Friday, January 27, 2023
Talk about adding insult to injury
CHICAGO — A man shot during an attempted robbery on the CTA Green Line Friday has been charged, according to the Chicago Police Department.
'Migrants'
NEW YORK - Four migrants who were bused to New York City are facing charges in connection with a snatch-and-grab robbery of a Long Island Macy's store.
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According to Newsday, Nassau County police said the four may have ties to a South American thievery ring.
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They escaped in a BMW and two of them were released without bail. Isn't America wonderful?
Damn, Tif - tell us how you really feel about Dollar General
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville Police arrested a woman on Monday for allegedly robbing a Dollar General store at gunpoint in Nashville.
According to the arrest affidavit, two employees observed 29-year-old Tiffany Mendez walk into their store on Monday with her two young children. They told police that Mendez asked to use the store’s bathroom, and when she was told it was not for public use, she walked to the back of the store and “used the bathroom on the floor.”
Memphis PD Release Shocking Bodycam Footage of Five Cops Beating Tyre Nichols
Memphis PD released shocking bodycam footage of five police officers beating Tyre Nichols on January 7, the injuries from which cost him his life.
For Nines - David Gilmour - Live in Gdańsk
VIDEO HERE (1 hour 55 minutes)
The final show of his On an Island Tour in 2006, where he played to an audience of 50,000 at the Gdańsk Shipyard to celebrate the founding of the Solidarity trade union.
Gilmour played the entire On an Island album during this concert.
It's the final Pink Floyd-related recording to feature Richard Wright, who died on 15 September 2008, one week before the album's official release. Also notably, this concert took place approximately one month following the death of Syd Barrett. Gilmour and his band were backed by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zbigniew Preisner. Leszek Możdżer was featured on piano as a special guest
Tracks
"Castellorizon"
"On an Island"
"The Blue"
"Red Sky at Night"
"This Heaven"
"Then I Close My Eyes"
"Smile"
"Take a Breath"
"A Pocketful of Stones"
"Where We Start"
"Astronomy Domine"
"High Hopes"
"Echoes"
"A Great Day for Freedom"
"Comfortably Numb"
"Wot's... Uh the Deal?"
Calls it a honky-tonk, gets pissed when people treat it like one
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Surveillance video captured an attack on two employees at a popular downtown honky-tonk over the weekend.
The owners of Robert’s Western World said actions like that won’t be tolerated at their bar.
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Sorry, but when somebody describes the place as a honky-tonk, I'm envisioning fights inside, unshaven bartenders in dirty wife beaters, bouncers flinging unruly customers out the door and into the street, stages screened in with chicken wire, bullet holes in walls, skanky barflies, shit like that. It's a place where a man goes for some action, not a relaxing drink.
It's a good thing overall crime is down in NYC, huh?
NEW YORK - Bodega owners in the Bronx say shoplifting and theft have gotten so bad that they are being forced to literally chain up merchandise to stop those who enter their stores to steal.
Chickenshits
With egg prices rising, more people may be shopping for their own backyard chicken flock.
But before you build a coop and subscribe to Chicken Whisperer, health experts have a warning: Caring for backyard chickens is not as easy as bringing home a cute new kitten, and keeping chickens can come with a handful of serious health risks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
-WiscoDave
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Pro tip: Ignore that alarmist bullshit. Wash your hands after handling your birds and freshly laid eggs and you'll be fine.
The Vietnam Stopgap: A Look at the short lived US M1967 Modernized Load Carrying Equipment
Our first video of 2023 in which we continue The United States' Post World War II Load Carrying Equipment story by diving into the shortly seen yet largely significant M1967 Nylon system.
0:00 Intro and the M1956
1:41 Early testing of M1967
2:55 Names, Designations and Continued Development
4:55 Belt
6:23 Suspenders
7:40 Compass/First Aid Pouch
7:59 Ammunition Pouches
11:47 Entrenching Tool Carrier
14:07 Field Pack
15:19 Canteen Cover
15:52 Sleeping Bag Carrier
17:17 Usage and Eventual Replacement of the System
21:15 Outro
VIDEO HERE (22 minutes)
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Shit, I went into the army in 1978 and was issued the canvas 1956 gear for my TA-50. I think the only nylon gear I got was a canteen cover, and that was only as a replacement for the canvas one I fucked up somehow.
Florida educators face possible felony for violating new state law
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Duval County Public Schools is in the process of reviewing all material in classroom libraries to stay compliant with a new state law signed by the governor last year under House Bill 1467. Some teachers said they’ve been told to temporarily pack up their books until they can be certified.
Rebuilding U.S. Inventories: Six Critical Systems
As the United States transfers massive amounts of weapons, munitions, and supplies to Ukraine, questions arise about the health of U.S. inventories. Are inventories getting too low? How long will it take to rebuild those inventories? An earlier CSIS commentary identified those inventories that are at risk as a result of transfers to Ukraine. This commentary continues that analysis by examining inventory replacement times. Most inventories, though not all, will take many years to replace. For most items, there are workarounds, but there may be a crisis brewing over artillery ammunition.
-WiscoDave
Traitorous Swine
Do you know what you have cost us? You traitorous swine. You who claim to be American, but have fallen for all of the foreign ideologies, the monarchisms and feudal societies, communism and socialism, who have failed to stand up for the individual rights that were to secure our future, our place at the head of the table in all international exchanges; rights that protect us from invasion until you turned on us. We are now pleaders and beggars on the world stage and this place was secured by your filthy ideology of weakness as strength, of inner turmoil rather than outer rigid defense. You opened the doors and let our enemies in, encouraged them, complimented them and looked over your shoulder at those who had built everything, created and invented everything and curled your nose and sneered “racists.”
Top Ukrainian officials quit in anti-corruption drive
Several senior Ukrainian officials have resigned as President Volodymyr Zelensky begins a shake-up of personnel across his government.
A top adviser, four deputy ministers and five regional governors left their posts on Tuesday.
-Chris
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"WE NEED TANKS! TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE TO LOOK BETTER!!!"
'Russia is now at war with NATO and the West'
Russia is now 'at war against NATO and the West' and has taken the invasion of Ukraine to a 'different stage', a senior EU official has admitted, raising the terrifying spectre of a global conflict.
The 'game-changing' deal among Western leaders to pump sophisticated tanks into the country to blast through the Kremlin's invading forces has sparked fury in Moscow which has threatened to escalate the war beyond Ukraine's borders.
VDH Commentary: Identity Politics Absurdities and the Ridiculousness of Reparations
The last time racial reparations made the major news was on the eve of September 11, 2001 attacks. The loss of 3,000 Americans, which for a time fueled a new national unity, quickly dispelled the absurdities of the reparation movement, and turned our attention toward more existential issues.
Now the idea is back in vogue again. Here are 10 reasons why the nation’s – and especially California’s – discussions of reparatory payouts are dangerous in a multiracial state, and why reparations are not viable either in an insolvent state or a bankrupt nation at large.
Shit, that sounds like a normal Taco Bell reaction to me
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — Authorities in Colorado have not found any evidence that employees at Taco Bell in Aurora put rat poison in a customer’s food — and now deputies cannot get in contact with the customer who made the allegation.
On Jan. 15, deputies with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office were called to a nearby hospital where a man told hospital staff that he ate food that had rat poison in it. The man told deputies that he had ordered food from the restaurant around 1 p.m., but waited until around 7 p.m. to eat and then he became very ill, at which point he called 911 and was taken to the hospital.
Good new, everybody! The funeral's back on!
ROCKFORD, Ill. — A van was reported stolen from a funeral home in Rockford, Illinois, Saturday. Officials say there was an adult’s body inside the van.
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CHICAGO — A body missing after a funeral home van was stolen Saturday in Rockford has been located in Chicago.
Authorities say the body was located in the 8200 block of S. Manistee in Chicago. WGN News camera rolled as police cordoned off several, seemingly abandoned houses, with their attention focused on a nearby alleyway.
Your Friday Morning Florida Report
LONGWOOD, Fla. - A Central Florida man is accused of intentionally setting his own apartment on fire because he was upset with the Homeowners Association (HOA), leading to an explosion with injuries and damages, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant.
"Wanna bet?"
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - An off-duty police officer fatally shot a gunman during a confrontation outside a South Florida supermarket Saturday night in an encounter captured on video.
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"You can’t hit me from here," the man replied..."
-Denise
Hey, at least they're bagging it up for you
HOUSTON - One northwest Harris County community is dealing with a stinky situation, literally. A woman says she's had bags of human waste thrown into her backyard several times.
Leah Kitchens says her family moved to a home in a subdivision north of the Jersey Village city limits in February 2022. That's when she noticed the unusual Kroger bags, around 20 or 25, in her backyard. Initially, she assumed they were bags of dog poop being thrown over her fence by those on the walking trail. But, she soon discovered that was not the case.
A Look at California in 1851, Two Years Into the Gold Rush
For anyone familiar with California in modern times, it is difficult to imagine what the state must have been like during the California Gold Rush. The famous gold discovery at Sutter’s Mill happened in 1848, but it wasn’t until 1849 that news of the discovery reached the East Coast and the rest of the world. That news transformed the nation, and the great rush to California was on.
The 1851 map “A New Map of the Gold Region in California” illustrates what California looked like just two years after the start of the 1849 gold rush.
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Heartbreak and Loss
Loss of loved ones and heartache are a constant part of life. It’s often something that we think we will never get over, that it is a wound that we will bear for the rest of our life. But heartache is a reality that has been a part of mankind since the beginning. The first man died. His wife died. His children died. It will be like that until the end. But this can be an encouragement to us, when we realize we are not the only one that is going through this, and as others survive and move on, so can we.
VIDEO HERE (16:55 minutes)
Because 'equality' and all that
Connecticut Democrats are working to lower the physical fitness requirements for female firefighters, saying that less onerous standards will make fire departments "more diverse."
A law introduced earlier this month in the Connecticut State Assembly would let women skip the Candidate Physical Ability Test, a timed gauntlet used by fire departments across the country. The test, which only 10 to 15 percent of women pass, requires candidates to complete intense physical tasks while wearing a 50 pound vest. It’s designed to simulate the experience of navigating a fire in heavy gear—and to weed out those unable to do so.
-WiscoDave
‘Are Americans Being Poisoned?’: Diamond’s Memorial Goes Off the Rails
Trumpworld figures converged at Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway’s remembrance ceremony on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the life of the pro-Trump pundit who died suddenly at 51—but the memorial took a dark turn as her sister suggested a nefarious plot behind her death.
Justice Department investigating Abbott baby formula plant
NEW YORK - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination, the company confirmed.
For me but not for thee
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is being called a hypocrite after being pictured grilling on gas powered grills despite stating how she wants to see a ban such equipment within a matter of years.
No, it's your damn animals, Newsom
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday spoke of his frustrations with the nation’s cycle of gun violence, saying that “only in America” are mass shootings commonplace and the “one common denominator is these damn guns.”
City of La Vergne asks state to decertify four officers fired for alleged sex scandal
LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Four out of the five La Vergne police officers fired for an alleged sex scandal earlier this month could be forced to give up their badges forever after the city asked the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, or POST, to decertify them for lying during the investigation.
The smell of money
Project Veritas on Wednesday night released explosive video of Jordon Trishton Walker, Pfizer Director of Research and Development, Strategic Operations, admitting the pharma giant is exploring ‘mutating’ Covid-19 via ‘directed evolution’ so the company can continue to profit off of vaccines.
Concerning the chicken feed post yesterday.....
So yesterday everybody and their mother sent in a link from The Gateway Pundit about how TSC's Producer's Pride feed and DuMoore's scratch grains are causing chickens to completely quit laying.
As I said yesterday, my five Daisys have been eating that shit from Day One and they laid their first eggs right after Christmas, and are now giving me at least 3 and sometimes 4 eggs a day which is perfectly normal for Buff Orpingtons. Yesterday I got four.
And this morning, one of my two older birds, the Naked Neck, laid her first egg of the season after taking a couple three months off for the winter. What do I feed her? You guessed it - Producer's Pride feed and DuMoore's scratch grains. Apparently Annie didn't get the word that she shouldn't be laying any more eggs.
Commentary: Anonymous ‘Dark’ Money Plus Unions Generally Equals Corrupt Politics
It is easy to observe that teacher unions have donated millions to political campaigns, mostly going to Democratic candidates and committees. Since 2010, Democrats replaced Republicans in dark money spending. Nobody likes to talk about the millions spent on private jets, Broadway shows, or luxury retreats by the Republican National Committee. Where did that money come from?
