Are the 10 days of darnkess upon us?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidley_Austin
Sidley Austin LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,300 lawyers in 21 offices worldwide. It was established in 1866 and its headquarters is at One South Dearborn in Chicago's Loop.[1] It is one of the largest law firms in the world in terms of revenue. Among its alumni are former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.[8]
Barry and Big Mike are alumni… interesting.
A new biography about Michelle Obama discusses in detail what she didn’t like about her job, early in her career, as an associate attorney at Sidley Austin.
Ambitious and eager for responsibility, she found a number of assignments unexciting, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, summarizing a lengthy Sunday magazine article in the Washington Post by author Liza Mundy. Plus, more so than most associates, Obama, whose name at the time was Michelle Robinson, didn’t hesitate to push hard for better work.
“Not many people went over my head,” recalls Quincy White, a now-retired partner at Sidley who headed the firm’s marketing practice at the time. But Robinson did, complaining to Sidley’s human resources department.
He and an HR representative talked, agreeing that Robinson, essentially, was “complaining that she’s being treated like she’s a second-year associate,” recounts an excerpt from Mundy’s book, titled simply Michelle. Says White: “I couldn’t give her something that would meet her sense of ambition to change the world.”
Focusing on her career, the 25-year-old had told her mother, in the summer of 1989, that she wasn’t going to worry about dating, the Post article says. But then she was assigned to mentor Barack Obama, who was a 27-year-old law student and summer associate at the time.
Today, of course, he is the Democratic presidential nominee, and Michelle Obama is his wife of nearly 16 years.
In 2001, the firm merged with Brown & Wood, a New York-based law firm established in 1914 with 400 attorneys and additional domestic offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles and overseas branches in London, Beijing and Hong Kong (where it practiced English law in addition to U.S. law). Brown & Wood was known for its securities, structured finance and securitization practices. Brown & Wood had offices in the World Trade Center on floors 54 and 56-59.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_%26_Wood
And there is is… 9/11 WTC connection… very interesting…
In an effort to bulk up in a period of strong law firm consolidation, Brown & Wood explored a merger with fellow New York firm White & Case in 1998, but these talks were described as "preliminary in nature." Brown & Wood eventually merged with Sidley & Austin in 2001. Shortly thereafter, the legacy Brown & Wood's offices in the World Trade Center were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.[3] The firm relocated its New York operations to midtown Manhattan.
Brown & Wood notable attorney.. Charles Li – Chinese banker, former CEO of Hong Kong Stock Exchange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Li
In 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported that Charles Li, while he was chairman of JP Morgan China from 2003 to 2009, recommended hiring the children and associates of Chinese officials, clients and potential future clients. At the time, JP Morgan was investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice into possible violation of anti-bribery laws by improperly hiring relatives of Chinese officials, known as "princelings", to win business.[2]
Princelings….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princelings
Notable princelings… Xi Jinping
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https://www.fdli.org/2022/09/whats-in-a-name-updates-on-plant-based-product-labeling-regulations/
The content and restrictions of these laws vary widely. Some statutes permit “qualified labels” that either include “plant-based,” “vegan,” or other language indicating that the food is plant-based on the packaging “prominently” or “conspicuously.”[33] Other states, like Arkansas, prohibit alternative meat products from “misrepresenting” or using any language that is associated with meat-based products.[34] Using terms such as “burger,” “bacon,” or “deli slices” for plant-based products, for example, would not be permitted in these states. Some states have since issued regulations that would permit this type of language so long as the label includes clear qualifying language.[35] Missouri has even criminalized labeling foods as meat when the product does not come from animals; a violation of its labeling law is a Class A misdemeanor.[36]
June is Dairy Month in WI… this bs from Gates is getting outta hand! Not positive but I believe the word “milk” can only be used on products containing dairy. At least right now anyway.
DES MOINES — While the state is implementing a new program to maintain Iowa’s voter registration lists, the search continues for a new program in which Iowa will share information with other states to ensure accurate voter rolls.
The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees elections policy, recently entered into a five-year, $4.8 million contract with Civix, a software company that specializes in government programs. The contract gives the state access to Civix’s voter registration, election management and election night reporting systems.
But the Secretary of State’s Office has not yet entered into a new interstate voter registration compact since withdrawing from the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, in March 2023.
States involved with ERIC were able to share voter registration information to catch duplicate voter registrations.
At the time, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and other Iowa Republicans criticized ERIC for its efforts to register U.S. residents.
Former President Donald Trump attacked ERIC with unproven claims that the program boosts voter registration for Democrats, and the program was the target of conspiracy theories, prompting its executive director to issue a statement to address, in the director’s words, “misinformation spreading about ERIC.”
ERIC has 24 member states, according to the program’s website.
Over a year after withdrawing from ERIC, along with many other Republican-led states, Iowa has not joined another compact.
“As far as our transition from not being a part of the ERIC program, we have been making steps working with other states, working with other formats on how we can keep the most accurate, clean, up-to-date voter registration list,” Pate said recently. “So yeah, we are making efforts on that front.”
New voter registration maintenance program The implementation of Civix’s elections programs are set for the spring 2025, according to a spokeswoman for the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.
Voter registration lists regularly are updated to reflect the most accurate voter information. Iowa voters who are not registered are able to do so any time, including on Election Day at the polls.
“We are in a contract now to redesign our voter registration database system,” Pate said. “That’s been in place now for some time, and that is going smoothly and on time on schedule. So we’re very comfortable with it.”
The Civix systems will replace the I-Voters system that the state has been using.
Iowa’s primary election is Tuesday and the general election is Nov. 5.
I have your same thoughts and feelings. Seems like I wish every day away as soon as a get up in the morning. Work 85 hours a week and have 3 hours a day to rest my body and mind before bed to get up and repeat it all over again. I pray more and more every day for some relief, and a way off the never ending hamster wheel. I know in my heart God did not put us here to pay someone else’s way, give our life to some evil supporting groups or wish my days would end more quickly. I’m tired. So very tired, mentally, physically and spiritually. I’m at my precipice just waiting for everyone else to arrive with me so we can join forces and boot evil from this world. I hope to see that day, I hope and pray I can make it, just one more day. Prayers to you in your life as well. I’ll be waiting for others at the hangman’s tree to watch those who practice evil pay for their actions.
Noticed they’ve added a new button on the healthcare marketplace to register to vote.
If this many “corporate” big boy chains are closing…. How many small mom and pop establishments have closed.
I’m sure we won’t see that number posted anywhere
Your dollar …. YOUR CASH DOLLAR … is the lifeblood of each and every one of our communities. Support every small business owner you can. It’s obvious the plan is to exterminate lower and middle class Americans. Take care of each other!!!
Terrible internet services tonight. Super glitchy too
Yet effective in killing small businesses and our children’s ability to learn at school. Remember … no singing in church? Such BS. May he meet his treasonous demise in front on a firing squad
https://www.torhoermanlaw.com/can-you-sue-the-government/
In general, the FTCA only allows for negligence claims. Though rare, suits claiming intentional misconduct by a federal employee are also possible.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00073
I have just contacted his office and await response. Who knows if there’s even a case 🤷🏻♀️. But I’m getting tired of taking all this BULLSHIT laying down.
Is that Ivan Raiklin behind dr doom?
The proclamation also waives regulatory provisions related to commercial vehicles responding to affected sites.“
WTH does this mean? Greyhound busses, garbage trucks, military hum-vees, refer trucks, fire trucks.??
Patron only small local businesses… would that work
Hawaiian Electric previously admitted that its equipment started a fire near the town that firefighters put out. In its countersuit, it claimed that first-responders who said they extinguished the blaze had abandoned the site, where a fire sprang up that afternoon and swept into Lahaina.“If the second fire was a rekindling of the Morning Fire, that was the direct result of the County’s lack of preparedness, poor emergency process, and deliberate, reckless decision to leave the vicinity of the first fire,” according to the suit.
I disagree with all these BS taxes… BUT… this itemized sales slip will CERTAINLY get through to the sheep among us Brilliant idea! Cant blame the retailer on this BS
Spend your $ with small locally owned businesses only in June. If we spend nothing anywhere, we will lose the backbone of our country, as this administration has done nothing but hurt our local small businesses and farmers for 4 long years. Many may not be around in July without your support
Looking for advice… about to lose everything and file bankruptcy most likely within the next month or two. Self-employed family of 4 Any advice on attempting to keep home so we’re not in the streets?
Life’s savings depleted, business no longer making enough to support us, what options are out there ?
Are legal frogs here… lawsuit for loss of income for mom n pop stores and restaurants? Class action?
“Detained”. Catch and release program? All for headlines.