... Both have high-price-fashion tastes and use private jets for travel. ...

Based on pix I've seen of MOOOOCH-chelle, I think the word I added was missing in that sentence.

As to jet-setting, the 80s through 2020 set quite a contrast: Presidents Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, G. W. Bush and Trump "vacationed" on their own properties; the Clintons and Obamas jet-setted at taxpayer expense.

More fear mongering from American Thinker to get the rubes all fired up .  "Theyz want to take away yuuur caaaaar"

Seems to me it's just reporting the facts in this case. Surely some want to take away people's cars. How widespread that belief is I don't know. But it's out there.

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Trump rigged popularity poll, refused to pay company after finishing 9th: Cohen
By Kyle Schnitzer

Donald Trump refused to pay a tech company that helped boost his position on a CNBC poll about the most famous businessmen in the last century because he only finished in ninth place, Michael Cohen testified.

"Mr. Trump’s name was on that list. And in the beginning of this poll, he was polling toward the very, very bottom and it upset him," Cohen testified.

Cohen said he called up Red Finch, a technology company, to assist in the CNBC poll to create an algorithm that would help Trump "rise, rise significantly in this poll." The scheme would have Red Finch acquire IP addresses to boost Trump's polling position.

Cohen said Trump gave him his permission to go ahead with Red Finch, but Trump ultimately finished ninth in the poll.

"He refused to make a payment," Cohen said about Trump, citing where Trump finished.

Red Finch was ultimately owed $50,000. Cohen paid the company $20,000 and pocketed the remaining $30,000 because Trump stiffed him on his holiday bonus, he testified.

Iranian President Dead After Chopper Crash

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/05/20/iranian-president-dead-after-chopper-crash-n3788696

My emphasis.

Re the second paragraph, different monster, same monstrousness.

Okay...please bear with me here.

If boat/ships can have transponders (is that the right word?) that can provide the topography of the seabed, why isn't that tool available for helicopters to determine same for approaching terrain?

Thanks in advance.   

Cherry wood or mesquite works nicely too.  I tend to favor mesquite.  It burns hot and I prefer the taste.

I must say I have never marinated a steak before cooking it over wood or charcoal. They do make charcoal with mesquite mixed in with it and that is what I mostly use. Otherwise it's cherry chips mixed in with charcoal.

I love the taste of mesquite or hickory... just can't get at it up in here. It's always a pleasure when my Kansas kin come up, as they can get at it... But I ain't seen nary a one in some years.

Don't do charcoal. Usually cook over pine wood. Smoke can be alder or apple mostly. It's  apple and cherry country up in here. But mostly Bing cherries. It takes sour cherry to make good smoke. That's harder to find. Not native. Apple wood is plentiful. Choke cherry is plentiful, and that ain't bad.