I’m glad that there are people crazy enough to drive themselves towards and dangerously close to powerful tornadoes. The video and data they record is scientifically useful, as well as interesting and simply entertaining.
I’m glad I’m not one of those people. But we as a species are better off for their existence, however brief it may be.
Yet another major American city devolving rapidly to third world status.
There is no single issue that is more important to me, or the members of the PPD, than fighting violent crime. One of the more disturbing trends that we have seen is the startling increase in the number of carjackings. Here is what we're doing about it: https://t.co/mKJZZL363U pic.twitter.com/yVHsFNLdkM
— Danielle M. Outlaw (@PPDCommish) January 13, 2022
Somewhat to my surprise, I found the first three episodes of HBO’s “Peacemaker” series to be a blast. This series is set in the DC cinematic universe, and is a direct spinoff of last years “The Suicide Squad,” featuring John Cena’s “Peacemaker” character. In short, the guy is an unstable violent moron, willing to kill any number of random innocent people in order to achieve peace. The show is incredibly violent and gory, profane and lowbrow… and it’s friggen’ hilarious. The best character is probably Eagly, Peacemakers sidekick: an eagle.
The opening credits are a sight to behold.
Note: yes, the same John Cena who shills for the Chinese Communist Party, in a show created and directed by James Gunn, the same guy who cranked out a suspiciously large number of tweets that made light of kiddy diddlin’. So if that sort of thing modifies your desire to watch a show… well, Hollywood seems to be full of these types, so your options are limited. But Gunn is really quite good at making this sort of entertainment (witness “Guardians of the Galaxy”) and Cena is just damned charismatic, and wholly committed to the bit.
Also: something a lot of comic book reviewers/critics have noticed is that if a black woman appears in a comic book, there’s at least a 50-50 shot that she’s a lesbian. In “Peacemaker,” there are *two* black women in the main cast… and they’re *both* lesbians. Really racking up the diversity points.
Also also: a .50 AE Desert Eagle with a barrel *that* extended seems incredibly unwieldy. Still: want.
I’m told by law enforcement these @UPS bags are especially sought after by thieves opening cargo containers… they are often full of boxes with merchandise bound for residential addresses. More valuable than say, a cargo container full of low value bulky items like toilet paper. pic.twitter.com/Tj5bQNIeby
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022
As you can see, trains frequently slow or stop in this area as they get worked into the @UnionPacific Intermodal facility near Downtown LA. The thieves use this opportunity to break open containers and take what’s inside. I’d say every 4th or 5th rail car had opened containers. pic.twitter.com/PHpujyB84M
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022
Responsibility for policing the railroad right of way falls on Union Pacific Police… not local agencies like LAPD. We did see Union Pacific police chasing two people today off the tracks and keeping an eye on things. pic.twitter.com/M5aQSrkGZW
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 14, 2022
Seems to me that there is an opportunity to develop locks on the containers that are hooked up to high voltage + high amperage systems, or explode, release chlorine, emit napalm… something. At the very least automated systems that detect looters and not only photograph them but lash out with hooked whips that take DNA samples. Those identified are put into databases and never again receive any assistance from the taxpayer. The same databases that Antifa insurrectionists and terrorists need to be on.
When I lived in Utah I’d occasionally go on trips throughout the southwest. Far from civilization, radio stations would fade out and sometimes the only stations that came in were native American language stations… Navajo and such like. It was always interesting to listen to those for a bit; you could often figure out roughly what they were discussing because their conversations were so heavily laden with English loan-words. A lot of those folks half a limited grasp of English; this is a category of “person who lives within the confines of the United States” that I don’t have a problem with them not learning English or assimilating into American culture. It’s probably not *wise* for them to not assimilate; it leaves them on the outside. But in their case, I see no ethical or moral problem for them choosing to be on the outside, since the outside kinda came up and swallowed them.
A similar situation, I imagine, exists in Australia with the Aborigines. They have their own languages and a lot doubtless don’t understand English. So it makes sense for Important Government Messages to be translated for them. But *this* message from Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan about the importance of getting vaccinated… I have to question the utility of the translation.
So for some reason YouTube has decided that I have a burning need to seen dashcam videos from Uber/Lyft drivers showing passengers who are behaving poorly… screaming at the driver, drunk, refusing to properly identify themselves, refusing the exit the vehicle even though the trip has been cancelled, etc. The drivers *seem* to be required to just sit there and take it until the passenger chooses to leave, or until the cops show up and drag them away. But why can’t the driver simply head to the nearest police station? That would seem the obvious approach. Or would that be considered kidnapping or some such nonsense?
After the overly-dramatic crocodile tears about the January 6 “insurrection,” the one where somehow a bunch of wholly uncoordinated chuckleheads were somehow going to violently overthrow the government of the United States armed with placards using a strategy of milling about, a news story emerges of an apparent attempt at *actual* terrorism:
Fella had what appears to be somewhat lazy homemade grenades and pipe bombs. He was either targeting or attending an “Oath Keeper” rally, the article is unclear on the point. However, there’s this:
Sheriff’s deputies found a piece of paper titled “direct action checklist,” where Smith made a list of clothing, armor and gear to bring, including listed items such as a helmet and shaded goggles, a gas mask, duct tape and flammable rags.
In his backpack, they also found a helmet with a logo on it that had been seen at other protests in cities such as Portland, where Smith had spent time, Gualtieri said.
In affidavits, the arresting detective, under the “aggravating/mitigating” section of the report, notes “Antifa” and requests a high bail. In one of the reports, the detective wrote “Antifa/Anti gov/Extrem.” However, Gualtieri said it was too early to say with which group Smith may be affiliated.
Uh-huh.
Professor Tosspot finally got around to reviewing the year 2020. Star Wars, Star Trek, Rice Rabies, Orange Man Bad vs. Dementia Patient Sad and cities going up in Mostly Peaceful Firestorms all get touched on.
This seems a dubious situation… a guy was flying along in his 1940’s Taylorcraft plane when the engine stopped… so within seconds he bailed out. The plane glided to a crash in the California mountains, fortunately missing humans and structures and not starting any fires. Interestingly, the guy had a *lot* of GoPro cameras on his plane. Lots of footage. It sure looks like he did this on purpose.
if he did this intentionally, I gotta believe he’s on the hook for *lot* of charges. If he did this honestly, I gotta believe the FAA and NTSB are gonna jump all over him for being rather incompetent. Bailing out that fast from an aircraft that seems to be flying well and at reasonably high altitude? He barely had time to register what was going on before jumping out.
Is it any wonder that much of the fandom is PO’ed about the direction Star Wars has gone under Disney?
The High Republic Adventures: Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular
Torban “Buckets of Blood” Buck and Kantam Sy face off in a brutal, intense, ruthless… bake-off!
Lightsabers and Jedi robes are put aside in favor of whisks and aprons as the two competitors bake Master Yoda’s special pastry recipe. But the recipe requires one extra special ingredient: a story! “Buckets of Blood” and Kantam recount the tale of an epic battle as they whisk away, both hoping to win the prize of Padawan approval.
Daniel José Older and Vita Ayala team up in this heart-warming one-shot. Plus, bake Master Yoda’s pastries yourself, with the recipe included in the back!
For ᚠᚪᛣᚳᛋ sake. Who is this *for*?????
