Monday Overnight Open Thread (4/15/24)

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“The Jezebel spirit opened our event, This is a rebuke and a correction of no one. This is an observation. Before the word of God was opened, there was a platform. It was a high place. On it was a pole, an Asherah, the same thing that’s used in a strip club for women who have the Jezebel spirit to seduce men." Pastor Mark Driscoll of Trinity Church

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“I don’t think, at this point, that the United States should be engaged in a military action directly at Iran. But I do believe that if this administration fails to step up to the plate and understand that we have an escalating conflict and make it clear to Iran that there are red lines, and that the United States will defend Israel and will not allow Iran to become a weapon state, that we will be in a broader conflict and we will have less options.” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH)

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“When our policymakers fail to call out our enemies or acknowledge the importance of our alliances, the world is less safe. That is why Hudson’s work is so critical,” Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley

Everything you know is wrong.

Suspected Iranian agent working for Pentagon while U.S. coordinated defense of Israel

Frustration is swirling on Capitol Hill following a top Defense Department official’s revelation that a suspected Iranian influence agent remained on the job at the Pentagon last week while U.S. national security officials were coordinating international efforts to defend Israel from a coming Iranian attack.

Sparks flew during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week when Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Maier told lawmakers that Ariane Tabatabai remained at work in an office overseeing special operations and irregular warfare despite concerns from lawmakers that she has operated at the behest of the Iranian regime.

Suspicion among lawmakers about Ms. Tabatabai’s potential participation in a hidden effort directed by the Iranian regime first came to the fore last year when alleged details about her appeared in a trove of emails from Iranian diplomats spanning from 2003 to 2021 that were published by news outlets.

It appears that the Norwegian Lutherans are attacking the Swedish Lutherans.

A daughter to be proud of. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A girl aged only six rescued her family after their house caught fire, dashing inside to shout ‘Wake up mum – wake up the babies.’

Olivia Patterson was on the other side of the street with a friend when ‘by absolute chance’ she saw flames pouring from the semi-detached home in North Yorkshire.

I wonder if the charming Alec Baldwin will be convicted. Such a nice chap. ‘Rust’ Armorer Gets 18 Months in Prison, Alec Baldwin’s Trial Approaches.

Hannah Guttierez-Reed, the head armorer on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust, was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for the 2021 fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin. Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March.

I saw this story and just had to snicker.

HUNDREDS of H&R Block customers reported issues on Tax Day with the company's website earlier this morning.

Over 900 H&R Block users flooded Downdetector to report problems at around 8 am ET Monday.

H&R Block officially resolved the problem after the tax filing service gave customers issues all day.

"We are happy to report the issue that was affecting a small number of our downloadable desktop software users has been resolved," the company wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Feel free to pay taxes which go to illegal immigrants so they can be legally represented.

LANSING – The Whitmer administration proposes spending $8 million in the upcoming fiscal year to fund legal services that could be lifesaving for immigrants seeking asylum.

The money would help pay for attorneys to represent them in immigration proceedings.

Asylum is a legal form of protection that allows immigrants to live in the United States if they fear persecution in their home country, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

That protection gives asylum-seekers a set of rights that other non-citizens are ineligible for, such as the ability to work and apply for social security and Medicaid. In addition, they can request asylum for some immediate relatives.

The proposed budget would provide more money for nonprofit legal services directly impacting them.

GAINZZZZ

Yale University students begin hunger strike, demand divestment from weapons manufacturers involved in Israel war
​Around a dozen students at Yale University have begun a hunger strike, demanding that the university divest from weapons manufacturers supporting Israel in its war against Hamas.

Born on this day: April 15. 1932 - Roy Clark
American singer and musician Roy Clark, who had the 1969 US hit single, 'Yesterday, When I Was Young'. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. He died on 11 November 2018. Via thisdayinmusic.com

On this day: April 15, 2001 - Joey Ramone
Punk pioneer Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman) singer of the Ramones died after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer aged 49. On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. Via thisdayinmusic.com

Once upon a time. I was my parent's remote control. Genius Award Winner.

Man in Taiwan stabs mum to death after argument over spoilt remote control

A man stabbed his mother to death and injured his father after an argument went awry in their home in Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday (April 10), Sinchew reported on Friday.

The 36-year-old, surnamed Xu, was on the second floor of their shophouse home with his mum that night when the latter discovered the TV remote wasn't working.

The woman, who was in her 60s, reportedly uttered a few words to him, sparking an argument between the two.

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