Minnesota on Display
Homeland Security is conducting a "massive investigation" into childcare and other "rampant fraud" in Minneapolis. The DOJ announced 98 total arrests (including 85 of Somali descent) for fraud in Minnesota, primarily in daycare center fraud. Now, I'm sure law enforcement is mistaken. I'm sure it's a mistake ... or worse. Because Minneapolis is largely known as a law abiding, careful government ... oh ... wait ...
If at First You Don't Succeed
In response to the Christmas Eve fiasco where musicians ruined fans' Christmas Eve by canceling their show because the musicians were mad about ... Trump ... it appears that the Kennedy Center is planning to make a tradition of ruining people's events by canceling again. "You know what? We don't care about you fans or your fun. All we care about is we don't like Trump." So they've canceled the New Year's Eve performance as well. That ought to make us understand their position better. Let's see ... you're saying ... "Nope! We don't care about our fans!" Got it.
Tubes and Toothpaste
Have you heard of the notion that you "you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube." As a race, we seem to accept something as novel, but before long, it's necessary, then mandatory. Take the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), for instance. Established in 2010 as an oversight of financial institutions, it went from "a good idea" to a judicial mandate, as evidenced by the story that a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must fund the CFPB. It's not constitutional. It's not a legal mandate somewhere. But ... now it's a requirement. That particular toothpaste is not going back in that tube.
Banning Social Media?
Australia last year banned social media accounts for children under the age of 16. Now France is considering something similar for under 15. So is Denmark, Malaysia, and Norway. Netherlands discourages it for under 15 and Greece requires parental consent. Apparently these (and others) are seeing dangers that have always been there but have gone unaddressed.
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Minnesota's Governor Walz is taking action on this whole fraud thing. He has awarded an $8 billion grant to a Somali company to investigate the Somali perpetrators. Because that's what a savvy government does. On the airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas day, the Bee had a ... different spin. They suggest Trump gave some terrorists the special gift of meeting Allah for Christmas. Finally, apparently Planet Fitness figured out a new approach by offering a new two-week membership for New Years ... you know, for those folks making resolutions. Shrewd marketing.
Must be true; I read it on the internet.
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Minnesota On Display
That's always the way of things, a few people ruin things for everyone else. Minnesota has also lost federal childcare funding over this. So all those people that really do need it lost it because the Minnesota government doesn't want to bother to audit it's funding.
If at First You Don't Succeed
Trump wants to make government icons look nice again, but they're just fine with how they are. How dare he want the world to be impressed with American famous places.
Tubes and Toothpaste
Did you know that nobody was getting educated before the institution of the Department of Education? At least that's what it sounds like when you hear them complain about his attempts to shut it down. I'll still never understand how the head of the Executive Branch doesn't have the authority to dictate to the Executive Branch.
Banning Social Media?
It is impressive to see the rest of the world care about their children faster than America. Normally is be against these kinds of things, but since parents are abdicating their responsibility here, someone has to step in.
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That Planet Fitness one really got me at the end when they said the two-week membership wasn't all that convenient because of how difficult it was to cancel after the two weeks. The Bee, speaking truth through satire, again.
Good points all.
Minnesota on Display
Can't think of a better argument for tightening up the criteria for immigration.
If at First You Don't Succeed
I don't recall...where entertainers refusing to entertain when they named it after Kennedy?
Tubes and Toothpaste
I think the tube that squeezed out rogue lower court judges can be capped fairly easily, even with our current SCOTUS line-up.
It looks as though Walz is dropping his re election bid over the fraud that's been revealed.
While there are obviously immigration aspects to this story, this is really much more about a state government choosing to ignore fraud over a long period of time. Walz, Ellison, and the lot should be liable for prosecution. To allow the theft of billions of US taxpayer dollars to protect a political philosophy should be grounds for criminal prosecution.
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