Banjos didn’t forget us. She requested coverage for today and tomorrow morning and the potato person who volunteered for today didn’t come through. You get an open post, and lucky to have even that since I’m on vacay.
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Volunteering aint what it was.
Belgium’s prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday’s NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage.
After NATO leaders gathered for Wednesday’s fractious summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage revolver, along with live ammunition indicating it was not just for show.
Erdogan wanted to showcase Turkey’s defence industry, which has become a key export and foreign policy tool.
Images shared by the office of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda showed what appeared to be the Gumusay .357 Magnum, a rare six-shooter produced by Turkish arms maker MKE in the 1990s.
It was set in a wooden display box featuring Turkey’s flag and the NATO logo as well as a placard inscribed “Gumusay, the first revolver-type handgun produced in our country” in Turkish and English.
“Certainly no one will be shooting it,” he added.
The offices of the Dutch and Swedish prime ministers said their revolvers had been take to their respective embassies in Ankara. The Dutch one was due to be disabled while the Swedish one was awaiting import paperwork.
The gun given to Britain’s Keir Starmer came with a cleaning kit and 500 bullets, a Downing Street source said.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s revolver was already stored at the seat of government, the Palazzo Chigi, along with other state gifts.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was intending to donate hers to a military museum.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/turkeys-erdogan-gives-nato-leaders-revolver-conundrum-after-summit-2026-07-09/
lame and gay. fire the damn things.
Usually when that happens someone is suggesting you make use of it on yourself.
That contradicts the next sentence, which says it was handed to him.
And how insufferably gay is it for the Dutch to disable theirs.
That would be a single cartridge, not a half case.
Sheldon – my presumption is that Europoor Elites are such bad shots that they need half a case to actually score a hit at that range.
He was surprised because he expected his servant to put the gun in a diplomatic pouch not his wardrobe.
The best handgun shooter in the world is a Frenchman.
I don’t think cyborgs qualify as Frenchmen.
Relevant:
https://youtu.be/zGxSM5y7Pfs?t=207
@Sheldon – what public office does he hold?
The best handgun shooter in the world is Romanian but he does not like to show off in public.
Too many competitions are held in full sunlight?
None that I’m aware of. His father is the French national team shooting coach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Grauffel
@Sheldon – There’s a reason I distinguished between the Europoor Elites for whom I have endless distain, and regular Europeans.
Sheldon – my presumption is that Europoor Elites are such bad shots that they need half a case to actually score a hit at that range.
So, like cops?
@UnCiv – Eric isn’t a public official, but his family is wealthy and connected in the French government. He’s absolutely one of the elites, even over and above his shooting skills.
The overarching point being, don’t look down on European shooters. A lot of Euros own guns, and some of them are really good with them. In fact, I’d bet a moderately-priced bottle of booze that Europe has a higher percentage of M/GM-level shooters per capita than the US does.
can we not quibble about who is or isn’t an elite and just dislike the french?
Case in point, many EU countries have better firearm laws than, say, New York state. Italy and France both have decent laws, Germany isn’t too bad (but is Germany, so shitloads of paperwork) and so on.
The issue is mostly one of not having a history of gun culture in many of the countries, so it isn’t seen as a pressing issue for many of them.
Eric Grauffel is so much better than anyone else I’ve witness. But AFAIK, nobody in the US has an actual job where they’re paid to shoot. Admittedly, if Max Michel isn’t shooting as much as Eric, that’s on him, but if I understand correctly, CZ pays him for range time.
Case in point, many EU countries have better firearm laws than, say, New York state.
That’s a low bar.
The issue is mostly one of not having a history of gun culture in many of the countries
On Euro gun culture, another book I recently finished is “Gun Culture in Early Modern England”. I found it fascinating.
This is where you misunderstand me.
I’m looking down on the Belgian Prime Minister.
The French are pretty cool as a whole. Parisian French, on the other hand…
Turkish Python knockoff. Qu’elle suprise.
Is that better or worse than a German 1911 knockoff?
There are some Turkshit firearms that run really well. Some of their MP5 clones are nearly indistinguishable from the German originals. I have a Tisas 2011 that I have about 3000 rounds through with no problems (although I did put a new trigger in it.)
Don’t know about this particular revolver though.
Quality-wise? Probably worse. There are some modern Turkish knockoff makers making excellent product these days though.
