SURVIVAL: Always prep for Snowmageddon; or ANY “geddon”

Saturday, February 1, 2025

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14320197/georgia-drivers-sleep-cars-traffic-jam-snow-storm.html

Trapped drivers are forced to sleep in cars as ‘Snowmageddon’ causes 15-hour traffic jam and brings cities to standstill

By JAMES CIRRONE and ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 00:12 EST, 24 January 2025 | Updated: 10:03 EST, 24 January 2025

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Thousands of drivers on a Georgia highway found themselves in a 15-hour traffic jam caused by the rare snowstorm that hit the southern US a day before.

Many were forced to sleep in their own vehicles until shortly before noon on January 22 as temperatures fell from 29F to 14F.  

The stand still happened in Monroe County, approximately 60 miles southwest of Atlanta, and ended when the Georgia State Patrol cleared the clogged northbound side of Interstate-75. 

According to Fox5, Forsyth in metro Atlanta received 2.2 inches snow – highest in the Atlanta area while the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport set a record after receiving 1.1 inches. 

Icy pavement and several accidents north of Forsyth caused the backup, according to Anna Watkins, a spokeswoman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. 

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Seems obvious and it’s not like the cold and snow weren’t predicted.  How much effort is it to prep for a “night out”.  Water, food, blankets, candles, lighter, and full tank of gas should be in you “every day carry bag”.   I wouldn’t forget a roll or two of toilet paper and paper towels. 

YouTube has videos about how a can of tun can become a heater and light. 

Little sympathy for those so stuck when caught unprepared.  Embarrassing for “rednecks” to be so unprepared.

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TECHNOLOGY: GPS device is forbidden under Indian law

Sunday, December 29, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14207135/canadian-runner-tina-lewis-arrested-india.html

Canadian tourist’s dire warning to others as she’s arrested in India over common tech device
By SHEILA FLYNN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 17:19 EST, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 18:40 EST, 18 December 2024

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A Canadian trail runner enjoying a months-long trip to India found herself in trouble with airport authorities in Goa after they detected an illegal item in her bag – a mini GPS device, forbidden under Indian law by legislation that’s nearly a century old.

Tina Lewis, who now lives in Colorado, had already been through multiple other Indian airports without problem when she caught the attention of security in Goa.

‘I brought my Garmin inReach device as I do for many of my international trips for camping, possible mountain adventures, and to use when there is no cell reception for safety as a solo female traveler,’ Lewis wrote on Instagram this week. 

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WOW, wouldn’t have even occurred to me.

Isn’t every CELL PHONE a GPS device?

And, why would such a thing be illegal anywhere?

The only thing I can think of is to mark a target with GPS coordinates.  But can’t you do that now with Google Earth or a topological map?

Sorry but this seems to be a case of an obsolete diktat by a Gooferment out of touch with technology.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: Are the “strange changes” a sign that there is more In our bodies than we understand?

Thursday, December 19, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14182585/heart-transplant-transfer-memories-personality-changes.html

Groundbreaking research suggests organ transplant patients are inheriting donors’ MEMORIES and personalities
By EMILY JOSHU STERNE HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 21:00 EST, 11 December 2024 | Updated: 08:23 EST, 12 December 2024

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People receiving organ transplants have reported strange changes in their emotions, tastes, and memories.

This phenomenon is most common in heart recipients, but those who received kidneys, lungs, and even faces have also noticed changes to their food preferences, music choices, and even sexual orientation.

For some patients, their new hobbies and preferences mirror those of their donors, which has led experts to question if recipients are also receiving their donors’ memories.

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There seems to be so much that we don’t understand.  Reference JoHari window quadreant four —  what neither of us can see. Will this spur research into all sorts of areas that are now dormant or ignored or misunderstood.  I’d heard of this phenomenon before but never thought too much about it.  Now I wonder what new “doors” could open?

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HEALTH: Dogs become immune to radiation, heavy metals and pollution; what can we learn from this disaster?

Sunday, December 15, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14174993/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-mutated-new-superpower.html

Dogs living near Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop new superpower
By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 16:18 EST, 9 December 2024 | Updated: 06:01 EST, 10 December 2024

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Dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop a new superpower – they are immune to radiation, heavy metals and pollution.

Scientists collected blood samples from 116 stray dogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), finding two different populations that were both genetically distinct from other dogs in the surrounding area.

