Monday, June 10, 2024
https://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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Thursday, May 30, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/05/21/opinion/i-was-inside-the-court-when-the-judge-closed-the-trump-trial-and-what-i-saw-shocked-me/
I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me
Alan Dershowitz
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I have observed and participated in trials throughout the world. I have seen justice and injustice in China, Russia, Ukraine, England, France, Italy, Israel, as well as in nearly 40 of our 50 states.
But in my 60 years as a lawyer and law professor, I have never seen a spectacle such as the one I observed sitting in the front row of the courthouse yesterday.
The judge in Donald Trump’s trial was an absolute tyrant, though he appeared to the jury to be a benevolent despot. He seemed automatically to be ruling against the defendant at every turn.
Alan Dershowitz was allowed to stay in the courtroom during former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial while Judge Merchan scolded witness Robert Costello.
Many experienced lawyers raised their eyebrows when the judge excluded obviously relevant evidence when offered by the defense, while including irrelevant evidence offered by the prosecution.
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When politics prevents fair trials, it’s time to “retire” the judges involved.
At the very least, don’t lawyers like Alan Dershowitz have an obligation to report the judge’s conduct to the Bar Association for an inquiry?
Argh!
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/05/20/opinion/its-time-to-stop-the-madness-of-trans-athletes-destroying-womens-sports/
Opinion
It’s time to stop the unfair, unequal madness of trans athletes destroying women’s sports
By Piers Morgan
Published May 20, 2024
Updated May 20, 2024, 1:17 p.m. ET
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It was like watching Usain Bolt compete in the women’s 200 meters and annihilating current world champion Shericka Jackson.
He’s run it in 19.19 seconds, while Jackson’s fastest time is 21.41, over two seconds slower.
That’s not because Bolt is a “better” runner, it’s because he has a bigger, stronger, faster male biology, which is why the sexes are separated in athletics.
And that’s why it’s so unfair for trans athletes to compete against women.
World Athletics has already concluded this and barred them, but many lower-level US sports bodies have been shamefully slow to follow.
Why?
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Sorry, but it is essential unfair to have men compete against women in athletics.
Unless we handicap them like in horse racing …
Argh!
As much as I hate to agree with Piers, when he is right, he is right.
Seems so simple.
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Sunday, May 12, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/california-mocked-over-high-speed-rail-bridge-to-nowhere-that-took-9-years-to-build/
California mocked over $11 billion high-speed rail bridge to nowhere that took 9 years to build
By Rich Calder
Published May 4, 2024, 5:17 p.m. ET
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California is taking of heat for celebrating the completion of an high-speed rail bridge that has cost taxpayers $11 billion and took nine years to build — and clearly goes nowhere.
Critics — including Tesla founder Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy Markus — are ripping the California High Speed Rail Authority after it boasted about last year’s completion of a “Fresno River Viaduct,” a mere sliver of the state’s long-delayed, bullet-train project attempting to link San Francisco to Los Angeles
“This is the most remarkable human achievement ever,” joked Markus, the creator of the jokey cryptocurrency, on X Friday.
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If this wasn’t so sad and frustrating, then it might be funny ha ha.
As it is, it is evidence that the political class of the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah need to be replaced by nothing,
11 BILLION dollars to go no where?
Who’s brother-in-law got that contract?
If nothing else, the time value of money is ignored. And, by the time something connects with it, it’s going to be obsolete or decayed.
Argh!
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/05/02/us-news/nypd-officer-fired-gun-during-raid-on-columbias-hamilton-hall-that-was-illegally-taken-by-anti-israel-protesters-da/
NYPD officer ‘accidentally’ fired gun during raid on Columbia anti-Israel protesters inside Hamilton Hall
By Kyle Schnitzer, Larry Celona, Katherine Donlevy
Published May 2, 2024, 7:24 p.m. ET
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Interesting how diktats are enforced?
