8.28.2021

If they can't prove the last one was stolen they'll steal the next one instead?

Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software

Copies of the Dominion Voting Systems software used to manage elections — from designing ballots to configuring voting machines and tallying results — were distributed at an event this month in South Dakota organized by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has made unsubstantiated claims about last year’s election.

The U.S. airlift out of Kabul…

…has extracted about this many people from Afghanistan.



 

This, apparently, is where the buck stops

Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds down

An Afghan who had worked as a translator for the U.S. military said he was with a group of people with permission to leave who tried to reach the airport late Friday. After passing through three checkpoints they were stopped at a fourth. An argument ensued, and the Taliban said they had been told by the Americans to only let U.S. passport-holders through.

[Emphasis mine.]

 Common interests indeed.

8.26.2021

Only the Census Bureau knows

Lone resident of Nebraska town surprised when Census shows population double

The claim that Monowi’s population had exploded to two puzzled the town’s lone resident Elsie Eiler, who is reportedly also the mayor, and runs a tavern where she issues her own liquor license.

8.25.2021

First we had America's Mayor and we know what happened to him

New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally

New York now reports nearly 55,400 people have died of COVID-19 in New York based on death certificate data submitted to the CDC, up from about 43,400 that Gov. Cuomo had reported to the public as of Monday, his last day in office.

Then we had America's Governor, at least according to CNN. 

And both of them from New York. There are plenty of states in the running to beat that record, though, so stay tuned.

Yes, eventually it pays

Al Capone’s granddaughters to auction his estate, including Papa’s ‘favorite’ pistol

Diane Capone, the eldest granddaughter, said that while the world came to know him as “Scarface” and “Public Enemy Number One,” she knew him as “Papa” and wants people to know he was not all bad.