ALEX, I’LL TAKE “ARGUMENTS I’VE BEEN MAKING SINCE THE ’80S TO NO AVAIL” FOR $400:

Also, I don’t see anything in the Constitution entitling anybody to anyone else’s stuff.

HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE: Paramount Moving To Austin? “Paramount and Netflix continue to fight over control of Warner Brothers, with California’s state government continuing to oppose the Paramount bid, the sticking point reportedly being preserving liberal control of geriatric news network CNN. As a result, Paramount is threatening to move out of California over the state’s opposition to the merger and their generally business hostile environment. And one potential destination for Paramount’s new HQ is Austin.”

THAT’S (D)IFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

YES:

CDR Sal adds: “For those who are not aware of the story, Huck must choose between returning the runaway slave Jim or helping him stay free. Huck’s society and laws tell him it is a sin to help an escaped slave. Huck sees the evil and error of his society and laws compared to the goodness of Jim and the injustice of slavery. It is about not just moral courage, but absolute courage… and friendship.”

GLENN ONCE SUGGESTED LIMITING NONPROFIT STATUS TO GROUPS THAT ACTUALLY HELP THE NEEDY…:

…and I’d just add some uncomfortably rigorous auditing as needed.

DECOUPLING: Google Pulls Every Last Pixel Product Out of China. “Google is cutting Beijing out of its hardware supply chain entirely. Starting in 2027, every Pixel phone, watch, and earbud will be manufactured in Vietnam and India, eliminating China’s decade-long foothold in the company’s manufacturing. Only Samsung has made a cleaner break among global smartphone brands.”

COMICALLY DESPERATE:

NOT THE BEE: Pennsylvania court case declared mistrial because none of the jurors would own up to smoking a doobie in the jury room. “The prosecution and the defense both agreed that if the juror had a prescription it was fine, and the judge said no one would be in trouble for the incident, but all the jurors also swore that they were not taking any medications that could affect their judgment in the case, so the judge needed to figure out who it was.”

That would be fine, really?

WE DO NOT:

Full text:

“If 2 Arab boys need to be taken care of, I’m not sending two girls in. As soon as certain surnames come up, we bring in the police.”

She speaks about the problems with clan members:

“It usually doesn’t take long for 20, 30, 40 family members to show up in front of the hospital. They have special Telegram groups where they alert each other, and they want to make their presence felt in a way that’s often aggressive: ‘We’re here; we stand by our people—and you can expect trouble if anything happens to them.’

“In these circles, it’s common for the mothers and women to scream loudly and in high drama. This high noise level is a stress factor for the staff and also for the patients.”

That’s no way to run a hospital. Or a Western nation.

“FIRED FOR CAUSE” IS NO REASON NOT TO FORCE A COMPANY TO HIRE HER BACK, APPARENTLY: