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Actually, if we had a state named Euphoria, it would probably be the happiest.

Comments? These surveys and results are mildly interesting but not gospel, I conclude. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happiest States in America (2024) [...] Even though people across the U.S. are facing difficult times, the state in which you live may have an impact on how happy you are. To determine where Americans exhibit the best combination of good economic, emotional, physical and social health, we examined the 50 states across 30 key metrics, ranging from the depression rate and the share of adults feeling productive to income growth and the unemployment rate. [...] https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-states/6959

With hygienic practices like this, no wonder Britannia no longer rules the waves... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tons Of Americans Are Just Now Finding Out How Brits REALLY Wash Their Dishes, And The Reactions Are Killing Me There's something weird happening on the internet (redundant, I know). It's yet another discovery about how things are done over in the UK, and this time it's about doing the dishes (or, as it's called there, "washing up"). [...] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tons-americans-just-now-finding-205409934.html

Good (double) post and good questions in it.

Can we too get in on this?

Brilliant! ~~~~~~~~~~ Israeli supply chain infiltration likely behind Hezbollah pager blasts: analysts Israel has scored a major intelligence success by apparently infiltrating a supply chain to cause the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of Hezbollah pagers in a blow for the Lebanese militant group and its Iranian backers, analysts say. At least nine people were killed and some 2,800 wounded, including the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when the pagers exploded in Hezbollah strongholds across the country in an unprecedented simultaneous attack. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/israeli-supply-chain-infiltration-likely-184909961.html

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: We spoke too soon last night, premature we man. Miu demanded full brushing fully Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- times, demanding miu man. Got too late a start, distracted we man. Lunch was sliced turkey inside the last 2 Aldi hot-dog buns, ingest we man. Warshed filthy T-B.-mobile, Clean for Gene man. Went to favorite large thrift shop, discount day man. There was good and much bad news, si man. The good news was that we saved $Many ($2x2x2x2 -2), financially savvy we man. One piece of bad news is that the store's checkout has been revised, man! In place of the long counters are Many semi-self-checkout stations, good grief man. They are too close together, going to be disaster during half-off days man. They have no shelf or counter space, man. There is no room for baskets behind them if other customers are adjacent, man. The clerks scan the items and the customers must bag them, man. The large bags are stuck together on hooks, man. The second piece of bad news is that the pants are now hung from one leg, good grief man. One must unhook them and rehook them from the top seam in order to measure length, man. The Many'rd piece of bad news is that the new tags aren't colored, will discounts go away man? The Many'th piece of bad news is that the changes are chain-wide, man. Who are the bleeping geniuses who came up with this garbage, huh man? We are highly discouraged and now unlikely to go as often, and sigh man. After this trauma, we went to Costco Business Warehouse, on way back man. We went for 2 items and returned with Many (2+2), pretty good self-restraint we man. At the casa, had to service demanding miu, Treat and Lunch Me Daddy man. Had to retrieve Mini-B. from skool, request by occupied ex-she man man. Didn't return to casa in time for a siesta, exhausted we man. Stayed awake somehow, minor miracle man. Retrieved Mini-B., retrieve we man wee man man. Mini-B. appeared crestfallen and subdued, denied anything wrong man. We dropped Mini-B. at ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, dutiful we man. Upon return to casa, got phone call from skool, uh-oh man. It was a skool kounselor, uh-oh man. She reported that Mini-B. had teased a Many'th-grader at lunch, uh-oh man. We apologized and promised to speak with him, man. We notified ex-Mrs.-T-B. of this by e-mail and went for our siesta, zzz too long delayed man. Amidst our siesta, the phone rang, we ignored it man. It turned out to be Assistant Prinsippul of skool, uh-oh man. She wanted to talk about "bullying," uh-oh man. She sent an e-mail about it, good grief man. We caucused with ex-Mrs.-T-B., caucus we with ex-she man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. caucused with Mini-B., caucus ex-she man with wee man man. Mini-B. had apparently addressed the Many'th-grader with a hip phrase from TikTok or somewhere, si man. He meant no harm, no man. We wrote the skool kounselor and Prinsippul, write we man. We shall hear the verdict soon, expect we man. Financial caucus on Wednesday, caucu$ we man. Later, take Mama T-B. for doc visit, chauffeur we man senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report and we man.

Yee-HAAAAA!

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Trump Assassination Suspect Buying AR-15s Nonstop While In Custody WEST PALM BEACH, FL—In the wake of the second attempt on Donald Trump's life in the past three months, sources confirmed Monday that the man who allegedly attempted to shoot the 45th president of the United States, Ryan Wesley Routh, was buying AR-15s nonstop while in custody. "Somehow, despite being detained and under strict police watch, the would-be assassin still managed to purchase several more semiautomatic weapons, as well as hundreds more rounds of ammunition," said Secret Service agent Jeffrey Walters, who added that [...] https://theonion.com/trump-assassination-suspect-buying-ar-15s-nonstop-while-in-custody/

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guy At British Restaurant Not Sure If Chef Messed Up His Meal Or If It's Just Supposed To Taste Bad THE UNITED KINGDOM — According to sources, American tourist Gary Ludwig isn't sure whether the British restaurant where he is eating lunch messed up his food order or whether the food is just supposed to taste like this. "I'm here in London having the time of my life but the food is…um…is it supposed to taste like this?" Ludwig asked his wife. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/guy-in-british-restaurant-not-sure-if-chef-messed-up-his-meal-or-if-its-just-supposed-to-taste-bad

Democrats Express Relief That Hitler Is OK [...] Following a busy weekend of making public statements and social media posts clearly identifying Trump as "literally Hitler" and telling the country that he posed a grave threat to the existence of the United States, Democratic leaders quickly made it known how glad they were to find out he was unharmed. "We're just glad the greatest threat to democracy is safe," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "I know just an hour or so before he narrowly avoided a second attempt on his life I posted online about how he was leading the charge to destroy America and had to be stopped, but I'm relieved to hear that he wasn't harmed." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-express-relief-that-hitler-is-ok