If you want a high-quality Turkish knock off of a German gun made in the USA, the Canik Prime is getting rave reviews.
There are some absolutely beautiful Turkish double barrel shotguns, Huglu springs immediately to mind. Their arms industry has been active for a long time, and has had many years to remove teething problems on older designs.
Turkish Python knockoff.
Scratch the Winchester connection.
Is it really that unusual of a gift?
I feel like gifts of arms and armor used to be de rigueur between national leaders at some points in not-too-distant history.
It seems it still is, in certain parts of the world at least. Just not EUropa.
Lame and Gay is kind of the universal description of Europols isn’t it? I’m surprised they didn’t all die of the vapors receiving guns.
It was set in a wooden display box featuring Turkey’s flag and the NATO logo as well as a placard inscribed “Gumusay, the first revolver-type handgun produced in our country” in Turkish and English.
I’m looking through MKE’s website. I don’t see any revolvers.
I’m reading Helios House Press’ ARMAX reprints. I just finished Vol IV No 1 which includes a survey of known Winchester revolvers. They were all prototypes and pre-production samples. The later ones were probably done to prove out machinery for the Ottoman Empire to make revolvers. I wonder if these gifts are related to that Winchester machinery.
1990s is a vintage gun?
So, same age as my wardrobe
/Smiles at the boating accident boat
Bonnie Tyler, singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart, dies aged 75
appropriate music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk
I guess the best of all her years really have gone by.
I guess we know who doesn’t read the overnight threads. :-p
“Taco Bell locations pull ingredients off menu as ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite cases surge
It is not clear whether any Taco Bell customers have been sickened by the parasite, according to the report.”
https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/lifestyle/taco-bell-pulls-ingredients-off-menu-as-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-cases-surge/
How would they be able to tell?
None of the times I’ve had Taco Bell has resulted in uncontrolled 💩
I’m only replying because I wanted to use the 💩 emoji.
Not Chipotle?
Germany to buy US Tomahawks in shift towards own long-range capability
https://www.reuters.com/world/merz-says-germany-agreed-acquire-us-tomahawk-missiles-2026-07-09/
When they make their own will they name them the V-3?
No. Germany is allergic to anything involving ‘victory’.
Besides, the V-3 was already used for a project that never fired a shot.
It would have to be the V-4.
Oregon Ranch For Sale – Powwatka Ranch
Looking for an Oregon Ranch For Sale? In the Nez Perce language, “Powwatka” translates to “high, cleared ground, from where a view could be had” – a fitting description for this premier hunting and recreation ranch, marked by broad open meadows offering expansive views of the surrounding Blue Mountains. Powwatka Ridge, a substantial timbered ridge running north and south through the property, is a dominant feature of the ranch. Located in northeastern Oregon’s Wallowa County, the ranch lies 25 miles (about an hour’s drive) north of the town of Wallowa, 45 miles northwest of the county seat of Enterprise, and two hours southwest of the city of Lewiston, Idaho and its commercial airport. With an extensive national forest boundary, the ranch stretches nearly 10 miles north to south and spans 9,457± deeded acres, including approximately 650 acres of meadows, 4,000± acres of canyonlands and creek bottoms, and 4,800± acres of timbered uplands.
The ranch is highlighted by diverse water resources throughout the property. It features over six miles of live water, including over a mile and a half of frontage on the legendary Grande Ronde River, three miles of Mud Creek, over a mile of Wildcat Creek, and three-quarters of a mile of Buck Creek. The Grande Ronde forms most of the ranch’s northern boundary and supports a highly regarded fishery for steelhead, rainbow trout, and smallmouth bass. Numerous springs and ponds spread across the ranch, providing reliable year-round water for wildlife and cattle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAICtc_2ic8
I like this one as it has trees.
How much riparian rights do they have?
None, they sold them all to Los Angeles.
$19,800,000
kinda looks like Manor Lords maps
That’s on is fairly close to me. If you fly. Drive kinda sucks.
It’s super pretty there and the sherrif is known to issue Oregon’s concealed carry permits without fuss to out of staters.
They had to mention the NezPerce.
That’s who is going to buy it. Either that of the Forest service will muscle the owners into a much lower price. My wife’s family owned a bunch of that four generations ago.
Buy it back into the family !
Argentina dey do evritin to defend dia World Cup title, and e neva easy for dem.
