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  • Maybe it's my doomerism at play, but even one year house arrest I'd be OK with. Keep him in NY in his Trump Tower penthouse. Don't let him go out to campaign.

    Obviously jail would be better. I just don't think fines alone are going to cut it. He's not going to pay them.

  • Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
  • You could also add toxic glue. It’s edible! Probably only once though.

    This is now going to be added to some LLM-generated answer in the probably near future.

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • Congratulations to you and your spouse! If you're doing a honeymoon after (or even if you're not), I hope you both get some quality R&R!

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • I finally passed the checks for the job that I got offered 11mo ago. So now they're asking when I can start!

    Which, right now, is like the worst time for me to leave my company. We have our big all-hands-on-deck event in like 5 weeks. I have a massive project I'm leading up that's supposed to be finished by end of July. And there's another project I'm assisting with heavily that's supposed to be finished by July/August. Even a couple months ago would've been better, to an extent.

    While I'm usually one who's like "Welp, gotta go peace, here's my two weeks!", the organization I work for has treated me excellently over the years; about 17 of them. And the big project I'm working on is something that I specifically got invited back to the company to work on a few years ago. So I want to see it to completion (or as far as I can take it within reason). As far as the event, we are literally in the thick of it with preparation, so I don't want to unload all my tasks, last minute, on my team either. Lastly, my boss knows I've had this offer on deck for awhile now and he's been very cool with it. I don't want to burn this bridge (I've burned others elsewhere before). Because if this new job doesn't work out, there'd be a very, very high chance that all I'd have to do is ask and my boss would say, "OK, when do you want to start?"

    So I'm thinking I don't start til late August, which my boss is very appreciative of. Plus that gives me time to find an apartment and move. I'm hoping my new soon-to-be employer will agree to that, especially given my circumstances, and that they've had me waiting for this long. I feel like that's only fair. I also have a friend who works closely with the team I'll be on; he says the team is probably not even ready for me anyway.

    Either way, it's exciting. But also a bit scary, as I've never moved for a job, and I'll leaving a city I've spent practically my entire life at. I'll also be even further from my family than I already am. But I'm ready to go. I've been waiting for this for a long time, and it's finally happening.

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • Sorry to "necro" this thread, but I just got around to enabling and testing out your UPS kill command suggestion. Everything shutdown as planned, including the UPS itself. Once I restored wall power to the UPS, power started flowing to the server automatically, the BIOS detected it, and the server booted-up on its own! Success! ESXi is back up and VMs are still in the process of auto-starting. This is exactly how I wanted it all to work.

    Thanks again for the suggestion!

  • What drew you to the high seas?
  • My parents were the ones who pointed me to the high seas. I was a kid (12-13yo) when Napster came out. Being the family geek, they told me to look into it since they heard about it on the news and wanted free music (early case of the Streissand Effect before it was termed as such). So I did. And we got free music. Even asked them to get me a CD burner for my birthday after that and they did.

    As a kid on the earlier days of the Internet, I came across all sorts of ways to get free stuff. Games and Music at first, especially game cracks/warez. Then once torrents came on the scene, movies and shows.

    I actually don't pirate much anymore. Rarely pirate music since I've had Spotify for like 10+yrs now. Same with games since Steam and all the other digital storefronts have so many sales. I still pirate emulator ROMs once in a blue moon. Movies/shows would be where I pirate the most (though like once a month if that), even though I have Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. Even between those 4, I can't find everything I want to watch.

    But yeah, 99% of the time, I just don't want to pay for things. The other 1% is that I can't pay for something (mainly in the emulators/ROMs space). That's all.

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • I'm back in Vegas visiting my folks for Mother's Day, which was yesterday; Happy (belated) Mother's Day to the mothers and caregivers out there! Anyway, it's a nice change of scenery.

    Work has been crazy last couple of weeks. We're getting close to launching a project I've been working on for two years. So lots going on with that to get everything completed on time. We've started vendor-led staff training on it, which is taking up a lot of time. In addition, we purchased another service, so we have training on those as well. So practically everyday, I have like 3-4hrs of trainings. We also have our big annual event coming up, so I need to start focusing on my responsibilities there. It's normally busy this time of the year, but I'm not normally juggling three big projects at once. Maybe I'm just a baby, but I'm not used to it. Either way, its not unmanageable. Yet. Hopefully it won't be at all.

