Dog walker set upon by pack of territorial emus in startling but ‘very funny’ confrontation https://buff.ly/4aZWxsU
Akin to the advice about “petting the fluffy cows”, “don’t pet the BIG fluffy birds” either!
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RANT: Don’t pet the BIG fluffy birds
Monday, June 17, 2024
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VOCABULARY: AI hallucination or when a search engine tells you put glue on your pizza
Sunday, June 16, 2024https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/11/tim-cook-apple-interview/
Opinion
How will Apple’s new AI change your phone? I asked Tim Cook. In an interview, Tim Cook explains how Apple’s new AI will enhance your work and life, with guardrails.
By Josh Tyrangiel
June 11, 2024 at 5:07 a.m. EDT
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Apple Intelligence will not hallucinate?
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Kinda like following GPS directions from Google or any other source and you winding up on a Forrest Service road up to your eyeballs in snow.
Or worse.
So, now we are going to have to be skeptical on what the “computer tells us”.
Caveat Emptor.
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INNOVATION: Always dress kids in bright and contrasting colors to make them safe
Saturday, June 15, 2024The color of your child’s swimsuit can play a role in their safety at the pool, experts say
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN
Updated 9:49 AM EDT, Sun June 9, 2024
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“People should avoid swimsuits in light blue, gray, or green as they can blend with the water and pool surroundings, making it difficult to spot a child. We recommend bright and contrasting colors such as neon yellow, orange, pink, and bright red,” Fisher added. “These colors are highly visible both underwater and on the surface.
Swimsuit colors are not talked about enough in public safety, said Wyatt Werneth, a coastal lifeguard in Florida and spokesperson for the American Lifeguard Association.
“The bright clothes are something that we’ve identified as being a game-changer. If you have the same colors of the water or the environment, you’re going to blend in,” Werneth said while patrolling Cocoa Beach.
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The article makes the point that it is NOT just the beach but for “camping” and all activities.
I like the idea of taking a picture first thing as a safety measure.
Hope it’s never needed.
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DISCOURAGING: Isn’t killing animals the first step in the psychopath serial killers development?
Friday, June 14, 2024Appalling moment pack of warped teenagers shoot family’s friendly pet cat dead – then pull out their phones to film kitty writhe in agony as she died
By Mitchell Goodbar For Dailymail.Com
Published: 01:27 EDT, 8 June 2024 | Updated: 02:08 EDT, 8 June 2024
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In the video, five teenage boys surround the cat, named Vortex, who appears to be lounging on the corner of the street.
After a few moments, one of the sick boys pulls out a long-barreled gun and aims it at Vortex, who was cherished for her sweet and friendly personality.
Then the teenager fired his gun and struck the cat.
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The Salem Police Department recently charged two 17-year-old teens in connection with the cat’s slaying.
Both of the boys were charged with first-degree aggravated animal abuse. One of them was additionally charged with evidence tampering.
But the investigation remains ongoing. The teenager who shot the cat has not been identified, and the weapon he used has not been recovered.
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Isn’t killing pets a sign of a future serial killer psychopath?
Sorry, but these are not “teenagers” any more. They should be charged as adults.
But since this is Oregon, I expect a slap on the wrist and sent home to plan their next “adventure” like a school shooting.
Where are we going as nation to produce monsters like these?
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INTERESTING: Since the States regulate casinos … …
Thursday, June 13, 2024https://www.fark.com/comments/13274582/170624178/Woman-hits-slot-machine-jackpot-gets-screwed-out-of-her-winnings-by-casino-What-else-is-new#c170624178
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(Yahoo) Woman hits slot machine jackpot, gets screwed out of her winnings by casino. What else is new (ca.finance.yahoo.com) divider line
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kbronsito
DrD'isInfotainment: Good for her. She should sue the fark outa that Casino
It should not be necessary though. States give casinos a license to print money. They should regulate them to force them to pay these kind of wins. If the casino wants to recoup because the machine is defective, it can deal with courts to take it out on the manufacturer. It’s bad enough their business model is already to screw over patrons, why make it easier by letting them weasel out of paying the rare jackpot? (Besides the corruption, I mean.)
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Since the States regulate casinos … …
… … shouldn’t they step in a force the casino to pay off?
Why should this “winner” have to spend money to go to a Gooferment court to recover from a Gooferment regulated enterprise?
Sigh!
An excelled point by this FARKer.
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INTERESTING: Since the States regulate casinos … …
Thursday, June 13, 2024https://www.fark.com/comments/13274582/170624178/Woman-hits-slot-machine-jackpot-gets-screwed-out-of-her-winnings-by-casino-What-else-is-new#c170624178
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(Yahoo) Woman hits slot machine jackpot, gets screwed out of her winnings by casino. What else is new (ca.finance.yahoo.com) divider line
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kbronsito
DrD'isInfotainment: Good for her. She should sue the fark outa that Casino
It should not be necessary though. States give casinos a license to print money. They should regulate them to force them to pay these kind of wins. If the casino wants to recoup because the machine is defective, it can deal with courts to take it out on the manufacturer. It’s bad enough their business model is already to screw over patrons, why make it easier by letting them weasel out of paying the rare jackpot? (Besides the corruption, I mean.)
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Since the States regulate casinos … …
… … shouldn’t they step in a force the casino to pay off?
