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The AP headlne is 'interesting'. When I read it, I thought Pelosi was hit, and the other guy ran. Often, a hit and run means you don't have the guy in custody that did the 'hit. They don't come out and say that Pelosi was the one that hit the car, they say he was 'involved' in a hit-and-run.

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Paul Pelosi in hit-and-run in California, car left with major damage, authorities say

The husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run in California that left a parked car with “major” damage authorities said Saturday, and he could face misdemeanor charges.

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So if a guy wearing a MAGA hat shot up a place and killed a dozen people, would they report that so-and-so was 'involved' in a shooting?

I found a reference to that stat years ago, can't find it now, but it was a ridiculously loose definition of 'hunger'. Something like:

Have you, or anyone in your household, in the past 6 months:

1) Had to skip a meal due to lack of funds (that you spent on cigarettes, booze, or drugs instead)?

---Ahhh I found it "food insecurity" is their buzzword-salad for "hunger" ...

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What is Food Insecurity? How many Texans are “food insecure”? According to the latest USDA report, an average 18.4% of Texas households experienced food insecurity in the years 2010­2012. Texas ranks among the top twelve states in terms of food insecurity rates, and second in terms of the number of food insecure households. Using related data, the national group Feeding America has estimated the number of individuals and children who lived in these households in 2010 in every Texas county.

What does “food insecure” mean? Food insecurity is the most broadly­ used measure of food deprivation in the United States. The USDA defines food insecurity as meaning “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year.” Acceptable shorthand terms for food insecurity are “hungry, or at risk of hunger,” and “hungry, or faced the threat of hunger.” Food insecurity can also accurately be described as “a financial juggling act, where sometimes the food ball gets dropped.”

What does “food insecure” NOT mean? Food insecurity is not “the government’s definition of hunger.” It is a broader term that captures outright hunger and the coping mechanisms that households use to avoid hunger. Food insecurity is a household situation, not an individual situation. While food insecurity affects everyone in a household, it may affect them differently. Therefore it is not correct to state that specific individuals in a food insecure household (such as children) definitely experience outright hunger or specific coping mechanisms. Rather than describing these individuals as being “food insecure”, they should be referred to as “living in a food insecure home.” Food insecurity is a year­long measure. Therefore, it is not correct to assert that every food insecure household is experiencing food insecurity “right now,” will experience hunger “tonight” or “does not know where their next meal is coming from.” Research shows that food insecurity tends to be episodic and often cyclical. Food insecurity does not mean that a household lacks access to grocery stores, lives in a “food desert,” or does not have time to shop/cook. It only refers to lack of food access based on financial and other material resources.

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There wouldn't be any cotton to pick on June 19 in any year past or present.

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I missed making /reading any comments here on the 3rd of June.

I probably have mentioned this before, but grew up on a farm in Northern IL. Was a young teen when this song came out. I figured the songwriter was from California. Of course we didn't grow cotton, but I couldn't imagine harvesting cotton in June, even in the warmer South.

Many years later, I learned that Bobbie Gentry really was from the South, and "choppin' cotton', wasn't harvesting it, it was weeding it. Now it all fits.

Fantastic song, and beautiful, hot, talented lady.

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Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry

Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day

I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay

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My favorite performance, oddly, from the Andy Williams show (most would be too young to remember that show). A little more emotional than the single:

Imagine a Democrat mayor saying this today, or any Mayor for that matter:

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Chicago Mayor Daley, 1968:

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Daley issued a directive that going forward authorities should “shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand because they are potential murderers” and “shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city.”

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Remove the step-up in basis tax and this entire topic disappears.

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Remove the step-up in basis tax and you have created a ton more of other problems.

So a guy builds a family business. That business can't run without the $50M factory that was built over 40 years, many of those years being hard times. So now the owner dies, and owes an estate tax on that, or all the unrealized gains are now taxed, even though they aren't taking the money out of the business?

You'll destroy those businesses, you'll destroy the incentive to build a family business.

They are getting taxed every which way, property taxes on the factory, their share of employee taxes, etc. If you own stocks, the dividends are taxed. If you manage to hang on to some, I say they are yours, and you have the right to pass them on to whoever you want, the govt should not get involved.

And don't tell me you'll make a carve out for business investments - Congress will put in 'loopholes' for their rich friends, and it will just complicate things for every one else.

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Not go to a track meet he wasn’t supposed to be at as he was suspended.

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Do you have a credible link for that? AI is saying no, but I can't always trust it.

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He chose Jury.

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He chose.... poorly.

I linked it here in another thread...

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Breaking a verdict has been reached in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial it will be announced sometime after 2:05 PM central time

I hate legalese - while I'm pretty sure I understand what a sentence in there says, but considering the weight of a murder trial, I would need to be 100% sure I interpreted it correctly.

And to be 100% sure, I'd need to make a diagram of some of those sentences. They're full of double-triple negatives, with those twists and turns all set out before you get to the end of the sentence which says something like "then you must (or must not) find the defendant guilty (or not guilty) of said charge". By the time I get to the end, I lost what was at the beginning!

edit/add: I thought I might be exaggerating, but that paragraph that begins "Now therefore, bearing in mind..." goes on for 8 full lines - and it is one, single, long, run-on sentence.

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To be a juror, one you must possess some form of accepted ID AND be a registered voter.

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Not quite:

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Qualifications for Jury Service You do not need any special skills or legal knowledge to be a juror! To be qualified to serve as a juror you must:

be at least 18 years of age;

be a citizen of the United States;

be a resident of this state and of the county in which you are to serve as a juror;

be qualified under the Constitution and laws to vote in the county in which you are to serve as a juror (Note: You do not have to be
registered to vote to be qualified to vote);

be of sound mind and good moral character;

be able to read and write;

not have served as a juror for six days during the preceding three months in the county court or during the preceding six months in the district court; and

not have been convicted of, or be under indictment or other legal accusation for, misdemeanor theft or a felony.

*Note that the completion of deferred adjudication is not a disqualifying "conviction". (Texas Government Code § 62.102. General Qualifications for Jury Service. Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles 35.16 et. seq.)

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