Why hallucinatory citrus? I was chatting with our friend and colleague SF, who the universe tried mightily to kill for the magnificently horrible things he has brought to it, and he mentioned that he was given the wrong painkiller and “hallucinating lemons”. At least it wasn’t Kennedy by-blows murmuring “wannafud”, right?
In some too local news, this jerkoff made terrorist threats against my kids’ nursery school. I can’t tell if that “beard” is unfortunate genetics or the effects of gender-affirming hormone treatments. Anyhow, the fathers at the school were disappointed that we would not be given five minutes alone with the guy.
And now… the links!
School district cop runs over… school district police chief. I’d start polishing up my resume, if I was the guy in the car.
I wonder if John Bolton’s mustache will desert him now that he’s going to be a felon. Maybe The Hair can hide him until a suitable candidate can be found.
Looks like Frau Doktor Biden is gearing up to run for President in 2028. Do I think she wants to be President, no. Do I think she wants to raise money and be treated like a Presidential candidate? Yes.
H/T to Nephilium for this one. If you can describe a way a person can get shot without a crime being potentially committed – either as victim or perp, I will be okay with Cleveland not detaining GSW victims at the hospital. I mean, probably not many dogs shooting bird shot out of the back of a truck in Cleveland.
Let’s circle back to the start for today’s musical choice.
Jill Biden is responding to criticism from at least one Democrat who worked in her husband’s administration, saying that her new memoir could be unnecessarily igniting a “painful conversation” for the party and urging any detractor to call her and “say it to my face.”
Dr. Jill, tell us again your thoughts when Joe flubbed the debate against Trump. Then imagine telling the story again on every campaign stop.
Run Jill Run!
Jill baby! Jill!
If Trump can get nonconsecutive terms, why can’t she?
Nice.
Posted on this the other night to little fanfare, but…
I’ve stumbled upon a rather odd situation where a convicted sex offender has access to the internet somehow from prison. Likely a smuggled in phone. He’s been convicted of raping two minors. They use a slightly different spelling of their first name and a different last name, but it’s almost certainly them. I just can’t prove it. I only have one public account they follow but don’t follow back. Can’t view their list.
I’m hesitating to just report it to the Department of Corrections out of some sense of caution as there’s at least some chance a rather retarded acquaintance has anything to do with it.
I’m kind of going crazy trying to find an in. Looking at relatives pages and I’ve gone down a rabbit hole here with everything leading to a dead end. I’d like to prove this before I go doing anything stupid, but I’m kind of left with the only option being burner accounts and trying to untangle the circle. Unless anyone has any bright ideas I’m unfamiliar with.
It’s crazy to think that there was little a backdoor into anyone’s account like two days ago and I missed it man.
Should probably mention this is on the Instagram. Which I almost never go on to begin with.
If the guy’s already behind bars, it’s not really possible to do any of that JiDion type shit to catch him. Probably the best you can do is report it to the department of corrections, but if the guy’s got a phone on him in the clink then they’re either incompetent or corrupt anyway.
Alternatively, take it to your local media. Some reporter might want to make a scoop out of it.
I know someone who did time and it’s not that uncommon really. And you can find a shit ton of videos online taken by prisoners these days. So I don’t know. You’d like to THINK that they’d be concerned over your average sex pest of all people having a phone, but who the fuck really knows.
If this was some little gang banger in for drugs I’d shrug. Not my problem. I just get a bit squeamish when it’s someone who had a real interest in teenage girls.
I mean, didn’t really think of it. It was a decently covered story when it happened.
But it’s the same issue as going right to the Department of Corrections. I know someone who at least potentially could be paying for that phone though I don’t know if they are. Someone is. Even if they really have it coming and are revealing how slimy they themselves are, I don’t know if I want to dive in on potentially fucking up their life.
A lot of unknowns here and anything I do feel like it has to start at trying to prove it’s them.
Do it.
You know the cops aren’t going to bother to look in the first place.
