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How Much Alcohol Does That Take?

Every time you think he’s about to do something stupid…

…he ups his game.

That had to be more than just alcohol. I’d pass out long before I got stupid enough just to go with the finger.

Hat tip to Knuckledraggin’, who blames WiscoDave.

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Screw You, Brodeur

Florida state senator Jason Brodeur has filed an interesting bill: Florida SB 1316.

requiring bloggers to register with the Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics, as applicable, within a specified timeframe; requiring such bloggers to file monthly reports with the appropriate office by a certain date;
[…]
in the context of a blog post about a member of the Legislature, the Office of Legislative Services or, in the context of a blog post about a member of the executive branch, the Commission on Ethics, as applicable.

Yep, if you blog about any Florida legislator, the governor, or… say Brodeur, you’d have to register with the state and file monthly reports. I could go on extensively about the US Constitution First Amendment issues, or the Florida constitution

problems, but I think I can sum it up more briefly.

Fuck you, Brodeur.

NVGs In Broad Daylight Was A Nice Touch

Brief Twitter video of a SWAT raid. You might want to wait until the end of the day to watch, because it’s so funny and infuriating that you’ll want an adult beverage.

So who were these dangerous criminals that called for full tacticool gear in an armored vehicle ramming through the gate? Drug lords? Merchant of death arms dealers? Mass murderer?

Try an estate dispute over memorabilia.

Say… did I mention the part where they didn’t have… you know a warrant? Yeah, they rolled before they got it. The morons — who in the video clearly realize they’ve massively fucked up — kept telling grandma that someone will come later with one (I understand a warrant finally arrived an hour later).

Holy. Fuck.

I wanted to link to the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department for this post. So I looked them up and clicked the link.

I got this.

Yes. It logged me in as the WordPress admin. I know I shouldn’t — and won’t — but a little voice keeps whispering, “Go for it.”

What would you name their site?

I’m thinking We’re Fucking Retards”.

I found a general county info email address and sent them a warning about their little prob.

I Suspect That EPA Admin Failed Basic Chemistry

I’ve seen a few reports about the EPA refusing to test for dioxins in the East Palestine area. Since dioxins are formed when chlorine compounds are burned (you do recall a few tanker cars of vinyl chloride being deliberately torched?) testing for that rather dangerous class of chemicals seemed like a no-brainer. Bafflingly, they think they needed a prior baseline for dioxin levels.

HINT: Take samples at the point of origin; the burn site. Then take samples radiating away from the burn site, probably for 5-10 miles (to start) in all directions. Map the results. Add an overlay for prevailing winds during the burn. That should give even EPA idiots an idea how where the contamination is.

But another aspect of this keeps bugging me.

Scientist Slams EPA for Not Testing for Cancer-Causing Chemical in East Palestine
The EPA administrator reportedly responded to a letter from Senators J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), appearing to try to downplay dioxins by suggesting they are also produced by “backyard grilling.”

Is that dumbfuck confusing dioxins with acrylamide?

I Have To Disagree With Mr. Knox

Here’s An Unpopular Take: A Gun Owner’s Defense of Alec Baldwin
Perhaps, as an Executive Producer of the film, Alec Baldwin has some culpability for the personnel and procedures on the set, and some personal responsibility definitely falls on him regarding his participation in a scene that was not staged in a completely safe manner. There are lots of rumors and possible complications in the whole story, and perhaps we’ll learn something new as the case goes to trial, but in the immediate instance of the tragedy, Alec Baldwin was just an actor following directions.

Screw rumors; I’m going by the charging documents.

Baldwin wasn’t just a hapless victim of other people who failed to follow rules. He was the primary producer responsible for making sure film industry standards for firearm safety were followed. Not only did he fail to do that, he actively ignored and evaded standards. He skipped the safety class. When the armorer tried again, he spent the short class on the phone.

The shooting that killed Hutchins occurred after the film had already experienced not one, but two negligent discharges. At that point, everyone who hadn’t already walked out, should have been on heightened alert and making sure they all did everything exactly right: including and especially Baldwin (as the person handling the firearm on camera).

Baldwin broke basic rules and industry standards, badly enough before Hutchins’ shooting that crew members quit over unaddressed safety problems.

Baldwin also exhibited a complete lack of common sense: Hey, I know. While we’re checking camera angles, I’ll point a gun at crew members and pull the trigger.

As for “schandenfreude,” allow me to repeat (again):

One more time; if I were the prosecutor, I’d present clips from interviews, and social media post of Baldwin telling everyone else how to do it right, and ask him, “Mr. Baldwin, for years you’ve claimed you know better on firearm safety than everyone else. Why are you now claiming to be dumber than a six year-old in need of constant adult supervision?”

Mr. Knox, Baldwin was charged because the information in the charging documents supported that charge. Now he goes to court to examine and attempt to explain that information, and how it isn’t his fault that he killed a woman by doing stupid shit, instead of the safer methods he chose to dispense with.

Huh. Did the TSA finally catch their very first terrorist?

Here’s something to watch.

BREAKING NEWS: Man, 40, is in FBI custody after TSA found an explosive device hidden in the lining of his checked bag as it was being loaded onto an Allegiant flight from Pennsylvania to Florida
Officials say that the device was concealed inside a checked piece of luggage at Lehigh Valley International Airport and contained multiple fuses, ABC News reported.

I Can’t Wait To See How The Media Spins This One

There oughta be a few Florida Dim legislator’s heads popping, too

Florida GOP State Lawmaker Pitches Bill That Would Eliminate Democrat Party
“The Ultimate Cancel Act,” filed on Tuesday by state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, would require the state’s Division of Elections to “immediately cancel” the filings of any political party whose platform had “previously advocated for, or been in support of, slavery or involuntary servitude.”

‘Scuse me while I check the pantry for popcorn.

Of Course You Can’t Breathe

I accidentally clicked on a report, but it was sorta worth it for the graphic I found.

You’re outside, the plandemic is over, and they didn’t work as advertised anyway.

Take the damned mask off.

“Cloud Storage” Is Technobabble For “Steal My Shit”

LastPass Vault Breached via Employee’s Home Computer, Giving Keys to the Kingdom to Hackers
Millions of LastPass users may be at risk after a major breach of the home computer of one of their top employees. This employee was only one of four people in the company with access to their corporate vault. The breach may have come through a home Plex media account, according to Ars Technica, and appears to have been perpetrated by the same hackers who breached LastPass security on a smaller scale last August. At about the same time, Plex’s security was also breached.

If you put it online, it is vulnerable. Period.

I use a password manager. It’s resident on my home computer, and that’s where it keeps the (encrypted) data.

The only thing I use cloud storage for are nonsensitive files I mean to share. That’s basically Dropbox, but frankly my website counts as the cloud; obviously I want to share that. I don’t put private files on the website, not even in a private, password protected directory.

I’m old enough that I used to use mainframe computing with remote, pretty-dumb terminals; cloud storage and cloud computing always sounded like a return to the bad old days.

But… YMMV. If you really want to automagically share your passwords amongst multiple devices — laptop, phone, etc. — and just can’t be troubled to type in your passwords, go for it.

But don’t whine when your laziness gets you hacked, and your money and identity stolen. Cloud storage is just as convenient for hackers as it is for you.

I Have An Alternate Theory

She’s got a bone to peck! Woman rushed to hospital after 2inch chicken bone gets stuck in her butt
A 51-year-old woman has been rushed to hospital after getting a chicken bone stuck in her bottom.

The unnamed individual from Kuwait, the Middle East, tended to swallow her food quickly rather than chewing because she has lost her upper teeth.

There was no choking or stomach pain after ingesting the two-inch long bone, but later it became wedged in her backside.

Doctors successfully removed the bone by applying gel to numb the area before applying A slight force. The patient has been advised to chew her food.

So this woman, with no upper teeth, gnawed a chicken breast and broke off a checkmark-shaped part of the bird’s clavicle. The bone made it down her throat, through her stomach, and past the small and large intestines without difficulty. But then somehow got stuck sticking out of her ass, requiring nothing more than some lube and a gentle tug to dislodge it.

Actually, there are a couple of possibilities, but I doubt the bone took a scenic tour of her alimentary canal.