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A Sad Departure

Based on a report published on the official RM forums, the user known as ct_bolt who loved making JavaScript plugins for MV & MZ might have passed away due to being involved in a sudden accident. How and when this has happened remains unknown and the RM forums did not want to bother ct_bolt's family as to ask them all about the tragic event. Even so, it is highly likely that the user did leave this world for they have found several similarities between the information posted on that board and the one found in places like LinkedIn.

I do recall the time we even competed to provide a working plugin for a forumer's request. I even told him that one of his replies to another help request could have been updated. I guess that specific plugin might have been one of the last plugins he managed to update in his lifetime...

RIP ct_bolt

Joe Biden Caught Using Cheat Sheet with Reporter’s Question Written on It

President Joe Biden brought a cheat sheet with him to a Wednesday press conference that showed he had advance knowledge of a journalist’s question.

The cheat sheet showed a photo of Los Angeles Times reporter Courtney Subramanian, a guide on how to pronounce her name, and her question for the president.

“How are YOU squaring YOUR domestic priorities — like reshoring semiconductors manufacturing — with alliance-based foreign policy?” The question read.

Biden’s use of the cheat sheet came during a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, while the two leaders discussed nuclear threats from North Korea.

Another cheat sheet showed “the names of other Biden administration officials to relay the order remarks would be delivered at the press conference,” the New York Post reported.

“Does this mean that he pre-clears each question?” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) asked.

“I’m so glad the American media establishment is so evenhanded in how it interacts with Republicans and Democrats. So much fairness,” Lee sarcastically added.

Judiciary GOP Subpoenas Trio of Officials
over Alleged Censorship of COVID, Elections Info

House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Friday the top officials at three government agencies for documents related to allegations that the federal government “coerced and colluded with” companies to censor free speech.

Jordan directed the subpoenas, reviewed by Breitbart News, to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, and the Global Engagement Center’s (GEC) James Rubin.

The officials work within the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and State, respectively.

Three cover letters attached to the subpoenas all had similar language pointing to the Twitter Files and media reports as evidence that the federal government has “pressured and colluded with Big Tech and other intermediaries to censor certain viewpoints on social and other media in ways that undermine First Amendment principles.”

China: South Korean President ‘Likely’ Caused
‘Nuclear Crisis’ with Biden Summit

The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Communist Party’s media arms ardently condemned conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday for coming to an agreement that would see the return of American nuclear submarines to the Korean peninsula, warning he had “likely” caused a “nuclear crisis.”

Yoon spent this week in Washington, DC, for extensive meetings with his left-wing American counterpart President Joe Biden and several other engagements, including a prestigious state dinner and an address to a special joint session of Congress. Yoon, who has been in office for almost one year, has experienced significant friction with the Biden White House on the issue of North Korea, on which Biden appears to have no coherent policy. The Biden administration’s apathy towards North Korea has not gone unnoticed in South Korea, where calls for a nuclear weapons arsenal separate from America’s have grown.

“The fact that the nuclear-armed North is not a priority for the Biden administration makes the Koreans nervous,” South Korean lawmaker Lee Jae-jung explained on Tuesday.

Polling shows that most South Koreans support their country developing a nuclear weapons program, given that it remains embroiled in a 70-year-old war with its nuclear neighbor to the north, communist North Korea. 

Biden Says He is Rooting for Flyers to Win Stanley Cup…
the Flyers Didn’t Even Make the Playoffs

Joe Biden announced that he is rooting for the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup this year. But there’s one little problem. The Flyers didn’t even make it to the playoffs.

The Flyers were so bad this year they finished second to last in the Metropolitan Division with a dismal 31-38-13 record.

Despite that, when asked if he watched the NHL playoffs and if there is a team he’s rooting for to win, Biden said, “I did,” and then said he’s rooting for the Flyers.

Of course, it is well known that Joe and first lady “Doctor” Jill Biden are both huge Philly fans. Still, one has to wonder just how much of a fan Joe can be if he didn’t even know his “favorite” team had already been eliminated from the playoffs weeks ago.

This is only the latest example of the Bidens and their dubious Philly fandom. Last week, former MLB star Lenny Dykstra joked that the team ends up with the L any time a Biden shows up for a Philly team.

After the 76ers won their recent first-round games against the Nets, Dykstra warned the team not to allow Jill Biden to show up at any future games, or they’ll lose.

Internal Revenue Service Hiring Armed Agents for All 50 States

An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) job posting shows the tax collection agency is hiring armed agents to work in states across the country.

The IRS website is emblazoned with the words, “We’re Hiring Special Agents Now!”

Among the major duties of IRS special agents is to “be willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments.”

Another duty is to “carry a firearm.”

The website say a special agent “must be prepared to protect him/herself or others from physical attacks at any time and without warning and use firearms in life-threatening situations; must be willing to use force up to and including the use of deadly force.”

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) notes that the IRS has “360 vacancies” for agents, and those vacancies are spread across all 50 states.

President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress used the Inflation Reduction Act to send $80 billion to the IRS, and ATR points out the IRS is “on pace to hire 87,000 IRS employees over the next decade.”

Three Soldiers Killed in Collision
Between Apache Attack Helicopters in Alaska

Three soldiers were killed and one injured when who U.S. Army Apache Attack Helicopters collided while on exercise in Alaska.

Two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters collided with each other near Healy, Alaska while returning from a training flight on Thursday, killing three and injuring one, a statement by the Eleventh Airborne Division said. The aircraft were from the 1st Attack Battalion of the 25th Regiment working out of Fort Wainwright.

No identification of the dead has yet been made, pending notification of next-of-kin.
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The Army said an investigation would be launched into the crash.

The 1970s-era AH-64 Apache is, with decades of improvements and redevelopment behind it, the United States’ primary attack helicopter and is also in service with over a dozen NATO and other world allies including the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, India, and Greece.

California to Require ‘Zero Emissions’
Passenger Trains After 2030, Freight After 2035

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has enacted new regulations that will require “zero emissions” trains to be introduced after 2030, focusing on a sector often seen as a “green” alternative to cars and trucks.

Under the new regulations, zero-emissions models will be required for all switch, industrial and passenger locomotives built after 2030 and for all freight line locomotives built after 2035. Any non-zero emissions locomotive that is 23 years old or more will not be allowed to operate in the state past 2030.

The regulations also require train operators to open a spending account by July 2024 that they must deposit into every year to purchase or lease cleaner diesel trains and buy zero-emissions infrastructure. Operators that generate more pollutants are required to deposit more into the spending account, and the amount required to be deposited would also increase every year.

It is unclear how the new regulations on trains would affect interstate commerce, which is regulated by Congress under the U.S. Constitution, since many trains in California also travel through other states.

This article came to my attention via some furry  Wulfo that quickly show us how their no emissions train project is crap, useless and  overly expensive. It's even behind its schedule but politicians always come back to ask Californians to let them waste even more money  on a failed project. Contractors have tried to do their best, according to their own claims, only to find that the related authority is neglecting its own duties; thus causing lots of delays and sometimes even layoffs. Don't even make me mention the energy crisis the Golden State is going through right now...