They hire detectives out of the force and not bored wine moms who cruise social media and would be able to find these types.
Did you just call me a bored wine mom?
That is quite the First.
If you can fuck up the sex pests time in the joint, do it. I’d start with the reporter/s that covered the story. They might have options you don’t know about.
It’s crazy to think that there was little a backdoor
Probably why he’s is prison.
He made the 16 year old bleed anally. That’s why he’s in jail. No joke.
Whats black and comes in little cans?
Michael Jackson.
/Ill see my way out
Band name or album name?
Band… Album name is “Diabeetus and the Infinite Sugar Rush”
I know them, they have a big rivalry with The Islets of Langerhans
(Formerly Chuck)
I am not a constitutional law expert but the decision seems sound to me.
Probably delaying the inevitable though – why not cut to the chase. The NAACP being involved seems to say what this was really about.
I thought the proper way to drop off a GSW “victim” was to shove them out the door as you roll past.
I’d be interested to see how many cases they’ve cracked where the perp brought the victim in to the ER. In all other cases, all they might get out of it is a witness statement if the person is dumb enough to talk to them. And I’m skeptical of “drove the guy who got shot to the hospital” constituting probable cause. I could see it discouraging a good samaritan from going the DIY route and just letting somebody bleed out waiting for an ambulance instead.
hunting with Dick Cheney?
Checks out.
As a kid duck hunting on small islands in the bay we had a flock head towards our decoys while in blind covered with reeds. Birds working our decoys came towards and suddenly it was raining shot over us.
Guys hunting and walking the same island were shooting at the birds. It wasn’t their fault, but it wasn’t fun either. Fortunately they were trying to take them legally on the wing.
The Cleveland cops are detaining the driver dropping off the GSW victim. Who shoots someone only to drop them off to get treated? I think the person who filed suit in this case has a point. While he may volunteer to speak to police, not sure why he’s immediately being taken into custody instead.
It just says “detain”, I assume for questioning. That isn’t really custody is it?
Oh Jesus, now you’ve done it…
If you’re detained, you are in police custody as you aren’t allowed to leave.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thought there were two different concepts. I am an angel and have never experienced either.
Detained is basically pre-arrest, but is a form of custody as you can’t leave until you are released, but may not necessarily be charged with anything. This is where a lot of people get into trouble and end up charged with resisting arrest, even though no (other) crime may have previously been committed. You may also be under arrest and also be in custody, in that case, you aren’t being released, at least not immediately.
They’re detaining the driver because there’s an excellent chance that the driver doing the drop-off knows who did the shooting.
Is “excellent chance” more or less equal to probable cause? I don’t doubt what you are saying, but how does it stack up legally/constitutionally?
Probable cause is a pretty low bar legally speaking. I suspect (heh!) that showing up at a hospital with a gunshot victim in tow might make the cut. But, of course, IANAL (also, I am not a lawyer.)
Point of order, it’s not the Cleveland cops, it the Cleveland Clinic cops. Yes, hospital systems here have their own police forces.
FTFA: The Cleveland Clinic’s police department instructs officers to detain any person and vehicle accompanying gunshot wound victims to the emergency room.
On purely pragmatic grounds (fuck you, Dunphy), yeah, that’s how you are likely to find out what happened, or maybe sweep up someone with a warrant or an unpaid ticket. Likely, but not certain.
I have doubts about the constitutionality of this, but IANAL.
On humanitarian grounds, this is wrong. It creates a disincentive for bystanders or friends to help wounded people, and plays into a government (and government-approved NGO) monopoly on provision of emergency services.
Sort of like how if a bunch of junkies are getting high and one ODs…the rest of them clean up all their paraphernalia and let their buddy die, or at most try and drive-and-ditch at the ER. It’s a reasonable concern, although I suspect that the vast majority of people who give enough of a fuck to take a GSW victim to the ER, will give enough more of a fuck to stick around and answer some questions.