This suggests they have adapted to withstand long-term exposure to this toxic environment and would explain why they have continued to thrive in the wasteland.

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Hopefully something great can come from this disaster.  Imagine if we learnt how to survive and thrive in hostile environments.  Might be needed for space travel where such exposures are likely.  The “exclusion zone” maybe habitable to humans, but who’d want to live there.  Like Sweden, the Amish, and the California Seventh Day Adventists, we don’t often have such obvious control groups.  We have so much to learn that we can’t afford to be stupid and unobservant.

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SURVIVAL: Bear spray! Are you kidding me?

Sunday, December 1, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14120385/wolf-pack-gray-spotted-california-Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park.html

Major warning for hikers as apex predator thought to be extinct for a century is spotted in California park
By ALEX HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 11:55 EST, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 12:51 EST, 24 November 2024 

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n the past 100 years, there have been fewer than 30 documented attacks by wild wolves on humans in not only the US, but North America as a whole – with only two dying after contracting rabies from bites suffered in Alaska in the 1940s, according to reports. 

Still, carrying a canister of bear spray is advised, officials said – as the animal can become aggressive towards parties it views as competition to its food source.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, meanwhile, has yet to release more information on the sighting.

*** end quote ***

While I’m happy that the wolves are back and I wonder what changes they will bring with them.  Yellowstone experienced a lot less moose damage by the rivers and streams when the wolves came back there.

But if, by some twist of fate, I went hiking in the woods, then bear spray be damned.  Too many two legged and four legged hazards for my taste.  I’d want at least 45 caliber sidearm for my personal protection.  If the varmints don’t like loud noises, I’d fire a warning shot.  If possible.  Otherwise, center of mass, baby.  And keep firing until the threat is no more.  Reload if need be.

No excuse for being unprepared. 

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RANT: Our old “friend” shrinkflation is in the news; it’s this a deceptive trade practice

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13998363/kelloggs-cereal-mocked-extreme-lengths-hide-

Kellogg’s ridiculed for drastic efforts to hide shrinkflation: ‘Just laughing at us’
By Tilly Armstrong Assistant Consumer Editor For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:36 EDT, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 12:09 EDT, 28 October 2024

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Kellogg’s is resorting to ‘deceptive’ ways to distract shoppers from its shrinkflation tactics.

A photo shared on Reddit highlights how the brand has made its family-size Special K box taller – while actually reducing the amount of cereal inside. 

Shrinkflation is when products shrink in size or quantity while the price remains the same or even increases. 

*** end quote ***

Unlike “price gouging” that I approve of, “shrinkflation” IMHO is a deceptive trade practice designed to fool “We, The Sheeple”.  As such, it should be actionable.  Companies should not be permitted to defraud the consumer this way.  (Other ways may be permissible?)

At the very least, the FTC should force them to rebrand their packaging.

Maybe as punishment, they should be required to put a “shrinkflation” notice prominently.

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HEALTH: Where’s the warning label for high-fructose corn syrup and emulsifiers?

Friday, October 4, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13890137/doctor-colon-cancer-crisis-food-ingredients.html

EXCLUSIVE I’m a doctor on the frontlines of America’s colon cancer crisis – I believe two ingredients found in ‘healthy’ foods are to blame

By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 07:45 EDT, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 08:45 EDT, 26 September 2024

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She notes the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup and emulsifiers in the 1970s and 80s could explain why so many adults in their 40s are getting colon cancer at record rates. 

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Not that I expect much from the FDA, CDC, NIH, or any of the politicians and bureaucrats, but how about a skull and crossbones for all products containing these?

Argh!

Yeah, not until Pelosi sells all here stocks in these companies!

Argh!

RFKjr has made the “obesity epidemic” an election issue.  This could be added to that!

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HEALTH: Fears of a cancer cover-up in state — Conspiracy Theoriey or Real Risk

Saturday, September 7, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13720725/urge-agricultural-research-stop-cancer-crisis.html

Fears of a cancer cover-up in state suffering mystery spike in tumors

  • DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH-RELATED STORY? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR IT. GET IN TOUCH: HEALTH@DAILYMAIL.COM 

By Maiya Focht In Iowa For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:48 EDT, 2 September 2024 | Updated: 08:31 EDT, 2 September 2024

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A mystery surge in cancer in Iowa has been blamed on alcohol – but locals fear another major factor is being ignored or suppressed.

