And what political party controls (owns) the banks and universities?-----A watchdog found colleges are weaseling students into forking over more money to use certain banks for financial aid. Some are fasting, giving up textbooks, and lighting candles to save on bills.

A watchdog found colleges are weaseling students into forking over more money to use certain banks for financial aid. Some are fasting, giving up textbooks, and lighting candles to save on bills.

"Colleges will often enter agreements with banks to give financial aid to students.
But the CFPB found those agreements can come with significant fees for students who sign on.
Those unnecessary expenses can come from overdraft fees, inactivity fees, and out-of-network ATM fees.

• College students are probably familiar with the sight of a bank handing out free t-shirts, snacks, and other swag to get them to sign up for a bank account. 
• But a new report shows there might be a more sinister side to the banks lobbying on campus for students' dollars...

Are you better off today?

 

They've been doing this for decades!-----Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt.

Instapundit--Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt.

"THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS, BUT IT’S NOT: Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt.

Not only should this not be allowed, there should be personal liability for the officials who attempted it.

Related thoughts here.--Posted by Glenn Reynolds

New Testing Shows High Levels of BPA in Sports Bras and Athletic Shirts

New Testing Shows High Levels of BPA in Sports Bras and Athletic Shirts

"OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) sent legal notices to 8 brands of sports bras and 6 brands of athletic shirts after testing shows the clothing could expose individuals to up to 22 times the safe limit of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), according to California law.

...BPA, a well-studied hormone disrupting chemical, mimics estrogen and can disrupt the normal functioning of the body, including metabolism, growth and development, and reproduction...

#1 This day 1967-----NEW * To Sir With Love - Lulu (1967, Stereo) 4K

No flu last year? Wonder why? NO ONE trusts these criminal "experts"!-----CDC warns about potentially severe flu season - UPI.com

CDC warns about potentially severe flu season - UPI.com

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of a severe flu season as reports of the virus and other respiratory illnesses are already higher than normal...

• "We've noted that flu activity is starting to increase across much of the country," especially in the Southeast and south-central United States, the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, told NBC News. 
• "Not everybody got flu vaccinated last year, and many people did not get the flu. So that makes us ripe to have potentially a severe flu season."...

He's a complete, perv-up creep! With his guards trying to cover for him.

Blue State Blues: Media Excuse Democrats from Basic Governing Tasks

Blue State Blues: Media Excuse Democrats from Basic Governing Tasks: 

The fact that the Los Angeles Times endorsed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for reelection this week without referring to energy, water, fire, crime, gas prices, or the economy highlights a glaring double standard in how our media judge politicians.

Democrats are excused from any of the basic responsibilities of governing; they are supported because they have the “correct” ideological views on abortion, diversity, transgenderism, and climate change, regardless of the consequences of their policies.

Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

Instapundit--Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

"OH, YEAH, THE VOTE IS SECURE. SURE:  

Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

I’d like to remind everyone these machines are EVERYWHERE.

Paper ballots. Purple fingers.--Posted by Sarah Hoyt

AM Fruitcake

 

History for October 16

History for October 16 - On-This-Day.com

Oscar Wilde 1854

• 1793 - During the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded after being convicted of treason.
• 1829 - In Boston, MA, the first modern hotel in America opened. The Tremont Hotel had 170 rooms that rented for $2 a day and included four meals.
• 1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia).
• 1869 - A hotel in Boston became the first in the U.S. to install indoor plumbing.
• 1916 - Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY.
• 1955 - Mrs. Jules Lederer replaced Ruth Crowley in newspapers using the name Ann Landers.
• 1962 - U.S. President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis.
• 1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Gramm-Rudman budget reduction law that ordered federal programs be cut by $16.1 billion.
• 1995 - The "Million Man March" took place in Washington, DC.

Google slaps warning on New York Post story about a Democratic candidate, prompting flashbacks to suppressed Hunter Biden laptop story - TheBlaze

Google slaps warning on New York Post story about a Democratic candidate, prompting flashbacks to suppressed Hunter Biden laptop story - TheBlaze: 

Google has plastered a warning at the top of search results about a story concerning a Democratic candidate in a competitive race, prompting speculation that the Big Tech giant is attempting to affect the outcome of an election. On Thursday, the New York Post published a story demonstrating that U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Ryan had, in recent memory, expressed support for ending the practice of cash bail for suspected criminals.

The way we were-----The Rise and Downfall of Sears and Kmart

Climate Grifters

It's a joke, right? So far as we know... right?

 

Big tech is the enemy of freedom!-----Armstrong Williams: PayPal Just Gave America an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future | The Patriot Post

Armstrong Williams: PayPal Just Gave America an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future | The Patriot Post

• Now, there’s no going back.

"...Recently, the payment processing behemoth PayPal crossed a line by implementing one of the most alarming and totalitarian rules ever imposed on clients by a private company. 

PayPal...decided to begin assuming the role of the thought police by modifying its terms of service to allow it to collect a $2,500 fine in addition to freezing a person’s funds if they spread “misinformation.”

• It is not difficult to imagine the consequences of a payment processing giant instituting such an oppressive policy, making it not only the arbitrator of truth but also giving it a stranglehold over a person’s livelihood when it disagrees with that individual. 
• The chilling impact on speech was evident, for instance, when the Canadian government began to freeze the bank accounts of protesting truck drivers earlier this year. 
• It seems that PayPal, observing the effect Canada’s policy had on protests — essentially eliminating the protests overnight — decided to introduce a similar rule to establish themselves as influential speech moderators...

Inflation Stays Sky-High As Core Prices Soar Above Expectations | The Daily Caller

Inflation Stays Sky-High As Core Prices Soar Above Expectations | The Daily Caller: 

Inflation increased 0.4% in September from August as “core” inflation, measuring the price of goods excluding food and energy, soared above expectations to a 40-year-high, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Tucker Carlson: This should be a crime -- it's dark and horrifying

Soviet-style thinking metastasizes!-----California's Water Supply Falls Victim to CRT - American Thinker

California's Water Supply Falls Victim to CRT - American Thinker

• ...California’s State Water Resources Control Board, (AKA the State Board), has released a draft of its Racial Equity Action Plan and is soliciting public comments. The board is one of the more powerful of California’s bureaucracies. 
• Members are appointed by the governor and according to its website, “...the five-member State Water Board allocates water rights, adjudicates water right disputes..."
• According to Executive Director Eileen Sobeck, “There could not be a more critical challenge facing us at this time than the challenge of achieving racial equity,” demonstrates the Board’s priorities in this time of major drought...

Lunch video--IMPORTANT!-----The Spike Protein Isn't Benign, New Study Finds

Noon-toon

 

JD Vance wipes the smirk off Tim Ryan's face when he corrects this lie during Ohio Senate debate - TheBlaze

JD Vance wipes the smirk off Tim Ryan's face when he corrects this lie during Ohio Senate debate - TheBlaze: 

Ohio's U.S. Senate candidates, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican candidate J.D. Vance, faced off during their first debate of the general election held earlier this week. When asked about their views on abortion, Vance, who is fundamentally pro-life, said he would support "some minimum national standard" to limit elective mid- to late-term abortions.

Never ask a question without knowing the answer!

 

Biden Is Clueless About Inflation

Biden Is Clueless About Inflation

"You'd figure that with COVID-19 receding, debt rising, and a tidal wave of unfunded liabilities staring us right in the kisser, Joe Biden would take the opportunity to radically reset the federal government's balance sheet. 

Instead, his budget plan could be titled "Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic."