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Divine
This story sounds apocryphal.
Since your remark, I made a limited attempt to verify the story. The furthest I got was that his daughter believed it as a child, but could have been confused, and that Jon Callas who worked as a computer security expert for Apple at various times had heard the story second hand. - So, it may or may not have been true.

Three additional wrinkles concerning Jobs' alleged practice.
1. He was leasing the vehicles, not purchasing them.
2. California DMV regulations no longer permit anyone to do what he was supposed to have done.
3. His primary motive was that he didn't like license plates, possibly for privacy reasons; it's unclear.

I must admit, the third element makes the overall story sound like it was was invented or evolved just to paint Jobs as some sort of an eccentric.
 

nivek

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Read the private email Obama sent his former doc after he questioned Biden's cognitive health

In his memoir "Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values," Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, writes about a stern email from Obama for then-presidential candidate Biden’s "crazy statements and concerning mental gaffes" — a criticism he was uniquely qualified to make having served as the White House physician to presidents George W. Bush, Obama and Donald Trump.

"Biden was on TV again, making crazy statements and concerning mental gaffes; he didn’t know what state he was in or what office he was campaigning for," Jackson recalls of the 2020 campaign season. "He apparently thought at one point that he was running for the Senate and later couldn’t remember what state he was campaigning in. This had been going on for months and was getting worse."

For years the media had accused Trump of being mentally unwell, and in 2018 many commentators mocked Jackson for saying that a cognitive evaluation Trump had taken showed he was in "excellent" mental shape and "had absolutely no cognitive or mental issues whatsoever."

"Trump never made crazy statements like the ones Biden was making almost every day," Jackson writes in his book, "but these people were jumping up and down: ‘He’s not fit to be president; he needs a cognitive test!’"

In 2020, when Jackson himself was running for Congress, the media’s lack of attention to Biden's cognitive frailty bothered him greatly. He retweeted a video of Biden’s "latest cognitive misadventure" with the message: "Remember the cognitive test that I gave @realDonaldTrump? The one he aced! Sounds like somebody else might need some testing done!! Scary!!"

Within 20 minutes of that tweet, Jackson received a "scathing" email from President Obama.

"I have made a point of not commenting on your service in my successor’s administration and have always spoken highly of you both in public and in private. You always served me and my family well, and I have considered you not only a fine doctor and service member but also a friend," Obama wrote in the email.

"That’s why I have to express my disappointment at the cheap shot you took at Joe Biden via Twitter. It was unprofessional and beneath the office that you once held. It was also disrespectful to me and the many friends you had in our administration. You were the personal physician to the President of the United States as well as an admiral in the U.S. Navy. I expect better, and I hope upon reflection that you will expect more of yourself in the future," Obama told Jackson.

Surprised and flustered by the email, Jackson ultimately chose not to respond. Jackson recalls considering whether to call the former president, but a friend of his, radio host and conservative commentator Dan Bongino, reminded him that Obama did nothing while Jackson was in the midst of a Senate confirmation fight to be Trump's secretary for the Department of Veteran Affairs.

"So, upon reflection, I thought, You know what? Screw that guy! I’m not doing it," Jackson wrote. "I just walked away from it, which was the last time I had any contact with [Obama]," Jackson wrote. Obama did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

"It’s awfully ironic now, considering [Biden’s mental fitness] is all anyone, including the liberal media, can talk about," Jackson told Fox News Digital.

"Let it be known, as the White House physician for the last three presidents, I was the first to say that we have a serious problem with this man’s cognitive demise, and he will not make it four years in office. I’ve always said there would come a point where it wouldn’t be just me talking about it, but his own party, and sadly, that has proven to be the case. Joe Biden’s cognitive failures are on full display for the whole world to see," Jackson said.

"Holding the Line," which chronicles Jackson’s journey to the White House as a navy physician, his relationships with the three presidents that he served, and his early political career at a time when the political Left was determined to destroy him, comes out on July 26.

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nivek

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These are X-Rays from the US-Mexico Border Patrol.







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nivek

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I've read that if we were gauging inflation the same way as we were in the 80s and 90s that inflation would be around 15 percent or higher...Biden is the blamer in chief, his chief function, to blame everything else for his problems...Time for a different president as long as it isn't Trump, problem is we have two more years of blundering 'bare shelves' Biden...

