The rumors that I’m actually sitting around the house in my underwear, drinking wine and listening to music or out for a pleasant bike ride instead of doing the work and chores that have been piling up because I’ve been gone weekends are all scurrilous lies. Lies, I tell you! I’m actually being very responsible and not having any fun at all, nossir. And that’s exactly what I’ve told NPR Lady. See, if she were here, we’d be sitting around the house in our underwear, drinking wine and listening to music or out for a pleasant bike ride. But she’s not, so I’m adulting. That’s the official story in case she asks any of you. Right?
Birthdays today are numerous and excellent, including The Big Red Bird; a true badass who has been unfairly maligned; the inspiration for many Jewsdays; a guy who didn’t know when to stop writing and say “The End”; a guy who was about 85 years ahead of his time with the Basement Strategy; the Adolf Eichmann of poultry; arguably the best drummer to ever hold two sticks; a guy who could have been fishing; a guy responsible for football’s finest moment; one of two sisters who often gave Young Man With Candy uncontrollable erections*; a guy with rather unusual preferences in blowjobs; one of the most truly annoying performers out there and a guarantee of a shitty movie; and an actress who played insufferable perfectly.
*Punchline: SP knew her and made sure we never met.
Let’s Link, then I’ll get busy.
Woodchipper. With extreme prejudice. At least a lot of LE agencies are saying they won’t go along, a rare moment of accord with the cops.
The Mafia gets slightly restricted. Slightly. Remember this the next time you hear Progs grumbling about “creeping authoritarianism.”
The Progs’ new favorite Team Red guy pounds the only drum he’s got. I still love the description by a woman I dated for a few months who worked for him: “Assclown.”
Waiting for NPR to blame the climate crisis.
Speaking of the climate crisis…
A hilariously clumsy attempt at a hatchet job.
Old Guy Music is a birthday boy playing one of my favorite bop standards. And Richard Davis, my favorite hard bop bassist (and my prof when I took History of Jazz at UW many years ago).
whaddup doh’
Fuck Grisham.
Fuck her whole family and a pox upon her house.
We need a Constitutional Amendment that says passing a law/EO/whatever that is later found to be unconstitutional results in immediate removal from office for anyone who voted for it or signed it into law, by virtue of each person having violated their oath of office.
Especially when she openly states that she knows it’s unconstitutional! That should be eligible for lawsuits againster personally, but alas.
But it’s an emergency! Even though she admits knowing that criminals don’t follow the law! Never the less something must be done and this is something!
That’s almost literally what she said. Her lack of insight is stunning.
We need a Constitutional Amendment
Won’t matter. What we really need is Americans to rekindle a love for defiance.
#resist
“While I understand and appreciate the urgency, the temporary ban challenges the foundation of our constitution, which I swore an oath to uphold,” Allen said. “I am wary of placing my deputies in positions that could lead to civil liability conflicts, as well as the potential risks posed by prohibiting law-abiding citizens from their constitutional right to self-defense.”
We need to bring back public hangings.
Enforcing the governor’s order also could put Albuquerque police in a difficult position with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding a police reform settlement, said police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos.
“All of those are unsettled questions,” he said late Friday.
They really aren’t. It was settled in 1791. Perhaps you’ve heard.
Not sure why you are calling for public hangings for the guy diplomatically saying her order is unconstitutional and he’s not gonna order his deputies to enforce it for her.
How about that same guy arresting her for her illegal actions?
This probably isn’t your bag, but it fits the vibe.
(Helpful transcription of Panda Bear’s always-unintelligible lyrics)
MN Gov Walz’s ears perked up after hearing NM gov’s proposal. Now with hunting season upon us seems like a good time to ban open carry.
Nobody could have predicted this.
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/chinese-imports-iran-oil-soar-near-record-clear-breach-us-sanctions
All the foot stamping in DC is becoming less relevant by the day.
We have gone and pissed off every oil producing nation over the last few years, it’s no wonder that they are lining up to sell to anyone else.
I’m looking for a humorous way to tie this in with Joe’s secret Iran deal and coming up short it’s all so depressing.
