The woman in this video does everything she can to make sure she gets arrested. The level of entitlement she displays is monumental, which is amusing considering the level of ignorance she displays. I remain baffled at what aggressive idiots like this think they are going to achieve. Weird that the actual criminal in the tale is far more chill and reasonable.
The great majority of the time when someone says “there aught to be a law,” there really aughtn’t. But a law I’d get behind: any new bill in Congress must be read, in it entirety, on the floor of the House and Senate by those who wrote and co-sponsored it before it is allowed to come up to vote. Only those who sat there and listened to at least 75% of the reading would be allowed to vote on the bill; those who weren’t there are automatically registered as “no” votes. This would have the effect of making bills *vastly* smaller than the bloated monstrosities they’ve become.
Take, for example, the latest budget. The R. Lee Ermey bit at the end wholly encapsulates things.
Yes, I’m shocked too… I’m linking to a New York times article that is both interesting and informative:
A Times investigation based on interviews, intercepts, documents and secret battle plans shows how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.
For no readily apparent reason, YouTube of late has been tossing videos at me that suddenly started focusing on people reading aloud stories posted on Reddit (handy for when I’ve been working on the cyanotypes). In particular, “HFY” stories… “Humanity F Yeah!” stories, science fiction short tales featuring, generally, aliens deciding to attack dumb ol’ weak humanity and getting their asses handed to them by those hairless monkeys who turn out to be *insanely* capable in the art of war. They are generally fun little tales… usually not *great* by any stretch, often fairly bad by the usual measures of such things, but entertaining. And the idea that Plucky Humans could save the day against galaxy-spanning ravening hordes and evil empires is always fun. But then I read stuff like this NYT article describing the state of the Russian war machine and war effort.
Yes, sometimes humans can be spectacularly expert at the art of war. But often we are phenomenally incompetent. If the Russia that launched this war against Ukraine was the standard of human military capability, even the most mediocre and half-assed alien invasion fleet would mop up Mankind in a lazy afternoon.
WTF.
A guy who made his billions by selling stuff is… selling stuff. Just… ridiculous stuff. This doesn’t really seem to be the actions of someone who thinks he’s destined to retake the White House.
Tell me if this sounds familiar: convicted felon out on parole commits murder. This time, execution-style multiple murder on the street because he was asked to leave a birthday party.
Even in Illinois, it is illegal for a felon on parole to have a pistol. So yet another Gun Grab Success Story as well.
Sent in. Video of the triple homicide, 4 people shot at Central and School stemming from Vera Lounge this weekend. A cold blooded execution. #Chicago pic.twitter.com/Y9wJ2Anxsl
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) December 13, 2022
There is, of course, a solution for this sort of thing. The killer here was charged with first degree murder (in a home invasion) in 2009, but got a lesser sentence because his co-defendant admitted to the killing (which should nevertheless have made him complicit in felony murder). He was paroled in October. Had he been sentenced to life without parole or, better, death, or even better, jettisoning off Earth towards the moon via mass driver, this problem would not have occurred.
This is what “progressive” polices lead to.
GRAPHIC VIDEO
Aftermath of the scene at the triple homicide at Vera Lounge at Central/School.
An off duty nurse is seen trying to render aid.#Chicago pic.twitter.com/MUqC8yc4ZN
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) December 13, 2022
And here we are:
OMG MY SIDES pic.twitter.com/4ZhODAdFgI
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) December 14, 2022
There are of course comments by people who don’t understand the concept of “context:”
Baby it’s Cold Outside is about a woman in the 40s, who was worried about the neighbors gossiping about her being unchaperoned with her boyfriend after a certain hour, and deciding not to worry about what they think, you perverted l0ser.
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) December 14, 2022
Well, this can’t be good:
Problem with Soyuz MS-22 on the ISS right now! pic.twitter.com/V4Ymvnn2D1
— Chris Bergin – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) December 15, 2022
Good thing the US has it’s own ride now. SpaceX, stand by with a couple Dragons…
Huh.
Moroccan fans attacking police in London over the weekend after their victory over Spain in the world cup pic.twitter.com/VoQ7zyQPrp
— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) December 12, 2022
Can anyone explain why a modern, rational nation concerned about the welfare and future of its people and culture would not respond to this sort of thing with mass deportations?
Unclear whether he quit or was fired. Just so long as he’s gone.
And so Adam Savage goes to the Royal Society In England and gets to look at not only a first edition of Newton’s “Principia,” but the actual *manuscript.* And both he and the archivist handle them with their bare hands.
Shudder.
There are books that *I* own that I hesitate to actually touch without cotton archival gloves. But the Principia? Dude, I wouldn’t touch that unless I was fully sealed. I’d be deathly afraid of not just touching it, not just sneezing on it, but simply *breathing* on it.