B-Man

What a surprise !

It reeks of payoff. .

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My dog wore his Bills scarf. We have never won when he has worn it. I saw it on him a minute into the game and tore it off. . . . . . . . . . but it was too late. .

Sorry Chuck.

Shrinkage By Bill Glahn Are mass federal layoffs here? NBC News reports, Trump administration begins ‘substantial’ federal worker layoffs amid shutdown. Details, Affected agencies include the departments of Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, according to an administration official. What are they to do? Congress never passed a 2025 budget, apparently. The money ran out the last day of the fiscal year, September 30. Thanks to the Senate filibuster, Democrats won’t provide the votes to extend current spending levels. Starting next week, federal workers won’t get paid. In return for votes, Democrats want to reverse all of the gains made under Trump 2.0 in every area. So, there is no obvious way to resolve the impasse. It will certainly not be resolved as long as Democrats think they are winning. Republicans hold the White House and both houses of Congress. But, thanks to the filibuster, Democrats believe that they are in a position to dictate all government policy. The layoff notices are just a formality, a courtesy, if you will. Government is broke, de jure, and with $38 trillion in debt, broke, de facto. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/shrinkage.php#google_vignette

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Irish Government Tells EU What It Can Do With Its Demand to Force 'Hate Speech' Laws on the Public Mike Miller It what may become a "yuuge" (as President Donald Trump might say) victory for free speech in Europe, Irish Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan announced to the lower House of Ireland’s national parliament that he will not accede to the demands of the European Union (EU) after it put Ireland on notice that it must either submit to the EU's demands to force "hate speech" laws on the Irish public, or risk legal action in Brussels. Before we continue, kudos to Justice Minister O'Callaghan for basically telling the EU what it can do with its (beyond hypocritical) "hate speech" nonsense. Earlier this year, the ever-smug EU gave Ireland a two-month ultimatum to pass new hate speech laws or face legal action for allegedly failing to meet EU standards on issues like antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred. Hold the bus. Raise your hand if you think a majority of the members of the Union — including United Kingdom countries — are as concerned with rampant antisemitism as with virtually anything anti-Islamic — including against terrorist group Hamas, and other radical antisemitic groups. As reported by the Irish outlet "Gript," the EU has in the past stated that Ireland had allegedly failed to comply with its laws against hate speech and hate crimes. Yet to O'Callaghan's credit, when he was asked by Irish politician Deputy Paul Lawless on Thursday if he would reintroduce a previous hate speech resolution that failed under the last Minister of Justice, the justice minister answered, resoundingly: No. I’m fairly satisfied that Ireland has transposed the European Council framework decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia in the manner appropriate and tailored to the domestic system of law in Ireland. https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/10/10/irish-government-tells-the-eu-what-it-can-do-with-its-demand-to-force-hate-speech-laws-the-public-n2194943