Not that we would even need them, if we weren’t kneecapping our own production capabilities.
Happy birthday Trent Reznor?
Happy birthday Pauly Shore?
No no, it’s Tom Green
Happy birthday Trent Reznor?
Fred Durst?
“With-a Teeth-a” is the embarrassing moment I knew NIN had run out of ideas. Jeebus what a piece of crap.
I’m sure Bligh was a real peach.
A bit of a mandarin, maybe?
I read that Milei is a threat to democracy. I was already sold on the guy, but now I like him even more
I was sold at the Roger Moore era Bond villain mutton chops.
Unpopular opinion, but Roger Moore is the second best Bond, only slightly outclassed by Timothy Dalton. Pierce Brosnan isn’t bad either.
My first comment in months is to tell you you’re wrong.
https://youtu.be/gTbv91xYrLE?feature=shared
I, too, am a Dalton contrarian, but I’m afraid Roger Moore is a bridge too far. Brosnan wasn’t bad in the role, he was just very unfortunate with the scripts he got to play.
Both Dalton and Brosnan got stuck with mediocre to bad scripts.
On the other hand, Dalton was stuck with Maryam d’Abo…
Oh hell no.
Indeed. George Lazenby was the best bond.
Certainly the best Bond girl.
I do have a soft spot for Moore, because he’s the Bond of my childhood. Dalton and Brosnan, however… blech and bland, respectively. I appreciate what Dalton was trying to do, but it just didn’t work. At all.
Brosnan is best in The Long Good Friday, but that movie is better than any Bond film.
What is wrong with you people?
Sean Connery. That is all.
You’re all wrong. Craig is best and Skyfall is the best movie
Connery and Craig are #1 and 2. Moore’s movies merely documented the downfall of Western film.
There’s the movie wisdom I was looking for.
RJ nails it.
Moore did exactly what was asked of him. And he did it well.
Not at all. The 70’s were one of the golden ears of films. All kinds of great stuff came out of that era.
Fair enough, but the Moore Bond films were not part of that great stuff.
They’re fun, for sure. Just not “great”.
I like all of the Bonds actually, even though a number of the movies themselves weren’t that great. Connery was indisputably the best though, there really is no other sensible take. Moore gets lots of shit, but I actually dig his slightly tongue in cheek take on Bond and a couple of his ones were among the most entertaining of all the films. Lazenby was good, and that was one of the best Bond movies. Dalton’s first was very good, and he brought a needed change. Brosnan brought some style, mostly fairly bad scripts tho, but he is my (distant) cousin so I can’t lay it on him. Craig’s take has been good, and a couple of the best films of the series have come during his run. I’m not looking forward to the next non binary, dwarf person of colour Bond.
I’m going on record as stating I don’t much care for James Bond films. I’ve seen them and some are better than others, but just not a fan. I did like Roger Moore spoofing Bond in Cannonball Run. “You know your problem mother? You’re too Jewish.” And that wasn’t a very good movie either, but had it’s moments.
It doesn’t hold up the way Smokey and the Bandit does.
Hey, Mo! My college buddy, the semi-retired Spanish teacher, got her copy of Paso Doble and is very excited to read it! 😃📖
w00h00!
I saw someone had bought it, thought it might be you, but didn’t want to assume too much. Thank you!
The bottom of an empty, upturned KFC bucket?
Christie is stepping up to White Knight for Markle? Jesus, what a sad joke.
Fucking Covid couldn’t even finish off that fat fuck. Sad!
Many such cases
He is pathetic. He’s just searching for 15 minutes of fame.
I was wondering why on earth that guy was getting so much press lately.
My god they must be desperate.
The TDS is strong.
Saw something recently about Pence saying the R’s need to choose between regular conservatism and Trump/Vivek style Republicanism. It seems to me by saying that, he did Vivek a huge favor, letting people know there’s someone that brands himself America first without the baggage of Trump
between regular conservatism and Trump/Vivek style Republicanism
If my choice is neo-cons or 60s conservative/JFK Democrat, I’ll take the latter.
Christie is just as big a piece of shit as Trump, but at least the guy is going after Trump. The rest of the field is running against him, and yet won’t dare criticize him for anything.
I’d say Christie is a bigger piece of shit. At least if we are talking total volume.
Fair point.
By the pound though, Christie would be the cheapest president money could buy
Yeah, Trump is only 215 pounds
LOL. OK
In case you didn’t know, I was referencing when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail and they marked him at 215 pounds
Oh! I did not know that! Haha. I wonder how much he paid them to do that? Silly
Did they put down 6’8″ as his height?
Funniest thing to come out of that fiasco by far.
Microsoft ending third-party printer driver support is good news for you
Yeah, because if there’s one thing Microsoft is known for, it’s the performance and reliability of its generic drivers…
Almost as good as Apple’s
Apple has no excuse either, since they only support a relative handful of hardware from their own walled garden. Although, loathe as I am to give them credit, CUPS is the best thing to happen to printing in 50 years.
Speaking of computers, one of my laptop’s memory sticks shit the bed this morning. I guess I didn’t change the oil soon enough.
Not a huge deal for the moment, but I despise pagefiles on hard drives.
And it’s not the stick, it’s the board.
*grumble*
At least I’m paying for the onsite warranty, they’ll be out to replace it on Tuesday.
My cheap wireless Canon was easy to set up on the Mac I don’t use anymore a couple years ago.
Gave up trying to set up the fucking thing on Windows when I thought I needed to print something recently.
CUPS wasn’t created by Apple but, yes, kudos for getting behind it (and hiring the creator)
“CUPS is the best thing to happen to printing in 50 years.”
Can confirm. On Linux these days, setup involves… nothing. “Oh look, there’s my printer!”
Belated shout-out to Beau Knott re: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Bank (linked near the end of the 1520 Main post’s comments): TT & I, in our dippy little trio, used to cover this delightful ditty in a mash-up with this slightly better-known thematically-similar song. Good times.
Thank you. We now return you to your regular programming.
Thanks! I love “I am the Urban Spaceman”!
Here comes the twist ;->
There’ll be a couple more Bonzos tomorrow.
sitting around the house in my underwear, drinking wine and listening to music
Quit spying on me.
“No.”
– .gov
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least 30 days in response to a spate of gun violence.
This should be ignored by citizens and civilian law enforcement as it is in no way even close to being constitutional.
At least a lot of LE agencies are saying they won’t go along
Good. I’d expect sheriffs offices (at the very least) to not adhere to this nonsense.
Progs grumbling about “creeping authoritarianism.”
It’s their own authoritarianism.
Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech
What dirt did they have on the
ClintonsBidens?The Marrakech express has arrived, but Officer Hardass is on your tail. Run, Shoot, or Surrender.
Isn’t there some way to blame this on Trump and MAGAsters?
Speaking of the climate crisis…
I see that Hurricane Lee (the most dangerous climate change storm evar) has been downgraded and looks to be shaping up to turn north between the Carolinas and Bermuda, likely remaining at sea (unless something changes). But I’m sure we still need to freak out about it, and give up all our prosperity and freedom for Gaia because apparently hurricanes never happened before the industrial revolution.
Are you sure you don’t mean long-suffering? At least in her best-known role?
She was brilliant as Ginger in Chicken Run.
She could be both, actually.
She did insufferable well in Jonathan Creek.
Damn, day drinking and The Three Stooges is a magic combination.
Silicone Saturday can’t stop, won’t stop.
https://archive.ph/j9ru1
Morning Glibs. Hope ya’lls weekend kicked off a little better than mine.
https://imgur.com/gallery/iqCHD7C
I hate when that happens.
Yeah, could be a problem. Maybe someone could just pull on the near end?
Fun.
Heh.
Fuckin-a
Dayum.
Good candidate for “Worst Cell Phone Video EVAR”.
So you are saying that the motive is unclear.
A crazed man yelling “Allahu Akbar” tried to open a door in the middle of a flight from Israel to England Monday — before a brave passenger stepped up and tackled him.
Victor Troboloni, an Albanian who was on his way to visit his ailing mother in London, grabbed the hulking, unidentified attacker and held him down with other passengers while crew members zip-tied him.
The 9/11 hijackers really fucked it up for anyone else who wants to hijack a plane.
Vaunted Israeli airport security missed this guy?
Could be anything. No clues here.
Mornin’, reprobates!
Old Guy music is good. I had the pleasure of catching a set of Elvin with his sextet at the Vanguard in the early seventies. If you closed your eyes you’d swear there were two or three drummers playing. Fantastic.
Speaking of climate change, we had some badass storms yesterday. Temporarily crashed the computers at the hospital where I spent the day, flooded my backyard to within 20′ of the basement door, and 1″ hail. Internet and phone are still out.
“GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie criticized former President Trump on Friday for saying he would “love” to debate Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex”
And by debate, mean…
Good morning, ‘patzie! How are you feeling?
Like I got hit by a truck. Last night’s attempt to break up the stone was unsuccessful, too much inflammation. So I have a stent and we’ll try again in a few weeks. Ugh.
😟
Sorry to hear that kind of news. I hate to wait on the medical things, just want it over and done.
A few weeks? Shit. So sorry, ‘patzer. Hang in there.
“Hang in there”
Umm… I got nothin’
(Thanks, all)
Yikes!
Sweet Jeebus. I hope the doctor gave you some good drugs.
I feel your pain…literally. I hope it passes for you soon.
Thanks – how are you making out? I think Dylan had a good take.
Hurting. I’m waiting to see if it will pass.
Ugh. Good luck.
Didn’t this guy basically admit to murder?
A Glenfield, North Dakota, man is sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the death of an 18-year-old last September.
A judge handed down the sentence for Shannon Brandt on Friday, September 8. Brandt was given credit for 356 already served behind bars. His five-year sentence will be followed by three years of supervised probation.
Brandt’s lawyer, Mark Friese, told Valley News Live following the sentencing, “Shannon is pleased that the matter is concluded and hopes those affected can begin to heal.”
Brandt, 42, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in May 2023 for running over 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson after a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota in September 2022.
Kill a kid for his politics: 5 years
Offend the state: 22 years.
No. The media -and dumbass Donny- vastly jumped the gun on this story. The kid was a little bully and was threatening to get his buddies and kick the guy’s ass. He panicked and ran the kid over.
And I see the Gateway Pundit is still banging the drum. They’re either lazy or lying for clicks.
He panicked and ran the kid over.
Seems that he was safe once in his car.
I’m not defending the guy. I’m saying the narrative that he ran the kid over for being Republican is bullshit and was debunked within a couple days. But certain people aren’t interested in the details if it doesn’t feed their narrative.
Thanks for clarifying. I like to know the truth about these stories. Far too often, important context is left out.
It all stemmed from an early Highway Patrol report. It said that the driver claimed he was afraid of the kid because he was a Republican Extremist™. As I understand it, that is a mischaracterization by NDHP of one comment in the long, rambling call the driver made to 911. At one point he said that the kid was on his phone to friends to come beat up the driver and he heard the kid “say something” about a Republican Extremist™ group. That’s it.
It was small town drama gone too far. There was at least some minor history between the two families, and everyone involved was drunk, (kid was 0.20% and the driver was 0.08%). The State’s Attorney bowed to pressure and filed murder charges…and then later dropped them when none of the facts would back it up. The politics of the people involved (as far as I ever read) was never brought up in trial.
This story never should have made it out of North Dakota. But, team politics demands that narratives be fed, damn the facts.
Thank you MikeS for doing this.
People were just surprised something happened in North Dakota 😉
Now that the trial is over, we’re all bored again. 😜
Economist article is paywalled.
Bummer.
Fuckin Hell, Lachowsky. I hope nobody was in the path of those red hot noodles.
I’m-a rename her “NPR Mommy” 😆
Is NPR contagious, like Covid?
Worse, it’s airborne.
The New Yorker has a lovely “How I Spent Burning Man” piece up.
If you like tedious boring asshole-sniffing, anyway. I tapped out long before a point (most likely teh Climate Catastrophe) appeared on the horizon.
This morning I picked the last two zucchini, I hope, and a bucket of the big orange tomatoes and a watermelon. Garden is winding down but still lots of fresh stuff to eat.
Neighbors have been helping me out with the excess, they don’t know it comes with a price when the snow falls.
In case you didn’t already know, Burning Man is too rich, too well educated, and worst of all TOO WHITE.
I kinda need to cut the grass today. But the yard is kinda half dead and half weeds and half fescue that is kinda tallish…
I suppose I can put it off until tomorrow…
…but there is a good chance for rain for the better part of tomorrow so I might be putting it off until Monday evening…
I can’t wait for winter.
I guess I’ll fry up some bacon and a few eggs.
Thataboy! Good thinking and so close to lunch time!
“Trump’s legal team weighs calling lawmakers who objected to electoral votes on January 6 as WITNESSES: 147 Republicans could be SUBPOENAED – and questioned about their thoughts on election fraud”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12485869/Trumps-legal-team-weighs-calling-lawmakers-objected-electoral-votes-January-6-WITNESSES-147-Republicans-SUBPOENAED-questioned-thoughts-election-fraud.html
No, not those kind of elephants.
And call all the Democrats who questioned 2016 as hostile witnesses and ask if their complaints weren’t similar to the 2020 complaints.
Launch Stacey Abrams into space where she can be president.
I was looking for some NFL stats, and came upon the weirdest website. All the facts in the article seem to be completely made up, but it’s not parody. I assume it was created by a wildly hallucinating AI. There are other articles linked at the bottom that are similar – for instance, did you know a “yardage book” is a great way to keep track of your yard sale items? Or that the number on a bat means the ball has been hit?
HAS AN NFL TEAM EVER SCORED 100 POINTS?
Good for a laugh anyway.
That article about the NM governor stomping all over the 2A said the Albuquerque DA was “willing to cooperate” with her on her order – followed by a direct quote from the DA more or less diplomatically saying it was unconstitutional and he’s not gonna make his deputies comply with it.
The wishy-washy language from one of the LEOs (the chief of police I think) was very wishy-washy. But yeah. Sounds like she’s going to have trouble getting any cops to actually enforce it.
Interesting update from The China Show (ADV China) showing a lot more crazy flooding in China (starts at relevant timestamp: https://www.youtube.com/live/uC0e5Q2FJ70?si=81j8Xe_FynjKgQiW&t=1871).
It is also my bday!
Good to see the LEs in NM bought some cojones on the black market after covid. And Emergency order? Is there nothing governors can’t do if it’s an :emergency”? What a crock.
Happy Birthday, OTA! 🥳🎈🎉🎊👯♂️💃🎂
Happy birthday!
Without emergency orders, how would we deal with urgent matters?
Happy Birthday! What are your plans?
HBD 🙂
Woot Woot!
Momentum building
House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he thinks there are enough votes in the House to open an impeachment inquiry of President Biden, predicting the vote will be held in the middle of this month.
“I do believe that we have the votes for impeachment inquiry,” Comer said in an interview on Newsmax.
——-
Momentum has been building among House Republicans to hold a vote on an impeachment inquiry into the president. So far, investigations into Biden and his family have not implicated the president in any illegal activity, but Comer and other House GOP leaders argue an impeachment inquiry would provide the necessary tools to properly investigate.
Whatever. Impeach the motherfucker for defrauding the American people with his “Inflation Reduction Act”.
If they are smart, they will conduct a real investigation. There is a good chance there are documents showing Hunter and Joe have intertwined finances. There is a good chance they can get credible testimony of DOJ or US Attorneys deliberately interfering in investigations of Hunter. If, and this is a big if, they are disciplined, then they can probably do a lot of damage to Team Blue.
The Big Guy’s 10% must be sloshing around somewhere. Find it and determine if he paid taxes on it.
After all, the IRS just announced it was going after millionaires who didn’t pay their “fair share.”
Hunter has complained in the past that he had to give half his income to his father. There are records to be found.
“If they are smart”
That’s a big “if”.
Damn straight.
Missed a few threads the last few days due to timing – reading at work…
Re: Coast Guard. They can operate up to 200 miles offshore because that’s still the US Exclusive Economic Zone (ie. fishing rights, etc). That includes provinces/protectorates like the Marianas and Guam. As far as Law Enforcement counter drug stuff off the coast in Central/South America, I think those are partnerships with regional governments. When we had the coasties embarked, there were constant communications with different embassies, etc if we were chasing folks, etc.
Need to get around to reading classic Mahan, but as far as the Navy and force projection…there is a greater need for a Navy with respect to the global commons and protecting the sea lanes of communication (SELOC) – if you recall, some of our first major engagements were against the Barbary Pirates (“Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute”) to protect our citizens commercial endeavors and their property.
I can see a libertarian argument for private security (although to put it in perspective, running navy/CG equivalent ships has a vastly higher capital requirement than maintaining a private land-based security force), but unless you have a guarantee that other governments won’t interfere, there’s a distinct limitation in the scope of support that can be provided. (I had an econ professor at UNC-CH who would rag on everyone in class, but when I spoke to him privately later in the year, turned out he was type of libertarian who believed the the USCG should be funded by folks who owned boats ;p).
“Kansas City Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt reveals a VERY glamorous glimpse inside her lavish experience at the first NFL game of the season – after showing support for the team by posing in a VERY raunchy ‘uniform'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12496301/Kansas-City-Chiefs-NFL-heiress-Gracie-Hunt-glamorous-game.html
She’s no Kate Mara.
“South Dakota’s glamorous GOP Governor Kristi Noem begins her campaign to become Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick for 2024 race”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12498021/South-Dakotas-glamorous-GOP-Governor-Kristi-Noem-begins-campaign-Donald-Trumps-vice-presidential-pick-2024-race.html
Look who has tickets to the gun show.
Wouldn’t Trump do better to pick a popular someone from a swing state that he needs to carry? Maybe he’s already alienated popular GOP figures in those swing states.
Pretty woman who is just another politician.
I think y’all are missing something important. I dont think Grisham understands what she is accomplishing.
Grisham openly admits that the ban is illegal
Grisham openly admits that the ban will not be followed by criminals
What she isn’t saying and probably doesn’t understand is that crime will rise, perhaps dramatically.
She is presenting us with the best anti-gun grabber argument ever.
Gun grabbers are criminals.
Gun grabbers don’t give a flea’s turd about crime or citizen’s safety
They imagine a future with a boot stamping on a human face – forever. That is their end goal.
What part of that do you think we missed?
State approved speech
In a complaint filed in federal court in Sacramento, California, X said the law’s “true intent” was to pressure social media companies into eliminating content the state found objectionable.
By doing so, California is forcing companies to adopt the state’s views on politically charged issues, “a form of compelled speech in and of itself,” X said.
After buying Twitter for $44 billion last October, Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, laid off many employees responsible for monitoring and regulating content, and restored some accounts that prior management had banned.
The Anti-Defamation League and the Center for Countering Digital Hate have documented increases in the volume of hate speech on X targeting Jews, Black people, gay men and trans people since Musk took over.
We’ll tell you whom you are permitted to hate.
“The Anti-Defamation League and the Center for Countering Digital Hate have documented increases in the volume of hate speech on X targeting Jews, Black people, gay men and trans people since Musk took over.”
Oh, bullshit. Views of “hate speech” have gone down. There might be a bit more of it, but fewer people see it.
“Two transgender cyclists sparked backlash after hammering biological female competitors to take gold medals at two separate championships – with one previously in a ‘throuple’ with another trans athlete caught shoving a female competitor in 2022.
Evelyn Williamson and Tessa Johnson, who were both born biologically male and transitioned to female before embarking on their run of cycling dominance, were seen arm in arm atop the podium as they celebrated victory in a relay race last week at the Illinois state championships.
The cycling duo’s controversial win on August 31 came days after they also won the Racing-Athletic Relay Cross in Chicago on August 27 – competing under the team name ‘TS-ESTRODOLLS’ in reference to the female hormone estrogen.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12498289/Two-transgender-cyclists-hammer-female-competition-Illinois-THROUPLE-controversial-trans-rid-filmed-shoving-biological-woman.html
CWABOA
It’s a mystery why they shouldn’t be competing with women.
I think y’all are missing something important. I dont think Grisham understands what she is accomplishing.
Grisham openly admits that the ban is illegal
Grisham openly admits that the ban will not be followed by criminals
I think she knows exactly what she is doing. She is making self defense illegal, which is part of the fundamental objective of gun control.
They want you helpless.
“Denny’s waitress is fired over video of her ignoring two black cross-country truckers but serving white customers before calling cops on them for complaining”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12497995/Dennys-waitress-fired-video-ignoring-two-black-cross-country-truckers-serving-white-customers-calling-cops-complaining.html
Sounds like there is more to this story.
“Whitfield spoke out to condemn the waitress’ actions, feeling that he and Hector were victims of blatant racial profiling.
He described how he and his driving partner were initially seated and given menus as expected, and the server even handed him a glass of orange juice that he ordered.
But when Hector went for a shower as he waited at the table, Whitfield said the situation dawned on him.”
????
Also how did he get her attention? Just another thing left out of the story.
Well… probably not. When my daughter was a hostess at a popular chain restaurant, one of the more brazen waitresses went so far as to ask her not to seat black people at her tables. Because they don’t usually tip. Of course my daughter told her to get lost, but she also admitted the stereotype is pretty true. She always gave 100% regardless and never let any pre-judgements change the level of service she provided when she was waitressing, but not everybody is like that.
AB 587 requires social media companies with at least $100 million of gross annual revenue to issue semiannual reports that describe their content moderation practices, and provide data on the numbers of objectionable posts and how they were addressed.
The law also requires companies to provide copies of their terms of service. Failure to comply risks civil fines of up to $15,000 per violation per day.
Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, signed the law last September, saying the state would not let social media be “weaponized” to spread hate and disinformation.
That doesn’t sound like it was written with a single specific target in mind.
https://youtu.be/FdBEfASIfsU?si=9Zpn6hmtUDw2HEMi
Sorry Canadia
I sense a business opportunity.
Not sorry. It’s a self inflicted wound.
Someone in the comments claims that (at least regarding WD-40) that Canada is only catching up to US standards and that WD-40 already meets the new Canadian standards. I’m too busy/lazy to look into it more.
News deserts
Some of the biggest names in American philanthropy have joined forces to spend at least $500 million over five years to revitalize the coverage of local news in places where it has waned.
Led by the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, the new initiative, called Press Forward, seeks to nurture and sustain new models for funding journalism as the industry has come under severe financial pressures. In its announcement Thursday, the group of more than 20 charitable organizations noted that about a fifth of the nation live in so-called “news deserts” with little or no reliable coverage of major local developments.
“There is a crisis in local news,” says John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation. “The fact that so many newspapers are going out of business, that there are so many news deserts across America, that it poses such a threat to our democracy [means] that we had to do something at scale to be helpful.”
Penny Abernathy, a visiting journalism professor at Northwestern University who studies the local news industry, has found that 2,500 newspapers — more than a quarter in the U.S. — have gone out of business since 2005. Such a loss is accompanied by a rise in corporate and government corruption and a drop in voter participation, research indicates. Misinformation can arise from outlets that appear to offer the news yet have hidden agendas.
Just the straight up facts. Like the New York Times.
“As some things go away, other things are cropping up,” Palfrey says. “We feel that we can both support very strong existing organizations and efforts and we can help feed the next generation of sustainable news organizations.” First grants are to be awarded later this year.
Nothing says “sustainable” like being unable to continue without outside charity.
And nothing says objective like taking outside money.