Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"
In 1958, Muriel Billes hit upon an idea.
Why not introduce a form of store currency in the form of a coupon?
She took her idea to her husband Alfred, the president of Canadian Tire.
Thus Canadian Tire Money was born.
This is the story.
📸 Canadian Tire
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It's nuts that Republicans in Congress DRAGGED Secretary of Defense LLoyd Austin through hearings for going to the doctor one day, but Mitch McConnell is out for four months and that's totes fine.
Microsoft to place limits on XBOX Cloud Gaming
Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hours
Game Pass Premium: 10 hours
Game Pass Essential: 5 hours
What a total joke
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year.
Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
Another successful rain barrel giveaway with our partners at Coca-Cola Consolidated. For the last four years, this partnership has reused syrup barrels, helping hundreds of homes and community gardens. We can't wait for next year's event!
CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP
it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form
the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows
GLAAD has a good writeup on it below
TELL ‘EM NO
direct link to comment form:
www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...
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Canonical clarify their AI plans for Ubuntu Linux - opt-in and easy to remove (fixed the title, third times the charm eh)
Link: www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cano...#Linux#Ubuntu#AI
I’ve been thinking about this guy almost daily for ten fucking years. essentially my entire 30’s. when he finally croaks I imagine I’ll let out a sigh so deep it realigns my fucking spine
The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals.
We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.
Columbus City Council approved a $1.2 million grant for the purchase of the buildings last Sept, and the nonprofit organization closed on them in Dec. The two buildings contain 10 apartments and 6,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space.
MORE: columbusunderground.com/renovation-p...
Reporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
Trump told @reuters.com that “when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms.” He then “boasted” of his accomplishments, telling the reporter, “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
There it is.
Breaking news: President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, raising the prospect of sending U.S. troops into Minneapolis to quell ongoing protests against a recent federal immigration enforcement surge.
Breaking News: President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis after an ICE agent killed a woman there last week.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE: This appears to come from murderer Jonathan Ross’ body cam or cell phone. You can clearly see Renee Good turn her steering wheel to avoid him, and after he shoots her in the face, you hear him say “Fucking bitch.” www.instagram.com/reel/DTTNCQr...
Two years ago, he published a three-part debunking of the “retconning” of the murder of George Floyd, diving deep into the details of police use of force training. It’s detailed but fascinating reading.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
A few thoughts on this important NYT analysis:
First, the officer who killed Good is shown running up the *passenger* side of the car seconds before he killed her. He shot her first from the front, then the driver's side. This means he *put himself* in the path of the vehicle when he shot her.