My ex remarried within a year. And again at about 12 years. I’m still happily single.

SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.

Scrape it off and prime before painting or you will have wasted your efforts!

It’ll be interesting to see what insurance companies do - I’m guessing that Covid vax saves hospitalization costs so despite these misguided recommendations they may continue to support use

So they want immigrants to self identify by applying? Basically a hit list.

Do you know why they refuse to cover it?

I just went through from Vermont to Quebec last week and back again this week. There was nothing unusual about crossing the border in either direction.

Fun! Found there is only one business on it for Burlington VT but now I know where not to get flooring.

Well, the plan is not to collect data that doesn't support their theory going forward. If you stop measuring it, it didn't happen....

The only positive from this is it highlights the issue of tariffs to a whole group of people who potentially aren't paying any attention to what's happening out there. And maybe it'll make them mad enough that they do start to pay attention.

We won't need it because we won't be able to afford food.

Lead stories 12:30pm

WaPo: Wall St slides
Wall St Jrnl: Market turmoil
NYT: Stock slide deepens
BBC: UK FTSE falls
AP: Sell off worsens

Fox "News": No mention of stocks- Bondi announces arrests of suspected MS-13 gangbangers in brutal cold case murder

Oh my! That's so woke. Quick, who can we blame the depression on instead?

Looks as though we'll all learn a lot about mindless consumerism over the next few years.

I heard the thunder in Burlington but didn't look out the window. It's just raining here.

Thank you Wisconsin for not falling for Musk's bribery! You're sending MAGA and Project 2025 an important message.

Same, but I had two categories- I group I guessed because they are all keyboard neighbors…but then I bombed the rest

Just shoveled. More like 5” of wet heavy snow. It has slowed a lot now.

Not here! About 3" of snow in Burlington right now.

They seem to have disable the captcha so you can't submit.

PBMs add no value at all. It's just a cost that gets passed on to the rest of us.

We actually had an awful mandatory training that essentially said that. They also used race as a proxy for every other disadvantaged group - they even said it in the training. We need DEI efforts but not terrible training.

The DOGE firing of people who work in nuclear programs and bird flu and then trying to figure out how to rehire them makes DOGE and the administration look stupid. like they don't know what they're doing. It also makes the US look stupid. It's also very inefficient.

Right now I’m thankful:
my dog survived- a week ago, I though I would lose him, that my Covid is mild because of vaccines, my son is over his, neighbors with snowblowers, thoughtful friends. There is still good in the world.

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Jan 6 rioter pardoned by Trump wanted on child solicitation charge A man who attacked police on Jan 6 is now wanted in Houston for charges of online solicitation of a minor which he was facing Before his riot arrest.

Andrew Taake, 36, was awaiting trial for alleged online solicitation of a minor in Houston, when he pleaded guilty to his January 6 charge of assaulting law enforcement.

www.newsweek.com/jan-six-riot...

Man pardoned for role in January 6 attack rearrested on federal gun charges Daniel Ball granted clemency by Trump over riot-related offenses but remains in jail under separate gun charge

The second Capitol rioter to be rearrested is Daniel Ball, who was taken into custody for a federal gun charge from 2023 shortly after his release from prison. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Matthew Huttle: January 6 defendant killed by police days after Trump pardon The man was one of nearly 1,600 people pardoned last week for their roles in the 2021 riot at the US Capitol.

Matthew Huttle, 42, was shot and killed on Sunday when police pulled his vehicle over, and he allegedly resisted and ended up in an "altercation" with an officer, an Indiana State Police (ISP) statement said. www.bbc.com/news/article...