> Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma bankruptcy that would have shielded the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic (More)
# – # – # – #
That’s a interesting twist. The Sackler family may still be on the hook for more money.
—30—
Leave a Comment » | 
ADHOC | 
Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
A stalker hounded me for years with sexually explicit calls – I used a secret phone trick to expose him and discovered it was my uncle
By Chelsea Heatley and Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline
Updated: 08:05 EDT, 5 August 2023
*** begin quote ***
In November 2018, her mum suggested she should download a program onto her phone to unlock unknown numbers.
One day, when her stalker called, she received a message, revealing the real number.
After typing it into Facebook, Turner’s profile popped up.
Thinking it was a mistake, she checked with her sister and mum. But they confirmed, the number was her uncle’s.
With her mum’s support, Kristen went to Turner’s house to confront him.
*** end quote ***
I’d love to know more about the technology and chronology. For example, was it reported to the police and the “phone company”. As an old phone company guy, I know they have tools to uncover the culprit.
Hope he gets to be “bubba’s gal pal” for a long time.
I can’t imagine torturing a family member like that. Well maybe even if I didn’t like that family member, that’s just cruel.
—30—
Leave a Comment » | Technology | Tagged: Chelsea Heatley, Ellen Coughlan, Kristen Kime, Mailonline, Sheffield | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
By Taylor Penley, Fox News
# – # – # – #
Stupidity abounds in Big Disney.
Are they trying to get people upset or to sell products?
Argh!
—30—
Leave a Comment » | ADHOC | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
Jul 28, 2023 – Climate
See the solar-powered homeless shelter made from shipping containers
Jessica Boehm
*** begin quote ***
Twenty unhoused people in Phoenix are set to move into a new, solar-powered shelter constructed out of shipping containers next week.
What’s happening: The city of Phoenix ordered four prefabricated shelters from local company Steel + Spark last year and installed the first outside St. Vincent de Paul’s Washington Street shelter this week.
It has 10 single rooms and six double rooms for couples.
Why it matters: This type of interim independent living provides an important step for unhoused people between staying in congregate shelter and building the confidence to enter permanent housing, St. Vincent de Paul chief program officer Jessica Berg told Axios Phoenix.
*** and ***
The intrigue: All four X-Wings and a 200-bed structure were to be installed at a new shelter at 22nd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road intended to open this summer.
Yes, but: The city found methane gas at the site and stopped construction last month. Officials tell us they are looking for a new area to build the shelter, but have not yet found a site.
What’s next: Scott Hall, Phoenix’s deputy homeless solutions director, said the city decided to deploy the X-Wing at St. Vincent de Paul in the interim to make immediate use of the shelter and see how it works.
He added the city may find additional places to put the other three wings, but did not yet have details.
*** end quote ***
Kudos for finding a “solution”. Seems to be a great idea and almost great execution. Who forgets to solid test for any construction. Does everyone forget the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
In any event, it’s a partial solution. It needs plumbing to be a complete idea.
Maybe consult with some RV designers for ideas?
My travel trailer back in the 70’s had it correct.
The poor “unhoused people”, what I’d call “homeless”, need less Gooferment “help” and more “free market solutions”.
Whatever happened to Jason Stapleton’s(@Jason_Stapleton) idea of “military style barracks” staffed by the homeless themselves as a safe bridge back to society?
—30—
Leave a Comment » | GOVEROTRAGEOUS | Tagged: @Jason_Stapleton, Jessica Boehm, shipping containers, solar-powered, Steel + Spark, Zach Burns | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
There is one and only one conclusion that I should think everyone alive during this last few years of shutdowns and “vaccinations” and election chicanery and a sham (and crooked) presidency and a ridiculous election season and unprecedented government intrusions, would come to is this: the government we have in this country is too incompetent, inept, corrupt, wasteful, and inefficient, too centralized, undemocratic, unjust, and invasive, and too unresponsive to the needs of individual citizens and small communities, and all because it is too big. Simple as that.
# – # – # – # – #
Seems like a fair and balanced assessment.