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Thursday, May 2, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/media/bill-maher-rips-dems-in-quiet-on-set-rant-says-left-will-overlook-child-sex-abuse-if-guy-from-the-wrong-party-calls-it-out/
Bill Maher rips Dems in ‘Quiet on Set’ rant, says left will overlook child sex abuse if ‘wrong party’ calls it out
By Alexandra Steigrad
Published April 22, 2024, 12:01 p.m. ET
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Comedian Bill Maher went on a blistering tirade against “woke” ideology, saying that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “wasn’t wrong” when he called out Disney for sexualizing children, and that liberals were willing to “overlook” it because it was a Republican who spoke out.
The host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” delved into the shocking revelations from Max documentary, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” during his latest episode Friday.
“OMG. Nickelodeon? It wasn’t a studio, it was Neverland Ranch with craft services,” Maher said.
Bill Maher said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “wasn’t wrong” when he criticized Disney for sexualizing children.
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Maher said Nickelodeon isn’t all that different than Disney, citing a report that showed a slew of workers at the Mouse House, too, had been arrested for sex crimes against kids.
“A 2014 CNN report discovered that at least 35 Disney employees had been arrested for sex crimes against children. And in 2021, Disney child star Alyson Stoner confessed she only narrowly survived the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline. The next year, child star Cole Sprouse told The New York Times that young actresses at the Disney Channel were heavily sexualized from an early age,” he said.
*** and ***
“Oh, for pedophiles in Hollywood. It’s a small world, after all,” the comedian deadpanned. “DeSantis wasn’t wrong! But we’re so tribal now, the left will overlook child-f—ing if the guy from the wrong party calls it out.”
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Bill Maher is like Piers Morgan in my book. I don’t always agree with their politics, but I listen when they “hit one out of the park”.
In this case, Maher is “right over the target” to chastise those who would absolve child predators because they are of the correct party.
Sounds like Nickelodeon, Disney, and Hollywood in general need a “colonoscopy” level investigation of all the allegations and convictions.
Some long prison sentences and “banishments” need to be handed out with lots of publicity.
Argh!
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/opinion/where-the-hell-are-the-parents-of-these-deluded-columbia-students-chanting-about-attacking-jews/
Where the hell are the parents of these deluded Columbia students chanting about attacking Jews?
By Piers Morgan
Published April 30, 2024, 11:15 a.m. ET
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How on Earth has it come to this?
I’m all for the right to peaceful protest — it’s the bedrock of any democratic society.
And I’m all for university students vociferously expressing themselves about world events.
But when they make direct calls for violent action against Jews, that doesn’t just cross my red line, it tramples all over it.
And if this were one of my kids, I’d be headed straight up to Columbia faster than Usain Bolt on Adderall to drag them out of that hateful tented tinderbox.
Not least because I suspect many of these protesters don’t really understand what they’re doing and have been swept along on a wave of virtue-signaling peer pressure to show how much they “care” about Gaza.
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I’m always amazed when I agree with any pundit.
In this case, calls to violence are just criminal.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/04/17/entertainment/mariska-hargitay-helps-lost-child-find-her-parent-while-filming-law-and-order-svu-in-nyc/
‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay mistaken for real-life cop by lost child
- Mariska Hargitay helps lost child find her parent while filming ‘Law and Order: SVU’ in NYC
By Jack Hobbs
Published April 17, 2024, 3:06 p.m. ET
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Shortly before the 25th season premiere, Hargitay told People how the show has impacted her.
“We’ve been on a parallel journey,” she said. “There’s a thing: WWOBD, ‘What would Olivia Benson do?’ The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me. I also have those moments where I’ve sort of slipped into her.”
“If there’s a crisis, I just take over and lead like that. Being strong and fearless. It’s sort of this perfect feminist story.”
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Life imitates art or visa verso.
The lesson is that if you pretend to be “strong and fearless”, then you can become “strong and fearless” IRL.
Interesting and inspirational to have this concept echoed in a beautiful story.
WWOBD. WWJD. What Would <insert your personal hero> Do.
Maybe “What Should I Do” that would make my Mom proud?
Only you can answer.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/04/17/entertainment/mariska-hargitay-helps-lost-child-find-her-parent-while-filming-law-and-order-svu-in-nyc/
‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay mistaken for real-life cop by lost child
- Mariska Hargitay helps lost child find her parent while filming ‘Law and Order: SVU’ in NYC
By Jack Hobbs
Published April 17, 2024, 3:06 p.m. ET
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Shortly before the 25th season premiere, Hargitay told People how the show has impacted her.
