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[Uncle Sparky]

So what time is the Trump swearing-in ceremony tomorrow? I'm at a football match @ 3 pm central time, but don't want to miss it.

[BeBMan]

I bet that only a daily dose of zinc and hydroxysomething can keep a man healthy for so long

[Uncle Sparky]

So, I've had a Jan 01, 1970 join date here for quite a while...

I just received a confirmation from the local public swimming pool for a future booking:

Enrollment in Pan Am Pool - Lap Swim (# 127274)
Enrollment Effective Date: December 30, 1899
Meeting Dates: September 14, 2021
Tuesday from 12:45pm to 2:45pm

Other than bolding, I did not alter the content.
I really need a bigger pension.

[N35t0r]

He could sue her and anyone else involved for a $10,000 reward. Yes.

At least 10k

And if he loses, he doesn't have to pay her (or anyone else involved) judicial fees.

[Dauphin]

And the 'damages' award doesn't count as income for tax or other purposes (like, child support)?

[giblets]

He could sue her and anyone else involved for a $10,000 reward. Yes.

[Uncle Sparky]

So, under Texas law, a man could rape a woman, and then turn her in for a $10,000 reward if she tries to have an abortion?

[BeBMan]

I have to say, while this is pretty low, it also made me giggle:

French woman arrested over jewellery thefts from coffins


When a grieving family saw an unknown mourner at the funeral home in northern France where their relative was lying at rest, they thought nothing of it.

The woman, in her sixties, said she was a friend of the deceased, so they left her to pay her respects at the open coffin - or so they thought.

But when they came back later, the deceased had been stripped of her jewellery: her necklace, ring and earrings had all vanished, French media report.

The family raised the alarm with the police, who investigated and soon identified a suspect: a woman living not far from the funeral home, in the town of Liévin. They detained her and found the missing jewellery in her possession.

But that was not all. They were soon able to link her with the theft of a wallet from the body of a man at the same funeral home, earlier on the same day, Tuesday 24 August.

When the suspect's home was searched, police also found a stack of recent death notices. Included in the notices were the access codes for family members to enter the individual rooms where the coffins of their relatives were reposing.

The woman will appear in court in 2022.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58369921

[BeBMan]

He probably did it for freedom, but no surprise, that article is full of propaganda:

The U.S. "Constitution is designed to ensure that we work out our fundamental and different views peacefully, not at the point of a gun, not with some other blunt force threat or a kidnapping conspiracy," the judge said.

Crazy activist judges!

[Uncle Sparky]

So, was this guy an angry black man in whiteface, or ANTIFA, or both?
We know right wing Americans are all patriots who never resort to violence. (I've read it here, so it must be true.)

[Proteus_MST]

Why do I have to think ot Prince/Symbol/TAFKAP?

How are the chance that Kanye will rename himself TAFKAK or TAFKAY some time after this?

[BeBMan]

Rapper Kanye West has filed papers to officially change his name to be known simply as Ye.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58328895

Most important news evar!

[Uncle Sparky]

Not kosher.

[BeBMan]

Tortoise

Tortoise eating non veggie baby bird

Though could be the tortoise wanted to make an omelett, but was so slow it only arrived when the birds were out of the eggs already...

[Broken_Erika]

How about a carnivorous tortoise?

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-monday-edition-1.6151478/this-video-of-a-tortoise-hunting-and-killing-a-baby-bird-is-blowing-scientists-away-1.6151552