a wonderful picture, a sign of the times - a great meme
exactly - I'm sure we'll have many meaningful, timely and memorable moments captured for posterity
[Louisiana] Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Police Officer Shortage and Legalizes Permitless Carry
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-police-officer-shortage-and-legalizes-permitless-carry
Louisiana has officially joined the ranks of permitless carry states, becoming the 28th state to adopt Constitutional Carry. Governor Jeff Landry fulfilled his campaign promise by signing Senate Bill 1 into law, making concealed carry licenses optional in the Sportsman’s Paradise.
>who even knew this guy was running…?
'That alternative is not me': Dean Phillips drops primary challenge to President Joe Biden
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/06/dean-phillips-drops-primary-bid/72768532007
WASHINGTON – Rep. Dean Phillips, D. Minn., suspended his longshot primary challenge against President Joe Biden on Wednesday after failing to win any delegates following Super Tuesday.
In a lengthy post on X, formerly Twitter, Phillips said he decided to run for president this year in an attempt to block former President Donald Trump from serving a second term and provide an alternative option to voters.
"It is clear that alternative is not me," he wrote. "And it is clear that Joe Biden is OUR candidate and OUR opportunity to demonstrate what type of country America is and intends to be."
He asked his supporters to "help keep a man of decency and integrity in the White House."
"That's Joe Biden," he wrote. "Let's use invitation, not confrontation, to welcome Haley supporters, Trump supporters, and uncommitted supporters to get this done."
The moderate third-term congressman entered the Democratic race in October citing concerns about Biden’s age, 81, and his ability to win in a general election against former President Donald Trump. Phillips cast himself as a new generation of leadership.
But his message never caught on with voters and his campaign appeared doomed for months.
🚨🇲🇽BREAKING: PROTESTORS BREAK INTO MEXICO'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
They break down the door with a TRUCK.
Source: Local TV
https://twitter.com/marionawfal/status/1765413617980109201
Jacob Rothschild's "private" funeral came and went with no fanfare
https://www.ft.com/content/f3d12e53-395d-478b-bae8-ef8ab3111f61
>Rothschild was buried in a small private funeral at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery. The service was conducted by the Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, in line with Jewish tradition.
Last May, Lord Jacob Rothschild hosted a 100th birthday lunch for former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger at Waddesdon Manor, his 19th-century French château in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Among the illustrious guests were former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major; private equity titan Stephen Schwarzman; media barons Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg; and historians Niall Ferguson and Simon Schama.
Born in 1936, he was part of the great European Jewish financial dynasty that began with Mayer Amschel Rothschild in the 1760s and has endured for seven generations. His father Victor, 3rd Baron Rothschild, was a scientist and intelligence officer during the second world war, and later worked at NM Rothschild. Eschewing worldly goods, he sold the contents of his townhouse and country estate in 1936, and joined the Labour party. “Jacob is so brilliant at finance and I so much the reverse that some people think it casts doubt on his legitimacy,” Victor once said.
Over the past decade or so, Rothschild somewhat reconciled with his cousin Evelyn, who died in 2022. Last year, when the family took its investment bank, Rothschild & Co, private, he and Hannah took part in the deal as minority shareholders, reuniting with their French cousin David de Rothschild’s side of the dynasty. “Reuniting two branches of the family after a generation was significant,” says Robert Leitão, managing partner of Rothschild & Co.
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