On the other hand…I can also think of some reasons that I might not want to stick around and answer questions – I was involved in the shooting, I think cops are assholes, or I want to find the guy who shot my buddy myself and empty his skull all over the sidewalk…
Is it just me or it it weird that school districts and hospitals have their own police?
It shouldn’t be normal, but is.
Alternately, why come you don’t back the blue?
I only support the existence of a sheriffs department with an elected sheriff.
State, city, port authority, ect cops should not exist.
I greatly dislike MPs too. Cock suckers.
Ha.
But yes, a time saver. Why waste time going back and forth all the time.
That crossed my mind as well.
With hospitals? It’s mostly just cops hanging around for the free coffee and hitting on the nurses.
Don’t the cops know that they can’t compete with the new young internal medicine doc?
Depends on the show.
Depends. There are various categories of “nurses”.
CNAs and LPNs charting with the boys in blue in the smoking area.
Free practical life skills tip: If you’re driving and you think that someone is following you with bad intent, don’t drive to your home for obvious reasons. Don’t drive to the police station either, for less obvious reasons – most of the time the patrol officers are all going to be out on patrol rather than hanging around the station. Most of the cops at the station will be useless admin types.
Drive to the local hospital ER. It’s brightly lit, staffed up 24/7, tons of cops are always hanging around, and if ill shit does go down, no need to call an ambulance, you’re right at the ER already!
Nope. It bothers me as well. Hospitals and schools should not have any police rights, let them have security guards.
SROs are county sheriff here.
City cops on the coveted cushy job with the best hours here.
I still think it’s weird, but I understand it. There’s been gang shootings and fights in/around ER waiting rooms and random nutjobs that have killed hospital staff around here. Not generally police* but security is armed. Ridiculously, had to go through a metal detector to enter the ER but could breeze right through the main entrance and go to any unsecured ward.**
*second hospital my wife was at has it its own police force but stems from being a university hospital and the public universities in this state gained the ability to create their own police forces several years ago. Hospital has both police and security.
** ICU was locked down and you were escorted to the room by security if allowed in
JD vs DR?
Must see TV right there.
MTV Celebrity Deathmatch style.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/my-ssn-was-exposed-in-a-breach-at-columbia-a-school-i-have-no-connection-with/
Hope Jew Hater U enjoys another piece of litigation.
Likely purchased it (along with others in a large database) from a data broker so they could send admissions solicitations to students after cross-referencing a national database of annual SAT/ACT scores that fit their selection criteria. Data-driven analytical synergies propelling us to a brighter future, as ever.
Suffer the bigots and fascists to come unto me
The charge of racism isn’t just bad reasoning; it’s bad politics, as well. I know it’s tempting to troll our opponents and call them names, just like Trump does. (I’m looking at you, Gavin Newsom.) But it won’t bring anyone into our column or bring the country any closer to healing its wounds.
We instead need to borrow a page from Magyar and emphasize our shared destiny as members of a nation. “What connects us will be stronger than what divides us,” Magyar said, in his first speech as prime minister. “Hungary will be home for every Hungarian. Family, friends, and communities will be able to speak to each other again.”
Here Magyar highlighted the other way authoritarians stay in power: by pitting people against one another. That’s what Trump has done, over and over again. We cannot beat him by playing his game.
The only way to defeat Trump — and to preserve our democracy — is to welcome everyone into the fold, including people who voted for him. Hungary provided a blueprint for his authoritarianism. But it also suggests a way out, if we can summon the wisdom — and the courage — to follow its example.
That Trump, always driving a wedge between the good God fearing and righteous Democrats and his MAGAtard robot army.
Lmfao. “Oh shit, the loudmouth pied piper of flyover country peeled off enough of the people we’ve been demonizing for 3 decades to just slightly edge out our coalition of victimized identity groups. Uh… unity! Yes! It’s all about unity now! We have always been at war with Eastasia.”
