A new travel requirement for Americans visiting most European countries was delayed again to sometime in 2025, officials said.

The requirement involves an online travel authorization through the European Travel Information and Authorization System, or ETIAS, and it applies to the visitors of 30 European countries. That includes popular destinations such as France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Portugal.

Now, the system "will be ready to enter into operation in Spring 2025," said a brief announcement after a meeting of the Council of the European Union earlier this month. "The new roadmap for the delivery of the new IT architecture foresees that the Entry/Exit system will be ready to enter into operation in Autumn 2024," it also said.

The system, meanwhile, will register the information and biometric data of travelers. That includes face scans and fingerprints, while stamp passports will be phased out.

This system, elaborated the European Union's site, "will replace the current system of manual stamping of passports, which is time-consuming, does not provide reliable data on border crossings, and does not allow a systematic detection of over-stayers."

Travelers will have to fill out an ETIAS application form before traveling and pay a $7 fee. However, some applications may take several weeks if additional information is needed from the traveler, while some may have to obtain an interview, according to the EU website.

Walmart is clearing out their Halloween candy and replacing it with Christmas candy already.

I still need to buy some Halloween candy.

Quote from: Oerdin on October 28, 2023, 04:12:26 PMI still need to buy some Halloween candy.

I don't get trick or treaters on the farm. I am going into town on Tuesday and taking my grand daughter up and down the street.

Google is pure evil. Alphabet, Google's parent company, has invested $2 billion into AI start-up Anthropic. Anthropic's CEO and co-founder, Dario Amodei, claimed earlier this week that AI has anywhere between a 10 and 25 percent chance of destroying humanity.

My wife an I were at Schnucks tonight and had a LOL thinking about buying and passing out Christmas candy for halloween.

Quote from: Lokmar on October 28, 2023, 08:24:58 PMMy wife an I were at Schnucks tonight and had a LOL thinking about buying and passing out Christmas candy for halloween.

Is that a restaurant or bar?

Quote from: Brent on October 28, 2023, 09:06:51 PMIs that a restaurant or bar?

grocery store chain

Matthew Perry did not drown in a hot tub. He was probably lit up like a Christmas tree or he had a heart attack or both.

A federal judge ordered the Georgia legislature on Oct. 26 to create a total of eight new black-majority electoral districts for 2024 congressional and state elections by Dec. 8.

The courts are now dealing with a torrent of litigation spurred by the Supreme Court's 5–4 decision in June in Allen v. Milligan. In that case, the conservative-dominated court unexpectedly stood behind its interpretation of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), rejecting Alabama's request to leave its legislature-approved electoral map in place.

Quote from: DKG on October 30, 2023, 10:16:06 AMA federal judge ordered the Georgia legislature on Oct. 26 to create a total of eight new black-majority electoral districts for 2024 congressional and state elections by Dec. 8.

The courts are now dealing with a torrent of litigation spurred by the Supreme Court's 5–4 decision in June in Allen v. Milligan. In that case, the conservative-dominated court unexpectedly stood behind its interpretation of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), rejecting Alabama's request to leave its legislature-approved electoral map in place.

LOL! They will all be democRAT corrupt shitholes. People will cry about why the po ol blax are downtrodden and live in such squalor.

The Biden administration announced another bleak signal for life in the United States this week. The rate accounting for the number of babies to die before their first birthdays jumped 3% in 2022 — the first year-to-year increase since 2002, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC indicated that the infant mortality rate was 5.44 in 2021. Last year, the rate was 5.6. The total number of reported infant deaths in 2022 was 20,538, up 610 from the previous year.

Canada's unemployment rate edged up two tentsh of one percent to 5.7 percent as the economy added eighteen thousand jobs, but more people entered the workforce.

In the US, the unemployment rate went up one tenth of one percent to 3.9 percent. The US economy added 150,000 jobs which was below market expectations.

Quote from: DKG on November 03, 2023, 06:07:52 PMCanada's unemployment rate edged up two tentsh of one percent to 5.7 percent as the economy added eighteen thousand jobs, but more people entered the workforce.

In the US, the unemployment rate went up one tenth of one percent to 3.9 percent. The US economy added 150,000 jobs which was below market expectations.

It looks the Bank of Canada is done raising interest rates.

No government data can ever be trusted.

They lie and they pass laws allowing them to lie.

I hope it all burns down asap.