Plenty pipo bin expect say dem go beat Cape Verde and Egypt easily for di first two knockout matches, but Argentina struggle well bifor dem win both games 3-2.
But di win against Egypt don bring plenty argument as Egypt ask Fifa to remove di match officials wey handle dia Round of 16 defeat from di tournament.
Egypt accuse di referees say dem favour Argentina, especially to dia star player, Lionel Messi.
Afta di match, Egypt coach Hossam Hassan tok say dem “no treat Egypt fairly” and say dem “suffer injustice.”
Hassan even tok say Fifa fit get bias.
“Maybe dem want make di world champions remain for di competition. Maybe dem want Messi kontinu for di tournament,” e tok.
BBC Sport check weda any evidence dey to support di claim say evritin dey arranged make Argentina succeed.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c4gyveke0qlo
2 in 3 British adults (69%) would support a law that requires social media companies to use age-verification tools to ban children under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms in the UK, and 3 in 5 (61%) support social media curfews / hour restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds
Support for a law requiring social media companies to use age-verification tools to ban under-16s from platforms drops of 50% if it means everyone in the UK would be required to upload an ID or credit card to verify their age. This holds if ID verification is held by individual social media platforms (50%) or by the device owners, such as Apple or Android / Google (51%).
Nearly 3 in 4 adults anticipate a positive impact on reducing children’s screen usage and on limiting their exposure to online harms if a ban is introduced (74% each).
https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/2-3-support-social-media-ban-under-16s-though-support-softens-if-it-requires-nationwide-id
the fucking public…
How many of the respondants were worried that they’d be prosecuted for giving the wrong answer to the poll?
“Nearly 3 in 4 adults anticipate a positive impact on reducing children’s screen usage and on limiting their exposure to online harms if a ban is introduced (74% each).”
Maybe just be better parents?
Wouldn’t it be easier to just hand your kids over to the State at birth?
don’t give gen z ideas
‘Ew. Kids.’
/GenZ
They should outlaw teenage sex at the same time. Kids are just too damned promiscuous.
“Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old Westchester County native, was found covered under her bedsheets, suffering from multiple head wounds inside her rented home in the Irish town of Killarney on Tuesday, the Irish Independent reported….
The unidentified person of interest, described as an asylum-seeking Middle Eastern man in his late 20s or early 30s, had lived in the Killarney area for over a year since arriving in Ireland, having previously lived in France and Turkey, the Irish Independent reported.”
https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/world-news/ny-mom-jamey-carney-beaten-to-death-inside-ireland-home-as-police-search-for-person-of-interest-she-knew/
This is my shocked face.
How does an asylum-seeker get to move around multiple countries?
Brown privilege?
Bleeding heart libtards? And she seems to have been one of them.
“The unidentified person of interest,”
They seem to know who it is, wouldn’t releasing his name and a photograph help the police to find him?
“Others recalled Carney being vocal in the community, especially campaigning for Palestinian rights.
Carney may have met her alleged killer at an anti-war protest several months ago, according to the Irish Sun.”
Not saying she deserved it, because she probably didn’t, but this is what comes from playing with fire.
Easily?
They are a valued commodity in the performative empathy economy. Of course they get traded around.
Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick’s legacy lives on:
Four more public companies just left Delaware for Texas:
Energy Transfer ($ET)
Sunoco ($SUN)
SunocoCorp ($SUNC)
USA Compression Partners ($USAC)
Good.
Has Delaware done anything since the Musk verdict to get companies to stay?
I believe they passed some emergency legislation – recognizing the golden goose was in danger.
It’s hard to repair trust once it is breeched.
Delaware should be stripped of its senators and have them replaced by county commissioners.
Grocery store bag boys
The quality of baggers has gone down of late. The blind guys can’t plan ahead so I have to re-sort everything anyway, so I might as well bag my own groceries.
The Down Syndrome girl puts her fingers in her mouth too often. I don’t want anyone’s spit-covered fingers on my groceries.
They couldn’t use a Hilux?
Khamenei’s body being transported in second-hand truck bought from Finnish retail chain
The chain points out their logo was contractually obligated to be removed before the truck was sold on….
That’s hilarious.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/z63a8z/in_finland_we_used_to_have_a_store_called_the/
The K-Group used to indicate the size of a store by repeating the logo….