Let’s conveniently pretend there aren’t prominent Dems calling for the arrest of anyone in the Trump admin. I’m sure Republican voters will just overlook that.
lol Including the millions of foreign peasants the EU is demanding they take in and care for?
The whole “bringing people together” schtick mostly comes from a bunch of idiot historians in the 1940s and 1950s (the Consensus School – who I plan on trashing roundly if I ever get back to the series I was doing here).
We’ve created “bringing people together” as THE goal. Not a goal to accomplish something, but a goal in itself. So you get books like this one which many of Christian friends who are politically progressive have swooned over. Now, I have not read it (and probably won’t for a number of reasons) but, look at part of the subtitle: “Fractured a Nation.” Yep, division is bad.
You know who else divided the nation? The civil rights movement; the anti-Vietnam movement; the women’s rights movement; the American Revolutionaries; Abraham Lincoln.
My pet peeve at work.
When senior management “listens” about a decision that has been made and nobody in the audience can change the decision.
What’s the point? This pointless empathy bullshit has to stop.
Andrew Jackson divided by color.
Why can’t we all just get along?
I am reminded of all the recent complaining about how “politically divided” the nation is. Um… so?
Without having RTFA, I hate to say it, but if somebody drops a wounded person off at the emergency room, the cops might legitimately want to see if that person can provide any sort of useful info. I thought standard practice was to eject the victim from a moving car.
Now, if it’s one of those “first person to see him dead” not same as “last person to see him alive” situations, that’s a whole nother can of worms.
Look if we can put infants in drawers at fire stations, why not GSWs?
This has been in the Japanese press. It reads like he wanted to disappear.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/us/weston-missing-american-student-japan-hnk
Wherever he’s at, leave him there. Jesus Christ.
Yeah he sounds like a real joy to be around. 🙄
Get Logan Paul on it!
Hopefully he’ll head north and commune with the bears.
20 years old? He’s an adult. 80 more days left on his entry stamp.
Rapid unscheduled disassembly
Ford’s latest recall involves two of its most popular models, the Bronco Sport and Maverick, which will need to be parked until they’re inspected by an authorized dealer. So, what’s the problem? Well, certain models may have front suspensions that could fall apart and possibly cause an accident. As a result, Ford has issued a “Do Not Drive” warning that affects 4653 total vehicles.
The recall population includes 2021 to 2026 Bronco Sports (2296 total copies) and 2022 to 2026 Mavericks (2357 total copies). According to a recall report submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some of these compact SUVs and trucks may have front lower control arm ball joints that were incorrectly assembled, while others may have been improperly repaired at the factory. Ford says that this issue can cause the ball stud to partially engage with the knuckle, which could cause the lower front ball joint to separate from the knuckle and possibly lead to the driver losing control of the vehicle.
It’s only a few thousand cars. That’s an improvement, right?
For Ford, yes.
The wrong Farley died in 1997.
Another special edition Ford
Each Bronco Filson comes standard with the Sasquatch Package, 35-inch tires, front and rear locking differentials, and high-performance Fox shocks. Under the hood is Ford’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 that makes 418 horsepower and 440 pound-feet of torque in the Bronco Raptor, which pairs with the 10-speed automatic.
But will the front suspension hang together?
Steve Smith edition ?
“The 2026 Bronco Raptor starts at just over $80,000 and we wouldn’t be shocked if the Filson is similarly priced. ”
Fuck that.
And I get asked, “but Tres- why are you spending $1500 to replace a clutch on your 26 year old Tracker Testarossa™ ?”
You don’t have to convince me. I am sticking with the old Mega Jeep. Cars ate way too expensive now.
Speaking of, I am in the Tennessee mountains, staying at a cabin that is $900K. I might buy it. You only live once.
I just advised a neighbor to do an insurance buyback on an old, but good condition F-150 he crashed. He shopped newer used trucks and agreed sticking $7,500 into the old one was a no brainer.