I'd go for the jumbos
A retired Virginia man knows exactly want he wants to buy after winning $100,000 in a lottery game.
“I guess I can buy me some eggs now,” Jerry Camp joked in a statement to Virginia Lottery officials after winning a Cash 5 with EZ Match game.
Only the good die young
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Spike, a chihuahua mix from Camden, Ohio, is the oldest living dog, according to Guinness World Records.
As of Dec. 7, 2022, Spike was 23 years and 43 days old. He stands nine inches tall and weighs 12.9 pounds.
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I'm not quite sure how they can determine the age, right down to the day, of an adult dog they found in a parking lot 13 years ago, but okaaay.....
"The thug life chose me"
NEW YORK - The New York City Police Department says a 12-year-old boy is in custody after they say he shot two teenagers in Queens.
Gunfire erupted Wednesday just before 5 p.m. on Linden Boulevard and 207th St. in Cambria Heights.
Your Thursday Morning Florida Report
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A woman who was allegedly shooting at people driving past her in Orange County has been arrested for killing a 27-year-old mother, deputies said.
Why you should always use a holster
CHICAGO — Security video captured the accidental shooting of a 12-year-old boy at a gas station on the city’s South Side.
The shooting happened just after midnight Friday on the 1400 block of East 87th Street.
Police said the boy was accidentally shot after a family member attempted to remove the handgun from their pants pocket.
MORE/VIDEO (yes, video!)
Just supplementing his income
FOX 2 (WJBK) - A veteran Detroit firefighter is facing charges for selling drugs.
FOX 2 is not releasing the name of the 49-year-old firefighter because he has not been formally arraigned. The drugs he is accused of selling are hydrocodone, Vicodin and Adderall.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Putin ally says West's deliveries of new weapons to Kyiv will lead to global catastrophe
(Reuters) - A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that deliveries of offensive weapons to Kyiv that threaten Russia's territories will lead to a global catastrophe and make arguments against using weapons of mass destruction untenable.
Yeah, about that chicken feed article.....
Online claims have emerged, corroborated by others, that the popular “Producer’s Pride” chicken feed sold by the Tractor Supply chain has been recently altered and that its new formulation is causing chickens to stop laying eggs. Some suggest a deliberate reduction in the amount of protein in the feed may be causing the reduction in egg production.
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I've gotten this link via email and comments at least a half dozen times today, and here's my reply:
I feed my 5 laying birds DuMoore scratch (mentioned in another article) and Producer's Pride layer feed, both from Tractor Supply, and am getting 3-4 eggs a day which is right at normal for their breed. Matter of fact, I just got back from town where I bought another bag of each.
If it is true and it's caused by a lack of protein, it's easy enough to boost that by throwing them some shredded meat scraps, diced hardboiled eggs or dried meal worms.
I actually stumbled across the article in another publication a few days ago and shined it on because I had just walked in with 4 eggs from 5 birds in my hands.
The Daisys have been fed Producer's Pride from Day 1, first the crumbles, then the starter, and now the mini pellet layer feed and I haven't seen a single issue because of it. They're cranking out eggs full speed.
My two older hens quit laying in late November as they've always done in the past, and I figure they'll start laying again in about another month.
I suspect the content in this article is nothing but internet bullshit. I may be wrong and trust me, if my hens suddenly quit laying, I'll let you know.
So they do have room!
NEW YORK - New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up — and sometimes shut down — as it strains to handle an ongoing influx.
"Oh, he's just a little boy. How much harm can he do?"
Officials at the elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, where a first-grade teacher was shot by her six-year-old student apparently downplayed previous complaints issued by the teacher about boy, the Washington Post said Saturday.
Abigail Zwerner, 25, reportedly raised concerns and requested help from school officials relating to the boy’s behavior, which apparently included a threat to light a teacher on fire and watch her die.
Two dead after being buried under snow inside semi after crash knocks out windshield
UINTA COUNTY, WY. — Two men died trapped in their rig’s sleeper berth after a Jan. 22 crash along Interstate 80 near Evanston, Wyoming.
According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP), the men, identified as Keith Koehler II, 39, St. Peter, IL, who was the driver, and Tyler Judd, 40, Faurina, IL., who was a passenger, were buried under around two feet of snow when rescuers arrived several hours later.
Both Koehler and Judd were pronounced dead at the scene.