DailyMail.com visited Iowa and spoke to doctors and locals who had cancer themselves or knew of dozens who had, but one common thread stood out – none of them were heavy drinkers. 

And while a report published in early 2024 highlighted alcohol as a major health concern, locals are trying to raise awareness about another contributor: agricultural chemicals – of which Iowa uses more than any other state.

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Neil Hamilton, a lawyer and the former Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center, told DailyMail.com: ‘There seems to be a surprising lack of curiosity [from] the agricultural companies and agriculturalists and farm groups. 

‘And, you know, maybe that’s predictable, because they maybe are concerned about what might be found if we started scratching a little bit deeper.’

*** and ***

He regularly reported on high levels of nitrates in the various waterways across the state – including those citizens swam and fished in. A blog he ran through the University of Iowa that shared this pollution data and his opinions about water policy gained a large audience in the state.

In May 2023, two members of Iowa’s state legislature allegedly approached university officials about stopping Mr Jones’ blog, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. 

Mr Jones told The Chronicle the message from them was: ‘You guys can’t be over here asking for money for these various programs and at the same time allow this blog to continue.’ 

He added, ‘Now, is that a threat? Is that a threat to defund something? I think it’s definitely something you better take seriously.’ 

Shortly after, his blog was shut down, he retired and $500,000 in funding was stripped from his program. 

Mr Jones wrote: ‘I’ve written these essays, especially over the last two years, knowing that I was basically a dog chasing cars. Once in a while, even a three-legged dog like me can get too close to the rear wheels, and well, that happened.’ 

One of the lawmakers named in the Chronicle, Senator Dan Zumbach, who is also a farmer, said ‘no threat to funding was ever made because of the content of a blog,’ and those claims are ‘reckless and potentially defamatory.’

Senator Tom Shipley, also named, told the Chronicle a conversation had occurred about Mr Jones’ blog, but declined further comment. 

*** end quote ***

Sure sounds like that “three-legged dog” got close to “The Truth”.

What First Amendment?  Those two Iowa state legislators should be investigated and prosecuted.

The blog was “conversed about”!  That sure sounds fishy.

On my taxonomy, I’d rate this as “Class 5 Possible” in the “Governmental Conspiracy Theory” and “Health Conspiracy Theory” categories.

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SURVIVAL: A missing eight-year-old Maryland boy safe and sound

Saturday, August 31, 2024

https://www./news/article-13772993/Arizona-rescue-missing-boy-tzion-maron-lava-river-caves.html

Arizona park rangers’ dramatic rescue of missing boy who spent night alone in wilderness after getting separated from his family
By Alyssa Guzman For Dailymail.Com
Published: 09:43 EDT, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 11:45 EDT, 23 August 2024

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Park rangers and more than 100 volunteers worked together to find a missing eight-year-old Maryland boy who got separated from his family while visiting a cave in Arizona. 

Tzion Maron, of Baltimore, went missing near the opening of the Lava River Caves near Flagstaff on Wednesday after his family was unable to locate him in the immediate area, prompting search and rescue crews to be called around 6:15pm. 

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No details about how he got lost or what he did  — right or wrong.  Would be good for an “after action  —  lessons learned”.

Watching children over the years, I’ve learned (the hard way) to never ever take your eyes off them.  They seem to be able to “disappear” in a heart beat.

Now there are things like Apple air tags and Angel Sense to help.

If you’re not holding their hand, then you better have your eyes on them.

Glad for the good result.  Great help from various groups.  And a lesson to all of us to watch “our” kids.  Even if they are not “ours”.

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POLITICAL: SIX fatal secrets about Harris’s dirty past, her lies and hypocrisy

Monday, August 5, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13695051/Kamala-Harris-Trump-election-MAUREEN-CALLAHAN.html

Kamala is basking in the post-Joe glow – and Trump is panicking… but now MAUREEN CALLAHAN reveals the SIX fatal secrets about Harris’s dirty past, her lies and hypocrisy that she’ll wish you didn’t know
By Maureen Callahan For DailyMail.Com
Published: 16:17 EDT, 31 July 2024 | Updated: 17:44 EDT, 31 July 2024 

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No.1: Harris owns the border

No.2: She has repeatedly vouched for Biden’s physical and cognitive health

No.3: She’s an alleged bully

No.4: Even for a politician, she’s particularly craven

No.5: Zero foreign policy experience and zero backbone

No.6: No stated premise or philosophy

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For me, I think she has some character flaws that I can’t overlook:

No.7: She has “Lewinsky-ed” herself to the top in the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah

No.8: She harshly prosecuted minor offenders when it was politically valuable and now she bails out BLM rioters’

No.9: She is wrong on a bunch of issues  — abortion, climate change, defund the police, just to name a few

No.10: She appears not to be a “native born citizen” since her parents were never more than “legal visitors

So she has a lot of strikes against her; not that DJT is any exemplar of greatness.  RFK Jr has some bad points to.  And, the libertarian candidate Chase is just absurd.  

