What are your thoughts?

Snippets:

• Little more than a year after joining the Democratic Party, David Jolly was officially chosen by voters on Tuesday night as their Democratic nominee for Florida governor and as the candidate they believe could go up against U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds in November and turn the deeply Republican Sunshine State blue.

>Donalds, who had already been campaigning against Jolly for November, characterized him during a rally the eve of the primary elections as a “Trojan horse” for the Democratic Socialists of America.

>Jolly said he rejects socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America and shrugged off Donald’s comments to his opponent being worried.

• “Byron Donalds is playing games with the language because he doesn’t have an answer on the economy. He just doesn’t,” he said. “And my bet is that voters have had enough of it.”

From a supporter's wife:

>His wife, Kathleen Doyle, a retired teacher, said she found Jolly to be someone who would not sell out to “big business.” She was concerned about the environment and the impact of data centers. Though she identifies as ‘very liberal,” she said she still found Jolly to be the right man to lead the ticket, especially with the help of his running mate, former Congresswoman Gwen Graham.

>“I think Gwen Graham has a wonderful chance of bringing our community together because so many people honor her heritage and her dad and his service to our state,” she said. “So I think the ticket is amazing.”

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• Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton needs all the help he can get to support his campaign heading into the fall -- and President Donald Trump is set to deliver.
• The president will headline an Aug. 27 fundraiser for Paxton in Houston, a source confirmed to ABC News -- an event that could generate millions of dollars for the cash-strapped Republican nominee, who has trailed Democratic State Rep. James Talarico, his opponent, in fundraising for months.
• With less than three months until the general election, Paxton is trailing where Republican Sen. John Cornyn's fundraising totals were during an equivalent time period by more than $13 million, according to an ABC News analysis of Federal Election Commission reports. Paxton defeated Cornyn in Texas' May runoff.

This is a video article and we will ALL ask the same question!

>A Filipino fisherman reeled in more than he bargained for, when an octopus attached itself to his face, leaving him battling to free himself of the tentacled troublemaker.

I see not ONE person asked the very important question.🤔

Some flavors and NOT all. And, sold in other stores such as Walmart. Not sure where else!

"Frozen fruit bars sold at Publix have been recalled due to possible foreign material contamination.

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. is voluntarily recalling select flavors of Outshine Fruit Bars due to possible glass contamination.

The products affected are:

• Strawberry with best-by date: 30 SEP 2027; 31 OCT 2027; 30 NOV 2027
• Watermelon with best-by date: 30 JUN 2027; 31 JUL 2027
• Grape with best-by date: 30 SEP 2027; 31 OCT 2027
• Tangerine with best-by date: 31 OCT 2027

According to Publix, no illnesses or injuries have been reported."

I'm hoping Keanu will read this!😋 I'm joking, sort of!

Okay, I'm extremely late to the game and watched John Wick, for the first time, three weeks ago. (All four movies) And, I'm now a fan. Sort of.

Though I am hooked and looking forward to the next movie, I thought some of the fight scenes were much too long. Though I did enjoy the fighting up the stairs scene - reminded me of a video game:) (I know others feel the same way.)

My wish list for the next one:

1. More non-fight scenes: Though they were extremely well played, etc., it is the scenes with Wick and the various cast members that made me love the movie.
2. Have more female fighters/warriors.
3. I'm also very happy that Caine was not killed off!

• Trump pushes Supreme Court to implement sweeping mail-in ballot restrictions even as he participates in Florida primary elections remotely
• Donald Trump once again voted by mail in Florida elections despite repeatedly attacking mail-in ballots as “mail-in cheating” and a “scam” that his administration has spent months trying to restrict for millions of Americans.
• Records in Palm Beach County, where the president’s primary Mar-a-Lago residence is located, indicate that he requested a mail-in ballot last month to participate in Florida’s Republican primary elections. His ballot was received August 14. Politico first reported his ballot.
• Trump has not returned to the Sunshine State since May. He last voted by mail during a special election in March.

IF you currently have solar panels OR considering it, open the article and scroll down to the bottom for some important info.

• The dream of lower electric bills is turning into a rooftop nightmare for some homeowners across Central Florida.
• In just two years, a wave of major solar companies has filed for bankruptcy, the latest being Freedom Forever in April of this year, leaving customers confused, frustrated, and stuck with systems they don’t know how to manage.

Why are solar giants collapsing?

• Industry experts point to a combination of high overhead costs and a shifting market. “The problem is that these bigger companies tend to have much higher overhead costs. And then when the market shifts, they can go bankrupt pretty quick,” said Luke McCarr, owner of Aspire Solar.