-Randall
68 Days of Silence: Why the White House Stayed Mum on Classified Documents
WASHINGTON — The decision by President Joe Biden and his top advisers to keep the discovery of classified documents secret from the public and even most of the White House staff for 68 days was driven by what turned out to be a futile hope that the incident could be quietly disposed of without broader implications for Biden or his presidency.
Commentary: Read Something Other than Current Politics
American professors who call themselves liberals almost always do one of three things when it comes to reading old books. They ditch them, they disparage them, or they wrench them out of joint so that they can be made to do obeisance to what all correct-thinking people are supposed to believe and speak today.
Hatching Eggs – Everything You Need To Know
It’s that time of year when thoughts turn towards getting or hatching some chicks, so we thought we would dedicate this article to hatching eggs whether they be your own hens or bought eggs.
Hang on Grandpa, it's going to be a wild ride!
NEW YORK - The number of senior citizens going to emergency rooms for marijuana-related issues has skyrocketed in the past few years.
A new study by the University of California San Diego revealed cannabis-related emergency room visits skyrocketed 1808% among Californians over the age of 65, and up from 2005 to 2019.
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Some of the shit I was smoking before I moved out here was so powerful that I couldn't get more than two or three tokes down before I was too stoned to function, and I'd been a daily smoker for 35 years for the most part. I can only imagine how much stronger it is now.
It helps when you know what you're looking for
HOUSTON - One Houston thief might be in for a surprise himself when he realized the value of the jewelry he stole from a local jewelry store.
Your Wednesday Morning Florida Report
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman was pulled from a storm drain for the third time in just over two years on Wednesday.
-MH
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At least if they ever get a missing persons report on her they'll know where to start looking.
Meanwhile, in Riverbank City of Action.....
RIVERBANK — A Riverbank mother and father are facing homicide and child abuse charges after their 18-month-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose, authorities said Friday.
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When I lived in the Riverbank area, it was just a small town. I didn't recognize the street name so I went to Google Earth to find out where it was located.
Man, it's in an area that was nothing but lush farm and graze land when I lived there. Now it's been paved over and is an entire neighborhood that basically makes Riverbank a suburb of Modesto which is now a bedroom community of the Bay Area.
A fifty dollar asswhipping
AUSTIN COUNTY, Texas - An Austin County woman wants the people who attacked her inside a grocery store over a $50 bill arrested.
Betty Smith, 65, a longtime Industry resident, went to Lindemann Grocery Store off State Highway 159 to pick up ice cream and a honeybun for her son on January 15.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Smith & Wesson Factory Tour: Birth of an American Wheel Gun
In this Episode of Select Fire we tour one of the most iconic factories in North America to see how a revolver is born. The history runs deep at Smith & Wesson and it shows not only in the end product but in the dedication of the employees on the floor. Check out one of the greatest places in America to see how a S&W revolver gets made.
VIDEO HERE (18:28 minutes)
Comedian’s Oxford Speech on Woke Culture Goes Viral
Russian British comedian Konstantin Kisin blasted woke culture in a speech at the Oxford Union Society in a debate titled, ” This House Believes Woke Culture Has Gone Too Far.”
-Greg
Yet they'll still be able to purchase candy and other junk foods
DES MOINES, Iowa - A bill being proposed by GOP lawmakers in Iowa would add additional restrictions to the state’s SNAP benefits limiting what recipients would be able to purchase.
SNAP is a federal program that exists to assist lower-income households by helping them purchase healthy food options.
The proposed bill would prevent recipients from being able to purchase everyday kitchen staples including white rice, rice noodles, canned vegetables, baked beans, refried beans, chili beans and even butter.
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Looks to me like this bill is bass ackwards. The foods it'll prohibit ought to be the only kinds of foods they could buy using SNAP benefits.
The Biden Administration Finally Admits Its Mistake in Canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline
At long last, the Biden administration is admitting what experts have always known: reckless energy policies have disastrous consequences. This time, the Department of Energy quietly released a report highlighting the positive economic benefits of developing the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, an energy project canceled by President Biden in the hours following his inauguration.
-Chuck
Not all heroes wear capes
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4) – A Utah plastic surgeon, his neighbor, and two others are facing charges after allegedly giving people fake vaccination cards and destroying government-provided COVID-19 vaccinations.
-WiscoDave
