Monday Overnight Open Thread (1/22/24)

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Does Haley like Mexican drug cartels? Or is she simply unaware that the fentanyl problem is a Mexico-is-on-our-border problem? In her case, it’s likely stupidity, but stupidity in the service of our ruling class, which maintains scrupulous neutrality on the value of American lives. Ann Coulter

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“I’m a good flyer, but my partner was not loving the information I was telling her and starting to panic, and I was trying to put her mind at rest as much as I could,” British traveler Phil Hardy

Quote III

“Then the game ended… and we had a second glass of wine and I remember I felt weird, like heavier in my head. And that’s the last thing I remember.” "Carlos"

I received the following from OrangeEnt: 'Here's a link to something to make the blood boil.' It certainly does.

It's stupid news and not political for a change. Politics is a sewer.

Reese Witherspoon Grossed Out A Bunch Of People By Eating Snow, But She Doesn’t Care: ‘You Only Live Once’

FBI training these days is lax compared to days of yesteryear.

The headline reads: 'Gen Z is prioritizing living over working because they've seen 'the legacy of broken promises' in corporate America, a future-of-work expert says' Or are they just lazy?

A future-of-work expert said Gen Zers "work to live" because they watched older generations suffer.
At Davos, Ravin Jesuthasan told Business Insider Gen Zers didn't see the same rewards for hard work.
So they don't want to put work first at the expense of their personal lives and well-being.

'Animal House' was a motion picture, not an educational tool. Genius Award Winners.

Four frat boys are arrested after leaving a dead longhorn on the front law of another Oklahoma State fraternity house even as their brothers begged them not to carry out the 'prank'
Bennett Fady, Luke Ackerley, Brody Shelby, Andrew King, were arrested Wednesday by police
It comes after a month-long investigation into what cops now say was a prank
They have been released on their own recognizance after pleading not guilty

These guys are busy. But this guy had just a little extra time and heart. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

'He Didn't Give Me A Name': Amazon Driver Shovels Snow For Man In Wheelchair

Today's good news story comes from Mentor, Ohio.

An Amazon delivery driver went above and beyond his duties to shovel a snow-covered driveway for Don Wheeler, a man who has been in a wheelchair for two decades.


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