“We’ve been on a parallel journey,” she said. “There’s a thing: WWOBD, ‘What would Olivia Benson do?’ The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me. I also have those moments where I’ve sort of slipped into her.”
“If there’s a crisis, I just take over and lead like that. Being strong and fearless. It’s sort of this perfect feminist story.”
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Life imitates art or visa verso.
The lesson is that if you pretend to be “strong and fearless”, then you can become “strong and fearless” IRL.
Interesting and inspirational to have this concept echoed in a beautiful story.
WWOBD. WWJD. What Would <insert your personal hero> Do.
Maybe “What Should I Do” that would make my Mom proud?
Only you can answer.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/04/17/entertainment/mariska-hargitay-helps-lost-child-find-her-parent-while-filming-law-and-order-svu-in-nyc/
‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay mistaken for real-life cop by lost child
- Mariska Hargitay helps lost child find her parent while filming ‘Law and Order: SVU’ in NYC
By Jack Hobbs
Published April 17, 2024, 3:06 p.m. ET
*** begin quote ***
Shortly before the 25th season premiere, Hargitay told People how the show has impacted her.
“We’ve been on a parallel journey,” she said. “There’s a thing: WWOBD, ‘What would Olivia Benson do?’ The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me. I also have those moments where I’ve sort of slipped into her.”
“If there’s a crisis, I just take over and lead like that. Being strong and fearless. It’s sort of this perfect feminist story.”
*** end quote ***
Life imitates art or visa verso.
The lesson is that if you pretend to be “strong and fearless”, then you can become “strong and fearless” IRL.
Interesting and inspirational to have this concept echoed in a beautiful story.
WWOBD. WWJD. What Would <insert your personal hero> Do.
Maybe “What Should I Do” that would make my Mom proud?
Only you can answer.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/congestion-price-toll-evaders-turn-upper-nyc-into-parking-lot/
NYC’s Upper West Side already becoming commuter parking lot for congestion-pricing evaders
By Chris Harris
Published April 6, 2024 — Updated April 6, 2024, 9:16 a.m. ET
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The Upper West Side is about to become a commuter parking lot.
Already notorious for its scarcity of spaces, the parking situation on the UWS has reached new lows of desperation ahead of the mid-June implementation of the Big Apple’s much-maligned, five-years-in-the-making congestion parking plan, which the MTA’s board authorized last month.
“The situation up here is untenable,” said longtime West 79th Street resident Renee Baruch, who’s noticed a steady uptick since January in the number of cars with out-of-state plates circling her block each morning.
“They’re on Riverside Drive, on side streets, with plates from all over, and you’re seeing the same ones every day,” explained Baruch, part of a consortium of Manhattanites that continues to push pols for a parking permitting system.
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Ahh, what will “We, The Sheeple” do?
I bet just suck it up and take it. Death by a thousand cuts. How do you eat a whole baloney? Once slice at a time.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/us-news/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-after-testifying-against-company/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3
Boeing whistleblower found dead in hotel parking lot just days after testifying against airplane giant≥
By Joe Tacopino and David Propper
Published March 11, 2024
Updated March 12, 2024, 6:32 a.m. ET
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A Boeing whistleblower was found dead in his truck in the parking lot of his South Carolina hotel after he failed to show up for the second part of his testimony for a bombshell lawsuit against the company, a report said Monday.
John Barnett, 62, had raised safety concerns at the airline’s factories and provided his first testimony just days before he was found dead from an apparent “self-inflicted” gunshot wound, the Charleston County coroner told the BBC.
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Isn’t that convenient?
Reminds me of a Clinton “suicide” or three.
But it should have happened before the first day of testimony.
Wonder if there is video? Maybe mind control.
Sure convenient though.
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Saturday, March 2, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/02/25/opinion/hamas-hijacks-british-democracy-1199seius-money-grab-and-other-commentary/
Opinion editorial
Hamas hijacks British democracy, 1199SEIU’s money grab and other commentary
By Post Editorial Board
Published Feb. 25, 2024, 4:24 p.m. ET
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Eye on Albany: 1199SEIU’s Money Grab
A review of health-care union 1199SEIU’s disclosures this last decade reveals that “a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid funds earmarked to improve nursing home care have instead flowed to a pair of benefit funds providing health coverage for 1199 members,” grumbles the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond. And some of that cash was diverted to a union project “sponsoring a multi-million-dollar TV ad campaign in support of higher Medicaid funding for hospitals.” That is: “Medicaid dollars have indirectly financed lobbying for more Medicaid dollars.” Meanwhile, the union’s National Benefit Fund, which had “a pattern of negative cash flow” from 2018 to 2020, restored “fiscal balance by increasing the contribution rates from its member employers — and by securing continued subsidies from the state.”
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And, that is essentially the problem with Gooferment programs and Gooferment unions.
Of course, the “unions” provide “campaign” contributions and labor, so no conflict of interest there.
Can we say “self-licking ice cream cone”!
Argh!
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/02/23/us-news/flaco-the-owl-who-escaped-central-park-zoo-dead-after-apparent-nyc-building-collision/
Flaco, beloved owl who escaped Central Park Zoo year ago, dead: officials
By Richard Pollina
Published Feb. 23, 2024
Updated Feb. 24, 2024, 1:14 a.m. ET
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Though the Eurasian Eagle Owl is not native to North America, Flaco had been successfully feasting on the plentiful bounty of rats in Central Park and around the city since his escape.
“He has been very successful at hunting and consuming the abundant prey in the park,” the zoo said last year.
The Eurasian Eagle Owl is one of the larger owl species, with a wingspan of up to 79 inches and weighing three to nine pounds, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
*** and ***
The Eurasian Eagle Owl is not currently on the endangered species list but has been flagged as a “concerned” species given the decline in local populations worldwide.
*** end quote ***
Now I’m just a fat old white guy retired injineer but could the Universe have just sent us a “messenger” in the shape of Flaco, the beloved Eurasian Eagle Owl, as to how to control rats in NYC?
We know that NYC rats are BIG problem. Some of them are the size of small pigs. And they breed prolifically.
Since NYC residents can’t seem to control them and the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk City are equally helpless, let solve this species’ “concerned” status.
I’m always reluctant to mess with the Universe, but maybe a few breeding pairs of Flaco’s cousins, could bring the rat population under control. Hell, maybe Eurasian Eagle Owl could replace the other “rat” in the City — the pigeon.
A win for all involved at a minimal cost.
Maybe John Oliver could get NYC to make the Eurasian Eagle Owl the City’s official bird? It worked for the Pūteketeke in New Zealand!
(Hey John Oliver, feel free to steal this idea for a signed picture of you with an Eurasian Eagle Owl. Otherwise, © 2019 Ferdinand J. Reinke All Rights Reserved. Laugh!)
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Friday, February 9, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/02/09/news/doctors-call-for-biden-to-take-mental-competency-test-after-scathing-classified-docs-report-something-isnt-right/?utm_source=sailthru
Is this how the DNC dumps Old Joe and makes room for “Big Mike” to replace him?
Argh! Sigh!
Need age limits for politicians and bureaucrats?
Suggest the Full Social Security Retirement age as a good standard!
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/metro/date-set-for-vote-to-replace-disgraced-george-santos/
Metro
Hochul sets Feb. 13 House special election to replace NY’s George Santos
By Social Links for Vaughn Golden and Carl Campanile
Published Dec. 5, 2023, 6:14 p.m. ET
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A special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by expelled former Rep. George Santos will take place on Feb. 13, 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday.
Hochul set the date for the vote in New York’s Third Congressional District one day after calling her former challenger, ex-Rep. Tom Suozzi, to the governor’s mansion in Albany to bend the knee following his ill-fated primary bid last year.
“We had a good meeting and cleared the air, and I appreciate her making the time,” Suozzi said. “At a time of strong political division, I offered to be another moderate voice as the Governor works to solve problems and make progress.”