Maybe this time, I just may sit it out.

Argh!

To quote from the movie “The Far Side of the World” Master and Commander Capt. Jack Aubrey: “There! I have you! You’re completely dished. … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?”

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SURVIVAL: Lucky to be alive despite wandering around

Friday, August 2, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13674497/mISSING-HIKER-ALIVE-SIERRA-NEVADA.html

Miracle as missing hiker, 70, is found alive after five days in the blistering Sierra Nevada – as he reveals the mistake got him lost and the trick he used to survive
By Bethan Sexton, Dailymail.Com
Published: 23:56 EDT, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 09:23 EDT, 26 July 2024

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A missing 70-year-old hiker who was miraculously been found alive after getting lost for five days in the blistering heat of the Sierra Nevada mountains has revealed how he managed to survive.

Warren Elliott disappeared last week after setting out on a stroll from his campsite in Rubicon Springs.

The experienced hiker made a wrong turn at around 3pm on Friday and ended up getting lost as the mercury soared to 90F, drinking from the nearby river and snacking on berries to survive.

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​Of course, the article doesn’t reveal the “mistake” or the “trick”.

(I don’t consider “making a wrong turn”, that might kill you, as a mere “mistake”.  It’s a “mistake” when you put ketchup on your hot dog instead of mustard.  Nor do I consider “drinking from a river and snacking on berries ” as a “trick”.)

He was lucky to survive.

Where was his daypack and at least his EDC (Every Day Carry)?  When you’re lost, it’s drilled into stop moving and stay put, so you can be found.  Nine crow miles away is obviously not staying put.  At least, when you “found” the river, make camp and build a smoky fire.  That’s a “trick” to get found. 

And, with all of these “rescues”, I always ask “who pays”? We know it’s the Taxpayer.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Too young to have First Amendment rights — I don’t think so!!!

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13647349/California-school-punished-girl-black-lives-matter-drawing.html

California teachers were right to severely punish girl, 7, for writing these words under Black Lives Matter drawing she gave to friend, judge rules
By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:30 EDT, 18 July 2024 | Updated: 09:17 EDT, 18 July 2024

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A California judge has ruled that teachers were right to punish a seven-year-old girl over a Black Lives Matter drawing because ‘she’s too young to have First Amendment rights.’

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Assuming that Gooferment Skrules gets Federal money, then where does the Bill of Rights say that?

Sorry but just another example of the Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats taking away RIGHTS that imbue from our humanity.

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RANT: Isn’t “double booking” a fraud?

Friday, July 5, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13568709/lawyer-kicked-flight-overbooked-colombia-los-angeles.html

Bizarre moment lawyer is kicked off Avianca flight from Colombia to LA after seat he had purchased three months prior was sold to a mother flying with two children

By Adriano Torres, Dailymail.com

Published: 17:01 EDT, 25 June 2024 | Updated: 17:55 EDT, 25 June 2024

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A lawyer held up a flight for almost an hour after he discovered that the airlines company Avianca had overbooked his seat.

The passenger, who identified himself as Juan Manuel in a recent video chat with the TikToker who filmed the incident, had purchased a roundtrip fare from Bogotá, Colombia, to Los Angeles before he was shocked to find out that there was a child sitting in his seat.

Manuel recalled arriving two and a half hours ahead of his trip at El Dorado International Airport for the first leg of his journey, before making a connection in El Salvador.

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This is far from uncommon.  In this day of technology, we were better off when the airlines did manual seat assignment with peel off stickers.  Yes, I am that old.  When you should up to the gate, you got your sticker assigning the seat.  When they ran out of stickers, you were out of luck.  Never heard of any problems.

