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Because I wrote it in response to another post but then someone (maybe you) posted something before I could finish and it just didn't make sense. I left most of it there. I mostly just added the NBC link. mspart

Well, this was not found on the floor. It was found in a cubby as noted above. Same level as where the VP's car is, same floor as the situation room. If those aren't secure areas, I don't know what would be. mspart

Looks like you know something. mspart

I know you hate links but I need to do this to corroborate your statement. Yes, the location has changed. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/cocaine-found-white-house-was-different-location-previously-reported-s-rcna92906 Cocaine found in the White House was in a different location than previously reported, sources say The sources maintain that the area is highly trafficked, keeping with Jean-Pierre’s characterization in yesterday’s briefing. WASHINGTON — Multiple officials involved in the White House cocaine inquiry now say the bag of powder was found in a cubby near the White House's West Executive entrance, not the formal West Wing lobby as was previously reported. Investigators expect to be done with the investigation by Monday, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. The inquiry was previously expected to take a couple of weeks. In updating the location of where the cocaine was found, officials said that area was also heavily trafficked. The cocaine was found in an entrance area between the foyer and a lower-level lobby, the sources said. The entrance is near where some vehicles, like the vice president’s limo or SUV park. It is one floor below the main West Wing offices and the same floor as the Situation Room and a dining area. This should be a very highly secure area one would think. Wouldn't a person assume that this is a symptom of a bigger security issue at the WH? I do for sure. Cocaine should never have been brought to the WH in the first place. But it wasn't caught by security at all and left in the WH? That's not good. mspart

I heard on the radio this morning that the area is very near the situation room. If the case, you would think there would be all kinds of security going on around there. But I don't know that is the case, just what was reported. NBC reports that in that particular area, not too many cameras available. mspart

It is not a recreational drug according to the Feds. It is a controlled substance and federally speaking, it is illegal to possess, and I have to believe it is illegal to bring into a federal facility such as the White House. These people know the consequences, they are briefed and have security clearances. It's not like they didn't know this was a no no. It can be minimized by everyone as a who cares, and I even said this is a nothing-burger for those especially on the left, as the left wants to legalize drugs. But that does not mean that is no longer illegal. It is illegal to possess and use according to federal law. So this is actually quite serious for whoever had the audacity to bring coke into the WH. mspart

I have no idea who it is. I only know that whoever it is should be going to the pokey very soon based on laws broken as I have stated earlier. mspart

That is a great story. Thanks for sharing. I saw a blind guy wrestle at a Old Man wrestling tourney that I was participating in in Owatonna, MN. He was strong and ended up with a much older man and tore the guy's ACL (I'm assuming based on I went out to help him with some others and had his leg up on my shoulder after someone said to elevate it. When I started to bring his leg down after he calmed down a bit, his lower leg moved in a very different direction than it should have and he yelled. That movement creeped me out). He was actually very good and it was a genuine pleasure to watch him do his thing. That is my only experience with a blind wrestler. What a fascinating thing to do as a blind person - wrestle. mspart

That's in my bucket list as well!! I have to say this thread got off topic just a wee bit eh? mspart

No it is a non issue because the left is all about drug legalization. The left controls the White House and the media so it is not that big a deal. Cocaine is still a federally controlled substance and who ever had it should be going to the arraignment and court proceedings. You don't get more federal property-ish than the WH. But it probably won't happen even though it is a clear violation of numerous laws. Possession, use (if they can establish that) and both of those on federal property and there are others I'm sure. The FBI will look into this and determine there was no mal intent on the party to abuse the substance at all so ipso facto. At the very least the staffer should be fired. mspart

Yes, they might quietly dismantle you. Arms and legs in different places with eyballs located conveniently on top of the torso. mspart

And this of course makes sense as a new President with new priorities takes over. Biden did yeoman's work there. mspart

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bud-lights-troubles-may-extend-into-fall-oktoberfest-season-160336461.html Bud Light's troubles may extend into fall Oktoberfest season Corona and Modelo maker Constellation Brands expects to benefit if Bud Light sales continue to drag going into the fall. mspart

Like Obama with Dreamers, seeing he couldn't get it through Congress, he decided to do it by EO. The problem with EOs is that they have the seeming force of law until such time as it is challenged and stopped by a judge or justice somewhere. That is really the root of it. EOs are supposed to be a declaration to the executive branch on how to operate within the bounds of established law. They are not supposed to be law and Constitutionally speaking, they cannot be law. Sure it was a campaign promise designed to buy votes. But it also was a naked attempt to gain power for the executive branch at the detriment to the Legislative branch. SCOTUS was right to call a halt to this. The lower judge was right to put a halt to this until SCOTUS could weigh in. Go through Congress. If the people vote in people opposed to this, then the people have spoken. mspart

Ha!!! You won't find a swimming coach or a lifeguard for that matter that will ever voluntarily go into the water. Yes wrestling is an exception. mspart

I could go for this. Track, Swimming, Gymnastics all allow multiple participants from one country for the same event. mspart

Actual intention of his executive order? Because he couldn't get the loan forgiveness through Congress, he decided to go it alone, which is not constitutional. His intention was to reduce the burden on those with student loans, while at the same time, increasing the power of the Executive with executive orders as if they were legitimate law. Obama did it after saying he couldn't do it constitutionally with the Dreamers. Biden acted upon that same playbook. Fortunately for all of us, SCOTUS just put Biden in his place. Unfortunately, they did not so the same with the Obama EO. It is telling that Biden is saying he will get it done by hook or by crook regardless of SCOTUS opinion. Intention of it was a power move. Pure and simple. Buying votes and increasing the power of the executive. mspart