Well, he is finnished
They’re supposed to just pass him around by hand.
English King Alfred who massacred thousands of Vikings is ‘found buried’ under Hampshire car park days before England play Norway in World Cup
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15961621/King-Alfred-Vikings-buried-car-park-England-Norway-World-Cup.html
sounds like the most total of bullshit
Who wrote this?
Makes it sound like he just wantonly slaughtered them for no reason.
they were good boys who just came to England in search of a better life.
I mean it’s not like they were invading the Saxon lands for generations at this point, extorting crushing tribute, carrying off plunder and slaves and eventually just starting to colonize the eastern seaboard.
Oh wait, these journalists root for the foreign invaders.
The Danes were just culturally enriching England.
way to phrase it like the foundation of the English Nation is a bad thing he did.
Go drown yourself in piss.
I didn’t even catch that “but” in there.
I think I hate the media enough, but I do not.
They were just trying to bring Danish style healthcare.
Reckless Ben is back!
This story is perfect. And absurd. Which makes it even more perfect.
A huge controversy that is based on…. Lego toys. And not just any Lego toys, but specifically Star Wars collectable Lego sets and minifigures.
Absurd.
And it has captivated the legal side of the internet.
What started as a simple contract dispute grew to include a potential scheme to defraud franchisees (something that is apparently a big problem, a scam of sorts called Franchise churn), and from there really spun out into a massive scandal of police corruption and all the way to a court violating one of the bedrock principles of US constitutional law, issuing EX Parte orders taking down all of Reckless Ben’s videos on the topic (huge constitutional violation) and worse – blocking him from publishing his already finished documentary – prior restraint. Remember the Pentagon Papers?? Something that is not just in 1st year law classes, but they made movies about it. Yeah, this judge went there.
This is Trey Parker and Matt Stone material. In fact, if South Park took on the corrupt intersection of corporate greed and police power and the perversion of the legal system, daresay they would have struggled to come up with a better absurdist parody than grounding it in Star Wars Lego toys and with a YouTube skate rat anti-hero.
And yet, this is real life.
And he just won a small victory in court. The court lifted its order blocking his free speech. So he is out with an update. And it reveals even more insanity as we see a second police force (Provo Utah) openly conspire to gin up false charges (thank you body cameras!). He has audio from a court hearing where the prosecutor bringing *felony* charges has not even looked at the evidence. At all. And seemingly has no intention of doing so.
But wait! There’s more!!!
Ya know how people call you crazy and paranoid because you are suspicious of big tech and their cozy relationship with government???? Well….
They sent a secret subpoena to Google. Who fought in court and then turned over a limited scope of messages…. Nah!! Who am I kidding??
Google sent them everything they had on Reckless Ben. Not just name, address, phone number…. All of his email. (!) All. All of his files backed up on his Google drive. All(!). All of the raw footage from all of his videos. Everything they have on him
His search history. All the Metadata.
This over a completely false trespass allegation.
Seriously. That is what the police had: a corporate officer (the literal mustache twirling villain of this saga – watch the video) lied about a brief conversation he voluntarily had in the hallway outside his corporate offices (it is all on video), and Google handed over *everything they know about this guy, including all of his private documents*.
!!!!!!!!
Yeah. It is stupid. It is just some YouTube guy and some toys.
But holy crap! This thing hits every issue. And it is way worse than you thought.
https://youtu.be/auf_-bVs2WA?
I wish somebody were doing this in text form.
Yeah.. certainly quicker. But so much more fun to see their actual faces intercut between what they say to police and what they say on video.
“They refused to leave, and after we told them we were calling the police, they threatened to burn the building down and shoot everyone”
…. cut to video where he asks them to leave and they simply leave without issuing any such threat.
Amen to that!
Gem of a moment on that topic from court.
Prosecutor details that charge. Reckless Ben, representing himself asks if the prosecutor has watched the video, because it completely contradicts the officer’s sworn statement.
Some discussion about “did you provide the video to police” follows
Some questions from the prosecutor about “does it include what happened before, and does it cover until after you leave…
And when assured that it is an uncut video from before they arrive on the floor of the Bricks and Minifigs offices until after they leave and the elevator closes – the prosecutor argues that…
“Video doesnt always capture everything that happens”.
So, yeah. That happened.
In court.
Where “beyond a reasonable doubt” is the standard, “ironclad proof of innocence” isnt enough to get charges withdrawn.
We just wont look at your proof.
“La-la-la-la I cant hear you!”
You didnt count on that theory of law.
Actually, I think we all count on the FYTW theory, so this isn’t a stretch by any means.
TLDR executive summary
* Prior Restraint
* false felony charges
* police subpoena google
* Google turns over all email
* Google files
* Search history
* zero bail arrest warrants
* SWAT raids
* warrantless arrests
* illegal searches
It is a libertarian fever dream of what an authoritarian police state might look like.
But it is real.
I read that wall of text and still don’t know what it’s about.
I decided I would watch a small bug walk across my desk instead of finishing that brick of text.
Guilty.
It is a long saga.
Base story.
A guy put up $200k worth of Lego for consignment at a Bricks and Minifigs store.
The corporate office took over the franchise and refused to acknowledge the consignement contract, telling him to kick rocks.
After a year, a youtuber gets involved. Reckless Ben does some stunts to draw attention, trying to help this old guy who is dying of cancer recover his money.
Corporation digs in and tries a strategy of manufacturing criminal charges against the youtuber in order to silence him.
2 police departments, prosecutors and a court make egregious violations of constitutional law in support of the corporation, who seem determined to steal this money.
All documented with humor, on video.
But super-serious issues are involved.
I heard about it from this civil rights lawyer that I follow
https://youtu.be/Hs3bElrHKUE?
Here is part 2 from that civil rights lawyer
https://youtu.be/mAu76DjwGGQ?
He covers illegal traffic stops, illegal searches, illegal SWAT raid and false arrest, illegally redacted body cam videos, …
Legal Eagle youtube channel jumped in to cover it.
https://youtu.be/3P36bPNMxIM?
This is from before the most egregious actions, like the ex parte prior restraint.
Nate The Lawyer covered it
https://youtu.be/rwvnpV81maE
The Clearly Established channel covered it extensively. Here is one covering a crazy search warrant that resulted in a SWAT raid and multiple illegal arrests.
https://youtu.be/OQ9hthwnDg8?
CofeeZilla covered it by interviewing the mustache twirling CEO and the former owners of the franchise.
He digs in to the claims the corporation makes.
This covers the base controversy, not the mich larger police/prosecutor/judge corruption scandal that follows.
https://youtu.be/VKfQkRbd15k?
I can watch the commentary, but watching the raw footage makes my blood pressure and urge to kill spike to dangerous levels.
I’m waiting for the movie rights to be sold. I mean, if Roofman, the Big Short, and Dumb Money could all become entertaining movies, I figure this will be a layup.
Brazil was better when their players were womanizers, drunkards and slightly out of shape. In other words, when they were behaving like Catholics— letting the power of friendship and good fun do the heavy lifting.
Evangelical Protestant sterilization has flattened their ball, ruined their samba, and obliterated their swag.
https://x.com/hispano_studies/status/2074267978255011931
drunkards and slightly out of shape worked when al others were also like that. when athletes started to get in shape, control their nutrition, get their sleep, hit the gym etc pure talent was no longer enough for the out of shape.
“When athletes started to get in shape…”
No, no, no, no, no!
It was abandoning Catholicism for pagan Protestant sects.
It is known.
Where is our resident catholic? She’ll tell you.
The First Family are manipulating the markets for financial gain, don’tcha know?
Eric Trump’s Bitcoin Bet Erases $600 Million From Family Fortune
it is only numbers on a screen.
My car is in for routine service today. I got my little video from the tech showing me the underside of the vehicle and explaining the overall inspection results. This is the first time I’ve been complemented on the condition of my vehicle by the tech.
what a big exhaust you have
It’s stainless steel.
He just wants a free dinner.
He complemented it with fava beans and a nice Chianti?
He Earns $33 an Hour as a Costco Cashier. Now He’s a Millionaire.
I’m glad to see Costco values the advantages of long term workers. He also chose his lifestyle wisely. Good for both of them.
Barzar’s pay and benefits reflect his value to the company. He earns $32.90 an hour, and the holdings in his 401(k) have boosted his retirement savings to over $1 million, he said. His Costco-sponsored healthcare has a regular visit co-pay of $15, and a specialty visit co-pay of $25, well below the national average. In 2009, Barzar’s family bought a three-bedroom, two-bath house with a pool, and they have been able to travel to Europe twice over the past decade…
He also stayed because of the pay and benefits, he said. That became acute early last year when his son-in-law ended his life, then months later his wife of 26 years, a former Costco employee in the bakery department, was diagnosed with stage 3 brain cancer. His Costco health insurance covered the full cost of his wife’s three brain surgeries. Barzar took paid leave for nearly a year to help his family. He also used the retailer’s therapy benefits to cope, he said, which further drove home how comprehensive the insurance was.
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/he-earns-33-an-hour-as-a-costco-cashier-now-hes-a-millionaire-1e9ba725?st=4paZAa&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Nice feel-good story.
Plus he saves a fortune by having hot dogs for lunch every day.
https://www.rti.org.tw/en/news?uid=3&pid=218520
There is a cease fire and a “cease fire”.
The U.S. struck 90 military targets to “further degrade Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement that noted the end of the latest strikes.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-launches-new-strikes-on-iran-after-trump-declares-ceasefire-over-2c0738fe?st=PK5pFd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
I understand the fiction needs to be maintained, but at what point is it ridiculous?
It’s the perfect backdrop for watching “Team America” tonight on Glib Flicks.
I watched that on Saturday. Uncensored version?
Good question. I will check the run times and see. It’s Pluto so you don’t get details on the version.
I think it’s only about 30 seconds, but what a 30 seconds…
I also had “Studio Release” and “Uncensored” versions of Orgazmo. It’s been a long time, but if I recall the only difference was a scene where the camera man (Matt Stone) says “Geddy Lee, you know, the best bassist of all time” and in the ‘uncensored’ version he says “Neil Peart, you know, the best drummer of all time”
The added footage in Team America is a bit more… disturbing.
Looks like it is a minute short. So the “R” rated version.
Special Ops Magazine
@specialopsmag
Former Nirvana guitarist Jason Everman in Afghanistan during his time as a Green Beret in the US Army.
https://x.com/specialopsmag/status/2074666919056024016
That’s a hell of a life journey
He also played in Soundgarden.
Supposedly a real cool dude, too.
I’m pretty sure no one’s going to get clemency when they’re sentenced for unlawful possession of a machinegun because they’re “a good person who is upset about enforcement of gun control laws”
A judge might.
the Good Person exemption does not apply to the plebs.
also good job making the link look like not a link.
I didn’t even realize that was a link. That’s some admin privilege voodoo there.
I’m going with “a bug in WordPress”
I figured Pie was making a subtle joke.
my assumption was the ending with a ” but who knows
Is good intentions all it takes? I’m going to have a helluva lot of fun from now on then.
“Notably, Dugan appeared to show no remorse for her actions, telling the court prior to sentencing that her “acts that day were consistent with community concerns at the courthouse.””
HTF is this person a judge?
Open Society Institute money? A metastasized bureaucracy that vigorously protects itself from external correction? A decaying legal system that prioritizes vibes over law? All of the above?
HTF is this person a judge?
Elections have consequences
No, but defense lawyers ought to use this case as precedent.
The judge who sentenced her might as well have just said “I agree with her politics, so I am not going to send her to jail.’
What’s the lefty saying? For my friends, everything, for my enemies, the law?
Jewish Democrats Eyeing 2028 Presidential Bids Confront Party’s Hostility for Israel
No way… It will be interesting to see how plays out.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/jewish-democrats-eying-2028-presidential-bids-confront-partys-hostility-for-israel-7c5e8419?st=FqUNpC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The “repositioning” post Obama from Rahm Emanuel has been interesting. He’s gone from Obama left to Blue Dog. Which makes you question if he actually believes in anything. (Answer – Power, only power.)
Just keep alienating more people, Dems.
“According to a video from the June 27 Trinity Pride Fest in downtown Fort Worth, Christian street preachers David Grisham, a retired police officer, and Richard Penkoski were preaching on public property when they were approached by officers.
Police had set up barricades restricting access to public streets and sidewalks around the event. Officers moved the preachers farther away and issued warnings.
The female officer told the group, “If someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem,” and added, “If they are offended by your speech, OK, I will write you a ticket.”
…..
Another officer further confirmed that citations would be based solely on whether others were offended. When Penkoski asked whether calling a biological male a “male” would result in a citation if someone took offense, the officer responded that if he continued doing so and someone found it offensive, he would be cited.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/female-cop-texas-threatens-ticket-veteran-christian-street/
More feelings over law.
Is freedom from offense a constitutional penumbra or is it an emanation?
If I’m offended by someone at Lust Fest saying a biological male is a woman, can I have the Lust Fest people arrested?
I’m offended by cops acting like cuntes.
She should get a ticket for that.
I think I’ve told the story about a gay cop coworker who would routinely fabricate reasons to arrest anti-Pride protestors.
something something about whom you are not allowed to criticize
Let’s hope there is a civil rights case incoming for Fort Worth.
Fort fucking Worth. Maybe not the buckle of the Bible Belt, but you can see it from there.
I recently bought a new 2026 vehicle and I discovered it has a cellular modem built in. My vehicle is transmitting all sorts of data back to the manufacturer:
Driving Behavior: Speed, acceleration, braking events, cruise control data, steering events, and seatbelt status.
Vehicle Performance & Diagnostics: Odometer readings, MPG, tire pressure, fuel levels, battery status, emissions data, and error codes.
Location & Routing: Real-time GPS location, routes taken, points of interest, direction of travel, and associated date/time stamps.
Connected Services: Remote commands (like remote start), Wi-Fi hotspot usage, Amazon Alexa commands, and in-vehicle settings/presets.
Safety & Sensor Data: Camera images, intelligent sensor tracking (for features like forward collision warning), and drowsy driver detection data.
It can onIy only be disabled by contacting the manufacturer via an 800 number and requesting termination for privacy reasons. By law they have to disable these services if requested by the owner. You lose the following capabilities when these services are disabled:
Automatic crash notifications and emergency/roadside assistance calls.
Remote vehicle commands via the mobile app (lock/unlock, remote start).
In-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities and built-in live navigation updates.
Over-the-air (OTA) updates to your digital in-vehicle owner’s manual.
I also read that disabling the “data sharing” services will result in a warning light in the rear view mirror console for the SOS/Assist button that indicates that the Service is not active. I need to research if there are any other “side effects”. I am very much leaning towards making that phone call today and terminating the “data sharing” services. I don’t really see a downside to doing this, curious if anyone else has done this.
After the phone call, pull up the youtube video on how to physically disconnect the hardware – because I don’t trust them to not still be reporting.
Egg-sactly. If I ever get to the point where my older vehicles need to be replaced with one of these new abominations with all these “features”, wherever that cellular modem lives, it’s getting disconnected (might have to
rewire things to maintain internal electrical connectivity) or wrapped in a Faraday cage.
I’ve read that newer vehicles all that stuff is integrated and not just as simple as pulling a plug on something.
Which could be why so many other things are affected.
My previous car was a 2017 and the spyware crap was relatively primitive and could be disabled using a menu in the infotainment system. As far as I know it worked as promised. I have looked into disconnecting the modem – from what I have found so far the manufacturer keeps moving it around and/or attaching it to some other component. I have read that you can pull a fuse to kill it or disconnect the cellular antennae but that may require major surgery and taking apart the dash/infortainment system.
integrated and not just as simple as pulling a plug
Yes, I’d expect so. It was a pain enough to re-wire my Keurig 2.0 so that I could access all the settings without buying their pods and/or inserts.
I expect it might be nigh on impossible – not really, nothing like these sorts of engineering problems is ‘impossible’, just very difficult – to actually rewire or physically disable. On the other hand, I can’t think of any way a Faraday cage solution would break anything else unless some other internal system required an over the air ‘heart beat’ from the cellular module to function. But it would probably be very difficult to access the chip.
Carp – I’d take my sawzall to the dash if need be. I can tape it back up later.
Putrid – I have soldering irons, solderwick, and a hot air station. I can rework the whole PCB if need be.
Another reason my newest vehicle is a 2011 Camry.
A lot of the police dispatch activity near me is “false crashes” from both I-phones and car automatic crash notifications.
What is the vehicle?
2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1957: The JOY of BUDGETING | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V4-HAGDObg
Rich people: 101 pounds a week, 56 in tax, 13 for the gardener, 4 for food, 6 for charity.
Poor people: 12 pounds a week.
rent 1/5 of spending food 1/3
It can onIy only be disabled by contacting the manufacturer via an 800 number and requesting termination for privacy reasons.
Do you have to do that every time you start the car?
Every time you press the brakes.