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RANT: Rich Missouri couple fined for poisoning Maine neighbor’s trees blocking the view

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13545601/Maine-vacation-home-Gorman-Bond-camden-trees-poison.html

Maine vacation home owners who poisoned trees obscuring stunning ocean views from their $3.5 million property are threatened with prosecution

  •     High-profile Missouri couple fined for poisoning rich neighbor’s trees 

By Dominic Yeatman For Dailymail.Com
Published: 02:17 EDT, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 08:50 EDT, 19 June 2024

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A wealthy CEO who improved the sea-view from her $3.5million Maine vacation home by poisoning her wealthy neighbor’s trees faces fresh criminal investigation after paying $1.7 million in fines and settlements.

Amelia Bond secretly sprinkled four pounds of the lethal herbicide Tebuthiuron on trees belonging to Lisa Gorman in 2022, before offering to pay for their removal when they started dying.

Bond, former head of the $500 million St Louis Foundation, has since paid $1.5 million in compensation to Gorman after tests revealed her ploy.

*** end quote ***

Argh! 

I think that just a fine is not enough.  Time to teach these folks a lesson.  I’d bar them from the State until the trees grow back.  Maybe some jail time in Missouri, or Haiti might teach them a lesson.  Throw the book at these entitled fools.

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TINFOILHAT: Who killed Marilyn Monroe?

Saturday, June 22, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13524411/jfk-bobby-kennedy-role-marilyn-monroe-death-suicide.html

Unearthed claim about JFK and Bobby Kennedy’s involvement in Marilyn Monroe’s death… and all the signs it wasn’t a suicide, revealed by MAUREEN CALLAHAN: ‘I know who killed her’
By Maureen Callahan For DailyMail.Com
Published: 12:13 EDT, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 12:33 EDT, 16 June 2024

  • On Saturday, in an exclusive extract of her new book ‘Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed’, Maureen Callahan revealed the sordid secrets of Jackie and Aristotle Onassis’s marriage. Now, in this explosive next extract, she delves into the enduring mystery of Marilyn Monroe’s death…

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Both Kennedys were banned from Marilyn’s funeral by Joe DiMaggio.

‘I always knew who killed her, but I didn’t want to start a revolution in this country,’ he said later. ‘She told me someone would do her in, but I kept quiet.

‘The whole lot of Kennedys were lady-killers, and they always got away with it. They’ll be getting away with it a hundred years from now.’

*** end quote ***

I’m sure that JFK or Bobbie did NOT their own “wet work”.  

</sarcasm> … After all they were two good “Catholic” boys! … <sarcasm/>

One can’t read this excerpt without feel pity for Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio.  And disgust for the Kennedys!

Hard to read and not lose all respect for JFK despite all the good things he did and could have done.

Requiescat In Pacem Marilyn.

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JOBFINDING: Make your job output objective and verifiable

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13527925/wells-fargo-fires-employees-simulation-keyboard.html

Wells Fargo fires a dozen employees for pretending to work – here’s how they tried to get away with it
By Emma Richter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 16:36 EDT, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 16:44 EDT, 13 June 2024

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Dozens of Wells Fargo employees were fired after the bank investigated claims that they were pretending to work. 

The workers, who were all employed in the firm’s wealth and investment management unit, were let go last month after it was discovered they were allegedly involved in ‘simulation of keyboard activity,’ Bloomberg reported Thursday.  

According to disclosures filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the former employees were ‘creating an impression of active work’ through simulation tools. 

*** end quote ***

Back when I had a life, I supervised big and small groups.  Often, geographically spread across the USA and in one assignment globally.  Early in my career, I hated “evaluations”.  So I turned it into a game.  I’d ask the employee or consultant how they would like to be managed?  Most were in favor of a “low touch; high autonomy” environment.  Me 2!  So, I’d ask them for objective criteria that they could use to demonstrate productivity and thus high ratings.  

Later, AT&T came up with “ratings and rankings” to merge groups of employees’ performance across divisions and departments.  That was right up our strong suit.  When you could make statements like: “Joe cleared 95% of his tickets in less than and hour with high end User satisfaction ratings” or “Jane completed over 700 security exceptions with a MTTR of 4 hours and has received 36 positive User feedback emails to the Division Head from his counterpart.”  It was easy to justify that “my” Joe or Jane was “better” than  “their” Sam or Sarah. If “my” people didn’t get that “Outstanding” rating  — which meant more salary or bonus money and promotions  — I could tell them why and they could come up with their own “improvement plans”.  Win for them and win for me.  

