Yeah, that’s the way to totally screw up your career….

Dumptruck with raised trailer bed hits highway bridge at highway speeds. 

So lucky no one on the pedestrian bridge wasn’t hurt…or killed.

If you do, be aware the they have a new owner….and a new set of user policies. AOL too

And, essentially, they can spy on you, read your mail, look at and/or use your photos, your videos, etc. 

It’s like Google used to do with Gmail, only moreso.  Like squared.

I still have a Yahoo account, but have transitioned over the past few months to ProtonMail from my Gmail account and my Yahoo account.

I highly recommend Protonmail. They do have a free version, but the paid version isn’t that expensive. I also use ProtonVPN for a bit more privacy…..

Remember, if the service is free, then you are the product….

So today is also the day,  243 years ago, wherein the first attempt at Gun Control by a government in what is now the United States was attempted….

How’d that work out for ’em?

Yep, when the British Government tried to confiscate powder and shot in order to prevent the colonists from being able to resist the Colonial Governors orders and rules…The result was different than they thought it would be.

At the end of it, many on both sides were injured and/or dead….But the would-be oppressors  had learned a lesson…..The Colonists would not be trod upon lightly.

Would that our government of today remember that lesson, and prevent another Lexington or Concord with today’s modern tools.

That action 243 years ago led to a war, and a new country being formed.
If it happened today, the same things might happen, only the damage would be worse….on both sides.

Let’s try to prevent that.

Remember, today is the day when, 25 years ago, the Clinton Regime (Bubba, not Hillary) burned a bunch of people to death because they had to cover the fuckups of the BATF who bungled an investigation and raid when they tried to be spectacular attention getting so they wouldn’t lose their funding.

After the opening debacle, they chose to tinhorn and call in the FBI…who, under Reno, made things worse.

Then, losing patience, on April 19th, they burned a bunch of people….and when the local Fire Department tried to arrive to fight the fire, they KEPT THEM OUT TOO, in order than all those who would defy the STATE would die…..and they nearly succeeded with all of them.

Of course, none of the ATF agents, nor the FBI boys and girls were ever jailed, nor punished to any degree for their actions.  Most were “Just Following Orders”.

And we, as citizens, just stood by and watched the Feds do it….. (Never again)

Remember that, when they tell you to Give Up Your Guns.

You’ll never get mine, nor will you ever find ’em all….

Was watching this story (and the GOFundME) for a few days to see if the funding rose to any decent levels. So far it hasn’t. But then I saw that Balleye’s Boomers had posted it, so I am gonna be lazy and just link to HIS STORY instead. I think her need is a good cause.

(ETA: Since some folks seem to be having issues accessing via the link, here is the actual link for Copy/Paste:  https://ballseyesboomers.blogspot.com/2018/04/a-call-for-assistance-for-heroic-woman.html )

I sent a check to her via her attorney and if you can, I’d ask you to do the same.,,,ir if it is easier for you, then do the GoFund ME. I generally dislike promoting  GoFundME fundraisers, if only because of the rake-in off the top for the folks that facilitate the fund raising….and because sometimes the fundraising goes to insane levels, making me feel like I have participated in a profit taking scheme rather than helping someone…

having said that, this time I am promoting the crowdfunding of her defense.

Personally, were someone to take and whack the shit out of the person who filed the Wrongful Death suit against her, I would be inclined to cheer them on and buy them a beer. But I’m like that….

This sort of suit SHOULD be thrown out, but often they aren’t. And the person bringing the suit is, at best, rolling the dice…No real stake, just trying for Free Money…

Donate, if you can. This could be me, or you.

You can find the defense attorney’s website HERE.

Seems that there is some hope that Kalifornia will split. I doubt that it will happen soon, but there is a HUGE drive for it and it may well get on the ballot. I can’t see the LA folks letting this happen, as they will lose so much income….I can see “Norther” California wantin’ it to, but, again, LA will fight ’em….they need the money. Eastern portion is a wash, really….

In addition, LA needs the water the other portions would then control.

Plus I’m not so sure that I want any of the Californians to get more votes in the Senate. Even a conservative Californian is pretty liberal on my terms.

YMMV

Biometric ID cards announced by EU officials

I see this a a train wreck. You can always get a new card, and get a new password.

But since Fingerprints and Faces are the two security features, once it is hacked those folks are SCREWED. Where you gonna get new fingers?

So two dudes walk into a Starbucks coffehouse.

Sit down for a while.
They are asked to purchase something, or to leave.

They refuse to do either.

And again, are asked politely.
Refuse, again.

So the cops are called. And then they are asked to leave (again).

They refuse, and are then arrested.

They claim they were waiting for someone.

And that they were arrested because they were black. Somehow, I doubt that.

All they had to do was buy a cup of Starbucks Lousy (and overpriced) coffee…Or wait outside for their friend if they didn’t have the money.

They got stupid. and got arrested. And this is somehow the fault of Starbucks (both corporate and the local owner)….And racist. Because Black.

I see it differently….But I’ve been a business owner. I don’t see Black, I see assholes taking up space in an establishment without paying.

So now, Starbucks is gonna spend an entire day with their coffehouses ALL closed in order to expiate their sins……of asking people that use their establishment to, you know, buy something there. How terrible of them.

Social Media and Justice Warriors are totally screwing up our society. Attitude and judgement without the facts.
And, of course, the CEO of Starbucks just rolled over like a good puppy.

I’m so glad I sold out when I did. This could have been me.

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Be sure to wear the Oxygen mask as the Flight Attendant showed you: Proper fit is important…..

Gotta have oxygen at 32,000 feet…..But 3 of the three passengers we can see are wearing ’em wrong….

This picture is from the Southwest Airlines 737 that lost an engine today……

Sadly, one person died in this incident. Say a prayer for them, please. . 

Everyone seems to be making a big deal about the fact that Dicks Sporting Goods is choosing to destroy their remaining inventory of “Assault Style Rifles” instead of you know, seeling them.

WTF folks? What’s the big friggin deal? Yes, Dicks management are doing the whole SJW posturing, and yes, it is kinda stupid, but they have, apparently, determined that their customer demographic is impressed by such actions. It’s their (Dick’s) inventory and their money that they are wasting to (supposedly) impress their customers. They can do what they want with it, just as much as the idiots on YouTube who fire thousands of rounds through an AR or AK until the handguards catch on fire and such.  At the end of the day, it is just metal and plastic. Free country and all that. Maybe Dick’s can charge it off to advertising, if they can convince the IRS…..

Let’s face it…they, by their actions, have lost you and me and others of our ilk as customers long ago…..there is nothing they can do to fix that, and they really can’t piss us off more and make us less likely to purchase from them. So they lose a couple of tens of thousands of dollars. Obviously, they think it is worth it to pander to the folks who buy a bunch of Lycra or MicroFiber products, overpriced boots and (WAY OVERPRICED) Yeti coolers and sippy cups and such.
And really, anyone who shops at Dick’s and pays Dick’s higher-than-market prices for items one can buy on Amazon for 30% less is’t anyone who won’t be greatly impressed by their stunt of destroying those Ebil Blak Ryflez anyway.