The foo-foo Provincial furniture looks ridiculous. The first laundry room with the white appliances was designed by someone who has never done laundry. The second laundry room has black appliances - really the only color in the house. I suspect they were brought in from a previous house to save money. The kitchen looks like AI - there’s no kitchen sink and the work triangle is non-existent. The plants photograph gray for some reason. Very strange. The garage is absurdly small for a house of that size.

The article talks about the difference in focus, the Chinese on practicaInter slop - pictures, entertainment, etc. This sounds like an important distinction. The amount of energy used by American systems vs. the efficiency of Deep Seek will also become important, and I think very quickly. The current pace of infrastructure construction is not sustainable.

I have to agree with Trump that it was the right time to stop what was beginning (or "biginning" as Trump wrote in the Knesset visitors book ) to be a one sided stalemate. The Palestinian terrorists however have not released all the hostages, they have openly executed 'collaborators' in the streets, and are fighting with splinter group (who may be worse terrorists).

I guess since Republicans have established they are ok with deporting people to... anywhere, the next administration should be able to start deporting white supremicists without any problems, right?

Several leading news organizations with access to Pentagon briefings have formally said they will not agree to a new defense department policy that requires them to pledge they will not obtain unauthorized material and restricts access to certain areas unless accompanied by an official. The policy, presented last month by the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been widely criticized by media organizations asked to sign the pledge by Tuesday at 5pm or have 24 hours to turn in their press credentials. The move follows a shake-up in February in which long-credentialed media outlets were required to vacate assigned workspaces which was cast as an “annual media rotation program”. A similar plan was presented at the White House where some briefing room spots were given to podcasters and other representatives of non-traditional media. On Monday, the Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, HuffPost and trade publication Breaking Defense in saying it would not sign on to the agreement. Matt Murray, the Post’s executive editor, said the policy runs counter to constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press.. Fox News will not sign on either. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/13/defense-department-media-news-rules

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"Yet the legislators from those states are usually the ones most vocal on repealing or weakening the Affordable Care Act."- Will have to give those legislators credit for consistency.

Charlie Brown is involved I am sure.

"Barbarians" is what they called us. Ok, so we lack some manners.

"Two weeks ago, first grade teacher Maria Heavener’s students at Funston Elementary saw something no child should ever have to see — federal agents releasing tear gas outside their school in Logan Square. “It was the first time my students had ever seen that level of violence in our community,” Heavener said. “Right there on the corner of Central Park and Armitage.” That day, Maria and her colleagues acted quickly - closing windows, ushering students to safety, and standing between children and armed federal agents. Last week at Funston, Mayor Brandon Johnson, CTU President Davis Gates and AFT President Randi Weingarten stood with Maria to honor the bravery of Funston educators, parents and community members. They demanded an end to the federal occupation of Chicago and to the attack on our Black and brown communities. Because classrooms should be sanctuaries — not battlegrounds."

@Steve-Miller said in Daughter's wedding: What a beautiful wedding and such beautiful people! Even the old man looks pretty good! Ha, scrubbed up quite well in my new Beckham@Boss suit & old tie. It is nice to occasionally dress like a gentleman, put on some handmade wingtips.

Asters and mums here.

Crazy bridge design. Yeah, it’s simulation in a game, but still! Link to video So far I have not been able to imagine what paths of trial and error led the designer to his final design.