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Did you know that pugs are at higher risk for:

Breathing problems (narrow nasal cavities)

Recurrent or chronic inflammation of the brain
(causing seizures, blindness, head tilt, and other painful symptoms)

Diabetes and exercise intolerance leading to obesity

Spina bifida, linked to curled tail

Dislocation (luxating patella)

When two girls Like one Guy, and they start competing for him with one leading the Pursued, but then the other one ups her.

The worst part is the guy is clueless of what's going on. Is this common

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies quietly resumed coordinating with the major social media companies earlier this year to fight what government officials warned was a coming onslaught of foreign disinformation and influence operations leading up to the presidential election in November. In at least two instances in recent weeks, the companies have taken action to remove malign content, according to the Biden administration and company officials.

Contacts between F. B. I. investigators and the companies — including Facebook, X and YouTube — ground to a halt last year as a legal challenge that accused the Biden administration of censorship wound its way to the U. S. Supreme Court.

When President Biden came to office, however, the Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana went to court, saying such coordination was part of a sweeping government conspiracy to stifle critical conservative voices online.

After a lower court judge ruled in July 2023 that the accusations at the heart of the case reflected “the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history,” the Biden administration suspended virtually all contact with the social media platforms as the appeals process unfolded.

In February, the Department of Justice rewrote its standard operating procedures to clarify when its officials could communicate with social media companies, even before the Supreme Court’s decision, according to the department’s official response to an inspector general report. It posted an outline of the guidelines without fanfare on the F. B. I.’s website on Aug. 1.

The new procedures emphasize that the bureau’s agents cannot exert any pressure on the platforms, leaving it to the companies to decide what to do with information about malign foreign influence operations online. The goal was to deflect the core accusation of the legal challenge: that the government had effectively coerced the platforms to act with threats of retaliation.

The public interest is a tedious thing. Sparing a thought for others is of no immediately obvious benefit. Private interests are easier to understand and pursue.
In a speech on Friday in North Carolina, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to take on the issue of price gouging by large corporations. Researchers for U. K. think tanks Institute for Public Policy Research and Common Wealth found in late 2023 that profiteering, or “greedflation,” “significantly” boosted prices, leading to increases of 30% or more in corporate profits. “Excessive profits were even larger in the US, where many important sections of the economy are dominated by a few powerful companies,” wrote Phillip Inman of The Guardian.
The July report for consumer prices from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which came out yesterday, showed that prices rose less than 3% in the previous twelve months. Core inflation has fallen to its lowest rate since April 2021. For well over a year, wages have grown faster than inflation.
Responding to today’s news that inflation is coming down, the stock market ticked up in expectation that the Fed will now be more likely to cut interest rates in September. Applications for small businesses continue to boom across the country, with 19 million new business applications since Vice President Harris and President Biden took office, an annual growth rate 90% higher than prepandemic averages. Congressional Republicans are trying to cut the Small Business Administration and to cut taxes for big corporations.
Politico greeted today’s economic news with a headline saying, “Inflation is easing. Now, Harris has an even bigger problem with the economy.” And the New York Times reported that in a speech in North Carolina, “Harris Is Set to Lay Out an Economic Message Light on Details,” adding that she is expected to tweak Biden administration themes “in a bid to turn the Democratic economic agenda into an asset." Seems out of step with reality.

APOLOGIES to non USA people but even foreigners know about this peculiarity!

In 1983 the FDA required Rx ads to include detailed information about side effects and contraindications, making TV ads cumbersome. In 1997, the FDA relaxed these rules, allowing drug makers to provide major risks and direct viewers to additional information sources, leading to a surge in direct-to-consumer advertising.

This decision remains highly controversial. Although prescription drug advertising receives significant First Amendment protection as commercial speech, carefully tailored regulations may be constitutionally permissible if they serve important government interests like protecting public health. However, broad bans face major legal obstacles.

She was given a major push by Motown but never reached the heights of success the Supremes were able to achieve in the 1960s. Diana only had five number-one hits, which were dwarfed by the 12 the Supremes produced the decade before.

Although she wasn't able to attain the same type of success (singles-wise), it was her solo career that was more impactful, influencing everyone from Beyonce to Mariah Carey. That has to count for something.

Was it the right move at the time? Did it pay off in the end? (In your opinion)

Do you prefer Diana Ross when she is solo or when she is leading the Supremes?