11 New Security Measures The Trump Campaign Will Be Implementing After Assassination Attempt [...] Through interfacing with a vast network of inside sources, The Babylon Bee has obtained the following list of new security measures the Trump campaign will be implementing immediately: [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/11-new-security-measures-the-trump-campaign-will-be-implementing

~~~~~~~~~~ Oh No! Tim Walz Just Waved So Hard His Arms Flew Off! MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Minnesotans were shocked yesterday to find out that their governor lost both of his arms during a rally in which he waved so hard that they flew off and went flying through the air. According to eyewitnesses at the rally, Walz was using his best laidback country backwoods-boy voice and waving to everyone in sight when his arms strangely dislocated from the rest of his body and flew off, sort of like when one takes the arms off a Lego minifigure and throws them around. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/oh-no-tim-walz-just-waved-so-hard-his-arms-flew-off

Truth! ~~~~~~ Kamala Safe And In Stable Condition After Attempted Interview PHILADELPHIA, PA — Americans across the country breathed a sigh of relief this morning following breaking news that Vice President Kamala Harris had survived an attempted interview. The incident took place late yesterday afternoon during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania when a rogue reporter reportedly approached the vice president and fired off several questions before being tackled to the ground and subdued by Secret Service agents. Harris was quickly evacuated from the area and taken to a secure location. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/kamala-safe-and-in-stable-condition-after-attempted-interview

Democrats Accuse Trump Of Inciting Further Violence By Not Dying PALM BEACH, FL — In the wake of what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Democrats across the country have stepped forward to accuse the Republican presidential candidate of inciting further violence by not dying in either of the two previous assassination attempts. According to Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrat leader of the House, Trump is to blame for the ongoing nature of the violence directed toward him, as he consistently fails to die at the hands of crazed left-wing attempted assassins. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-accuse-trump-of-inciting-further-violence-by-not-dying

Is the coast now clear for antisemites? Cornell reinstates prof who called Oct. 7 massacre 'exhilarating' You would think universities would have learned their lesson on their promotion of antisemitism on campus. After all, donors pulled huge endowments and top Jewish students went to other schools this past year as antisemitic protests engulfed elite universities. But not Cornell. They had a doozy of a Jew-hater on their professorial staff, and as campus tents went up, he went to town, spewing his thrill at the murder of 1,200 Jews by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 to all the impressionable kiddies who were there to listen. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/is_the_coast_now_clear_for_antisemites_cornell_reinstates_prof_who_called_oct_7_massacre_exhilarating.html

Yes -- how DID, and how COULD, the second shooter have known where and when to be at the golf course? And the Supreme Court thing is new to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corruption within the Secret Service and the Supreme Court The big news from Sunday is that Trump—thank God—survived a second assassination attempt and, just as thankfully, no one else was killed or injured. Currently, we have no explanation for the shooter's pinpoint accuracy regarding where he'd find Trump. What some may have missed, though, was another story yesterday in the New York Times claiming that a massive Supreme Court leak implied that Chief Justice John Roberts, a notable squish, manipulated normal procedures to save Donald Trump via the Court's immunity decision. Both these events—the would-be assassin's weirdly precise knowledge about Trump's whereabouts and the Supreme Court's leaks—tell us that something is rotten in the state of the Deep State. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/corruption_within_the_secret_service_and_the_supreme_court.html

The criminals always get off somehow. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pro-Israel Demonstrator Charged After Shooting Man Who Attacked Him Even the District Attorney in Newton County, Massachusetts says Scott Hayes was attacked and tackled to the ground before he pulled a gun and shot his assailant. So why is Hayes in court today facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and violation of a constitutional right causing injury? Here's how Newton County District Attorney Marian Ryan describes what led up to the shooting on Thursday night: [...] https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2024/09/13/pro-israel-demonstrator-charged-after-shooting-man-who-attacked-him-n1226225

For Some Reason Nobody Has Taken Up This $1,000,000 Offer to Hold Pride Rally in West Bank or Gaza This is a mystery to me. One million dollars is not peanuts, but for some reason, no rainbow ideology group has taken up a legitimate offer of $1 million to hold a gay pride rally in Gaza or the West Bank. It's a mystery because so many of these groups have expressed solidarity with Hamas and the Palestinian authority. You would think they would be chomping at the bit to show their undying (pun intended) support for their brothers and sisters in arms. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/09/16/for-some-reason-nobody-has-taken-up-this-1000000-offer-to-hold-pride-rally-in-west-bank-or-gaza-n3794580

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terror Gets Rewarded: 'State of Palestine' Takes Seat in UN General Assembly The United Nations is currently made up of 193 member nations and two permanent non-member observer states: Vatican City and the "State of Palestine." The Palestinians, however, are on their way to full member status. The Times of Israel reported Wednesday that "Palestinians took a seat among member states at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, a new right accorded to the Palestinian Authority's delegation despite it not being a full member of the body." This is how the UN responds to jihad terrorism: by rewarding those who engage in it. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/09/16/terror-gets-rewarded-state-of-palestine-takes-seat-in-un-general-assembly-n4932557

Thoughts on this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sweden Is Considering Paying Immigrants Big Money to Leave the Country Because our illegal immigration and border issues have gotten so far out of hand, we can sometimes forget that we're not the only country dealing with this problem. Europe has struggled with foreign refugees for years because the European Union (EU) won't stop allowing them in. But one nation is fighting back. Sweden is mulling over the idea of paying migrant families to leave the country. "The Scandinavian country was for decades seen as a 'humanitarian superpower' but over the years has struggled to integrate many of its newcomers," reports Fortune. "Immigrants who voluntarily return to their countries of origin from 2026 would be eligible to receive up to 350,000 Swedish kronor ($34,000), the government, which is propped up by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, told a press conference." [...] https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/09/16/sweden-is-considering-paying-immigrants-to-leave-n4932560

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