    The nice part of being in Pacific time zone is that I finish my day around 1-2p local time (I'm normally Central time zone). The downside is that I'm having to wake up at 4-5a local time to get going, get ready, have coffee, etc. Oh well, at least I can still roll out of bed over to my laptop.

  • lemmy.ml Tankies
  • I've tried to recommend Beehaw to others, but I don't think I've gotten a single bite. Because when they visit Beehaw, they also see content from the other parts of Lemmy -- both posts and comments -- that Beehaw still federates with, including .ml, and are turned off by a lot of it.

    A big part of it is not understanding how the fediverse works, but that's to be expected; it is confusing. But even having heard my explanation, they're often still like, "Meh, I'll just stick with reddit..." because, as you mentioned, first impressions are everything.

  • lemmy.ml Tankies
  • Thanks for the reminder; always forget that's an option. Luckily Beehaw already defederated from Hexbear and lemmygrad.

  • lemmy.ml Tankies
  • Indeed. I enjoyed the asklemmy community over there, but lately there have been some "questions" posted that clearly have an agenda. Basically begging the question. I'm not saying I'm some free-market, anti-regulation libertarian. Far from it. But like you said, not every post has to be about that, and that we can discuss other things other than the downfall of capitalism. So I unsubscribed from that community, and even considered leaving Lemmy altogether since I feel like those types of posts/comments are so pervasive lately.

  • lemmy.ml Tankies
  • There are some lemmy.ml communities I lurk, but yeah, the toxicity that comes out of the instance is ridiculous. I think Beehaw has defederated lemmy.ml in the past due to lack of moderation issues.

  • Do you use the device you torrent on for personal things as well?
  • I don't pirate very often anymore, but when I do, I use whatever computer I happen to be on. I just turn on a VPN and bind the torrenting client to the VPN only. This is how I've torrented for years, since the late 2000s. I've gotten a couple strikes from my ISP several years ago, but that was before I had a commercial VPN. Otherwise, I've no issues.

    What are the potential security upsides of doing it on a VM/container or a dedicated machine? I can imagine some performance upsides, but that's about it.

  • Let's discuss: Earthbound / Mother
  • It's certainly a fan theory, but that's not a confirmed thing by any means. The location of the last battles does look the inside of a vagina, looking towards the cervix, but that's supposedly only a coincidence.

  • I'll never understand this kind of mindset.
  • That's a bot, right? That can't be real.

    I've met plenty of idiots. Some days, I'm probably one of them. But I don't think I've ever come across someone who's pro anti-piracy. Usually people are just neutral about it. Even the most law-abiding people I know, when I've told them I can download movies for free, are like "Oh, are you able to get this movie for me? Thanks!"

  • Let's discuss: Earthbound / Mother
  • Earthbound was probably the first game I was ever really enamored with. Even today, it's definitely one of my favorite games ever. And it's probably the first JRPG I ever played, and it's what started me down a long path of JRPGs.

    My parents got me a subscription to Nintendo Power magazine, and I remember reading about the game there and wanting to play it. They didn't buy it for me when it came out, but I did rent it from Blockbluster a few times. And they did eventually buy it for me for Christmas. It even came with the strategy guide!

    Everything about the game was great. I didn't appreciate it at the time, but it was insanely accessible, even to a then 7-8yo kid like me. JRPGs tend to be darker and complex (though not always). But Earthbound still had complexity, but it wasn't darker. Yes these kids were having to save the world from destruction, but the story was told in an upbeat, fun way. And it was just the right amount of complexity.

    Earthbound is also probably the first game I ever beat. Certainly the first JRPG.

    I did try the fan-translation of Mother 3. I didn't end up finishing it. I got close, but it was far too depressing and different from EB. The game was beautifully done (as was the player-made strategy guide!), but I just couldn't really get into the story and characters. Just wasn't for me.

  • Why does beehaw and Lemmy in general feel so dead?
  • It's definitely quiet around here. But you know, reddit or any other social media wasn't built in a day, so Lemmy/Beehaw won't either!

    Thanks for posting so much though. You're not the first person I've seen make comments about the seeming lack of activity, but you at least try to change that!

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • Ah, I have the seen that option to kill the UPS after shutdown, but I left it disabled because I didn't understand what it did. And the documentation from Cyberpower is pretty lacking. But I'll try that enabling that option, testing, then seeing what happens.

    I appreciate the tips you're giving me here!

