Happy Rudy is Disbarred in DC Day!
#Politics

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations that one of its agents sexually assaulted a female staff member of the office of Vice President Kamala Harris, the agency confirmed Wednesday.

The agent, who was a member of Harris’ protective detail, has been placed on administrative leave.

#News #SecretService #SexualAssault

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/25/secret-service-agent-investigated-for-sex-assault-harris-campaign-aide.html

Just finished watching the documentary From Russia with Lev, which was really informative, on my cell phone.

Is there any way to turn off comments? They kept covering my screen, sometimes faster than I could x them.

Have you already voted in the US Presidential election?
#60MinutePoll

The D.C. Metro system is planning a return to self-piloting trains in coming months, 15 years after automated trains were turned off in the wake of a crash on the Red Line that killed a train operator and eight passengers.

Though officials later determined that the disaster had nothing to do with automatic train operation, it set off years of crisis and disruption within Metro.

#News #Metro #WashingtonDC #Subway

WaPo gift article
https://wapo.st/3Bf4XAx

This is what #Trump wants to bring back.

https://youtu.be/jU25NAT9xkU

If Trump is elected President in November, will NBC bring back Johnny Carson?
#60MinutePoll

@Alfred Are there any national soccer teams with a worse record than San Marino?

Congress Unveils Short-Term Spending Deal

Speaker Mike Johnson dropped his demands for proof-of-citizenship voting requirements to strike a deal that includes more money for the Secret Service and funds the government through Dec. 20.
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The timeline ... all but ensures that spending disputes will dominate the lame-duck period between the election and the inauguration of a new Congress in January.

#News #Politics #GovernmentShutdown /nosanitize

"Gift" article
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/us/congress-spending-deal-johnson.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.Rxk5._-0YiXNEv_xc

Autumn is nearly upon us.

Are Internet memes fact or factoid?

@Alfred Which has the happier ending, the book The Children Of Men or the movie based on the book?

@Alfred Who was Willem Broertjes, what was his role in developing frequency hoping technology, and when did he file his related patent?

@Alfred What was the first widely used higher level computer programming language, when was it first run, and who invented it?