—30—
Leave a Comment » | ADHOC | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
https://www.boredpanda.com/dumb-rich-people-hobbies/
30 People Share “Really Dumb” Hobbies That Only Rich People Seem To Like
Miglė Miliūtė and Vėja Elkimavičiūtė
*** begin quote ***
#15 Canned hunts.
We can argue the ethics of hunting all day long. On the one hard, you have the cruel barbarism of fox hunting. On the other hand, you had paid permit hunting for big, exotic game (*where the permit only allows for specifically designated culls and profit goes directly to conservation).
But canned hunting? F**k. At least fox hunting and permit hunting require some measure of skill and afford some opportunity for the animal to escape.
Canned hunts are often marketed as “exotic game ranches;” places people go to get a guaranteed kill of a particular species. You know how you get that guaranteed kill? Because the game are fenced in and are often reliant on human care (so they have limited fear of humans compared to their wild roaming counterparts). There’s nothing sporting about it.
Imagine going to a dairy farm and bragging about how you bagged a big cow. That’s what canned hunting sounds like to others.
*** end quote ***
I can applaud hunters, who like the Zulu youth when they go out to become man by hunting a lion with a short spear and small reed shield. I don’t know what the win – loss ratio is but, at least, the lion has a fair shot. And it’s their tradition, not mine.
I can tolerate those who hunt for food if they eat what they kill. Also, those who do permit hunting to conserve a species. Even those who hun bears before they become dangerous to people and donate the captures to food pantries and soup kitchens.
I can not shame those “hunters”, who are cruel or use “canned” victims, enough.
Nothing can be more demeaning than to claim a great achievement when “shooting fish in a barrel”.
Argh!
—30—
Leave a Comment » | DISCOURAGING | Tagged: BoredPanda, Miglė Miliūtė, Vėja Elkimavičiūtė | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
*** begin quote ***
Incandescent Bulb Ban
A Department of Energy rule requiring new lightbulbs to have a minimum brightness of 45 lumens went into effect in the United States yesterday, effectively banning incandescent lightbulbs. The ban does not affect currently owned lightbulbs and excludes several specialty bulbs used in refrigerators, plant lights, and others (see full list).
The ban is part of a decadelong federal push to increase energy efficiency across major consumer sectors like cars and appliances. Incandescent bulbs, though cheaper upfront than light-emitting diodes, are likely to burn out 30 times faster and are more costly than LEDs in the long term (see comparison). Recent consumer surveys suggest over half of US households already partly or entirely use LEDs as general-use lightbulbs, whose longer life span has likely contributed to the 40% decline in lightbulb shipments over the last decade.
Some studies have suggested the flickering and coloration of LED lights can trigger migraines and other conditions in people with light sensitivity issues.
*** end quote ***
Is there any aspect of the marketplace that is off-limits to Gooferment interference?
Certainly seems not.
And, what happens when the Unintended Consequences begins to appear like with the Covid Jab?
Argh!
—30—
Leave a Comment » | GOVEROTRAGEOUS | Tagged: Department of Energy, Incandescent bulbs, LED, light-emitting diodes | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
https://www.wired.com/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-microwaving-plastic/
For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic: A study of baby-food containers shows that microwaving plastic releases millions upon millions of polymer bits. (Wired)
*** begin quote ***
Judith Enck, a former EPA regional administrator and the president of Beyond Plastics, a policy and advocacy group against plastic pollution, stopped microwaving plastic 30 years ago. She thinks that you should, too: “My goodness, especially if you have kids or if you’re pregnant, do not put plastic in the microwave.”
*** end quote ***
Leave a Comment » | ADHOC | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
Bitcoin Is The New Retirement Strategy
Robert Hall — Aug 17, 2022
*** begin quote ***
Bitcoin is the perfect vehicle for retirement for a variety of reasons. The first is that it is designed to appreciate into perpetuity. There are only 21 million coins that will ever be produced. This is called an inelastic supply. This means that as demand for bitcoin goes up, the price of bitcoin will also go up due to the scarcity of the supply. Did you know that there have been an estimated three million coins lost, so the total supply will be closer to 18 million by the time the last coin is produced in the year 2140?
