Georgia’s GOP House Speaker is reportedly running a lucrative racket with his criminal law practice and elected office—getting all his cases continued indefinitely (on account of his legislative duties) and keeping his clients out, pretrial, for years. https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/justice-delayed/nJmIsk5XIHQ8LePmBRLPQI/
Bread is making a comeback, embraced by home bakers, restaurateurs, and science-minded hobbyists entranced by the mesmerizing intricacies of sourdough culture: http://nyer.cm/PNYcPHY
"Father at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate children due to autism fears" by @helloryanjones @CBCHealth https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/father-vancouver-measles-outbreak-1.5022891 #vaccineswork
Depressing example of the power of conspiracy theories to create hesitancy. Really infuriating that this myth lives on.
In which BdB says he told Amazon to do a bunch of stuff he himself could have done but didn't https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/amazon-new-york-bill-de-blasio.html
Ex-Maine Gov. Paul LePage and his staff paid for more than 40 rooms at Trump's D.C. Hotel during a two-year period, spending at least $22,000 in taxpayer dollars.
Docs show the LePage admin paid anywhere from $362 to more than $1,100 a night for rooms. https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/17/maine-paid-for-40-rooms-at-trump-hotel-for-lepage-staff/
@MadScientist tbh that's no excuse at all. The execs don't just wake up one day and realize they're bankrupt. They'll have known it was coming for a while now. They should have announced this a month ago and said all flights a month from now are cancelled.
The moral of the story is pretty much just don't put hits out on people and definitely don't be the kind of person who lets themselves get recorded discussing putting a hit out on people