I got high ratings for employee performance, morale, attendance, safety, and all sort of other stuff.  And, I was always AMAZED that “leadership” never asked me how I did it.  Which was fine with me.  I was happy to keep my “special sauce” secret.

In looking for a “job”, sell your past successes “objectively” and in metrics that focus on creating value for others.

IMHO

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DISCOURAGING: Isn’t killing animals the first step in the psychopath serial killers development?

Friday, June 14, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13508165/Teenagers-Cat-Murder-Gun-Shooting-Oregon-Video.html

Appalling 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. 

*** and ***

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.

*** end quote ***

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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DISCOURAGING: how low can the USA go?

Saturday, June 8, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13484975/Video-California-street-houses-wood-shantytown-oakland.html

Shocking new footage emerges of huge wooden ‘shantytown’ built in Democrat-run city whose name is byword for crime and urban decay
By Ishita Srivastava For Dailymail.Com
Published: 00:34 EDT, 2 June 2024 | Updated: 10:48 EDT, 2 June 2024

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Shocking footage has emerged showing a gigantic ‘shantytown’ that has sprung up in Oakland, as the California city’s slide into crime-ravaged squalor continues.  

Michael Oxford, the host of CaliBased, posted a video on May 31 of massive temporary houses built along service roads that open up into main roads in Hooverville, Oakland. 

The footage showed trash strewn around scores of houses that were built of wood, tarp and other discarded materials. 

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Not fair to call it Hooverville.  Even Biden-ville wouldn’t be fair.  Maybe Newsom-ville?

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VETERANS: Vets can”t seem to get “an official diagnosis” and the benefits they earned from a grateful nation

Monday, May 27, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13448193/nick-ranstad-sniper-afghanistan-message-joe-biden.html

The sniper with one of the longest kills in Afghanistan has a message for Joe Biden
By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:58 EDT, 26 May 2024 | Updated: 13:39 EDT, 26 May 2024

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Sergeant Nicholas Ranstad was twenty minutes into a nap when his spotter woke him up.

Four Taliban fighters were 1.28 miles away from the hut where the Army specialist sniper was living in Kunar Province in northeastern Afghanistan.

If the insurgents had looked more carefully, they would have seen white marks on boulders beside them. Randstad, a 28-year-old Florida native, had been using them for target practice for weeks.

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But what happened to Ranstad in the years that followed has become all too common among veterans from the War on Terror.

That story is one the Pentagon doesn’t want you to hear.

Eleven years after killing the Taliban fighter with a once-in-a-lifetime shot, he walked into the home of a friend, Marine veteran Sean Miller.

Like Ranstad, Miller was a fellow veteran who struggled with PTSD.

He had shot himself in the head.

Ranstad called 911 to report a suicide, but ended up being arrested and taken into custody because of the flurry of emotion he felt in the seconds that followed.

When he saw his friend’s body he was so upset he fired four rounds into the floor of the house.

He then ripped down the Marine flag outside Sean’s home and draped it over his body.

The responding officers read him his Miranda rights and he ended up in jail for several days before being released on a $10,000 bond.

He was charged with reckless use of a firearm and firing it inside a dwelling, and it took 13 months to clear his name.

Ranstad admits his reaction in that moment of rage wasn’t right, but the situation showed signs of a crisis that runs far deeper.

Now 45 years old, married for 18 years and with a child, he has been out of the military for six years.

He was honorably discharged because of his own battle with PTSD and the ongoing effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Thousands of veterans suffer from TBIs during their service, but trying to get an official diagnosis for them is a struggle.

It means veterans cannot get full benefits – even if they suffer symptoms such as headaches, insomnia, confusion, frayed memory, bad balance, racing hearts, paranoia, depression and random eruptions of rage or tears.

Ranstad’s story and his interactions with Sean before his tragic death are a painful reminder of the shortfalls of veteran care across the United States.

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Maybe the young boys and girls, who don’t make it home, are the “lucky ones”.

Instead of help, they get politicians and bureaucrats and “stolen valor”.

Sorry, but vets should be standing tall for their fellow vets and not tolerate this abuse.

GB GBA

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POLITICAL: Why aren’t Covid-19 cabal going to jail?