The inelastic supply of Bitcoin is exactly what you want to see in a retirement fund asset. Investing your retirement savings in Bitcoin will secure your future retirement needs to the point where you can live comfortably.
Bitcoin is the perfect retirement vehicle because you are in control of your assets and not the bank or some assets manager. Believe it or not, neither of these actors have your financial interests at heart. Banks and asset managers are in the business of making money for their business and themselves. This means there are a bunch of hidden fees that you have to pay them to manage your money. This hides the actual cost of saving your money with a bank, and they will go to great lengths to ensure you don’t fully understand all the fees. These entities want to take your money and for you to shut up.
*** end quote ***
At risk of being annoying, I’d suggest you take the time to read this short article.
Now with the Gooferment inflating the currency by more than 2% per year, the purchasing power of your savings diminishes proportionally.
I can remember penny candy, nickel cigars, and 30¢ a gallon gass. What has changed since the 1960’s? It is the value of a dollar. AKA the purchasing power of a dollar.
In the days before FDR took the USA off the gold standard, prices always declined. After that, because the Gooferment printed more money, prices always went up.
Before FDR, folks could save cash money (i.e., gold and silver coins) for their old age. After FDR, hold “cash” was a losing proposition.
This article recommends that you youngsters save some of your wealth in bitcoins. He even goes so far as to fore go putting that wealth into an IRA to keep it away from Gooferment rules — now and in the future.
I’ve always been a fan of “averaging into any investment” unless there was a strong reason not to. For my generation, IRAs and 401ks made perfect sense. But then, there were a lot of strategies that were good for “us” that I wouldn’t recommend (i.e., go to work for the Gooferment or a big company and stay there for 50 years to draw a pension).
No one can tell you what is right for you. Even me. Our advice is based on our experience. Like a buggy whip maker telling his children that the family buggy whip business has a great future.
All I am suggesting is to read this article and lots of other ones. Then place your bets on what’s best for you.
If you want to chat, fine. If you want to just ignore this, that’s fine too.
As always YMMV,
Crazy Old Ferd
# – # – # – # – #
When I wrote this in August of 2022, I was convinced that the economy was going down due to the “value of the dollar”. Nothing has changed my mind about the trajectory. When the world “de-dollarizes”, then inflation will rocket up on steroids.
“For those looking for security, be forewarned that there’s nothing more insecure than a political promise.” – Harry Browne
Remember when Social Security was to be tax-free? The Heritage Foundation found that many workers paying into the program end up with a negative annual rate of return, somewhere between minus –0.04 and –14.53 percent depending on one’s age. Younger workers with the most years to pay into the system and groups with below-average lifespans are the ones who have the poorest returns, a Heritage Foundation official says.
Your “investment” in Social Security may well return ZERO!
—30—
Leave a Comment » | ECONOMICS | Tagged: Robert Hall | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2023/07/29/inside-a-mound-in-hiroshima/
Inside a Mound in Hiroshima
What happened at the other end of The Gadget on August 6, 1945.
by Greg Mitchell Posted on July 29, 2023
*** begin quote ***
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s blog Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood.
In the northwestern corner of the Peace Park, amid a quiet grove of trees, the earth suddenly swells. It is not much of a mound – only about ten feet high and sixty feet across. Unlike most mounds, however, this one is hollow, and within it rests the greatest concentration of human residue in the world.
*** end quote ***
So sad.
Lest we forget!
—30—
Leave a Comment » | GOVERNACIDE | Tagged: Greg Mitchell, Peace Park | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
You are currently browsing the Reinke Faces Life blog archives for August, 2023.
-
-
FJohn Reinke
Consultant at Technology Legacies LLC
Advisor, Computer Governance Committee at Manhattan College
Editor / Publisher at Jasper Jottings
Greater New York City Area
JJ Positraction JJ Endnotes Downsize DC
Philosophy of Liberty
I have NOT received any gagged governmental information requests
Reinke Faces Life 
You must be logged in to post a comment.