Author Archive: Stephen Green

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:

SMART: Florida moves to become first state to restrict cash assistance on non-essentials.

Under the state’s proposed policy change, Florida Department of Children and Families, or DCF, benefits distributed through Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT cards, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF grants will no longer be eligible for purchases involving tobacco and vaping products, alcohol, adult material, video games, theme park tickets, tattoos, tanning beds, or fortune-telling services.

“Florida will be the first state in the nation to restrict temporary cash assistance benefits from being used for inappropriate and non-essential purchases,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Tampa. “If somebody really is needy, we just want to make sure that money is going to the things that are going to help that individual and help the dependents.”

How will the children survive without tattoos?

21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS:

TIM WALZ, LOL:

YUM? Scientists Just Made A Cookie Out of Recycled Plastic ‘Slurry’. Welcome to 2026. “”The µBites system is a tunable and portable device that integrates all necessary components… These units could be deployed in submarines or disaster relief vehicles to produce on-demand, on-site food. The process is particularly suited for using carbon waste in extreme environments such as deserts, the Arctic, or the Antarctic to make food – and yes, potentially one day on Mars or the lunar surface.”

SHOW ME THE MAN AND I’LL SHOW YOU THE CRIME: AGs conceal records tied to longstanding plans to sue Trump. “A ‘confidential’ document obtained by The Center Square shows at least 22 Democratic attorneys general plotted litigation against President Donald Trump as early as April 28, 2024 — three months before Vice President Kamala Harris announced her run for president and approximately seven months before Trump was reelected.”

ALEX, I’LL TAKE “ARGUMENTS I’VE BEEN MAKING SINCE THE ’80S TO NO AVAIL” FOR $400:

Also, I don’t see anything in the Constitution entitling anybody to anyone else’s stuff.

HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE: Paramount Moving To Austin? “Paramount and Netflix continue to fight over control of Warner Brothers, with California’s state government continuing to oppose the Paramount bid, the sticking point reportedly being preserving liberal control of geriatric news network CNN. As a result, Paramount is threatening to move out of California over the state’s opposition to the merger and their generally business hostile environment. And one potential destination for Paramount’s new HQ is Austin.”

THAT’S (D)IFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

YES:

CDR Sal adds: “For those who are not aware of the story, Huck must choose between returning the runaway slave Jim or helping him stay free. Huck’s society and laws tell him it is a sin to help an escaped slave. Huck sees the evil and error of his society and laws compared to the goodness of Jim and the injustice of slavery. It is about not just moral courage, but absolute courage… and friendship.”

GLENN ONCE SUGGESTED LIMITING NONPROFIT STATUS TO GROUPS THAT ACTUALLY HELP THE NEEDY…:

…and I’d just add some uncomfortably rigorous auditing as needed.

DECOUPLING: Google Pulls Every Last Pixel Product Out of China. “Google is cutting Beijing out of its hardware supply chain entirely. Starting in 2027, every Pixel phone, watch, and earbud will be manufactured in Vietnam and India, eliminating China’s decade-long foothold in the company’s manufacturing. Only Samsung has made a cleaner break among global smartphone brands.”

NOT THE BEE: Pennsylvania court case declared mistrial because none of the jurors would own up to smoking a doobie in the jury room. “The prosecution and the defense both agreed that if the juror had a prescription it was fine, and the judge said no one would be in trouble for the incident, but all the jurors also swore that they were not taking any medications that could affect their judgment in the case, so the judge needed to figure out who it was.”

That would be fine, really?