It's good to know the guys in DC are taking care of the important shit...

 
The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would leave it to the states to decide whether to legalize the drug. Many, including New Jersey, already have, putting them in conflict with federal law. Those state-legal businesses would be able to obtain checking accounts, credit cards and other financial services now denied to them.

Isn't it fascinating that these same people that got so fuckin' bent out of shape when SCOTUS left abortion rights up to the states now do a flip-flop on State's rights when it serves their purpose?

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The Jersey Shore at this time of year. There's nothing about that that I miss. Sad but true.
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Like everything else in life - it's all about perspective, isn't it...

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The Democrat mayors of New York and Washington are asking the Biden administration to help with what they say is a surge in their cities of asylum-seeking migrants from border states, eliciting gleeful reactions from Republicans who say the pleas are evidence the U.S. is in an immigration crisis.

Muriel Bowser of Washington and Eric Adams of New York have plunged deep into the national debate about how to deal with migrants appearing at the U.S. border with Mexico, seizing on bus trips paid for by the states of Texas and Arizona to send migrants to the nation’s capital after their release by federal immigration authorities at the border.

Adams had incorrectly claimed migrants have also been bused to New York. He downplayed those misstatements Thursday, but stood firm in his criticism of the tactic touted by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, both Republicans.

“The mere fact that they sent people out of their states, people who were seeking refuge in our country, then sent them away — did they deny that?” Adams said. “They ended up here because they didn’t get the support there.”

Abbott and Ducey have trumpeted the bus trips, a months-old practice that has been long on political theater but short on practical impact. They’ve sought to put President Joe Biden on notice about the consequences of border enforcement, and it appears to be working - at least a little bit.

 

So here's what you can take out of all of this -  they're all for all these motherfuckers coming in to the country illegally, as long as they don't have to foot the bill or care for them. Okay, got it. 

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It was probably actually thousands of jobs, so the statement was inherently false by their standards. Imagine that.

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If the jackpot is won in the next drawing, it would mark Mega Millions’ fifth-largest prize ever.

The cash option, which most big jackpot winners choose instead of an annuity, is $359.7 million.

A 24% federal withholding would be just the start of the winner’s tax bill. However, because the top federal marginal tax rate is 37% - which applies to income above $539,900 as a single taxpayer or $647,850 for married couples filing jointly - you could expect to owe more at tax time.

One way to reduce your tax bill is to think charitably, according to the American Institute of CPAs: You can contribute cash, up to 60% of your adjusted gross income, to a public charity or a donor-advised fund and get a tax deduction for the amount in the year you make the donation. You could also create a private foundation, donate income to it and then determine over time how to employ it. 

 

Or you could say 'Fuck all that' and go to Vegas and blow it all on hookers and blow. Juss' sayin'...

The chance of a single ticket matching all six numbers drawn in Mega Millions is about 1 in 302 million. For Powerball - whose jackpot is an estimated $101 million for Wednesday night’s drawing - it’s 1 in 292 million.

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And they report it like it's some kind of bad thing...

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This is Nobel Prize-winning Dr. Tu Youyou (yes - that is her real name). She is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and educator. She's best known for discovering artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, drugs used to treat malaria. Her work has saved millions of lives.

 Imagine being friends with her, and being invited to her birthday party.  At some point you'd be singing 'Happy Birthday' to her.  Go ahead. Try it.

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