@Alfred Does author Len Deighton speak German?
The homes your real-estate agent doesn't want you to see
If you're curious about why realtor fees are so high it's because of steering. Formerly enforced the through the multilisting service, this article explains how it currently works and how companies such as Redfin pose a threat to it.
#News #Redfin #Steering #RealEstate
Yulia Navalnaya: Putin isn’t a politician, he’s a gangster https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/13/alexei-navalny-yulia-navalnaya-putin-russia-election/
Scientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/climate/scientists-are-freaking-out-about-ocean-temperatures.html
Warden is ousted as FBI raids California women’s prison known as the ‘rape club’
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63 women victims have come forward, and the previous warden is currently doing 70 months in prison.
This is a federal prison. Imagine what happens in state prisons.
E. Jean Carroll Could Sue Trump Again Over New Attacks, Lawyer Suggests
#News #Politics #Trump #EJeanCarroll /nosanitize
If you thought fake Internet news was bad before,
"Proliferating 'news' sites spew AI-generated fake stories"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proliferating-news-sites-spew-ai-012349209.html
Katie Britt’s false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden
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But Biden has nothing to do with Romero’s story. As she testified nine years ago, her mother threw her out of her house at age 12 and she “fell prey to a professional pimp.” She says she then spent the next four years in brothels before a regular client helped her escape when she was 16 years old. There is no indication in her story that drug cartels were involved...
Before her State of the Union response, Katie Britt was an obscure senator from Alabama. By this time next month,
she'll be an obscure senator from Alabama.
#Politics #KateBritt
Back from his pilgrimage to Putin, Tucker Carlson has thoughts on how Democrats are stealing the 2024 elections.
#Politics #TuckerCarlson #Election2024
@Alfred What happened at Menotomy?
It looks like even in the UK the days of manual transmission cars may be gradually coming to an end.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/04/drivers-manual-gearboxes-dvla-automatic-cars
If you drive a manual transmission vehicle and you stop on a hill with a vehicle behind you, do you know how to proceed without rolling back?
#60MinutePoll
IRS is finally rolling out a tool to file your taxes directly with them online for free. TurboTax lobbyists kept this from happening for years, but their repeated lies and broken promises year after year were finally too much.
https://directfile.irs.gov/ is currently available in a limited number of states, but they are planning to expand the pilot program more generally.
@Alfred What is the social good of allowing senior citizens to spend their social security payments play slot machines at casinos?
@Alfred How can you tell a real psychic from a fake psychic?
Stop blaming the polls.
The Polls Were Historically Accurate In 2022
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2022-election-polling-accuracy/
What will Trump offer Musk in exchange for his support?
#Politics #Trump #ElonMusk #Nosanitize
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/politics/trump-elon-musk.html
@Alfred why is LYMERix® no longer available?
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