That could be from the buzzing.

To be fair to the journalist(s), it could be a budgetary issue. It's a small town, and their 98-year-old mother was living with them.

Was.

The stress of the search killed her.

Meyer also blames the home raid for stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her death on Saturday. Joan Meyer was the newspaper’s co-owner.

Oh... Fun Fact. I'm from KCMO where the Chief served for 24 years. Look up our gun violence rate (maybe you can't, I tried, and it looks like news agencies just stopped counting due to the frequency - the last one was just on Saturday) and our homicide rate.

And Missouri just voted to mandate that KCMO gives KCPD 25% of our municipal budget... While not even having full control of the force. Nothing like Civil War relics fucking us over in the 21st century.

KCPD has only solved 32 murders this year (as of June 28). As we're on pace for to make a new record for annual homicides

And, of course, Missouri has some of the loosest gun laws in the nation. And the State bans the city from passing firearm regulation.

So.. yeah, 24 years of service to a PD that is known to be corrupt. And misogynistic. And Racist. Very Racist.

If anyone is interested, I try to profile political events and figures. My Wikileaks profile can be found here. I plan to do a Julian Assange one in my next chapter, and I am currently finishing up one on The U.S. Green Party.

Basically, I'm trying to illustrate in plain language how Putin became the greatest threat to human existence.

Interesting bootlicker take amidst a content creator strike in Hollywood. Granted YouTube isn't under those Unions, but the power dynamics are quite similar (#YouTubeUnion)

Sponsors don't give a shit about creators, they are just an annoying necessity for the content creator.

Why give a shit about a sponsor who doesn't give a shit about the YouTuber you enjoy?

A Samsung display could put this device in Samsung/Apple tier territory real quick if they price it right and at least match Samsung on software updates.

The Open is quickly becoming what the Pixel Fold should have been.

It was a similar thing when they killed off their voters with Covid… Costing Trump his second term and derailing their own 2022 “red wave”.

Foresight isn’t exactly the GQP’s strong suit.

1 in 30 American children were homeless as of 2013.

The report was released in November 2014 by the National Center on Family Homelessness at American Institutes for Research. Between 2012 and 2013, the rate of homelessness among children rose by 8% nationally. “That means that 1 in 30 American children—2.5 million—were homeless in 2013,” Dr. Bassuk, founder and former president of The National Center on Family Homelessness, said. “These are historically high rates.

Child Homelessness: A Growing Crisis - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration April 6, 2022

Those were 2013 numbers. Pandemic numbers eclipsed those.

The United States:

"First world" nation or "shit hole" country?

We have everything we need to be the former.

Our (GOP) politicians religiously ensure that we remain the latter.

Original article from CNBC:

These are America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023, and there’s a big surprise at the very bottom - CNBC July 14, 2023

MEDIA BIAS FACT CHECK rates CNBC as:

Overall, we rate CNBC Left-Center Biased based on story selection that leans left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to two failed fact checks.

Further, U.S. News & World Report has multiple Missouri state rankings, with the majority holding rankings between # 30/50 and # 39/50, with an overall ranking of # 30/50.

Missouri | #30 in Overall Ranking - U.S. News & World Report

MEDIA BIAS FACT CHECK rates U.S. News & World Report as:

Overall, we rate U.S. News & World Report Left-Center biased based on story selection that slightly favors the left and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

However, if learning about people "jerking themselves off whenever some shitstick propaganda outlet runs an opinion piece that they agree with" is of interested to you, you may be interested in this article:

GOP's crumbling case against Biden on crime, immigration and inflation - AXIOS July 22, 2023

Words that have proven wise to live by:

I can relate.

A number of issues, not the least of which was my birther believing unironically that Obama was the Antichrist, led me to go no contact with my family for what will be an entire decade come this December.

Is that half of the point of a social link aggregation and discussion platform?

Is that half of the point of a social link aggregation and discussion platform?

For the "ThErE aRe WaYs To DiScHaRgE sTuDeNt DeBt!1!1!!" crowd:

I've been trying to get approved for SSDI since November 2020. I'm 36 and have an MBA with ~$156,000 in student loan debt.

I'm Autistic with PTSD, C-PTSD, Chronic Suicidal Ideation, Chronic Insomnia, Agoraphobia, Treatment-Resistant Depression, Multiple Anxiety Disorders, IBS-C, IBS-D, Fibromaylygia, Recurrent SIBO, potentially Sjögren's Syndrome (I had a saliva gland lip biopsy yesterday), Hypoglycemia, GERD, Anal Fissures, and the diagnoses keep growing.

I haven't been able to work since December 2019.

I received my FIFTH denial from SSA in late May (I took the first claim to the Appeals Council and started my second claim in October 2022 after the Appeals Council upheld the ALJ Denial). I'm currently trying to find a lawyer (again).

Granted, the above is anecdotal, but I have seen anecdotes like mine all over social media and IRL, especially with the pandemic and Long-COVID.

These "targeted student loan forgiveness options" are virtually impossible to receive, and you pretty much have to "spend" the equivalent of the student loan amount between lost wages and lawyer fees actually to have a chance to be eligible for them.

Student loan forgiveness needs to happen. It needs to be comprehensive and wide-ranging. It's not only the humane thing to do, it's the best chance of stabilizing our economy long-term (followed by climate change mediation and reversal).