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Hoomans iz teh dumm.

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Aug 282017

Health professionals report cases where people put sunscreen on their eyeballs to watch eclipse

In stupidity-related news…

KTVU anchor: ‘I experienced hate firsthand’ at Berkeley rally

and…

Masked anarchists violently rout right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley

Behold:

“I experienced hate firsthand today. It came from these people dressed in all black at a protest in Berkeley. Ironically they were all chanting about no hate.”

and…

In Berkeley on Sunday, some observers derived satisfaction from watching far-left protesters beat up and chase off a young man at the rally in apparent support of Trump.

“It’s a good time,” said Tom Martell, 70, of Crockett, who stood in Civic Center Park with his girlfriend, Lisa Argento, 53.

“They’ve got to be chased out,” Argento said. “I moved to the Bay Area and pay good money to live here. I don’t want these people here. They need to leave us the f— alone.”

Now imagine if a right-winger had said supported the use of violence to keep out “those people,” because he pays good money to live there and doesn’t want their kind nearby. Go on, imagine it.

Someone else has some ‘splane-in’ to do

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Aug 282017

Whoopsie…

It’s a newly posted video, ~~but I don’t know if it’s a recent event.~~

EDIT: thanks to commenter xvdougl, here’s some actual info:

Close Call: CL-415 Canadair Hits A Barge After Scooping Water In Scary Footage

Apparently occurred in southern France on August 27.

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Mandatory: scene from the movie “Always.”

THIS.

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Aug 282017

The funniest thing on SNL in a long time

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Aug 272017

This dates from waaaaaaaaay back in March, but it it’s not only funny but also still relevant.

Max is the hero we need *and* deserve.

Yay: “2001” Blu-Ray screencaps

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Aug 272017

There are several websites that have collections of Blu-Ray screencaps from various movies. But “2001” has somehow failed to be the number-one screengrabbed movie. Finally, though, one of the sites has made a bajillion screencaps from the “2001” Blu-Ray and posted them. Behold your new background screens!

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Now I need to start whining about the lack of a thousand “2001” 4K screencaps…

We’re still paying for the Civil War

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Aug 262017

Huh.

Nation’s oldest Civil War pensioner collects $73 a month from VA

In short: one Moses Triplett was born in 1846, joined the Confederate Army, deserted just before Gettysburg, married one Elida Hall in 1924 and died in 1938. They two had a daughter, Irene, who is current 87 years old and, as a daughter of a veteran, draws $73.13 a month from the Veterans Administration.

How big of a problem are “wolves in theaters” anyway?

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Aug 262017

In these here 57 United States, is the problem of people shouting “wolf” in crowded theaters so bad that the Constitution doesn’t cover it?

See, this is why whenever I go to the theater I make sure to bring a fully loaded .50 caliber Browning machine gun. The wolves, you see. I can’t say anything about them, what with the freedom of speech now being curtailed.

Someone’s got some ‘splainin’ to do…

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Aug 262017

I’m not a professional truck driver. Never driven a dump truck. I assume there are some intricacies to the task that ‘m unaware of. Still… you’d imagine that “don’t drive with the damn thing raised” would be like number two or three on the checklist. But that wasn’t the case in Houston recently (note: colorful metaphors are deployed):

This sort of thing apparently happens more than you might wish… here it is in Saudi Arabia:

And here’s a collection of ’em (note: a pedestrian bridge is hit in one of the vids, and you can bet there were injuries and/or death):

What *must* have happened is that the bed of the dump truck for some reason deploys while going down the road. But whether that’s due to a mechanical failure or the driver hitting the wrong button… dunno. This might be the sort of thing that could be fixed with proper design… the truck having a built-in governor that won’t let it move faster than, say, 10 miles per hour if the bed is raised, or will automatically lower it if the truck’s going faster than 10 mph… something like that. Or a least a friggen’ LOUD beeping when the bed is raised and a flashing red light. *Something.*

A whole lot more oil?

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Aug 252017

I don’t know if this piece is full of accurate data or wishful thinking, but if the former, this could be some good news:

Gilmer: We Should View The Permian Basin As A Permanent Resource

Short form: an expert believes that the Permian Basin formation in west Texas may have between 500 billion and two trillion barrels of economically recoverable oil. The US currently consumes about 7.2 billion barrels of oil per year, so this formation would provide between 97 and 389 years of petroleum for the US. This makes it a “permanent” resource because it’s safe to assume that the US will be largely weaned off petroleum for most fuel applications before that first 100 years is up, so the formation might never be drained.

From a strategic standpoint, it might be best if the US developed the infrastructure to tap that oil deposit… and then leaves it more or less alone, pump out no more than we’re doing now. Instead, buy our oil from elsewhere. Run ’em all dry. Then, when the whole world goes into oil shock as the foreign supplies dry up and the prices shoot through the roof, the US starts tapping the Permian Basin as a strategic reserve. Make it illegal to export the oil. The rest of the world grinds to a halt, the US forges ahead. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!

Oh, boy! Mayhem!

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Aug 252017

It’s a heck of a day for chaos…

North Korea launches three missiles into sea, heightening tensions

And…

Trump pardons former Sheriff Joe Arpaio

And…

Massive protests threaten UC Berkeley as it vows to protect free speech

And…

Organizers cancel right-wing rallies in San Francisco, Berkeley

And…

Violent Protests in India Turn Deadly After Guru’s Rape Conviction

Wheeeeeeeeee…………..

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