Suozzi repped the Queens and Nassau County district for six years before leaving to run against Hochul in the gubernatorial race, opening the way for Santos to upset Democrat Robert Zimmerman as part of a midterm red wave in the Empire State.
*** end quote ***
Why have the expense of a “special election”? Just leave it vacant until the next regular election!
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Monday, December 11, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/news/la-homeowner-fatally-shoots-suspect-during-attempted-burglary/
LA homeowner fatally shoots suspect during attempted burglary as horrified child, grandma watch
By Social Links for Isabel Keane
Published Dec. 4, 2023, 8:33 a.m. ET
*** begin quote ***
A Los Angeles homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar over the weekend after a group of men wearing dark hoodies and masks broke into his home — where a child and grandmother were left rattled by the brazen attempted burglary.
Police responded to the Granada Hills home around 5 a.m. Saturday morning after receiving radio calls of shots fired inside the residence.
The homeowner told police he was inside his home when three or four unknown men wearing “dark clothing, hoodies and masks” broke in, the Los Angeles Police Department wrote on X.
“A suspect pointed a weapon at the victim and while the suspects were inside the residence, the victim produced a firearm and a shooting occurred,” the department wrote.
*** and ***
The homeowner, who was photographed outside the residence seemingly in handcuffs, was taken to the Devonshire Community Police Station to be interviewed, though they were later released.
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Give you some insight into the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah’s attitude towards guns?
“No law ever written has stopped any robber, rapist or killer, like cold blue steel in the hands of their last intended victim.” —W. Emerson Wright
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Monday, October 30, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/business/mcdonalds-revenue-soars-as-it-hikes-menu-prices-18-big-macs/
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Existing franchisees who plan to maintain their current footprint or who buy a franchise from another operator, as well as those who rebuild existing locations or transfer their franchise to a family member, will not be affected by the price hike.
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Isn’t that a taxable event?
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Friday, October 27, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/10/18/delta-air-lines-backtracks-changes-to-its-skymiles-program-after-customer-revolt/
Delta Air Lines backtracks changes to its SkyMiles program after customer revolt
By Associated Press
Published Oct. 18, 2023, 6:36 p.m. ET
*** begin quote ***
Henry Harteveldt, a travel analyst at Atmosphere Research Group, said some SkyMiles members will still be unhappy about Delta moving to an entirely spending-based program, and will view even the reduced requirements as too rich.
“I don’t think these concessions are going to go far enough to placate the disgruntled Medallions,” he said. “Given the mercenary mindset that many travelers have, they will fly other airlines and not look back.”
Less than two weeks after Delta announced the SkyMiles overhaul, Bastian announced that the Atlanta-based airline was taking another look at the matter. He said Delta “probably went too far” with the proposed changes.
*** end quote ***
File this under “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it”.
You’d think that a CEO, or more likely the CFO, would have an eagle’s eye focus on <synonym for the act of procreation> with the Customer experience!
Was anyone watching Bud Light’s self-inflicted suicide?
Customer reactions are in vogue now. People are saying ‘I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!’
Don’t do anything to disturb that nice steady cash flow.
# – # – # – # – #
‘I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!’ I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell – ‘I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!’ Things have got to change. But first, you’ve gotta get mad!… You’ve got to say, ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!’ Then we’ll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: [screaming at the top of his lungs] “I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!” — the character Howard Beale played by Peter Finch in the movie Network (1976)
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/boy-6-who-wounded-teacher-boasted-i-shot-that-bitch-dead/
Virginia 6-year-old who wounded teacher Abigail Zwerner with gun boasted: ‘I shot that bitch dead’
By Yaron Steinbuch — August 9, 2023 9:42am Updated
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The 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher with his mother’s gun later bragged about it to a school employee – shockingly claiming, “I shot that bitch dead,” according to newly unsealed search warrants.
After the first-grader shot Abigail Zwerner at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News on Jan. 6, reading specialist Amy Kovac held the boy until cops arrived, according to the documents obtained by WTKR.
“I did it … I shot that bitch dead,” the pint-sized pistol packer bragged, the docs show. “I got my mom’s gun last night.”
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In a statement to WTKR, the Newport News School District said in response to the search warrant that “unfortunately, FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, prevents schools from releasing information from a student’s education record.
