A Vietnam vet found a dream senior living community. Then new owners jacked up the rent by 365%.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS QUIZ - NAME THE INSTRUMENTS

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS QUIZ - NAME THE INSTRUMENTS You could have an advantage here if you're a musician. Send your answers in a PN to me, Buzz of the Orient, and I will send you a PN with your score and any corrections.  Because I'm on the other side of the world of most of you, I may be asleep...

Countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding

As the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE seek to reduce the federal workforce and cut spending, some European countries are looking to capitalize on the opportunity by recruiting talent from the scientific community. The administration's actions, including eliminating programs and...

'Nothing is sacred at this point': USDA cancels eggs, dairy and meat delivery to food bank

“Federal shipments of dairy, eggs and meat for Ventura County's Food Share have been canceled. Here's what to know.”

Cheri Carlson, Ventura County Star Fri, March 28, 2025  The federal government has canceled truckloads of dairy, meat and eggs expected to be delivered to Ventura County's regional food bank over the next few months. The U.S. Department of Agriculture previously suspended seven shipments of...

Dow sinks more than 700 points.

US stocks were sharply lower Friday as investors digested souring consumer sentiment and inflation data that showed an uptick in one of the Federal Reserve’s key gauges, underscoring the delicate state of the economy as businesses brace for President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Dow tumbled 750...

"I like working": Trump floats idea of third term, says he's "not joking" | Salon.com

“The president said he was considering "methods" that would allow him to serve an unconstitutional third term.”

... uh, doesn't he have to make it thru this term first?

OK bill would allow providers to deny care that violates their conscience

“If passed, the bill would exempt medical providers from legal liability for refusal to participate in services that violate their conscience.”

Alexia Aston - The Oklahoman AI-assisted summary Oklahoma House Bill 1224, which would allow medical practitioners to refuse service based on conscience, passed with a 70-28 vote. The bill's author, Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, said the bill's language is modeled after a similar law passed in...

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers' jobs with children: 'It's insane, right?'

“Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage”

Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage Beneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis, at Florida leading the nation in immigration enforcement lies something of a conundrum: how to fill the essential jobs of the scores of immigrant...

Lawfare 2.0

“What you have here are judges that are imposing national injunctions which the Supreme Court, including liberals like Justice Kagan, have objected...”

Link to quote: Turley: Federal Judges Have Overextended Themselves, Have Intruded Into Areas Of Article II Presidential Authority | Video | RealClearPoliticsLeftwing District Court judges are now exceeding their authority in trying to obstruct President Trump's policies. It was all well planned...

France has spent decades preparing for Trump

“Donald Trump’s sudden shift on Ukraine has come as a massive shock to most countries in America’s orbit... But there is one American ally that has...”

This is fascinating! It's from the Australian Broadcasting Company. I hope our Aussies will chime in. There are links in the seed.

Pa. man scattered nails around apparent Trump supporters' vehicles, police say

Police in Bucks County arrested a man who they say threw nails and screws in parking spots and driveways where people he believed support President Donald Trump regularly parked their vehicles. According to court documents, police officials have apprehended 63-year-old Alaric Dalberg, of...

The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma

“Welcome home, Orwellianism. Trump will lawfare the lawfare right out of you.”

Step Right Up! Step Right Up!  Look right here at the wholesale fracturing of Democratic ideals, the Rule of Law, and the common decency to mind your own business.  This Multipart Drama has not yet completed playing out. The show is already in progress so hurry up and buy your tickets at the...

A Vietnam vet found a dream senior living community. Then new owners jacked up the rent by 365%.

“Martha Bray's monthly maintenance fee at the River Glen of St. Charles rose from $1,395 to $6,500 following the sale of the facility to a private...”

By Gretchen Morgenson When Martha Bray and her husband moved into River Glen of St. Charles, a senior living community west of Chicago, she figured it would be her last home. The couple loved the neighborhood's tree-lined streets, tended lawns and tidy red-brick townhomes. The Brays paid a...

But I Am!!!!!

“No such thing....”

My mother recently passed away in my home.  My sister stays in the room in which she passed and regularly complains that she is nervous that our mother is haunting my house.  I continually tell her, our mother was in a hurry to leave this plane so there is no way she is still here.  But the...

The case against public broadcasting

““People who listen to NPR are totally misinformed,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said during his questioning. “I have a problem with that, because you...”

Yesterday the heads of the nation’s top public broadcasters faced intense grilling from the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee over funding and leftwing bias. Republicans on the Committee accused NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS President Paula Kerger of presiding over news...

Exclusive | 'Migrant influencer' Leonel Moreno deported to Venezuela

“Leonel Moreno, who encouraged illegal migrants to "invade abandoned houses" in sick TikToks, was sent back to the narco state this week, after...”