Well, I have very little dignity and even less self-respect. Ill drive whatever seems to be reliable. And un-complicated.
Tres from 20 years ago may have taken on replacing the clutch myself. But the idea of playing “driveway garage” doesn’t appeal to me anymore.
Today, in Darwin Awards:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-25-tragically-dies-after-using-glue-condom-083723651.html
That’s a sticky situation.
*Golf clap
I had to check WTF “whitner” had to do with this.
So for those who don’t speak Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) – “white out”.
These products commonly include volatile solvents like toluene, xylene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), or acetone,
The “epoxy” part has me scratching my head. All the epoxies I’m familiar with are two part – maybe the catalyst? Bonus is the reaction is usually endothermic!
No way.
Today, 5 years ago
Uh-oh, Spaghettio!
A mother in Florida is suing the Campbell’s Co. and Walmart after saying she found moving parasites in a can of SpaghettiOs that she shared with her daughter.
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Hubbard opened the can to serve it to herself and her child, the lawsuit said. After consuming portions of the soup, Hubbard noticed what “appeared to be worms and/or parasites moving in the food,” the complaint states, adding that the contents “clearly depict worm-like organisms moving within the food product.”
Hubbard states in the complaint that she was able to take physical evidence and made a video documenting the wormlike organisms in the soup.
Due to the alleged contamination, Hubbard claims the health impacts were severe. She says she suffered serious and permanent injuries, including a parasitic infection, gastroenteritis and more.
I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to cook them first.
Bullshit. Nothing is living through the canning process. OTH, if the can was ruptured you’d think there would be more things indicating it was spoiled.
Nope. My mom used to eat that garbage out of the can.
I wouldn’t touch it even when I was a kid – just the smell is nauseating.
Funny I loved them as a kid. The tomato “sauce” was basically sweetened tomato soup base.
Absurd and irresponsible to report these claims.
Spaghettio’s w meatballs was a bit of a comfort food for quite a while. Y’all way too picky.
(Got some when I first returned from Korea, just for funsies. It didn’t hold up too well, but I’m ‘convinced’ they changed the ‘recipe.’ I fucking loved that stuff as a kid. I regret nothing. (About that.))
“but Tres- why are you spending $1500 to replace a clutch on your 26 year old Tracker Testarossa™ ?”
Long time ago I was going out with this girl whose dad owned one of those old humpback Volvos. He loved it. Had it for years and years. She came over one day ranting about how he was spending some astronomical amount of money having a new clutch put in it. I foolishly allowed as how that was probably less than one payment on a new car, even though he was not exactly destitute.
She got pissed. “That’s exactly what he said!”
NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we’ll look into it
She’s a naval aviatrix – she should have expected flak from her left.
Option 1 “Procedures were followed”
Option 2 “Training”
She has a left?
Uh huh. I wonder if that’s included in the dial-a-riot package that brought them to Newark in the first place.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2062002044530208969?s=20
The lawsuit states that Campbell’s and Walmart failed to inspect and process their canned foods properly and continued to distribute the product. The lawsuit also alleges that the companies failed to maintain adequate safety measures to prevent parasitic contamination during manufacturing or while the product was on retail shelves.
/em>
They’ll probably find a jury willing to swallow that story.
That really ticks me off, I’m gonna bug out of here
Bravo!
How about you buy your own missiles?
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/how-germany-plans-to-fill-deterrence-gap-after-us-shelves-tomahawk-deployment/3955169
No sh*t.
Look, those f*ckers fed off of us like a fat tick long enough.
We’re all Putin’s puppet now.
I am in bear country in the Smoky Mountains tonight. I forgot Mr. Shooty, and I also have no fireworks. So be it.
Car is cleaned out and locked.
My loins are girded, because tonight we are watching “Red Sonja.” That’s right, it’s the new one.
I didn’t even know though they made another one after the ’80s version with Arnie and Bridgitte Nielsen.
Wut?