“U.S. Department of Education guidance states ‘schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student’s education record,’” the statement says.
“Newport News Public Schools is unable to comment on this matter in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,” it adds.
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Sorry but it sounds like the prosecutors are letting this go to easily.
Lot of blame to go around, but let’s focus on how the 6 years old gets a gun into school and learns to talk like that.
And, the school district seems to be hiding behind “privacy” to hide the records.
Argh!
Seems like Gooferment Skrules are as dangerous as prisons!
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Friday, July 14, 2023
Boatjumping TikTok trends claim 4 lives in 6 months in Alabama
https://nypost.com/2023/07/08/boatjumping-tiktok-trends-claim-4-lives-in-6-months-in-alabama/
Dangerous TikTok trends claim 4 lives in 6 months in Alabama: officials
By Katherine Donlevy July 8, 2023 11:44pm Updated
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At least four people — including a father — have died in recent months for giving in to a new and deadly TikTok trend, Alabama authorities said.
The thrill-seekers jumped or flipped off the backs of speeding boats, only to break their necks on the wake and drown, according to Cpt. Jim Dennis of the Childersburg Rescue Squad.
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The high rate of speed of the boat combined with the still water make for a dangerous landing pad that feels similar to concrete.
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Seems like an important topic to discuss with all the young adults in your care. TikTok seems to be a font of bad ideas. Argh! Makes me sad to think of all the potential Darwin award winners. Argh! Argh!
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/07/08/the-blueprint-is-set-to-end-joe-bidens-shaky-reign-in-the-white-house/
The blueprint is set to end Joe Biden’s shaky reign in the White House
By Michael Goodwin
July 8, 2023
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Stein’s Law holds that “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
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Meanwhile, Dems could have an open primary, with Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sens. Amy Klobachur, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, and Pete Buttigieg and other dreamers free to pick up where they left off in 2020.
Even Sen. Bernie Sanders would probably try again and why not Hillary, too?
It all sounds far-fetched — until you imagine a Trump-Biden rematch, with Biden hobbled by a terrible first term and both candidates accused of crimes.
If Democrats stick with Biden under those circumstances, they’ll be inviting the second coming of Trump.
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Sounds like we need to put a mandatory retirement age along with term limits amount some of the other changes need to cut the Gooferment down in size and intrusiveness.
At the very least repealing the Seventeenth Amendment would put the State Legislatures back in charge of Senators and eliminate “carpet bagging” individuals from buying seats to the big graft bonanza.
A mandatory retirement age tied to the Social Security “full benefit” retirement age might be a nice touch.
Then kill many if not all of the TLAs (i.e., three letter agencies). If we do need a small Department of Agriculture to help the States coordinate, then they should reside in the State they are coordinating for but I bet the States could figure out how to do it faster, cheaper, and easier.
Argh!
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Esther Wang, 16, walks out of Canadian wilderness after frantic search
https://nypost.com/2023/07/02/esther-wang-16-walks-out-of-canadian-wilderness-after-frantic-search/
Lost 16-year-old hiker walks out of Canadian wilderness on her own after frantic 54-hour search
By Patrick Reilly — July 2, 2023 12:44am Updated
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A 16-year-old girl who went missing after getting separated from her hiking group in the Canadian wilderness was found safe after a frantic 54-hour search, officials said.
Esther Wang was found in Golden Ears Park in British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Friday.
“She is healthy, she is happy and she is with family,” RCMP Superintendent Wendy Mehat said in a statement.
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Happy ending and a great survival story. Apparently well prepared and didn’t panic. Figured her own way out. Very impressive. Not sure I’d do as well.
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Thursday, June 1, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/06/01/video-shows-chicago-man-robbed-at-gunpoint-at-front-door/
Chilling video shows Chicago dad robbed at gunpoint in front of home as wife, kids slept inside
By Yaron Steinbuch — June 1, 2023 8:09am
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A chilling video captured the moment a Chicago resident was robbed at gunpoint by a group of masked thugs in front of his home as his wife, kids and other relatives slept inside.