Why should this “winner” have to spend money to go to a Gooferment court to recover from a Gooferment regulated enterprise?
Sigh!
An excelled point by this FARKer.
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INTERESTING: Since the States regulate casinos … …
Thursday, June 13, 2024https://www.fark.com/comments/13274582/170624178/Woman-hits-slot-machine-jackpot-gets-screwed-out-of-her-winnings-by-casino-What-else-is-new#c170624178
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(Yahoo) Woman hits slot machine jackpot, gets screwed out of her winnings by casino. What else is new (ca.finance.yahoo.com) divider line
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kbronsito
DrD'isInfotainment: Good for her. She should sue the fark outa that Casino
It should not be necessary though. States give casinos a license to print money. They should regulate them to force them to pay these kind of wins. If the casino wants to recoup because the machine is defective, it can deal with courts to take it out on the manufacturer. It’s bad enough their business model is already to screw over patrons, why make it easier by letting them weasel out of paying the rare jackpot? (Besides the corruption, I mean.)
*** end quote ***
Since the States regulate casinos … …
… … shouldn’t they step in a force the casino to pay off?
Why should this “winner” have to spend money to go to a Gooferment court to recover from a Gooferment regulated enterprise?
Sigh!
An excelled point by this FARKer.
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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Kelo, the SCOTUS decision, thatjust keeps on giving … …
Wednesday, June 12, 2024Small businesses accuse Missouri city of forcing them out with baseless blight label to score lucrative deal
Small businesses file lawsuit against St. Louis suburb in eminent domain case
By Megan Myers, Hannah Ray Lambert Fox News
Published June 5, 2024 5:00am EDT
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Three small businesses are suing a St. Louis suburb, accusing the local government of sneakily steamrolling them to make a hefty profit through a deal that could financially cripple longtime mom-and-pop shops.
“All the politicians say every day on the news how great we are, but when we’re in their way, we’re not so great,” Feather-Craft Fly Fishing President Bob Story said about small businesses. “You can be a part of a community for 30-plus years and be treated like you’re worthless.”
The city of Brentwood, Missouri, is threatening to use eminent domain to force out businesses on a major road for a multi-million dollar redevelopment plan. A few longtime business owners accused the city of making a groundless claim that the area has been “blighted” to justify the lucrative project on Manchester Road, leading them to file their lawsuit.
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Property owners could either sell willingly or be forced out by eminent domain.
In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of cities using eminent domain to seize property for economic development in the Kelo vs. New London case. Certain states, including Missouri, have since taken steps to protect property owners, but loopholes have allowed cities to take advantage of vulnerable areas like Manchester Road, the business owners said.
In Missouri, state law allows the government to seize private property that has been deemed blighted, broadly defined as having “insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements” or other factors that present “economic or social liability.”
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In Kelo, a neighborhood was seized and flattened for a Pfizer Headquarters that was never built.
Wonder whose nests got feathered by that “deal”? Wasn’t the home owners.
Sounds like the same type of “deal” here.
Argh!
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POLITICAL: How can anyone dispute any “elections are stolen” claim?
Tuesday, June 11, 2024Arizona GOP files lawsuit over more than 500,000 ‘unaccounted-for voters on the rolls’
By Washington Examiner Staff — June 5, 2024 7:10 am
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“Accurate voter rolls are the bedrock of our constitutional republic,” said Gina Swoboda, Chair of the Arizona Republican Party. “The rampant presence of ineligible voters on our rolls is unacceptable and undermines the trust Arizonans place in our electoral process.”
According to the lawsuit, research into the state’s voter rolls discovered that Arizona has between 500,000 to 1.27 million invalid registrations, including deceased people and those who have left the state. Additionally, some counties were found to have “outrageous voter registration rates,” with some having a total list of voter names that exceeded “100% of eligible voters.”
“The AZGOP and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club are demanding the immediate implementation of an effective voter list maintenance program to comply with NVRA mandates,” read a statement posted on the X account for the Republican Party of Arizona.
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As far as I am concerned the Conspiracy Theory that “the election in <insert favorite political jurisdiction> was stolen” by its very assertion I deem as “Category 1 — Generally Accepted As True”. I don’t care if it’s asserted by DJT, Hillary, any D, any R, any L, or just some random loon on the street. I treat it as true.
Until these type of voter fraud are reported as factually inaccurate, my default is that ALL elections are suspect and rigged.
Argh!
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RANT: Zero tolerance for criminals … period!
Monday, June 10, 2024https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/two-nypd-cops-shot-in-queens-by-19-year-old/
Gunman who shot 2 NYPD cops revealed to be migrant who recently crossed into US via Eagle Pass: sources
By Larry Celona, Joe Marino, and Emily Crane
Published June 3, 2024
Updated June 3, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET
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A 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant shot two cops early Monday when they tried to stop him as he was riding a motorized scooter, according to police and sources.
The officers had tried to pull over the teen, identified as Bernardo Castro Mata, after spotting him driving the wrong way down a street at 89th Street and 23rd Avenue in Elmhurst at about 1:40 a.m., police said.
The suspect quickly ditched the moped and fled on foot for several blocks, according to cops.
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I presume he is an illegal immigrant!
Seems like he needs to be turned over to Immigration and deported with a never to return tattoo!
Zero tolerance for crime, especially gun possession, and firing at the police.
Argh!
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