Nothing. They're behaving quite rationally.

You just have to understand that their motivation is not "successful governing" or "making the world better" but rather, "getting more money."

When you view their actions through the lens of self-enrichment, they're behaving quite normally.

It's how I snagged a "firstname.lastname" address. No numbers or anything! All the other people with my exact name out there can fuck off!

I'm with you. Police and gangbangers are the same group, with the only notable difference in that police are empowered to ruin your day by the government, while bangers will face consequences for shooting people while they're asleep in their bed, or flashbanging an infant in their crib.

They're talking about the lying sack of traitorous shit, Tara Reade, who has a hard time telling the truth about ANYTHING, oh, and defected to Russia when things got spicy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_sexual_assault_allegation

A very small part. Like all the sugar you'd need for the day part.

I hope the case results in the list of people who bought these things being forwarded to their states' authorities.

It's not after taxes.

The "jackpot" is what you get if you select an annual annuity over 30 years.

The cash value is what you get if you want it all today.

Taxes come after.

This site explains it well: https://www.usamega.com/powerball/jackpot

You're right, but the Org is also almost certainly a huge part of how he launders campaign money to pay off his ... Russian bankers.

It was never said on screen.

But the actor has said that he always played Garak as if he was bi if not gay.

Portland, Oregon did it first. And they just got rid of the freeway instead of burying it.

I'm a huge Wheel of Time fan. If you're not, or for those that aren't, Robert Jordan, the author, died before he could finish the series. He had some rough notes, a few important scenes written out, but the man was diagnosed with a terminal disease. Despite best efforts, he didn't make it to the finish line.

The last three books were written, with the blessing and cooperation of Jordan's widow and estate, by Brandon Sanderson.

Jordan's death was a huge blow to the story. We didn't know, really, what was going to happen. The story and world were epic, and we knew Jordan had a plan, and that there were "notes", but no one save a handful of people, knew more.

When Sanderson stepped in to finish the series, there was an obvious shift in how the story was written. He is, after all, a different author. But he did an absolute amazing job. If there's one thing Sanderson is good at it's the "Sanderlanche", where the last chunk of the book is full of insane, crazy, over-the-top exciting things happening one after another. It's no secret that the entire series is building up to "The Last Battle", and there is a (cough, 200-page-long) chapter in the last book titled "The Last Battle" and it is, I shit you not, non-stop action, revelation, emotion, and more happening in rapid fire.

Sanderson took the build-up from 14 books and slammed it all down at once in a "...holy shit" moment. He couldn't have done what he did (well, after reading Stormlight Archive so far.. maybe he could've) without Jordan laying the groundwork.

What I'm trying to say: If GRR Martin has built a world that works, even if he dies, they'll find someone to finish it and leave us with a complete story. And if we're lucky, it'll be someone like Sanderson.

Removing books from school libraries is absolutely constitutional when that removal is done based on the content or (lack of) educational value. The courts have ruled on this repeatedly.

Everyone has a right to practice their religion, and the government cannot abridge that. However, the government does not need to facilitate that. If kids want to read a filthy book like the Christian Bible, they can bring their own copy from home and read it when it's not disruptive to the educational process.