacks. He showed the athleticism that earned him the nickname “The Freak” when he left high school. His best last season was a 16-tackle performance in a loss against Ole Miss. Pappoe left Auburn with 256 tackles. Nubyjas Wilborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group

Tracking Auburn players in undrafted free agency Nathan King 3–4 minutes The draft has concluded, but a handful of former Tigers are still looking to begin their professional careers. Auburn saw five players taken in the 2023 NFL draft, heavily improving upon its output from last year, when cornerback Roger McCreary was the only player selected. Edge rusher Derick Hall and running back Tank Bigsby were drafted on Day 2, going in the second and third rounds, respectively, to the Seahawks and Jaguars. Saturday saw defensive lineman Colby Wooden go in the fourth round to the Packers, linebacker Owen Pappoe in the fifth round to the Cardinals, and kicker Anders Carlson join Wooden in Green Bay after being picked in the sixth round. Within the next few hours Saturday evening, and into Sunday and the early stages of the week, a few more Auburn players will likely get picked up in undrafted free agency, or will receive invites to rookie minicamps in hopes of earning their way onto a roster. Keep track of the latest moves here. All times are central. UNDRAFTED FREE AGENCY (latest update: Saturday 8:07 p.m.) • EDGE Eku Leota —> Carolina Panthers (reported by The Charlotte Observer): The former Northwestern transfer was a productive pickup for the Tigers the past two years. Leota was second on the team in both sacks and tackles for loss in 2021, and had two sacks and five TFLs before a season-ending pectoral injury in Week 5. Leota had 15 tackles for loss in 17 games as a Tiger. • TE John Samuel Shenker —> Las Vegas Raiders (per Auburn): The Tigers’ top tight end for the better part of the last four seasons, Shenker caught 68 passes in his career for 779 yards and three scores. He holds the Auburn record for tight end catches and Auburn, and No. 2 in yards. • WR Shedrick Jackson —> Cincinnati Bengals (per Auburn): After biding his time as a blocking specialist early in his career, Bo Jackson’s nephew emerged as a starter in Auburn’s receiving corps over his last two seasons. The former 4-star recruit snagged 56 receptions over the past two years, with 744 yards and a touchdown. He ran an unofficial 4.25 on his 40-yard dash at pro day, which, if correct, would be the fastest in Auburn history and the fastest at this year’s NFL Combine. • OT Kilian Zierer —> Houston Texans (per his agent): The No. 1 JUCO offensive tackle in 2020, Zierer started 16 games at Auburn, including all 12 at left tackle last season. At 6-foot-7 and 307 pounds, Zierer is originally from Germany. AUBURN PLAYERS AVAILABLE • OG Brandon Council • NT Marquis Burks 2023 NFL DRAFT RECAP • EDGE Derick Hall —> Seattle Seahawks (second round, No. 37 overall) • RB Tank Bigsby —> Jacksonville Jaguars (third round, No. 88 overall) • DE Colby Wooden —> Green Bay Packers (fourth round, No. 116 overall) 2COMMENTS • LB Owen Pappoe —> Arizona Cardinals (fifth round, No. 168 overall) • K Anders Carlson —> Green Bay Packers (sixth round, No. 207 overall) ">247Sports

si.com Former Ohio State wide receiver Caleb Burton is expected to visit Auburn this week Zac Blackerby ~2 minutes Auburn football is expected to host Caleb Burton, who could be a great addition in a position of need. The Auburn Tigers are expected to host former Ohio State wide receiver Caleb Burton on a visit this weekend according to multiple reports. Burton, a former 4-star standout, did not see the field in his lone season with the Buckeyes. Wherever he chooses to transfer, he will have four years left of eligibility. The Austin, Texas native had quite the roster list coming out of high school. He was offered by Auburn in April of 2020. On last year's roster, Ohio State listed Burton at 5-foot-11, 169 pounds. He was recruited to play both the outside and the slot positions when he was coming out of the high school ranks. Burton is expected to visit Auburn on the same weekend as former Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson and former Colorado wideout Montana Lemonious-Craig. All three would make Hugh Freeze's offensive roster better for the 2023 season. The transfer window has been slower than many expected but things seem to be heating up at Auburn on the final weekend of the portal window before it closes on April 30th for undergrad transfers.

247sports.com Auburn offers North Texas LB transfer Larry Nixon III Christian Clemente ~2 minutes As Auburn continues to look and rebuild its roster, a new name has appeared out of the transfer portal as an option at linebacker. After entering the transfer portal on Saturday, former North Texas linebacker Larry Nixon III has been offered by Auburn, according to his Twitter account. Spending four seasons at North Texas, Nixon III is a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining at his next stop. After redshirting in 2018, Nixon III worked his way into the rotation for the Mean Green, eventually becoming the second-leading tackler during the 2022 season. Nixon III was a first team All-Conference USA selection in 2022 as he totaled 105 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack. He finished his career at North Texas with 246 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. Out of North Richland Hills (Tx.), Nixon III garnered a two-star rating as a recruit. He ranked as the No. 198 outside linebacker prospect in the country for the 2018 cycle with North Texas being his only known offer at the time. 4COMMENTS So far in the second portal window, Auburn has also hosted former Cincinnati linebacker Jaheim Thomas on a visit, as the staff looks to add to that room. Already adding former Ole Miss linebacker Austin Keys and former LSU linebacker DeMario Tolan in the first portal window, Nixon III is listed at 6-foot-2 and 236 pounds, bringing a big, physical presence to a linebacker room. ">247Sports

auburnwire.usatoday.com Former Colorado WR Montana Lemonious-Craig visiting Auburn this weekend Taylor Jones ~2 minutes Just one week after putting on an amazing display at Colorado‘s spring game, it appears that wide receiver Montana Lemonious-Craig is heavily considering a new home in Auburn. Auburn Undercover reported Saturday that Lemonious-Craig, who reeled in six passes for 168 yards in Colorado’s spring game last Saturday, is in town visiting Auburn just six days after entering the transfer portal. Buy Tigers Tickets Lemonious-Craig was Colorado’s leading receiver in terms of receptions, as he hauled in 23 catches for 359 yards and three touchdowns for the Buffaloes last season. New head coach Deion Sanders has taken his share of criticism, as over 50 players from last season’s roster at Colorado have entered the transfer portal. However, the departure of Lemonious-Craig appears to have caught several people off guard, including Jackson State transfer and son of Deion, Shedeur Sanders. “MLC is the TP right now,” Sanders said in a recent video. “That’s foul.” Lemonious-Craig is a 6-2, 210-pound receiver who signed with Colorado as a three-star receiver from Inglewood, California in the 2020 recruiting cycle. His presence could enhance Auburn’s receiving room which includes Koy Moore and Cincinnati transfer Nick Mardner. Check out some of Lemonious-Craig’s Colorado highlights below: Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__

auburnwire.usatoday.com Transfer target Isaac Ukwu visiting Auburn JD McCarthy ~2 minutes Auburn is looking to land its first transfer of the spring window and one of the top players available is visiting. Former JMU edge rusher Isaac Ukwu has arrived on the Plains, he announced. The graduate transfer entered the portal on Tuesday and already has over 10 offers. The 6-foot-3, 260-pound has had a winding journey since signing with JMU in 2017. He appeared in three games in 2018, missed the next two seasons with injury, and broke out in 2021 and 2022. Buy Tigers Tickets He racked up 83 tackles, 27.0 tackles for loss, 16.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery over the past two seasons. RELATED: Live updates of Auburn Tigers in the portal The Tigers are recruiting him at the jack linebacker spot, where they have just four scholarship players. They added Vanderbilt transfer Elijah McAllister in the earlier portal window but he is backed up by an inexperienced and unproven trio of Dylan Brooks, Keldric Faulk, and Brenton Williams. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion

i thought raygun did that? i know doodley about economics. i know the rich are getting filthy rich without paying a living wage to a lot of folks. some lady on reddit said to earn a wage one can live on is 35 dollars an hour. i know it is up there. we have become selfish in this country. i have also read on reddit that this is a main reason the newer generation and others have no interest in working. they say the system is gamed and i agree. what is minimum wage now? is it still sevenfifty? and you can bet your behind there are those that will only pay that. and look at the last time minimum wage was raised. what good is helping corps with tax dollars and tax breaks when their policies mostly crush the little people. it is sad and it is gamed all the time. eggs went up to nine bucks an hour because the rgg folks claimed they were losing their behinds. well somewhere they made a ton of profit by fudging the numbers somehow. googled................. Despite the higher prices, the total number of eggs it sold edged up 1%, so its overall revenue rose 109% to $997.5 million. That doubling of revenue was nothing compared to its profits, however. Net income soared to $323.2 million from only $39.5 million a year ago.Mar 29, 2023. now tell me the fix is not in. i believe in my heart one day this country and the poor will explode like what happened in france. trust me when i say eggs were notthe only guys who made record profits. look at gas and oil. and they are pricing college way too high for many to be able to afford. i believe the system is gamed. yight now if you are not a rocket scientist you better get a damn good trade to make it.

Kerr: Gov. Sununu could be GOP's salvation. This is how he could make it happen. D. Allan Kerr 5–7 minutes I’m not just saying this as a hometown boy, and I’m reluctant to give a helpful tip to a Republican leadership which has been pretty pathetic over the past few years, but the party still has a shot at redemption and its name might be Chris Sununu. D. Allan Kerr New Hampshire’s Republican governor is said to be considering a 2024 White House run in what looks to be emerging as a crowded field. He was just re-elected to his fourth term in a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation, and has a lot of experience and success he can promote on the campaign trail. But that’s not what would make him a genuine threat to take the GOP nomination. If he decides to go for it, Sununu has three highly marketable qualities — he’s wicked smahht, as we say in parts of New England; he has an affable and approachable demeanor; and he’s funny as hell. Sununu has an engineering degree from MIT but comes across more as an easygoing jock than a bookish academic. He has an uncanny ability to explain complex issues in a way accessible to your average person on the street. His father John H., a three-term Granite State governor in the ‘80s, was also considered an intelligent guy (PhD from MIT in mechanical engineering), but tended to come across as arrogant and condescending. I don’t recall anyone marveling at the old man’s sense of humor. As for the current Governor Sununu, his best weapon is a playful wit I’m absolutely certain would be Donald Trump’s kryptonite on the debate stage. Sununu delivered one of the best quips I’ve heard from a Republican about Trump, about a year ago. “I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution,” he said of Trump at a Gridiron Club dinner last April, “but I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!” He’s entirely at ease bantering on camera with the likes of HBO talk show host Bill Maher, who’s about as witty as it gets these days. When Maher recently pressed Sununu about his possible presidential campaign, the governor joked, “I’m going to see what percentage of the potential candidates get indicted. If it’s over 25 percent, we’ll see!” I know certain friends will want to throw rocks at my head for saying nice things about Sununu but the truth is, he’s one of the few remaining Republican stars with genuine likability. He brings to his campaigns a “happy warrior” persona that carries well in general elections. Ronald Reagan back in the ‘80s was one of the more optimistic politicians of his era, and enjoyed immense popularity. And Joe Biden’s upbeat style has brought him success as well. Meanwhile, those considered the current faces of the GOP all seem bitter, pissy, whiny, and petty — which doesn’t typically inspire the masses. They just look small. There was a time I thought Ron DeSantis had a legitimate shot at taking the next GOP nomination. Now it appears folks are starting to realize the mad little troll of Tallahassee is essentially a one-woke pony. Like, if the term “woke” were eliminated from his vocabulary, he wouldn’t have a campaign at all. Or maybe they finally noticed his uncanny resemblance to Shrek’s diminutive Lord Farquaad (which may be why he resents Disney so much) and realized he’s not that presidential after all. Nikki Haley had a brilliant future about four years ago, but can’t decide if she wants to take on Trump or continue to kiss his ring. She needs to pick a lane and hit the gas, one way or the other. Mike Pompeo, thankfully, finally realized no one wants him to be president and bowed out before he really got started. I can’t imagine what made him think he had a shot in the first place. The same can be said about Mike Pence. I actually like Chris Christie, but it seems like his moment has passed. And no one else mentioned as considering a run is a serious threat to the title. At just 48 years old, Sununu brings a youthful vigor to the stage. He plays rugby for fun. In his younger days he hiked the Appalachian Trail for five months, from Maine to Georgia. And of course, as the former CEO of Waterville Valley ski resort, he’s well-seasoned on the slopes. In terms of policy, the governor is what can be described as a common-sense conservative — an adherent to the wing’s sacred core principles but not inclined to indulge the whackier aspects pursued by the party’s nutjobs. He’s one of the few Republicans who publicly call out the blatant hypocrisy of DeSantis’ war on Disney, which in saner times would be blasphemous. Conservatism calls for government to get out of the way of capitalism, not engage in a mud-wrestling match when you disagree with a company’s policies. And Sununu’s one of the few in the GOP not named Cheney with the audacity to slam Trump directly, even as the former game show host lurches from one disaster to another. “Donald Trump is positioning himself to be a four-time loser in 2024,” Sununu told “Meet the Press” just this past weekend. If nothing else, the governor would freshen up what looks like a stale upcoming primary season, and likely provide some entertainment along the way. D. Allan Kerr is an ex-dockworker, former newspaperman and U.S. Navy veteran living in Kittery, Maine. This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Kerr: NH Gov. Sununu could be GOP's salvation in 2024 this guy actually interests me some. give us the low down righies..........

