Sep 222022
 

Seems there’s a run of just darn bad luck for those fellers, especially the rich, powerful and politically connected. It’s like gravity keeps reaching up and grabbin’ ’em.

A Kremlin ally died falling down the stairs, report says — the latest in a series of unexplained deaths among prominent Russians

The Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) university announced the death of Anatoly Gerashchenko, 72, saying he died “as a result of an accident.”

An unnamed source told Russian newspaper Izvestia that he died on the university’s grounds, by falling “from a great height” down several flights of stairs.

Huh.

 Posted by at 4:58 pm
Sep 212022
 

Suspect Admits to Fatally Plowing Car into Republican Teen in ‘Politically Motivated’ Attack

A suspect accused of fatally plowing a car into a Republican teen in North Dakota over the weekend confessed on Monday to the attack, which he confirmed was “politically motivated.”

Shannon Brandt, a 41-year-old male, allegedly ran over 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson with his car after the pair had an altercation of a political nature at a street festival. …  The driver reported the crime himself, informing police that the victim was affiliated with a “Republican extremist group” and intended to target him after the two had a political disagreement.

Huh. I wonder what might have happened in recent weeks that could have radicalized Mr. Brandt and, through the power of “Stochastic Terrorism,” turned him into a murderer?

 

 Posted by at 11:16 am
Sep 182022
 

High population densities with lax law enforcement and no throwing of loons into bins: not even once.

McDonald’s ax swinger had just been ‘rejected’ by woman, witness says

 

 Posted by at 10:49 am
Sep 172022
 

So YouTube recommended the new trailer for the movie “5-25-77:”

It’s a “coming of age” film about a kid who wants to make movies, set around the time of the release of the original Star Wars. Shrug, ok, another movie about movie makers. But a comment made me look this up on Wikipedia, and lo and behold, there IS something rather unique about the film:

Johnson began funding the project in 2001 and filming took place from 2004 to 2006. Additional shots and special effects were filmed in 2015, 2016, and over the next six years, making the films production span a total of 18 years.

Great googaly moogaly!

 Posted by at 8:59 am