>Reduced government subsidies and tax credits compounded the problem. U.S. Congressman Darren Soto said the loss of a key federal incentive hit the industry hard.

• “We had a 40 percent solar tax credit until the big ugly law took it out last year. And so you have a lot of companies that were doing just fine, and then that incentive got taken away; they are in tough situations right now,” Soto said.

>Freedom Forever is far from alone. Over the past two years, a wave of major residential solar companies has filed for Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection:

• Freedom Forever
• Sunnova Energy International
• Titan Solar Power
• SunPower
• Lumio Solar
• Vision Solar
• Sunworks Inc.
• iSun Inc.
• ADT Solar (shut down)

• Congressional lawyers are struggling to manage a flood of legislative proposals generated using artificial intelligence tools, many of them riddled with errors and shoddy language.
• The strain on the House Office of Legislative Counsel is increasing as more congressional offices and outside groups rely on generative AI to draft legislation, according to interviews with eight current and former officials who work or have worked with the office.
• They said AI’s ability to quickly generate mountains of text is forcing the OLC’s lawyers to spend significantly more time reviewing and rewriting the proposals. And in many cases, the drafts are plagued by mistakes that could ripple well beyond Washington — tying up the passage of legislation and risking lawsuits over erroneously cited statutes or incorrect legal definitions.
• AI’s arrival on Capitol Hill means that the rapidly advancing technology — already threatening to disrupt software, warfare, Hollywood and myriad other industries — could soon shape laws that affect millions of Americans, in unpredictable ways.
• “AI is good for a lot of stuff,” said Daniel Schuman, executive director of the nonprofit American Governance Institute, which helps modernize government technology. “But it’s not capable of drafting legislation that you would want to enact into law.”

• An Oregon man who was shot several times after he broke into a business is now suing the company and its owner for $10 million.
• Kenneth Voyles is accusing Touchstone Granite & Marble Inc and its owner, James Grant, of battery, assault, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according the Multnomah County filing.
• He is seeking $5 million in compensatory damages and an additional $5 million in punitive damages, according to KPTV.
• On March 6, Voyles — who was experiencing homelessness at the time — claims he entered Touchstone through a damaged garage door with the intention of finding shelter.
• When he later exited the building through the same damaged door, he did so riddled with bullets.

• The FSIS said there had been no reports of illnesses connected to the recalled meat, but urged consumers not to eat any of the affected beef, and throw it away or return it from where it was purchased.
• The agency further categorized the recall as Class I, indicating a recall event “where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”

>The shipment, which included a total of 29,628 pounds of raw beef, was not presented to USDA inspectors for a mandatory reinspection before it was sent to distributors and retail outlets in Florida and Texas, according to the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS).

>The recalled meat, which was imported by Corte Argentino USA LLC, of Aventura, Florida, included several cuts of raw boneless beef labeled as: “top sirloin butt” (“cuadril sin tapa”); “eye round” (“peceto”); “topside cap off” (“nalga AD S/tapa”); “flat” (“carnaza cuadrada”); and “knuckle” (“bola de lomo”). All were shipped in boxes of varying weight labeled “Frigorifico Gorina SAIC,” and marked with “EST. N° OF. 2025” and “26644-AA,” per the recall alert.

Article from August 11th so at THAT time, no report of illnesses.

MORE in the article, so you can see if important details provided.

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/nearly-30000-pounds-of-beef-recalled-under-highest-class-1-risk-level/

EDITED TO ADD recall details:

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/corte-argentino-usa-llc-recalls-raw-beef-products-imported-without-benefit-import

P.S. I found this, too:

• Producing Brand: Frigorífico Gorina SAIC
• Production Dates: May 15, 2026, through May 20, 2026
• Use/Freeze-by Dates: September 15, 2026, through September 20, 2026
• Establishment Number: "EST. N° OF. 2025"
• Shipping Mark: "26644-AA"

Affected Products

• Top Sirloin Butt (Cuadril Sin Tapa)
• Eye Round (Peceto)
• Topside Cap Off (Nalga AD S/Tapa)
• Flat (Carnaza Cuadrada)
• Knuckle (Bola de Lomo)

It never seems to end!🙄

• VIENNA - A Viennese woman is suing the city council for discrimination over access to public toilets, complaining that women must pay to use cubicles while men can use urinals for free.
• “I was in a park with a friend and we both needed to use the bathroom. He could go for free, but I had to pay 50 cents. I thought to myself: How is that possible?” Melanie Gradik, 27, told AFP in the Austrian capital’s Augarten park.
• “I want everyone to be able to use the bathroom on an equal footing. Either we all pay 50 cents or no one pays 50 cents,” she said.