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Burke accused gardaí of being ‘thugs’ as members of force attempted to remove family members after they refused to leave voluntarilyAmid unprecedented and chaotic scenes at the Court of Appeal (COA) on Tuesday, Enoch Burke lost an appeal aimed at overturning court orders preventing him from teaching or attending a Co Westmeath school. One person was arrested, and later charged, after members of the Burke family were removed from court. The three-judge court, in three separate judgments, dismissed the appeal. The delivery of the judgments was interrupted twice, with the court ultimately rising and delivering the judgments electronically. Mr Burke,...

ROSE The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?" I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!", and she gave me a giant squeeze. "Why are you in college at such...

Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus issued a strong warning for everyday Americans. During an appearance on "Cavuto Live," Marcus discussed the devastating collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, urging Americans to "wake up" and understand that the U.S. economy is in "tough times." "I can't wait for Biden to get on the speech again and talk about how great the economy is and how it's moving forward and getting stronger by the day. And this is an indication that whatever he says is not true. And maybe the American people will finally wake up and understand that we're living in very...

Former President Donald Trump has an advantage over his possible primary opponents when it comes to Republican women, according to a new Fox News poll.According to the poll, 40% of Republican women voters would choose to support Trump over former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and possible contender Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The poll shows that 23% of GOP women would support DeSantis and 9% would support Haley. Former Vice President Mike Pence came in with 8% support.46% of the women polled said that the economy was the top issue facing the country that they were concerned...

I installed a compression shut off valve for a toilet supply line for the first time. I had plenty of pipe, so I cut off the old soldered valves and then used Emory cloth and a deburring tool to prep the pipe. I didn’t expect the hard part to be putting the nut on the pipe. I had a hell of a time, but I finally got it on and tight with no leaks. But, I ultimately have nine valves to install and would like to know if there’s an easier way. Maybe some kind of lubricant that won’t compromise...

Roku...The company that has built a brand on low-priced streaming devices said in a filing that it had about $487 million of its $1.9 billion at Silicon Valley Bank - Circle...Payments-technology firm Circle tweeted Friday that $3.3 billion of the $40 billion of its USD Coin (USDC) cryptocurrency reserves remained at Silicon Valley Bank - BlockFi...The defunct crypto lender BlockFi has $227 million at Silicon Valley Bank, according to a new bankruptcy filing...

Kelly Love suggested that ‘guidelines and laws’ should prevent schools from divulging personal information about minor students to conservative parents.AUBURN, Washington (LifeSiteNews) — A public school teacher from Washington state gained national attention last week for a social media post indicating her support of school policies designed to keep secrets from so-called “Christo-fascist” parents. Kelly Love is an English teacher at Auburn High School whose comments regarding a conservative opinion on social media circulated on Twitter, attracting the spotlight as the latest blunt advocacy for denying parental rights in education. Ian Prior, senior advisor at American First Legal who speaks...

Update from Ukraine | Wagner Stuck in Bakhmut | Prygozhyn went to the ruzzian Black List https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECpiWPRfHMw Follow on Instagram up to date uploads. Update from Ukraine | Bakhmut is a Big Trap but not for Ukraine | Ruzzian army may vanish there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGXtpMRMA8 https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: March 10, 2023 Invasion Day 380 – Summary The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-380-summary/ This is Militaryland Website recap of – February 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/website-recap-february-2023/

You know we are “picking up steam” in the season of Lent when the Lectionary starts turning to the long readings from the Gospel of John (John 4, 9, 11). The Church turns to these texts from John at this point in the liturgical calendar, because John is, in so many ways, a mystagogical document, a gospel intended to takes us deeper into the mysteries, that is, the sacraments. If one is not initiated into the sacraments, John remains—in many respects—a closed book. I can attest to this from personal experience. Although I have always loved my name-sake Gospel more...

The United States Navy has announced another vessel will be renamed in order to cut association with its Confederate namesake. The US Navy will rename the oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury, which was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury. Maury is considered by many to be one of the foremost pioneers of oceanography in history. He was a decorated U.S. naval officer for decades until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he refused to fight against his home state and joined the Confederacy. The USNS Maury will be renamed in honor of Marie Tharp, a 20th century cartographer and oceanographer...

Outlawing the Russian language...Linguistic Nazism...

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The size of the payouts couldn’t be determined, but SVB bonuses range from about $12,000 for associates to $140,000 for managing directors, according to Glassdoor.com. SVB was the highest-paying publicly traded bank in 2018, with employees getting an average of $250,683 for that year, according to Bloomberg.

President Biden complained Friday that Republicans want to make sure “we don’t have enough IRS agents” to go after the “super wealthy.” During a speech on the February jobs report, Biden said he was informed by his staff that the Freedom Caucus is demanding that Biden agree to a set of spending cuts and budget proposals before they will consider voting to raise the debt ceiling. […] “The House Freedom caucus’ proposal would be a gut-punch to the American middle class and wouldn’t cut the deficit. Let me repeat that: this proposal would bring devastating consequences to our national security,...

The collapse of SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) could have a ripple effect on the technology and biotech industries, the two largest sectors that had deposits and financial relationships with the company’s Silicon Valley Bank.break Roku said all insured depositors of SVB will get full access to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning. “Uninsured depositors will receive a receivership certificate for the remaining amount of their uninsured funds. As the FDIC sells the assets of SVB, future dividend payments may be made to uninsured depositors.” Roku reported in the filing that they have $487 million of their $1.9 billion...

Voices from tech and finance are increasingly calling for the federal government to push another bank to take over the failed Silicon Valley Bank to protect uninsured deposits. Some observers called out the irony of the venture capital community calling for government aid after many VCs spurred their portfolio companies to withdraw money after SVB released a surprise statement about its financial situation on Wednesday night. But the vast majority of SVB’s customers were businesses that had more than that on deposit at the bank. As of December, more than 95% of the bank’s deposits were uninsured, according to regulatory...

Passengers on a Lufthansa flight from hell that dropped almost 4,000 feet in severe turbulence were asked to delete their photos and videos of the terrifying event, according to a report. Before the March 1 flight made an emergency landing at Washington, DC’s Dulles Airport, a flight attendant twice made an announcement to get rid of any images, passenger Rolanda Schmidt told Insider. “I think we were all just like, ‘What?!'” Schmidt said. The second announcement implied that the request was to protect passenger privacy, she said. Another passenger confirmed to Insider that they were asked to delete photos. But...

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III. Written and directed by Preston Sturges, featuring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, and Rudy Vallee as Hackensacker III. The Palm Beach Story is a high watermark of Sturges’ brand of physical comedy and verbal repartee."The Palm Beach Story" (1942 Preston Sturges screwball comedy, full HQ video)

Perhaps the best song the Bee Gees ever put out. Not a big single in America but it would have shot to number one had it been promoted here. Bee Gees - Spirits Haven Flown (1979)

Good evening fellow Freepers. I just got me a Roku device and I'm looking for suggestions for what I should add to my channel lineup. I got some already, but I'm looking for more conservative news channels as well as family friendly movie/TV channels to subscribe to. Thanks all!