I have to say, that the national anthem is the greatest. America the Beautiful is a close second. And Ray Charles' rendition is one of the best ever. But the Star Bangled Banner is the soaring national anthem. mspart

The Brisket was good. It was not great, but it was still very good. Sorry, I forgot to get pics. It was a great day yesterday. mspart

In 10 minutes, that is 60 tweets a minute, which is one tweet a second. I could do that but would not actually understand anything. So I guess it depends on if he means 10 minutes or 180 minutes or more when he says minutes. mspart

Again, this is the problem. Calling Biden's play as 4D chess is 1) not based in reality as he can't play 2D chess with any amount of skill and 2) this is saying that circumventing the Constitution is a good thing, which it is not. What is wrong with getting a bill through Congress and signing it? There is nothing inherently wrong with that. The idea of loan forgiveness stinks in my opinion but it could become law. The Supreme Court could not use Constitutional reasoning to take it down, I don't think they would take it up, other than to say Congress passes bills and if signed they become law. Just like everyone knew before. Trying to do this some sneaky way and calling that 4D chess is not what it is. You could call it dishonest, you could call it anti-democratic, you just call it just plain wrong. And you would be correct in all three cases. What it is not is 4D chess. mspart

Is this a thing average users do, read 600-6000 posts a day? Every day? That seems like more than a full time job worth of time. Not being on Twitter, I'm astounded. So it doesn't seem like much of a limit. 600 posts a day is 75 posts/hour for an 8 hour day. That's more than 1 per minute. 6000 posts a day is 750 posts/hour for 8 hour day. mspart

I just read Jonathan Turley's take on this and Constitutionally he is correct in my layman's' opinion. Granted I am no scholar on Constitutional Law, but I don't think you need to be to understand that the House controls the purse, Reps have to be 25 years old minimum, Senators 30 years old, and the President 35 years old. It really is fairly straight forward. I will highlight just a few key paragraphs of his to show my point. https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4076993-constitutional-cruelty-how-democrats-now-oppose-a-democratic-process-on-student-loans/ Constitutional cruelty: Democrats now oppose a democratic process on student loans by Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor - 07/01/23 10:30 AM ET “Disappointing and cruel.” Those words from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness program may say more than the opinion itself. The court’s “cruelty” was in supporting Congress’s core constitutional power of the purse. Schumer’s disappointment in having to address and vote on the forgiveness of hundreds of billions of dollars in loans speaks volumes about the collapse of our constitutional values. ... In his response to the court, Biden declared that “the hypocrisy is stunning” and that the court had “misinterpreted the Constitution.” However, during the last presidential campaign, Biden himself acknowledged that this effort would be unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts even cited former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the opinion for stating the obvious: “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.” ... Biden was undeterred after that ruling and promised, “I will stop at nothing to find other ways to deliver [the] relief.” Perhaps, but the Constitution has once again stopped him from becoming a government unto himself. .... That brings us back to Schumer. James Madison designed a constitutional system with a frank understanding of the factional and petty impulses of politicians. Yet he believed that he had created a system of checks and balances that could rely on the institutional self-interest of members to jealously protect their powers under Article I. Madison believed that, despite party or ideological affiliations, “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” In all of his study of the ancient Greek and Roman states and contemporary politics, Madison never encountered the likes of Schumer and his colleagues. Their ambition runs elsewhere, and they view the support of their authority to be an act of constitutional “cruelty.” They are calling on a president to turn them into institutional nonentities — legislators who engage in a type of empty performance art as the president governs alone. It is a curious position for those who have campaigned on protecting “democracy.” These same figures are now calling on a president to avoid presenting this major program to Congress because they know that the majority would oppose it. ... All of this is meant to avoid the one option left to the president — going to Congress. After all, the last thing you want in the defense of democracy is to have an outbreak of democratic process. ... What is left, to paraphrase Schumer, is a cruel joke. But the ultimate joke is on the American people. Half of their representatives in Congress are struggling to make themselves (and those they represent) entirely irrelevant at this key moment. That is a constitutional debt that should not be forgiven. This is an interesting opinion, because he is going at the D's for trying to go around the Constitution to get this thing done. These are the same D's that cried "we will lose our Democracy" if Rs are voted in. It is the height of hypocrisy to say that and now say that the right thing is to not do what democracy dictates. Go through Congress, get it appropriately funded, and then give it to the President to sign. Losing our Democracy is allowing the Executive to do what he/she wants whenever he/she wants. And that is what the D's are advocating for now along with throwing their own legislative power away. Turley is not taking sides I don't think, he is just showing how the whole thing was unconstitutional and those that are boldly declaring this is a miscarriage of justice, when it is so apparent it is not, are the Ds. He is shows that these Ds are not jealously holding onto their power but instead abdicating it. Maybe surprised is the wrong word. mspart

As of Jun 26, these are the numbers of entrants per https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/11072503-mens-freestyle-entries-for-the-budapest-ranking-series 57 - 23 entrants 61 - 14 entrants 65 - 23 entrants 70 - 15 entrants 74 - 19 entrants 79 - 14 entrants 86 - 28 entrants 92 - 11 entrants 97 - 20 entrants 125 - 19 entrants The number of entrants for non Olympic weights is fairly drastic. They have no more than 15 entrants averaging 13.5 entrants per weight. The Olympic weights have more participants with an average of 22 participants. For what it is worth. mspart

Thawing a brisket now for tomorrow. I got it from a friend who raised 2 cows at a time and at about 18-24 months had them butchered. We would split a 1/4 side with another family. Really good meat. He's no longer doing it, but it was a good deal for a number of years. It is rather a small cut but it should work for my wife and I. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. mspart