Saturday, April 20, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13298587/anthony-fauci-aide-covid-19-origins-emails-whistleblower.html

Bombshell emails show a top Fauci aide used his personal Gmail to ‘intentionally’ HIDE discussions about COVID origins… and would delete anything ‘incriminating’

  •  Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, revealed new documents from a whistleblower Thursday regarding federal official’s communications on the origins of COVID-19
  • They show that a senior advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci tried to hide correspondence by using a Gmail account 
  •  ‘I will delete anything I don’t want to see in the New York Times,’ the Fauci advisor previously told Republicans 

By Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter On Capitol Hill, For Dailymail.Com

Published: 18:03 EDT, 11 April 2024 | Updated: 18:28 EDT, 11 April 2024 

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New documents show that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s top U.S. health aide intentionally tried to hide his discussions about the origins of COIVD-19 by using his personal email. 

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, claimed a whistleblower provided him new bombshell materials obtained by DailyMail.com.

The unnamed whistleblower revealed emails showing that Dr. David Morens – Fauci’s top aide at the National Institutes of Health – allegedly used his personal Gmail account to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to skirt federal transparency laws.

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Sounds like, if there was any fairness in political life, that several people would be facing jail and fines.  Makes the J6 treatment look laughable.

Any wonder why people don’t respect politicians and bureaucrats? 

Time to shut down the CDC, FDA, FBI, DOJ, and the CIA!

Time to clean house and break up the USA as immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

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RANT: DJT is the victim of a vindictive witch hunt

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13219965/trump-bond-james-new-york-fraud-josh-hammer.html

Nothing’s better for Republican unity than Democratic lunacy! Biden and the Left are salivating at the chance of bankrupting Trump, but JOSH HAMMER reveals why the $454M ruling against Donald will end up costing THEM dearly

By Josh Hammer For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:48 EDT, 21 March 2024 | Updated: 10:08 EDT, 21 March 2024 

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In New York, there’s no bail for murderous thugs who roam the streets of the Big Apple.

Yet a Republican presidential candidate, leading in the polls against Uncle Joe, gets no such mercy.

Folks in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and other crime-ravaged NYC neighborhoods would love to see that reversed.

No one can earnestly look at what’s been done to Trump and see anything other than a vindictive witch hunt – and America is watching.

Who wants to live in a country where you’re targeted by the all-powerful state simply for holding the ‘wrong’ opinions?

Never-Trumpers and supporters of Nikki Haley have a choice this November: It’s either Trump or these vicious leftists, who’ll stop at nothing to injure their political opponents.

It won’t be a hard choice.

Josh Hammer is the syndicated host of ‘The Josh Hammer Show’ and senior editor-at-large at Newsweek 

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Anyone, who has any sense of fair play, should be outraged at this perversion of “justice”.

Sorry from the get go this is nothing more than a modern day lynching.

Shome on “We, The Sheeple” in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk for letting this happen.

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DISCOURAGING: ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ replaced by “Army values”?

Friday, March 22, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13196933/West-Point-duty-honor-country-slogan-dropped-woke-army.html

West Point military academy drops ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ motto from its mission statement – as furious veterans’ slam ‘progressive ideology’ for eroding tradition

  •     The phrase, which was added in 1998, will be replaced with the words ‘Army Values,’ according to Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland
  •     The lieutenant general claimed the new mission statement ‘binds the Academy to the Army’ while ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ is foundational to Academy culture
  •     West Point’s mission statement has changed nine times in the past

By Noa Halff For Dailymail.Com
Published: 10:13 EDT, 14 March 2024 | Updated: 11:11 EDT, 14 March 2024

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In the 1962 speech at West Point, Gen. Douglas MacArthur said, ‘The long gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, Honor, Country.’

WTH does that mean?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Need a new form of id for children traveling?

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13106377/southwest-flight-accuses-mom-child-trafficking-son.html

Wild moment Florida mom is accused of CHILD TRAFFICKING at Ohio airport after traveling with her four-year-old son on Southwest flight

By Ruth Bashinsky For Dailymail.Com

Published: 07:24 EST, 2 March 2024 | Updated: 11:24 EST, 2 March 2024

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A ‘traumatized’ single mom has claimed Southwest Airlines accused her of child trafficking while she was traveling with her four-year-old son from Florida to Ohio.

Video footage shows the moment Mary Bridgetta Tomarchio, 45, was confronted by two armed police officers at at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on February 17 after receiving a suspicious report from ‘a pilot’. 

Tomarchio told DailyMail.com she thought the officers were joking at first but quickly became terrified as they questioned her and asked for proof she was his mother.  

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While “child trafficking” is a terrible problem, there must be a better way of checking?

