Kansas City Link Pool: Thrift Life, AI Politics, Supreme Ethics FAIL & Cinco De Mayo

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American Scarcity Take Hold

Kansas City consumers turn to thrifting as interest rates hike, cost of living rises

KANSAS CITY, Mo - The Federal Reserve raised interest rates yet again by another quarter point on Wednesday. The rate increases over the past 14 months have more than doubled mortgage rates, increased the cost of auto loans and made credit card borrowing and business loans more costly.


Redux: Kansas City Going Deutsch 

German tabloid says Chiefs' opponents set for international games in 2023, 2024

In January, we learned that the Kansas City Chiefs would travel to Germany for one of their nine "home" games during the 2023 NFL season. On Thursday, NFL news operations in the United States relayed a report from the German tabloid, BILD, which revealed not only the Chiefs' 2023 opponent but also that they would return to Germany in 2024 - presumably as the "away" team.


Check Out More Downtown FAIL

KC hotel developers seek return of millions bankrupt lender transferred - Kansas City Business Journal

AltosGroups LLC and the developers behind inactive hotel projects in downtown Kansas City and Edwardsville have agreed to settlement terms that would return cash deposits. That most of the funds are in a foreign national's bank account has complicated matters in AltosGroups' Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.


Airport Fare Rising?!?

KCI has lots of food options on the table, but not without some turbulence.

KCI has lots of food options on the table, but not without some turbulence.


Newsflash: Everybody Loves Chicanos

From West Coast to Westside, Kansas City's lowrider culture has spread beyond its Latino roots

Lowrider culture in Kansas City began in the 1950s as a strictly Mexican American thing. But founders still on the scene say the subculture has grown more diverse over the decades. "When we first started doing this, it was mostly a minority thing with Mexicans and small group of Black people," says Tim Lona.


Nordic Smoke Show Considered

Norwegian Model Hilde Osland Straps Up In Sizzling Lingerie Pic

Hilde Osland / Instagram Norweigian smoke show, Hilde Osland, is lighting up social media with her latest snaps and doing a fine job of keeping Old Man Winter away with her sizzling hot photos. The 33-year-old model and influencer, who boasts an impressive 3.7 million followers on Instagram, shared a new sensual shot on her [...]


Political Fight Against Future

Democrat seeks to regulate AI-generated campaign ads after GOP video depicts dystopian Biden victory in 2024

A House Democrat proposed legislation this week that would require political campaign ads to make it clear to viewers when generative artificial intelligence is used to produce video or images in those ads, an idea that is a response to an AI-generated ad against President Biden that was released last week.


MAGA Moves Ahead

Trump, looking to regain 2016 magic, moves away from the Republican brand

Former President Donald Trump has all but dropped a key word from his vocabulary: Republican. He didn't say it when he met with supporters - including a Jan. 6 defendant - at the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire, late last month.


Supreme Friends With Benefits

Clarence Thomas's problems multiply at Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing a fresh round of scrutiny after the third blockbuster report in less than a month links him financially to GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. ProPublica reported Thursday that Crow, a Dallas-based real estate developer, paid thousands of dollars in tuition to a private boarding school for Thomas's great-nephew, whom...


Vlad Targeted?!?

What's the Deal With the Mysterious Drone Attack on Putin?

So, who fired two drones at the Kremlin in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, and what does the act say about the course of the war in Ukraine? The whole business is a mystery, and may remain so forever, except to those who did the deed.


Political Science & Pandemic

Fauci, Weingarten try to rewrite history on disastrous COVID-19 lockdowns: 'Show me a school that I shut down'

Former White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and teachers union boss Randi Weingarten are furiously trying to rewrite history on their role in promoting the disastrous school lockdowns that paralyzed the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and left a generation of children behind.


Smut Game Requires Dedication

'People think being adult star is easy - but it's much harder than having sex'

A sex worker has spoken out about how difficult the industry really is - and how she's sick of people judging the career. Jessica Drake is an award-winning Wicked Pictures adult performer, writer, activist, sex educator and the creator of the Guide to Wicked Sex.


Artsy Tradition Debuts

Brookside Art Annual and Waldo Spring Fling Happen This Weekend

The weather forecast looks good for this weekend--fortunately for two outdoor events you can check out! The biggie is the 37th Brookside Art Annual, at 63rd St and Brookside Plaza. Booths open tomorrow, Friday May 5, at 5pm. Enjoy browsing through all sorts of local and regional art: painting, sculpture, clothing, jewelry, photography and a...


Forcast For Now . . . 

A few showers possible for Friday morning

Hide Transcript Show Transcript THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE FOR KIDS WHO ARE PLAYING BALL. IT'S GOING TO BE HOT. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGHS PUSHING CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES HERE IN KANSAS CITY. THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH A LOT OF HUMIDITY, TOO. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO JULY.

Cinco De Mayo - War is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.

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