Wikipedia says the village is not even that big and only had a population of 223 in 2020. It is basically two highways coming together with a couple other streets.

The officers likely were not one of the people in town. A town like that is too small to have dedicated police. The country sheriff’s department has people patrol and respond to specific areas of the county.

I doubt the kid was stealing. They picked him up by the cemetery. Not much to steal there. He was probably just dicking around like pretty much every 11 year old in a small town does because there is not shit to do.

When they did this at my wife’s work back on 2017, the guy they took wasn’t deported because he paid a couple thousand dollar fine. The employer who illegally hired him paid nothing.

You don’t want a government in direct control of the money supply. There is a very high negative correlation between central bank independence and inflation. Countries without independent central banks have much higher inflation. In conclusion, Lee is a fucking idiot.

Wow. That is really cheap for licensing.

Rape jokes still are not funny.

Graft

the acquisition of gain (such as money) in dishonest or questionable ways

A grift would be them getting the money illegally through something like a con. Graft is technically legal but clearly dishonest.

The university president gets an absurd income of over $1 million per year. Almost $1500/year of a student’s tuition simply goes to paying the president. University of Washington’s president (references because I went there) also makes over a million but the school also has 51k students so each student gives the president a $20 per year.

The school also got hundreds of millions of government funds to revamp the school. DeSantis replaced the board with his friends, most of whom have no background in education. This whole thing is basically one giant graft.

Then we can bitch and moan that Vance got no votes in the primary and was anointed the presidency.

And then we get Vance. Joy.

They just have to be confirmed by the majority of the Senate. If every Democrat goes to confirm, there is nothing Republicans can do.

The term is subscription hopping.

The last assassination attempt was to try to get Vance in.

That’s a little under $10 where I am in Seattle. No tax on food here. If I feel like driving a little bit to Target, it’s only $8. I definitely know of food deserts though. The town I grew up in only has Safeway and Walmart. The IGA closed down. Looking at prices, they are about the same as they are here which sucks because the incomes are nowhere near what they are here.

I’m alright with a week of groceries for the four of us choosing $125/wk but I know that is difficult for some.

Inflation is down to 2.4%. We are fairly close to the Fed’s target of 2%.

Interesting. Every Republican family member that I have talked to has said Sanders is a Marxist.

Well that’s a shame.

Anyway, how is everyone’s day going?

A used Bolt is pretty cheap.

Just an FYI that is probably surprising to nobody: the constitutional sheriff’s movement has its roots from a white supremacist organization.

He lived a long and epic life.

I was curious how cheap land was here in Washington. There is a posting of 570 acres for $815k in Riverside or if you want only 20 acres, there is land in Tonasket for $60k. Not really many people in either of those towns (not even sure Riverside qualifies as a town).