Biden says 9.1% inflation is 'unacceptably high' but blames out-of-date figures that don't 'reflect full impact' of gas prices decreasing by 40 cents: BoA analysts say SEVERE recession is necessary

Inflation hits new four-decade high of 9.1% in June - higher than economists predicted

Inflation in the U.S. rose to 9.1 percent in June, the highest since 1981 and a greater increase than economists predicted. It's the biggest 12-month increase in nearly four decades, and up from an 8.6 percent jump in May. On a monthly basis, prices rose 1.3 percent from May to June, another substantial increase, after prices had jumped 1 percent from April to May. The ongoing price increases underscore the brutal impact that inflation has inflicted on many families, with the costs of necessities, in particular, rising much faster than average incomes. The relentless spike in inflation has caused a steep drop in consumers' confidence in the economy, sent President Joe Biden's approval ratings tumbling and posed a major political threat to Democrats in the November congressional elections. Now Bank of America analysts are predicting that the Federal Reserve will move even more aggressively to tame inflation, to the point where they would push the U.S. into a recession too cool off the economy.

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nivek

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Bitter Jeremy Hunt slams Tory 'smears and attacks' as he and Nadhim Zahawi are eliminated from leadership race - while Rishi TOPS ballot with 88 votes and Penny Mordaunt gains momentum coming SECOND with 67



As he bowed out of the running, Mr Hunt this evening criticised the contenders, claiming his campaign had become the target of attacks from Boris Johnson loyalists. He tweeted: 'A gentle word of advice to the remaining candidates: smears & attacks may bring short term tactical gain but always backfire long term. 'The nation is watching & they've had enough of our drama; be the broad church & unbeatable, election winning machine that our country deserves.' Mr Sunak received the largest share of the votes from MPs with Ms Mordaunt not too far behind after a YouGov poll indicated she is the overwhelming favourite of activists. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss recorded a disappointing showing in third on 50, suggesting she might struggle to make the last two who go to a run-off of Tory members.Former Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch and Attorney General Suella Braverman also made it through the first round, receiving 40 and 32 votes respectively, and will be in the next ballot tomorrow. Only one of the 358 MPs did not cast a vote.There will now be a scramble for the support assembled by Chancellor Mr Zahawi and Mr Hunt, who were both humiliatingly eliminated after failing to hit the threshold of 30.

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nivek

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United States' 9.1% inflation rate is one of the HIGHEST among developed countries despite Biden saying the OPPOSITE - and is costing Americans an extra $500 a month

United States sees one of the HIGHEST inflation rates among developed countries

The United States is seeing one of the highest inflation rates among developed countries, after government officials announced on Wednesday that inflation reached a 41-year high of 9.1 percent in June. The country is now on par with the United Kingdom, which has also reported a 9.1 percent inflation rate due to increased energy, fuel and grain costs amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. But of the world's major economies, the US and UK are tied for the sixth highest inflation rate - behind Turkey, Russia, Poland and Spain, according to international market watcher Trading Economies.

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nivek

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Have the Taliban become the richest arms dealer in the world yet?...They certainly have the hardware now to reach that status...

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nivek

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Biden 'wouldn't need to beg MBS if he shed his climate obsessions and unleashed American oil': WSJ tells president to boost domestic crude output instead of seeking Saudi help

Biden wouldn't need to beg MBS if he unleashed American oil, WSJ argues

As President Joe Biden visits Saudi Arabia to beseech the kingdom to boost crude oil exports, some are wondering why he doesn't pursue the same agenda at home. After calling Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' state during his campaign for president, Biden now appears eager to re-engage with the kingdom, which is the world's top crude exporter.

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pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Can you not buy a pre-registered vehicle in the US/California?

Generally the dealer registers it in your name when you purchase it. From time of manufacture to arrival at the distributor no, they're not registered in the conventional sense. The registration is at a state level. Rules vary from one to the other but they all work about like that.

I went to a huge dealership with multiple locations. My truck came off a lot in New Jersey and was transported up here to New York and only after I bought it was it registered to me here. Naturally it costs a few bucks. It could just have easily sat there if the sale fell through and wound up in Connecticut or Massachusetts or who knows where else.
 

nivek

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DC homeless shelters are filling up with migrants from Arizona and Texas, Mayor Muriel Bowser claims as she hits back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for shipping migrants to nation's capital

Washington, D.C.'s homeless shelters are filling up because Texas Governor Greg Abbott is sending busloads of migrants from his state to the nation's capital, Mayor Muriel Bowser claimed Sunday morning. The D.C. mayor is requesting that Abbott stop preventing migrants from getting to their final destinations. Arizona's Governor Doug Ducey followed Abbott's lead earlier this summer as they both started sending migrants from their respective states to D.C. to take some of the load off of the migration crisis hitting border states.

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