SNAP

FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4.3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins this week attributed a multimillion-person drop in the number of participants receiving food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the tamping down of fraud and an improved economy. But experts discount those factors, saying the primary driver of the decrease was more likely new legislation that changed how the program runs ...

This would be millionaire Brooke Rollins, who has said that the only people who should be on food stamps are those who would starve to death otherwise.

How much does a person living where I do need every month for gtoceries and sundry items? According to the Google bot ...

A single person with pets in California can expect to spend approximately $150 to $250+ per week on groceries and pet supplies. While general food costs for one in CA average around $177/week, pet food, litter, and household items, plus higher costs in metro areas, often push this closer to $200-$250.

So that would mean spending about $800 to $1000 a month.

Oh dearie me - no wonder SNAP has to dump so many people off the rolls, when they must get soooo much taxpayer cash every month.

Guess how much money a person like me (elderly disabled homeowner living on social security) gets from SNAP to help pay for one month of food. $27. Yes, twenty-seven dollars.

The jewel in the crown

In the news ... Mamdani says King Charles III should give India back its diamond

What diamond, you ask? The Koh-i-Noor, which sits in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ...

The crown is decorated with about 2,800 diamonds, most notably the 105-carat (21.0 g) Koh-i-Noor in the middle of the front cross, which was acquired by the East India Company after the Anglo-Sikh Wars and presented to Queen Victoria in 1851 ... The Koh-i-Noor became a part of the Crown Jewels when it was left to the Crown upon Victoria's death in 1901. It had been successively mounted in the crowns of Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary before it was transferred to the Queen Mother's crown.

It would be nice if they would give it back, along with the Elgin Marbles and whatever other booty their empire "liberated" back in the day.

AI Data Centers

In the news today ... The $25 Billion Bill: The Hidden Environmental Cost of America’s Data Center Boom

And this from Business Insider ...