Nbits60
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Spes Vincit Thronum
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/person/nick-verbitsky/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/person/nick-verbitsky/
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
A JOKE.
White House bullish on economic growth as Thanksgiving spending rises
White House bullish on economic growth as Thanksgiving spending rises
Economic adviser Kevin Hassett dismissed economic bedwetters, saying strong spending bodes well for the economy.
dlvr.it
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A JOKE.
He doesn't think Hegseth is "foolish enough" to give that order? That is the very definition of a failure of imagination.
Rep. Don Bacon on Pete Hegseth: " I don't think he would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'kill everybody, lill the survivors.' That's a clear violation of the law of war…If it was as the article said, then that is a violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
He doesn't think Hegseth is "foolish enough" to give that order? That is the very definition of a failure of imagination.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
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November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Oracle raised $18bn in the bond market amid much fanfare at the end of September
Eight weeks on, investors are now sitting on $750m of losses from the deal
Are the wheels coming off the great AI financing wave before it has even properly begun?
www.ifre.com/bonds/234852...
Eight weeks on, investors are now sitting on $750m of losses from the deal
Are the wheels coming off the great AI financing wave before it has even properly begun?
www.ifre.com/bonds/234852...
AI financing boom begins to show cracks as investors baulk at debt binge | IFR
Bonds
Oracle bonds sold just a few weeks ago sell off and CDS spike as worries mount
www.ifre.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Oracle raised $18bn in the bond market amid much fanfare at the end of September
Eight weeks on, investors are now sitting on $750m of losses from the deal
Are the wheels coming off the great AI financing wave before it has even properly begun?
www.ifre.com/bonds/234852...
Eight weeks on, investors are now sitting on $750m of losses from the deal
Are the wheels coming off the great AI financing wave before it has even properly begun?
www.ifre.com/bonds/234852...
Anyone found guilty of this will be pardoned by Trump.
Straight up war crime
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Anyone found guilty of this will be pardoned by Trump.
How much TrumpCoin did he buy?
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
How much TrumpCoin did he buy?
Dr. Frankenstein can't control the monster she helped build. GTFOH.
Greene is, for once in her life, onto something. trib.al/50aEf3Y
She sees what her fellow Republicans either don’t see or aren’t willing to acknowledge: Trump’s second administration has already failed and will doom its party in the upcoming elections.
She sees what her fellow Republicans either don’t see or aren’t willing to acknowledge: Trump’s second administration has already failed and will doom its party in the upcoming elections.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Playing the Long Game
The resigning Georgia congresswoman understands something that other Republicans don’t.
trib.al
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dr. Frankenstein can't control the monster she helped build. GTFOH.
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
Uh, where's he getting his gasoline number from?
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Uh, where's he getting his gasoline number from?
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Parents Completely Jacked 3 Months Into Retirement
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Parents Completely Jacked 3 Months Into Retirement
Advising ppl to go to a casino is rich since his declared bankruptcy 6x.
When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Advising ppl to go to a casino is rich since his declared bankruptcy 6x.
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USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
August 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
cc: @holland_tom
From @theathletic.com: You probably know a lot about Mick Jagger; the Rolling Stones singer is a cultural icon. What you might not know about Jagger is that he was a pioneer of streaming sports over the internet. Specifically, cricket.
Mick Jagger. Rolling Stone. Cultural icon. And cricket streaming pioneer
The Rolling Stones' lead singer, a huge cricket fan, spotted the huge potential of the internet while others still treated it with suspicion
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
cc: @holland_tom
Oklahoma has the 3rd-highest obesity rate in the nation.
www.kosu.org/health/2023-...
www.kosu.org/health/2023-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oklahoma has the 3rd-highest obesity rate in the nation.
www.kosu.org/health/2023-...
www.kosu.org/health/2023-...
"When drones were spotted in Danish airspace, for example, the oil tanker Boracay, a Benin-flagged vessel that had left the Russian port of Primorsk loaded with Russian oil in September, was tracked off the Danish coast."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Moscow’s Offshore Menace
How the shadow fleet enables Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"When drones were spotted in Danish airspace, for example, the oil tanker Boracay, a Benin-flagged vessel that had left the Russian port of Primorsk loaded with Russian oil in September, was tracked off the Danish coast."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
An interesting read....
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
An interesting read....
FWIW, 98% of criminal cases in this country end in plea bargains.
I agree with this sentiment completely. Juries are wrong plenty of the time, but they are basically incorruptible, and not a single juror has ever worried about being reelected or reappointed to the position.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
FWIW, 98% of criminal cases in this country end in plea bargains.
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The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
Looks like Sam Bankman-Fried will be on the move....
The Federal BOP is "suspending operations" at FCI Terminal Island due to major infrastructure issues - crumbling underground tunnels, with falling concrete that could hit steam lines.
They're acting now because "we are not going to wait for a crisis," the director wrote in an email to staff.
They're acting now because "we are not going to wait for a crisis," the director wrote in an email to staff.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Looks like Sam Bankman-Fried will be on the move....
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“never turn against other insiders”
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“never turn against other insiders”