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • Good idea. I did check the BIOS and that setting was already enabled. So I unplugged the UPS from the wall to simulate and test. Unfortunately, the server didn't boot automatically after I plugged the UPS back into the wall. And I remembered that in the past, when the power went out due to storms or something, the server did automatically boot on resumption of power.

    I think I know what's going on.

    With the server and a couple small networking devices on the UPS, I get about 16-17min of battery power. After a few minutes on battery power only, the UPS sends the commands to ESXI to start shutting down VMs and then eventually shuts down the server completely. That takes about 10min. That means there's still battery power remaining, and now with the server off, the largest load on the UPS, the remaining battery time increases to like 40min since the total load on the UPS is now much smaller. However, there's still technically power being served to the server; there's even a small light on the back of the server that stayed on the whole time.

    Plugging the UPS back in the wall didn't do anything, which I kinda expected. It's not going to "send" more power to the server to "wake it up." I think the only way the server would turn back on automatically in this situation is if the power outage was long enough to completely drain the UPS and turn the UPS off completely. So at least 40min. Then there would be absolutely no power being given to the server. Once wall power is back, the UPS itself turns back on, which sends a little bit of power to the server, which the server BIOS recognizes as "Hey, I was actually without any power at all, but I have power now! Boot!" I'll test that out next weekend.

    So for outages less than 40min, the best bet would be doing a remote desktop into a computer on my network, accessing the web GUI for IDRAC, the server's out-of-band-management software, and then powering on the server from there. I tried this out and it worked fine.

    Not automatic in all cases, but as long as I have a manual means to restart the server remotely, that'll do.

    Sorry for the long post; I wrote this down mostly for myself to work it all out!

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • It's going. It's been a very busy couple days already at work. But I talked about work last week, so I'll give an update on something more interesting (to me): My homelab! 🤓

    My UPS arrived like a week ago. I set it up and hooked up devices to it: server, router, and a small switch are on the battery backup. Which gets me about 17min of runtime on the battery if power fails. Pretty good.

    I was able to install the UPS software as an ESXi VM. And I got that to communicate with the ESXi host. Configured some delays to ensure it didn't try to shutdown the server due to a momentary blackout/brownout, and I even got the software to send me email notifications (thank you SMTP2GO).

    Then it was time. I unplugged the UPS from the wall. And waited for it run out of battery. And guess what? It shut down the server! Even before the UPS completely ran out of power. That said, I didn't take a stopwatch to it, or really get a chance to monitor how it was shutting down VMs. It looked like they were all shut down properly after I powered on the VMs again, but I can't say for certain. I could tighten this up. Either way, it basically did what it was supposed to do.

    Next thing I need to figure out is how to get it to boot the server back up once wall power is back. I have some ideas on how to do it manually (if I wasn't home when power was lost), but I think it'd be neat to figure out how to do it automatically.

  • Opinion | 12 Departing Lawmakers Tell Us What Congress Is Really Like

    Some softball questions aimed at outgoing House members. Still kinda interesting. Especially when it comes to the Congressional salary question.

    Should be an NYT Gift link, with no paywall.

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    What polling can and can’t tell you
    www.reuters.com What polling can and can’t tell you

    If you're not careful, you might think a poll just told you who is going to win

    What polling can and can’t tell you

    Basic article from Reuters on polling and what things in results mean or don't mean. Not at all in-depth but it is interactive. Always fun to play with sliders and buttons.

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    What's changed in lemmy and the fediverse in the past 3 months?
  • I think it's worse here than on reddit when it comes to this. Redditors these days (*takes out the walker and cane*) are shitty, but I feel like I'm somewhat insulated from a lot of it due to where I lurk/participate on reddit. But on Lemmy, I see it pretty much everywhere. Smaller userbase compared to reddit, so maybe the rudeness is more visible.

  • Ohio GOP leaders reject Democrats' plan to get President Joe Biden on November ballot
    www.usatoday.com Ohio GOP leaders reject Democrats' plan to get President Joe Biden on November ballot

    A Biden ballot brouhaha as Democrats try to certify the president ahead of convention, but GOP Ohio officials say that's not allowed.

    Ohio GOP leaders reject Democrats' plan to get President Joe Biden on November ballot

    > Ohio officials rejected a plan from Democrats to get President Joe Biden on the November ballot after the party scheduled its convention past a state election deadline.

    > Secretary of State Frank LaRose warned Ohio Democrats earlier this month that Biden is at risk of not making the Nov. 5 ballot. State law requires officials to certify the ballot 90 days before an election − which is Aug. 7 this year − but the president won't officially be nominated until the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19.

    > Lawmakers could pass an exemption to the 90-day deadline by May 9, as they did in 2020 when both parties scheduled their conventions too late. But the chances of that are slim: Top Democrats said they're deferring to the Biden campaign and Democratic National Committee, and Republican leaders are unlikely to lend a helping hand.

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    House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas for Border Policies
    www.nytimes.com House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas for Border Policies

    In a redo of their first failed attempt, Republicans pushed through the charges over solid Democratic opposition, making the homeland security secretary the first sitting cabinet member to be impeached.

    House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas for Border Policies

    Gifted link should be non-paywalled (Archive.is link if desired).

    > The United States House of Representatives voted narrowly on Tuesday to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, in a precedent-shattering vote that charged him with willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching the public trust.

    > In a 214-to-213 vote, Republicans barreled past the solid opposition of Democrats and reservations in their own ranks to make Mr. Mayorkas the first sitting cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached.

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    Speaker Johnson rejects Israel, Ukraine aid package ahead of Senate vote
    wapo.st Speaker Johnson rejects Israel, Ukraine aid package ahead of Senate vote

    The La. Republican says the bill needs border security measures -- after he and other Republicans rejected border security measures last week.

    Gifted link should be non-paywalled (Archive.is link if desired).

    > House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) preemptively rejected the Senate’s $95 billion national security package to aid Israel, Ukraine and other U.S. allies, saying in a statement that the package’s failure to address U.S. border security makes it a nonstarter in the House.

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    In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President
    www.nytimes.com In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President

    Taiwan’s vice president, whose party has emphasized the island’s sovereignty, defeated an opposition party that favors reviving engagement with China.

    In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President

    cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/11011730

    > [Submitted link is an NYT gifted link,](In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President) so should be a free to all to read. > >Taiwan’s vice president, Lai Ching-te, who has faced sustained hostility from China, won the island democracy’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that could prompt Beijing to step up pressure on Taiwan, deepening tensions with Washington. > > > For many of the millions of Taiwanese citizens who lined up at ballot booths on Saturday, the vote centered on the question of who should lead Taiwan in an increasingly tense standoff with its much larger, autocratic and heavily armed neighbor, China. >

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    In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President
    www.nytimes.com In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President

    Taiwan’s vice president, whose party has emphasized the island’s sovereignty, defeated an opposition party that favors reviving engagement with China.

    In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President

    [Submitted link is an NYT gifted link,](In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President) so should be a free to all to read. >Taiwan’s vice president, Lai Ching-te, who has faced sustained hostility from China, won the island democracy’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that could prompt Beijing to step up pressure on Taiwan, deepening tensions with Washington.

    > For many of the millions of Taiwanese citizens who lined up at ballot booths on Saturday, the vote centered on the question of who should lead Taiwan in an increasingly tense standoff with its much larger, autocratic and heavily armed neighbor, China.

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    Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping
    www.latimes.com Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping

    The farm barons of Tulare Lake Basin want to continue pumping groundwater at volumes collapsing the San Joaquin Valley. That puts the region at greater risk of damaging floods — and in greater need of taxpayer bailouts.

    Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping

    cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/10682799

    > > Corcoran had been sinking, steadily, for years because of persistent overpumping of groundwater by major landowners in the Tulare Lake Basin that has sent the valley floor into a slow-motion collapse. And the levee raises made in 2017 — a multimillion-dollar effort funded by local property tax hikes and the prison system — were no longer up to the job. Ultimately, the state agreed to pour $17 million into another round of levee engineering in an effort to save the town. > > > Farmers, meanwhile, were frantic as the basin’s phantom lake reemerged for the first time in 25 years and floodwaters surged onto croplands that had not flooded in modern times. The same overpumping that was sinking Corcoran had caused geologic transformations across the basin. What was once high ground suddenly wasn’t; infrastructure critical to drainage had in some cases shifted; water flowed in unexpected ways.

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    Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping
    www.latimes.com Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping

    The farm barons of Tulare Lake Basin want to continue pumping groundwater at volumes collapsing the San Joaquin Valley. That puts the region at greater risk of damaging floods — and in greater need of taxpayer bailouts.

    Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping

    > Corcoran had been sinking, steadily, for years because of persistent overpumping of groundwater by major landowners in the Tulare Lake Basin that has sent the valley floor into a slow-motion collapse. And the levee raises made in 2017 — a multimillion-dollar effort funded by local property tax hikes and the prison system — were no longer up to the job. Ultimately, the state agreed to pour $17 million into another round of levee engineering in an effort to save the town.

    > Farmers, meanwhile, were frantic as the basin’s phantom lake reemerged for the first time in 25 years and floodwaters surged onto croplands that had not flooded in modern times. The same overpumping that was sinking Corcoran had caused geologic transformations across the basin. What was once high ground suddenly wasn’t; infrastructure critical to drainage had in some cases shifted; water flowed in unexpected ways.

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    McCarthy Says He Will Leave Congress at the End of the Year

    > Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, who made history as the first speaker to be ousted from the post, announced on Wednesday that he would leave the House at the end of the year but said he planned to remain engaged in Republican politics.

    Link is an NYT gift article that shouldn't be paywalled.

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    North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum drops presidential bid after failing to qualify for fourth debate
    www.politico.com North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum drops presidential bid after failing to qualify for fourth debate

    The mostly self-funded candidate slammed the RNC's "clubhouse debate requirements."

    North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum drops presidential bid after failing to qualify for fourth debate

    > North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum dropped his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday after repeatedly polling in the single digits and failing to qualify for the third and fourth GOP debates.

    > In his statement, Burgum criticized the Republican National Committee’s “clubhouse debate requirements” that kept him from qualifying for November and December debates.

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    Republican Sen. Tim Scott suspends presidential campaign
    www.cnn.com Republican Sen. Tim Scott suspends presidential campaign | CNN Politics

    Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is ending his presidential campaign, he announced in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

    Republican Sen. Tim Scott suspends presidential campaign | CNN Politics

    cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/Neoliberal/t/621727

    > Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is ending his presidential campaign, he announced in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

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    Emmer Drops Speaker Bid After Right-Wing Backlash
    www.nytimes.com Emmer Drops Speaker Bid After Right-Wing Backlash

    Tom Emmer, the House G.O.P.’s No. 3 leader, narrowly won his party’s nomination but drew an immediate backlash from right-wing colleagues and former President Donald J. Trump.

    Emmer Drops Speaker Bid After Right-Wing Backlash

    This is a gift link, so should work for everyone.

    > Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, dropped his bid for speaker on Tuesday hours after securing his divided party’s nomination, after a swift backlash from the right, including former President Donald J. Trump, left his candidacy in shambles.

    Guy lasted like 4hrs as the nominee. Didn't even get a vote on the House floor before dropping out.

    23 days til the government shuts down.

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    DeSantis’ Israel rescue operation left Americans stranded on Cyprus
    www.tampabay.com DeSantis’ Israel rescue operation left Americans stranded on Cyprus

    The CEO of an organization that partnered on the flights said the state was “in a rush” to help DeSantis score political points.

    DeSantis’ Israel rescue operation left Americans stranded on Cyprus

    > Nearly two dozen Americans fleeing Israel with the help of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration were stranded for days in Cyprus before they finally got to Florida on Wednesday, according to the head of an international rescue organization who blamed contractors that state officials hired to run the operation.

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    RFK Jr. announces he will run as an independent candidate
    www.politico.com RFK Jr. announces he will run as an independent candidate

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is abandoning his challenge to President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination.

    RFK Jr. announces he will run as an independent candidate

    > Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday he is abandoning his bid for the Democratic nomination for the White House in 2024.

    > “I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate for president of the United States,” Kennedy announced to a crowd of supporters at Independence Mall in Philadelphia. “We declare independence from the cynical elites who betray our hope and who amplify our divisions. And finally, we declare independence from the two political parties.”

    >His family name is almost synonymous with the Democratic Party, but Kennedy has determined that its primary nomination process was skewed in favor of President Joe Biden. That history, he said, made the decision personally painful for him.

    > Some members of the Kennedy family released a joint statement in response calling his announcement “deeply saddening” and “perilous for our country.”

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    McCarthy Floats Return as Divided G.O.P. Prepares to Choose a Speaker
    www.nytimes.com McCarthy Floats Return as Divided G.O.P. Prepares to Choose a Speaker

    Less than a week after his ouster, the former speaker indicated he would be open to reinstatement as Republicans prepared to discuss whom to nominate to succeed him.

