Big banks complete climate analysis for Fed while Powell tries to avoid becoming climate policymaker The Federal Reserve disclosed results from an assessment of how big US banks would be impacted by climate change, an exercise that created new political tensions for the central bank. JPMorgan Chase ... 05/9/2024 - 9:20 am | View Link
From wonky noses to big bums & a model with a ‘five head’ – the body quirks that make celebs like Gisele irresistible SHE’S one of the most famous and stunning supermodels in the world, but even Gisele Bündchen was once told she wasn’t pretty enough to make it on the catwalk. “I remember some ... 05/8/2024 - 10:11 pm | View Link
The world's biggest banks are hiring AI talent twice over JP Morgan Chase, Capital One, and Wells Fargo led the race, adding the greatest number of AI talent. JPMorgan has the greatest volume of AI talent, with nearly six times more AI staff than the average ... 05/8/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
Tyra Banks claims she drank alcohol for the first time at 50 years old But model Tyra Banks has said she had her first alcoholic drink when she turned 50-years-old. Banks, who turned 50 on December 4 last year, spoke to PEOPLE and recalled how she celebrated the major ... 05/3/2024 - 2:38 am | View Link
Tyra Banks reveals she had her first alcoholic drink at 50 Supermodel-turned-entrepreneur Tyra Banks made a shocking admission during a recent interview. She had her first drink at 50 and it was NASTY. 05/2/2024 - 8:39 pm | View Link
Donald Trump's shoutout to the "late great Hannibal Lecter" is weird on many levels. Since he is still alive, Trump couldn't have meant the actor Anthony Hopkins. And then there's the character, a vicious serial killer who ate his prey. As far as I remember, he didn't die in the films.
A federal judge in Texas (naturally!) blocked a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week. Via ABC News:
The temporary nationwide injunction imposed by Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas is a win for the big banks and major credit card companies, which collect billions in revenue each year in late fees and were looking to stop the proposal from going into effect.
A ProPublica and New York Times investigation found that a lengthy IRS audit concluded Donald Trump took the same huge deduction twice. As one of their tax experts put it, “I think he ripped off the tax system.”
From ProPublica:
Former President Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by ProPublica and The New York Times.
Keeping up with the lies in South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's book is challenging. And, of course, there are the sections where she writes about murdering a puppy, horses, and at least one goat. She's done politically, and she's now a big fat liar, too.
NBC News reports:
France's government is disputing a portion of South Dakota Gov.
Above, Two Door Cinema Club performs Happy Customers. Is anyone a happy customer these days?
The Status Kuo says that Trump and his lawyers pulled a Steve Bannon and intentionally sought to “flood the zone with shit.”
Hackwhackers asserts that having a big mouth and small brain has consequences.
Public Notice takes us to the court of public opinion: the Sunday Talkies.
Annie Asks You gives us an object-lesson in why we need to fix our obviously corrupt Supreme Court.
Bonus Track: Google Earth of the 1450s
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate. I lost my mother early this year to complications from Type 2 diabetes, so my message to everyone out there is to get your annual physical and keep track of that A1C reading.
I am also Mom to 3 wonderful adults, so that part is cause for celebration.