Victor Galena Sr. was on his way to work about 6 a.m. Friday in the Windy City’s Hermosa neighborhood when he and two companions were accosted by a group of robbers wearing black ski masks, CBS News Chicago reported.
“They started pointing a gun at my dad and [one of his companions] who was up here on those stairs,” the victim’s son Victor Galena Jr. told the news outlet.
The group had been counting the money that they planned to spend on construction tools that day when they were attacked by thugs.
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“It’s the people that you look up to that you call right away when you need someone to defend you, and if they can’t defend you, then who are you going to call if you’re defenseless by yourself?” he added.
Police said the same group of brazen thieves later committed the same crime against at least 10 other people — part of a string of robberies in which they target residents leaving for or arriving at their jobs.
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Sure glad that Chicago is “gun free”.
Wait until the vigilantes start to protect themselves.
This gang could be caught in a “honeypot”. Early AM counting money with armed back up hidden away.
End of gang of robbers.
But then the liberal woke politicians and bureaucrats would be after their scalps.
Argh!
Hard to believe that “We, The Sheeple” have ALLOWED politicians and bureaucrats to disarm us.
“God made men and women; Sam Colt made them equal.” — Unknown
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“I particularly like unlimited concealed carry. If the criminal regards the general public as sheep to be shorn, then let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock.
Guess which gay to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Pink Pistol and you’re dead!
Guess which woman to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Paxton Quigly and you’re dead!
Guess which brown person to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Massad Ayoob and you’re dead!”
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GUNS: Let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock
I still believe this is THE solution to crime in “our” cities.
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Thursday, June 1, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/boy-14-busted-in-unprovoked-attack-on-man-71-in-nyc-cops/
Teen arrested in random beating of man, 71, as NYPD seeks additional suspect in elderly assault
By c — May 25, 2023 11:06am
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A 14-year-old boy was busted this week for allegedly slugging an elderly man in an unprovoked attack in Midtown, cops said.
The teen was nabbed at his home Wednesday and charged with assault in connection to the May 6 assault on a 71-year-old man on West 55th Street near Broadway, police said.
The boy approached the septuagenarian from behind just after 9 p.m., punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground, authorities said.
The pint-sized assailant took off, and the senior was taken to Mount Sinai West for medical treatment, cops said.
Days after the attack, police released a photo of the suspect, standing with one clenched fist, in hopes of tracking him down.
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Little coward needs to be treated as an “adult”. Sorry but Heinlein had the correct take on “juvenile delinquents”.
“I told you that ‘juvenile delinquent’ is a contradiction in terms. ‘Delinquent’ means ‘failing in duty.’ But duty is an adult virtue—indeed a juvenile becomes an adult when, and only when, he acquires a knowledge of duty and embraces it as dearer than the self-love he was born with. There never was, there cannot be a ‘juvenile delinquent.’ But for every juvenile criminal there are always one or more adult delinquents—people of mature years who either do not know their duty, or who, knowing it, fail.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
This 14 year old is a “criminal” and should be treated as such.
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Friday, May 26, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/05/21/man-is-brutally-attacked-by-mob-of-cyclists-in-downtown-la/
Video shows man brutally attacked by mob of cyclists in downtown LA
By Ronny Reyes
May 21, 2023 6:21pm
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A man driving a pickup truck was pummeled by a group of young bicyclists during a broad-daylight attack in the downtown Los Angeles jewelry district.
Video footage captured the moment the victim was knocked to the ground by a group of people who stomped and kicked him ruthlessly near Hill and 6th Street on Thursday.
A witness said the fracas started when the cyclists claimed the man struck one of their bikes.
The victim, who has not been identified, covered his head as the assailants delivered brutal kicks.
A group of local jewelers quickly arrived and yelled at the group to stop.
One bystander could be seen removing his belt and whipping it around to scare off the cyclists.
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One msn versus a number of thugs; how to even the “playing field”?
And, the police arrive after everyone has left.
If the victim had been armed, then the incident probably would have never happened.
And if the attackers were shot at, shot, wounded, or (heaven forbid) killed, then I am sure we would see the victim prosecuted and the attackers lauded as “good little children”.
Argh!
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