i would be happy if we could just do away with greed. that would solve a lot. and this is everyone to me in politics because you can be an idiot and do nothing but talk about space lasers and leave a millionaire.

the same people that want biden gone are the same ones who were fine with ronald not even being able to talk and nancy had to do it. hell before that he did not understand the questions that people asked him and again it was nancy and not ronald answering. what qualified his wife to even speak for him when he had a vice pres? you people just kill me. and that would not include those of you that would love to kill me am i right?

I AM SURE iam has a great reason for that. lets here it iam,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

salon.com "He admits it": Ted Cruz describes "step two" of Jan. 6 plot in new leaked recording Tatyana Tandanpolie 4–5 minutes Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, privately described a plot to create an electoral commission to assess the false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election in a newly released Jan. 2, 2021 recording of a conversation between him, former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg and Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. Though the tape, recorded just four days before the insurrection at the Capitol, echoes the Texas senator's public statements related to the plot to block the certification of President Joe Biden's win, it reveals the depth of his plot to support former President Donald Trump, The Washington Post reports. In the audio, Cruz, who was also the first senator to object to the Electoral College results, details his scheme to establish the commission, explaining that he gathered 11 senators to object to the electoral certification, which would prompt a 10-day audit. "I think that the country deserves to have a credible assessment of these claims and what the evidence shows and the mechanism to try to force that is denying certification on the sixth," Cruz said in the tape, first aired by MSNBC's Ari Melber. Bartiromo also asked Cruz who would decide which candidate would be inaugurated. Cruz said that if the commission "found credible evidence of fraud that undermines confidence in the electoral results in any given state they would report on that." To support his plan, Cruz also cited the electoral commission created in 1876 to investigate potential voter fraud in the Hayes-Tilden election. "You need an adjudicatory body with fact-finding and investigative authority to consider the facts to examine the record and to make determinations — that's how they did it in 1877," Cruz told Grossberg and Bartiromo. Cruz repeated these sentiments on the Senate floor shortly before the mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, both times neglecting to mention the Compromise of 1877. The agreement allowed Republican candidate Hayes to become president and prevented another civil war but required Republicans to pull federal troops from the South, bringing an end to the Reconstruction Era and subjecting Black Americans to the deluge of white supremacist violence that followed. Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. During his segment on Tuesday, Melber claimed that the senator's calls for a reassessment of the election results "was for Cruz one step in a larger coup plot." "He admits it," Melber continued after playing the audio. "You heard the question — who decides who gets inaugurated that's what this is all about. You have a certified winner. You have the courts having passed up any potential challenge. So, at that point, it was President-elect Biden, and Cruz answers this fake, made-up commission he and his Trump buddy were planning to create to bureaucratize a coup. That's what they were trying to do. That was his answer. That's how they were trying to steal the race. The references to fraud, we know, one, he didn't believe in those we have that on tape. B. more importantly, the judges and fact-finding we have in the country didn't find there was that kind of fraud and then 3. that's all just talk anyway because they're literally trying to steal it for Trump, so all the words in the middle are just the words to get there." Cruz tweeted his response to Melber and the tape Tuesday evening: "This @msnbc [clown] is breathlessly reporting that I 'secretly' said in a phone call…the EXACT same thing I said on national television the next morning! And then said again on the Senate floor four days later."

