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Ossoff's loss

Our pastry terrorist is from Belgium but he graces neighbouring France with his attacks.

"armada."

If someone says black today and answers white the next day it ain't hard to determine the lie...unless your brain is clogged with CHEESE.

Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said that it’s time for North Korea “to behave” and “abandon and dismantle their nuclear and ballistic missile program.”

“The time has really come for North Korea to get the message,” Pence told CNN’s Dana Bash in Tokyo, a day after visiting South Korea and the Demilitarized Zone.

...“As the President says, it’s time for them to behave, to listen to the world community and to set aside their nuclear ambitions, their ballistic missile ambitions,” Pence said on Tuesday. “We’ve really moved beyond the era of
strategic patience. We’ve moved beyond failed dialogues of the past.”

“It is now Hollywood vs. Georgia on June 20th.”

Either Trump lied about it, confused facts, or intentionally bluffed NK.

None of these seem good to me. In military matters, you like to be able to take a president at his word...or at least I do.

Personally I was glad he made it to the run off, 48% isn't bad for the south. I am not sure he will be able to keep it up until June. The guns will be locked and loaded against him so to speak. I've listened to him speak a few times on TV, he is nice and calm and has a way about him. Plus young.

Republicans avoid big loss by forcing runoff in Ga. House race /WP

History of EPA employee misconduct could result in layoffs

The Environmental Protection Agency has been riddled with employee misconduct, including workers who drink, smoke marijuana, and watch porn on the job.

Inspector general reports over the past few years detailing employee misbehavior could serve as ammunition for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who is seeking to eliminate 25 percent of the 15,000 employees at the agency.

Only 6.5 percent of EPA employees are "essential," according to the government's own calculations when it faced a shutdown in 2013. At the time, just 1,069 employees were deemed necessary to continue working during the 16 days the government closed.

The most notorious case of misconduct was the EPA official who earned $120,000 and performance bonuses after being caught watching pornography for up to six hours a day.

The geologist in the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation downloaded over 7,000 pornographic files on an agency server and admitted to masturbating at work. He received paid leave for nearly two years after being caught.

The agency also has employed convicted child molesters, including one employee who the EPA paid $55,000 to retire because officials could not fire him.

Other EPA employees have been caught growing marijuana and drinking on the job.

One employee was arrested in 2015 after trying to bring "three grams of marijuana and two marijuana pipes through the security checkpoint at an Internal Revenue Service facility in Denver, Colorado." After receiving a conviction of a $2,500 fine and 20 hours of community service, the employee was suspended from the EPA for 21 days, the inspector general said.

Another EPA employee had a "marijuana growing operation in her residence." She was placed on administrative leave for seven months before retiring in 2014.

The inspector general also reported last year that an employee was arrested for drunk driving while on the job. The employee also abused time-and-attendance policies, and "had been arrested for driving under the influence three times, one of which occurred during a work day for which the employee charged eight hours of telework."

"On one of the other occasions, the employee was arrested while driving to work," said the inspector general. The employee resigned before he could be fired.

Another EPA employee became known as the "poop bandit," after smearing "feces in the hallway" at an EPA office in Denver. It is unclear if the EPA employee was ever identified, even after the situation became much worse.

The Trump administration's goal is to cut the EPA workforce by 25 percent and reduce the agency's budget to $5.7 billion.

Americans are ready to see Fox News pull Bill O’Reilly off the air.

According to a new poll by Morning Consult, Americans want O’Reilly’s show canceled by a two-to-one margin: 46 percent say Fox should cancel The O’Reilly Factor, while 22 percent say Fox should keep it on the air. (The rest gave no opinion.) That’s a big shift from the week before, when 41 percent said O’Reilly’s show should be canceled versus 28 percent who said it should remain on the air.

But O’Reilly’s audience is by and large still on his side: 58 percent of respondents who said they watch The O’Reilly Factor said Fox should keep the show on the air, while 23 percent said it should be canceled.

Still, even Republicans, who make up the base of O’Reilly’s viewers, seem to be turning against him: The previous week, 26 percent said his show should be canceled. In the latest poll, 31 percent did.

I bet you think the satellites are up there just to transmit HBO.

But O’Reilly’s audience is by and large still on his side: 58 percent of respondents who said they watch The O’Reilly Factor said Fox should keep the how on the air...

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I bet you think the satellites are up there just to transmit HBO.

Well that and to drop microscopic particles of chemicals designed to make American children's brains malleable to the New Math.