Engorgeous George

I am unfamiliar with these pardonees. With Russia and Ukraine at War, India and Pakistan still staring angrily across their border, Iran clearly trying to get their nuke, North Korea looking to flex a bit of muscle to put their sunken destroyer in their rear view mirror, China constantly flexing regionally and globally, Tte Gaza situation, Maduro still looking to cause problems, cartels in Mexico and unfinished tariff business all aorund the world, I would think the President's attention is needed elsewhere.

While I rocked the frumpy hobo look. Sort of Grateful Dead roady meets Boxcar Willie.

Never heard of it.

Not once the warming allows the next super virus to flourish. It will start in the tropics, no doubt. With the mobility of the world in will travel far an wide but the tropics will bear the brunt.

Clearly you are a better dresser than was I.

Most times i go with this .... Swagman Jacket | Jackets by Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com I also have a vinyl poncho in a stuff sack around the size of a softball, a kayaking cold weather jacket which is very waterproof, and a pop up umbrella in my truck which I use for my wife when I use to have to wear suits I had a nice overcoat, that sufficed as i would not stay outside in them, just go from car to building. I did not use an uumbrella as I found them awkward once inside. You had to shake them off, fold them up, put them someplace, and then remember them. A quick dash in an overcoat worked.

How about an umbrella/nightstick with a switch blade built in, or a taser?

How about an umbrella/nightstick with a switch blade built in, or a taser?

None.

She would not do that. She does not want orange hands.

This may be the first time i got news from the Hindustan Times.

I had forgotten her hip break.

I would not. Nearly so, but not.

She would not have been funing if she used one of those full body deodorants, like Mando. I bet her body fumes ae particularly funky. Wilie Brown burps from her had to smell terrible.

Well I was just being snarky. All I did was highlight the exception to the rule, which always exist, unless there is an exception to that rule.

The life of a grant dollar. The dollar is sent to the Feds. We ignore the costs of sending it. The Feds receive the dollar in departments with paid employees. The dollar is now 98 cents after that overhead. The dollar is now assigned to a grant program. Setting up the prameters of that program, to benefit the very state(s) from which the dollar came, comes at a cost in person hours. The dollar is now worth 96 cents. The availability of the grant is published to the very states who sent the dollar. That costs money. The dollar is now worth 95 cents. The state uses a grants specialist to apply to get their money back. That specialist usually has to work with several departments and agencies to obtain the information needed to apply for the grant. This is a time consuming process, labor intensive. The grant dollar now has 90 cents remaining. The grant is processed by the Feds and some approved, some not. That effort reduces the dollar to 88 cents of remaining value. The state is notified of the grant award. Prior to recieving the grant dollar the State has to hire the employees contemplated by the grant. Their salaries will be paid by the grant dollar though their training and benefits fall to the state and their continued employment after the gvrant expires will be on the state as they will be vested civil servants. The grant dollars flow, 88 cents on the dollar which left the state. They fall short of covering the costs of the programs, but they seeded programs. The recipients now spend additional dollars documenting the use of the grant dollars and the granting federal agency spends effort auditing the documentation. There is cost, of course, but the dollar is already programmed fully so that cost comes out of existing agency budgets. The actual value to the State all said and done is a dollar is sent out and maybe 80 cents are recieved back. The real irony is that the States know their own needs better than the Feds. The Fed grants are intended to be feathers in re-election caps of politicians. The States who may have spent that money more wisely do not get to address their priorities, they are addressing Federal politician priorities. The program allows politicians and bureaucrats to congratulate themselves on what they have done which is waste other peoples money and take credit for the work of others. It is stupid, inefficient, and self-serving of the politicans and bureacrats but it all ill serves the citizens. Less government and local government is better government.

Tell that to the native Americans. As long as the grass does grow and the wind does blow ...

Had Hitler won I believe Burt Reynolds would have sported the Hitler mustach instead of his iconic stash. He would have looked silly and never made it in Hollywood. We would have had Clint Walker starring in the original then Longest Yard and Lee Majors would have starred in and ruined Smokey and the Bandit.

Well, frankly I had no idea who the nominee was nor precisely what the job entails, beyondd knowinng it would be adminnisttering a large governnenntt agency responsible for allarge number of entitled benefitts. Frankly I doubt nny ooffff us had any more of an impression, andd I am sure the O.P. did not. So I looked up the position and then I looked up the man. Frankly the man is more or less over qualified for the position, as he would be for most government agency administrative positions. This is about the O.P. hoping the fact of researching an offered position looks bad when cast in a realy stupid light. All it does is cast him in that stupid light. Here is a Wiki blurb on the guy. Seems ridiculously qualified... Bisignano is the son of Italian immigrants and grew up in the Mill Basin neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.[3] He attended Baker University and graduated from Newport University in California.[4][5] Based in New York City, Bisignano started his career as a VP of both Shearson Lehman Brothers and First Fidelity Bank.[6] Starting in 1994, he held several executive positions at Citigroup,[7] with American Banker writing that "he got his payments industry bona fides at Citi by running its massive global transaction services unit."[8] In 2004, the publication Treasury and Risk named him one of the "100 most influential people in finance".[9] Hired as CAO of JPMorgan Chase in 2005, CEO Jamie Dimon "trusted him with integrating the bank's purchases of a floundering Bear Stearns Cos. and bankrupt Washington Mutual Inc. during the crisis".[10] Bisignano was also a primary negotiator in JPMorgan's acquisition of the Canary Wharf property in London,[11] and CEO for several of JPMorgan's mortgage banking divisions.[7] In 2012, he was promoted to co-COO,[7] and the Financial Times called him "one of [JPMorgan']s most influential, yet least visible, executives".[12][13] In 2013, Bisignano became chairman and CEO of First Data Corporation,[7][14] and his tenure attracted press coverage.[10][15][11][16] He oversaw a technological push, and in 2014, First Data collaborated with Apple Inc. on Apple Pay.[16][10][17] Bisignano is also on the boards of organizations such as Continuum Health Partners and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.[6] Following Fiserv's acquisition of First Data in 2019, Bisignano became Fiserv CEO in July 2020.[18] A 2018 Bloomberg editorial suggested that in 2013, Bisignano might have been the source of a leak regarding a Federal investigation into possible manipulation of US energy markets by JP Morgan.[19] Bisignano is consistently rated as one of the highest-paid CEOs in the United States. In 2017, The New York Times reported that his compensation exceeded $100 million.[20] In 2019, his compensation was estimated at $40 million.[21] In December 2022, Bisignano signed a new contract with Fiserv to remain as president and CEO until 2027.[22] In 2023, Bisignano's total compensation from Fiserv was $27.9 million, up 57% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 380-to-1.[23]

The boat for the rich is built by the poor. It is often docked at a marina employing the poor. it is cleaned, fixed, sailed and maintained by the poor.

Seems to be coming around. I hope it keeps improving at this rate.

Popped a bicep tendon in an arm that has had two elbow dislocations and an external fixature to put together an arm broken in eight spots bck in the day. This was October. Had surgery, recovered for two months and started working back hoping to be able to kayak and raft this summer. Three weeks ago I felt another pop, a different pop. It has been worthless since. Got to see the surgeon this morning. No new damage but advanced arthritis and some prominent bone spurs. He gave me a steroid shot. He thinks that will get me through the summer and maybe he removes the bones spurs in the fall. He says two weeks. This is new to me so we will see. I would hate to miss a paddling season.

I'm up.