Open in app or online Saturday rewind: we used to tax the s*** out of the wealthy and I remember what that was like Apr 29 note: the following piece was originally published on December 6, 2022, when our little substack community was much smaller than it is today. readership here is about ten times what it was back in December, so I’m reposting this today in order to put it in front of that larger audience. have a great Saturday, everyone. — jeff t. Sam Pizzigati has a great piece up at inequality.org: Once upon a time, the United States seriously taxed the nation’s rich. You remember that time? Probably not. To have a personal memory of that tax-the-rich era, you now have to be well into your seventies. I was born in 1957, when the top tax rate was 90%. I have no memory of that, of course, but I do remember what things were like in the 1960s, when the top margin was 70%, which brings me to the point I want to make. Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich hi kids! it's me, your favorite sexagenarian here to tell you that when I was a kid we taxed the s*** out of the wealthy and not only did we have money to build bridges and schools and moon rockets, rich people still had plenty of money left over to spend on rich people bull**** 4:28 PM ∙ Nov 25, 2022 45,141Likes9,745Retweets Upgrade to paid most Americans alive today don’t know what it’s like to live in a country where the rich pay their fair share of taxes. I do. construction projects were everywhere. everything was brand new. the grade school I attended was brand new. my middle school was brand new. Route 80 came through town, cutting an hour off the 60-mile drive to New York City. communication satellites. moon rockets. the earliest iterations of what would become the internet. all paid for with tax dollars paid by our country’s wealthiest. beginning with Reagan, 50 years of wingnut propaganda have convinced two generations of Americans that government that does ****-all to help its citizens is normal. let me assure you, it’s not normal. every other wealthy country looks at us and wonders why we’re so ******* nuts. wealth doesn’t voluntarily trickle down. wealth has had 50 years to trickle down, and it hasn’t yet and it isn’t going to magically start any time soon. here’s what I find most troublesome: my generation will die off in a couple of decades and if things don’t change, there will be no one alive who remembers the possibilities of a fully-funded government. an America with crumbling infrastructure and uncaring government will be the permanent norm. I’m just a loudmouth on the internet. I don’t have a solution to this. but I hope to **** that someone somewhere does everyone is entitled to my own opinion is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

people said Auburn was loaded with money and yet we had to borrow a few million from samford hall i believe i read correctly?