    McCarthy Floats Return as Divided G.O.P. Prepares to Choose a Speaker

    Gift Article.

    > Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy floated the possibility on Monday that he might be open to reclaiming the post from which he was ousted less than a week ago, even as two other Republicans vied to replace him in a contest that has highlighted the party’s deep divisions.

    > With the House rudderless and paralyzed following Mr. McCarthy’s removal last week, the California Republican worked to project normalcy and leadership in the face of the war unfolding in Israel, after an invasion by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that has led to hundreds of deaths and the capture of scores of civilian Israeli hostages. He summoned reporters to the Capitol to lay out a plan to defend Israel and rescue American captives.

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    Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case
    www.nytimes.com Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case

    The prison term for Enrique Tarrio was the most severe penalty handed down so far to any of the more than 1,100 people charged in connection with the Capitol attack.

    Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case

    Gift Article.

    > Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for the central role he played in organizing a gang of his pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

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    Formula 1 Grand Prix of Italy (Monza) 2023 - Race Results

    That was an excellent race. Ferrari put on a show today.

    Race Results SPOILER

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    | POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME/RETIRED | PTS | |-----|----|-----------------|------------------------------|------|--------------|-----| | 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 50 | 1:12:13.618 | 25 | | 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 50 | +7.686s | 18 | | 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 50 | +11.674s | 15 | | 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 50 | +12.119s | 12 | | 5 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 50 | +18.925s | 10 | | 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 50 | +39.111s | 8 | | 7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 50 | +45.198s | 6 | | 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 50 | +45.549s | 4 | | 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 50 | +46.424s | 2 | | 10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 49 | +65.950s | 1 | | 11 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 49 | +71.398s | 0 | | 12 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 49 | +72.240s | 0 | | 13 | 40 | Liam Lawson | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 49 | +73.268s | 0 | | 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 49 | +81.658s | 0 | | 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 49 | +81.913s | 0 | | 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 49 | +82.236s | 0 | | 17 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 49 | +1 lap | 0 | | 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 49 | +1 lap | 0 | | NC | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 39 | DNF | 0 | | NC | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 0 | DNF | 0 |

    Source: F1.com

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    Formula 1 Grand Prix of Italy (Monza) 2023 - Qualifying Results

    That was a close quali fight at the end! Looking forward to the race tomorrow. And it should be sunny! First time in awhile we should see no rain at all.

    Rumor has it that Bernie Ecclestone was seen with a bunch of hoses and sprinklers in preparation for the rainless race...

    Quali Results SPOILER

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    | POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | LAPS | |-----|----|-----------------|------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|------| | 1 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 1:21.965 | 1:20.991 | 1:20.294 | 20 | | 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:21.573 | 1:20.937 | 1:20.307 | 21 | | 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 1:21.788 | 1:20.977 | 1:20.361 | 21 | | 4 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 1:22.148 | 1:21.382 | 1:20.671 | 21 | | 5 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:21.911 | 1:21.240 | 1:20.688 | 21 | | 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:21.661 | 1:21.272 | 1:20.760 | 21 | | 7 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:22.106 | 1:21.527 | 1:20.785 | 24 | | 8 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 1:21.977 | 1:21.369 | 1:20.820 | 21 | | 9 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:21.995 | 1:21.581 | 1:20.979 | 23 | | 10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:22.043 | 1:21.543 | 1:21.417 | 19 | | 11 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 1:21.852 | 1:21.594 | | 15 | | 12 | 40 | Liam Lawson | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 1:22.112 | 1:21.758 | | 15 | | 13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 1:22.343 | 1:21.776 | | 16 | | 14 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 1:22.249 | 1:21.940 | | 14 | | 15 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:21.930 | 1:21.944 | | 15 | | 16 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 1:22.390 | | | 8 | | 17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:22.545 | | | 7 | | 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:22.548 | | | 8 | | 19 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 1:22.592 | | | 8 | | 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:22.860 | | | 9 |

    Source: F1.com

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    Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu
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    The U.S. military has struggled to overcome recruiting shortfalls and as a way to try to address that problem, it's stepping up efforts to sign up immigrants.

    Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu

    > Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits.

    This is one of the fastest paths to US citizenship I've seen:

    > Under the new program, recruits are quickly enrolled in the citizenship system and when they start basic training, an expedited process kicks off, including all required paperwork and testing. By the time Air Force recruits finish their seven weeks of training, the process is complete and they are sworn in as American citizens.

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