By Jennie Taer Published March 28, 2025, 2:27 p.m. ET The brazen "migrant influencer" who infamously flashed around wads of US government cash handouts and encouraged other illegal border crossers to squat in American homes has finally been deported back to Venezuela — after causing uproar on...

It was the woke elites who ‘purged’ America’s museums, not Donald Trump

This month’s Doublespeak Award goes to the BBC. President Trump is spearheading a ‘purge’ of America’s top museums, it breathlessly reports. The madman in the White House has instructed the Smithsonian Institution to put back all ‘memorials and statues’ that were ‘improperly removed’ from...

Trump is actively tanking the economy. Why aren't Republicans stopping him?

“"As the economy suffers, and more voters sour on tariffs as they harm their bottom line, the GOP is going to wish they cut Trump’s terrible...”

Anyone who has watched the stock market over the past three months has to think that the tariffs are not having a positive effect on the U.S. economy.  Trump asserts that it will be good for  the country - all evidence to date to the contrary. As the midterms come nearer and nearer this will...

America’s Future Is Hungary

“MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.”

Flashy hotels and upmarket restaurants now dominate the center of Budapest, a city once better known for its shabby facades. New monuments have sprung up in the center of town too. One of them, a pastiche of the Vietnam War memorial in Washington, D.C., mourns Hungary’s lost 19th-century empire....

Global stock markets fall as new Trump tariffs loom

“Threat of deepening trade war on eve of Trump's 'Liberation Day' spooks investors across US, Asia-Pacific and Europe”

Donald Trump has been in office 9 weeks.  (More precisely, 70 days as of this writing.)  The neo-liberal interdependent, rule-based world order built upon the principles of Free Trade could not survive 100 days of one politician with a Sharpie.  There is no resilience in the global trade market....

OECD report points to mounting global debt crisis

“Across the 38-member organisation, interest payments on government debt are swallowing an ever-greater portion of government spending.”

Princes and paupers, Socialists all.  Will the next crisis be default on sovereign debt at a global scale?

JOHN CUSACK MOVIES GAME

JOHN CUSACK MOVIES GAME PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS, ANY MOVIE OR ACTOR NAMES, IMAGES, MOVIE QUOTES OR EVEN A HINT IN A COMMENT, OR YOU WILL RUIN THE GAME FOR EVERYONE ELSE.   POST YOUR ANSWERS IN A PRIVATE NOTE TO ME, BUZZ OF THE ORIENT, AND I WILL REPLY WITH YOUR SCORE AND THE CORRECT...

THE ULTIMATE GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

NAME THE COUNTRY THAT THE CLUE REPRESENTS.  Last time I saw that a couple of members named the same country twice, which is a mistake, because EVERY QUESTION IS FOR A DIFFERENT COUNTRY - THERE ARE NO DUPLICATIONS.  14 tried the last quiz, 11 the one before.  Let's see if we can increase that...

Judges block Trump orders targeting law firms

“The Trump administration has threatened to strip the attorneys at those firms of their security clearances or of their ability to do business in...”

Who does not see this as an abuse of power?    Since when does the PotUS target specific businesses and threaten them with security revocations, etc. if they do not conform to his demands?

Rebel comrades: How Russian imperial nostalgia found its Confederate soul | Salon.com

“Russia's Kremlin loyalists and America's MAGA faithful have a lot in common — and they're both enslaved by the past”

it's time to stop protecting the gullible and let the cultural dinosaurs die ...

Trump’s Walk in the Park Turns Into a Stumble

“Good advice for the White House: ‘It’s always a good idea to leave your trip plan with a trusted friend.’”

When Republicans talk about reining in federal spending, Democrats tend to get hysterical about the future of America’s national parks. This time the administration’s opponents have latched onto some accurate criticisms. Donald Trump’s hiring freeze came at a bad moment, just when the park...

'For God's sake – Hamas out': Second day of protests sweeps Gaza as unrest expands

“The demonstrations are calling for an end to the war with Israel and demanding Hamas relinquish power ”

Photo: AFP: Anti-Hamas protests in Beit Lahiya 

Border Agents Use More Aggressive Tactics to Question Visa Holders, Tourists

WASHINGTON—Immigration officers are employing more aggressive questioning tactics with immigrants and tourists trying to enter the country, scrutinizing their visas and more frequently detaining them in a sharp break from past practice, lawyers and former immigration officials said. In a string...

UK Police Arrest Parents, Jail Them For Criticizing School Policies

As I listen in frustration to my liberal friends complain about encroaching authoritarianism in the United States and the danger of letting people express their opinions on X, I stand amazed at their admiration for allies in Europe, such as the UK or the European Union cracking down on people who...

Taliban releases American detained in Afghanistan

“An American woman who has been held by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been freed, former U.S.”

By Rebecca Cohen and Mushtaq Yusufzai An American woman who has been held by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been freed, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday. "American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends,...

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