With Mike Pence's testimony, Jack Smith's Jan. 6 investigation of Donald Trump picks up steam David Knowles 6–8 minutes Special counsel Jack Smith. (Charles Dharapak/AP) Former Vice President Mike Pence testified Thursday before the federal grand jury convened by special counsel Jack Smith to investigate former President Donald Trump's efforts to hold onto power by overturning the results of the 2020 election. Pence's appearance comes as Smith is believed to be wrapping up his investigation and possibly preparing to indict Trump on charges that could include obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States and insurrection. Prior to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump pressured Pence to summarily reject the certification of the Electoral College vote tally showing that Joe Biden had won the election. Pence refused to comply, leading Trump to denounce him at a Washington rally prior to the riot. Trump's supporters then descended on the Capitol in an effort to disrupt the certification of the election, chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” as they ransacked the building and delayed the proceedings. On Thursday, Pence testified under oath before the grand jury for roughly seven hours about his dealings with Trump following the 2020 election. In a video statement posted the same day, Trump repeated himself in describing the man who might yet indict him as "a Trump-hating prosecutor, Jack Smith, he’s a Trump-hater. His wife’s a Trump-hater. His family is a Trump-hater. They all hate Trump. They hate him with a passion and they’ll do anything they can to hurt Trump.” [Who is Jack Smith, the special counsel Garland appointed to investigate Trump?] The former president, who has a healthy lead over his Republican challengers for the 2024 GOP primary, also misspoke about which election cycle he claimed Smith was trying to influence with his investigation. “But he's a harasser and an abuser of our people in order to obstruct and interfere with the 2020 presidential election, that’s why they’re doing it. We’re leading by a lot in the polls. If I weren’t, I believe it would all stop." Here’s a rundown of where Smith’s investigation stands and why Trump has good reason to be concerned. All eyes on Pence Former Vice President Mike Pence after speaking at a conference on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon/AP) The appearance by the former vice president on Thursday before the Washington grand jury is a significant event in Smith’s investigation. On Wednesday, an appeals court rejected a last-ditch appeal by Trump's lawyers to block Pence from testifying. Just hours later, Pence swore to tell the truth and nothing but the truth about his interactions with Trump and the plan hatched by lawyer John Eastman for Pence to reject the Electoral College tally. While the testimony already given by former members of Trump’s staff will no doubt factor into Smith's decision on whether to charge Trump with crimes, Pence is the central character in the former president's plan to subvert American democracy. “We’ll obey the law, we’ll tell the truth,” Pence said in an interview with CBS on Sunday. 2nd firm hired by Trump confirmed absence of 2020 election fraud Dominion ballot-counting machines in Estancia, N.M. (Andres Leighton/AP) While Trump spent months prior to the 2020 election declaring to the nation that it would be marred by fraud due to the use of mail-in ballots, those claims have since repeatedly been proved false. In order to charge him with conspiracy and obstruction, however, Smith will need to prove that Trump wasn’t simply wrong that fraud had cost him victory in the election, but that he pursued a strategy to overturn the results even though he knew his assertions were bogus. To that end, Smith has subpoenaed employees of two firms that Trump’s campaign paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of the election to turn up evidence of voter fraud. “No substantive voter fraud was uncovered in my investigations looking for it, nor was I able to confirm any of the outside claims of voter fraud that I was asked to look at,” Ken Block, founder of the firm Simpatico Software Systems, one of the firms subpoenaed by Smith, told the Washington Post. “Every fraud claim I was asked to investigate was false.” [Pence Just Testified About Trump’s Election Theft Plot for Over Seven Hours: Rolling Stone] Berkeley Research Group, a second firm contracted by the Trump campaign and subpoenaed by Smith, reached the same conclusion: Voter fraud significant enough to sway the results of the 2020 election had simply not occurred. Whether Trump was made aware of the findings by Simpatico Software Systems and Berkeley Research Group is not clear, but his campaign certainly received them. Trump fundraising under the microscope In the two months following the 2020 election, Trump and his associates may have used his bogus election claims to raise millions of dollars from his supporters. Smith has been scrutinizing that fundraising, the Washington Post reported, which may have violated federal wire fraud laws that prohibit the use of false information over email to raise money. According to the Post, Smith has sent “subpoenas in recent weeks to Trump advisers and former campaign aides, Republican operatives and other consultants involved in the 2020 presidential campaign” in connection with the possible fundraising grift. Fox News producer Abby Grossberg to turn over recordings to Smith Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at a Senate committee hearing in March. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP) Smith's case may not implicate only Trump. On Tuesday, former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg released a recording she had made of a conversation between Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, describing a plan to challenge the 2020 election results. Grossberg, who worked with the recently fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson, is suing the network for alleged gender and religious discrimination. Earlier this month, Fox News reached a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over bogus claims of voter fraud promoted by the network’s hosts. MSNBC reported Tuesday that Smith had contacted Grossberg’s lawyers and was in the process of securing access to the recording of the conversation between Bartiromo and Cruz, as well as others.