Unfortunately Trump isn't alone in that regard - quite a lot of people reach adulthood lacking critical thinking and the ability to actually discern what is or isn't a reliable and useful source of information. Add to that the propaganda machine of media empires like Murdoch's and it's no wonder people buy Trump's inane ramblings.
They're only worried about this now?! These are supposed to be observant people who manage large sums of money... How can they be that oblivious to Trump's modus operandi?! Even in his first term there was obvious evidence that he never matured beyond childhood and had a tenuous grip on reality.
Are you sure he's actually dumb if he's easy to train? One of our cats definitely cries when she really wants to play, but it's because she wants me to go to her rather than her walking down to the other end of the house where I am!
Your clever cat sounds like our Whisper. He is very intelligent and loves to explore (fortunately he tolerates a harness and we either take him outside with it or under strict supervision). He also knows what doorhandles do, but fortunately can't operate them himself.
As for food fussiness, our cats amuse us too. There is a wet food brand called "Fussy Cat" here that Tabitha won't eat at all and Whisper only under protest (and he's the food-oriented one). Tabitha definitely prefers anything fish, even to the extent that she'll voluntarily go to her dry food feeder (containing salmon-flavoured kibble) instead of eating the chicken or beef wet food. As for the loaf type foods, I don't think she even recognises them as being edible! Fortunately Whisper has not worked out that human food is edible (and we plan to keep it that way), or he'd be intolerable at meal times.
I'm not sure if this is Johnson acting immature and throwing a tantrum because the GOP couldn't get their way, or if he's buying time to make sure they can get the nine Republicans into line before trying again.
I'm not a lawyer either, but my take on it is that they will argue that whilst the 12th Amendment requires that the VP candidate be eligible for the office of President, that eligibility is not the same as the election constraint of the 22nd Amendment and that the 22nd Amendment doesn't actually address eligibility.
Out of curiosity, how many of the downvoters on this article have actually read it? Most of it is not about Fetterman but the fact that the Democrat leadership seems to have their heads in the sand and is neither demonstrating leadership nor willing to learn from their loss last year.
Signal security relies on user competence. The user has to be savvy enough to not fall for phishing attempts. All it would take is for one of the morons to have scanned such a QR code for that whole chat to have been compromised. I would bet big money that at least one of these fools had already done so.
Considering one of the participants of that Signal chat (Witkoff) was in Russia at the time, I think you would win that bet.
It's not just conceivable, it's almost guaranteed that non-US powers were listening in. These people are either incredibly stupid (and have the Dunning-Kruger over-confidence to match) or they are traitors to the US.
I think they're drawing the distinction between small outbreaks - when the disease has to be reintroduced each time - and it becoming endemic (e.g. present in the community for more than 12 months).
It frustrates me a bit that all the coverage is negative. Yes, the government needs to do their homework and I fully agree that the costings need to be updated and the business case for SRL North and East split in order to carry out a proper assessment.
However, every article I've read on this almost completely ignores all the positive parts of the Infrastructure Australia report. On almost every one of the review themes in the IA report, the SRL is referred to in a positive manner. E.g.
The proposal demonstrates strong alignment to Victoria State policy documents, in particular Plan Melbourne 2017 – 2050, which states an intent to “maintain a permanent urban growth boundary around Melbourne to create a more consolidated, sustainable city”. However, as SRL East is expected to enhance accessibility for outer suburbs, it may encourage urban expansion as these outer areas become more liveable. The proposal also delivers strong alignment to the Australian Government’s Infrastructure Policy Statement, as it is demonstrated to deliver improvements in productivity, public transport network resilience, equity, connectivity and reduces ongoing transport emissions, which is also consistent with the National Electric Vehicle Strategy (2023) and the Transport and Infrastructure Net Zero Roadmap and Action Plan (2023).
Substantial stakeholder engagement has been and continues to be carried out for SRL East... The depth of stakeholder engagement indicates there is likely sufficient buy-in from stakeholders and the community and that the project responds to their needs.
SRL East is anticipated to directly improve quality of life of Melbournians, particularly in outer and middle suburbs. It is anticipated to deliver improved living affordability through reduced transport costs for households close to the SRL East corridor and along the connecting regional rail network, encourage increased active transport and reduce road network congestion. ... Analysis completed as part of the BIC demonstrated that approximately 20% of households located within SRL East precincts will be within the lowest income group (Income Quantile 1), demonstrating that investment in SRL East would benefit more vulnerable members of the community by providing greater housing choice and better access to public transport.
Unfortunately Trump isn't alone in that regard - quite a lot of people reach adulthood lacking critical thinking and the ability to actually discern what is or isn't a reliable and useful source of information. Add to that the propaganda machine of media empires like Murdoch's and it's no wonder people buy Trump's inane ramblings.