read this twice

“It’s bound to be a popular proposal with voters, who have been paying more than $6 per gallon of gasoline for much of the year. But the big question is how the measure will be received by California lawmakers, especially since the oil industry is one of the state’s top lobbyists and campaign donors.”

https://www.foxla.com/news/furious-newsom-set-to-punish-oil-producers-give-money-to-drivers

‘Sweden has a poverty problem’: the social stores offering food at rock-bottom prices

Proud and prosperous Sweden, with its famously generous welfare system and abundance of green energy, should – in theory – be better equipped than most European countries to bear a battering from the continent’s cost of living crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/sweden-has-a-poverty-problem-the-social-stores-offering-food-at-rock-bottom-prices

NCAAF prediction

Georgia will crush OSU.

Michigan-TCU will be a great game. Michigan wins with the better defense.

Michigan-Georgia will be a good game. i think a toss-up so i will go with my upbringing and go with Michigan to win it all. the math person in me will also add that whichever team wins the turnover battle likely wins this one.

this assumes no major injuries (or suspensions, OSU!) between now and then.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35180211/georgia-michigan-tcu-ohio-state-chosen-college-football-playoff

St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods. Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back.

not sure how i feel about this one.

“A St. Louis ordinance lets courts banish people from huge swaths of the city as a punishment for petty crimes. These neighborhood orders of protection often prevent people from accessing the services they need and raise constitutional questions.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/st-louis-can-banish-people-from-entire-neighborhoods

Moscow, ID killings

i have a theory that it was religious/cult related. the house was being punished a person or group that didn’t approve of what they were doing, how they were living.

my thought is only two things could cause enough anger/passion/rage to do such a terrible thing: love and religion. if it were the former we’d know by now. my wholly uniformed and 100% speculative conclusion is that it was two or more fanatics. one person couldn’t have pulled it off.

so sad this is even a topic :/

newsom is running

“California Gov. Gavin Newsom is dismissing speculation that he may challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2024 – reportedly telling POTUS himself that he is “all in” on Biden’s re-election.”

https://www.foxla.com/news/newsom-wont-challenge-biden-in-2024-says-he-is-all-in-on-presidents-re-election