Argh!

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INSPIRATIONAL: Jackie, a bald eagle, demonstrated motherly dedication

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062175/bald-eagle-mother-jackie-eggs-livestream-weather.html

Bald eagle Jackie’s livestream is turned into weather apocalypse film as expecting mom braves California’s tropical storm-force winds, relentless rain and heavy snow shielding three small eggs
By Mackenzie Tatananni For Dailymail.Com
Published: 14:55 EST, 8 February 2024 | Updated: 19:05 EST, 8 February 2024

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Jackie, a bald eagle, shakes powder off her feathers as she settles into a snow heap overlooking a California valley.

Invisible to the eye, a cozy nest sits underneath, kept warm by her body heat.

Jackie has been guarding her three eggs from the elements ever since a powerful atmospheric river pummeled the region last week.

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Life is tough in the wild.  Something we humans forget all to easily.  Life is precious.  

How did the eagles learn to survive?

Make me think hard thoughts.

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GOVERNACIDE: The cruel and unusual punishment of Kenneth Eugene Smith

Thursday, February 1, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13008191/Kenneth-Eugene-Smith-nitrogen-executed-first.html

Wife of killer Kenneth Eugene Smith ‘cried out’ during his historic 22-minute-long nitrogen execution – which witness described as ‘horrific’ as he thrashed and ‘convulsed’ on gurney

  •     The convicted killer, 58, had a gas mask placed over his face before a stream of 100 percent nitrogen gas suffocated him  
  •     Smith’s pastor told DailyMail.com beforehand he was ‘really struggling’, and ate only a small part of his final meal of steak, hashbrowns and eggs  
  •     He was sentenced to death in 1996 over the murder-for-hire slaying of a pastor’s wife eight years prior  

By Will Potter and Neirin Gray Desai In Atmore, Alabama, For Dailymail.Com
Published: 21:35 EST, 25 January 2024 | Updated: 07:37 EST, 26 January 2024 

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The wife of Kenneth Eugene Smith cried out for her killer husband as he thrashed against his restraints, suffering as he became the first person in history to be executed via nitrogen hypoxia. 

Smith, 58, was put to death Thursday in a ‘horrific’ 22-minute ordeal when a gas mask was placed over his face, before a stream of 100 percent nitrogen gas suffocated him inside the execution chamber at the William C. Holman prison in Atmore, Alabama. 

The murderer’s spiritual guide, Jeff Hood, described the execution as the ‘worst thing’ he had ever seen, claiming prison officials gasped in shock as he died far slower than anticipated.

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As a pro-life little L libertarian, I find this horrifying.

The Gooferment should never EVER be allowed to kill people.  How can we differentiate between those that MIGHT ‘deserve it” and those who the Gooferment deems do “deserve it” because of their opinions, life style, or religion.

On a philosophical or moral level, the Gooferment can NOT be trusted with this “power”.

As a practical matter, the only time that it should have this power is when a convict is to dangerous to the prison guards.  Then, and only then, should the Gooferment be able to seek permission from a jury.

Think Hanible Lector or a convict who kills a prison guard or another inmate.  Maybe even a convict who assaults or rapes might deserve this “eternal reward”.

Now consider the manner of death in this specific instance of “nitrogen suffocation”,  Can anyone truthfully say this is not “cruel and unusual punishment” that is prohibited by Constitutional Amendment?  Shame on us for allowing it.

As reprehensible as Smith was, we as a society should be ashamed.

IMHO

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DISCOURAGING: Now Oakland’s low lifes are stealing ornatmental trees

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12988267/BONSAI-trees-stolen-garden-Oakland-California-crime.html

Eight ‘priceless’ BONSAI trees are stolen from volunteer garden in crime-ridden Oakland – the fourth such theft in two years – as California city’s progressive mayor and DA both face recall efforts

  •     Eight bonsai trees worth approximately $20,000 in total were stolen in Oakland 
  •     The stolen trees include a rare hinoki cypress that was about 100 years old
  •     The California city’s progressive mayor Sheng Thao and DA Pamela Price are facing recalling efforts from residents 

By Dolores Chang For Dailymail.Com
Published: 00:33 EST, 21 January 2024 | Updated: 04:20 EST, 21 January 2024 

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And the local in-and-out burger joint closed because of out-of-control crime.

Guess no one has ever heard of Giuliani / Kelly “broken window policing”.

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