Monday Overnight Open Thread (1/10/22)

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“It was Grandmother Spider who taught us many things.She taught us about pottery and weaving. She taught us about fire and light and dark. She taught us that we are all connected on the web – each one of us having our place in the world.” Demi Lovato

It has more problems than alcoholism.

Quote II

“It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it. If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn’t inject it and snort it in order to get high.” Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Learned stupidity explains how and why highly intelligent people, faced with a choice, repeatedly choose a stupid, if not the most stupid, option, time after time. Theodore Dalrymple

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‘We thought it was interesting, we got out of our shanty, looked and… a couple of people were yelling that the ice was separating. Didn’t catch any fish, ran out of propane early and got stranded on the ice.’ Shane Nelson, who was making his first ice fishing excursion

And no, I wasn't out there.

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"It's just bad science to suggest that dosing monkeys with feminizing medication makes them good stand-ins for humans," Roe told the Washington Free Beacon. "This study will not help to prevent or treat HIV and will not help transgender women." Dr. Katherine Roe, a neuroscientist with PETA

A little brisk out there this evening..........

........I'm glad I'm hanging with you folks.

I'm attempting to follow the science. Yet, I'm so confused..........AZ hospital system allowing Covid-positive health care workers to work amid ‘critical staff crisis’

An Arizona hospital system just informed COVID positive staff that they can return to work because facilities are experiencing a “critical staff crisis.”

In a stunning addition to a BPR story this week regarding California healthcare workers being told that they can go to work if they are COVID-positive but asymptomatic, Dignity Health facilities in Maricopa County, Arizona, told St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix to allow COVID-19 positive health care personnel who do not have symptoms or are even “improving with mild symptoms to work without a quarantine period,” in a statement according to ABC15.

If you can't beat them at polls. If you can't beat them in the arena of ideas. Go court shopping.

A group of 11 North Carolina voters filed a legal challenge to disqualify Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for a second term, arguing his involvement in a rally preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill constitutionally bars him from waging another campaign.

Lawyers for the 11 voters filed the suit to the State Board of Elections, contending that Cawthorn’s comments in the speech shortly preceding the insurrection violate the 14th Amendment, which states in part that no person “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.”

Do you remember the name Dominick Black from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial? Assistant DA Thomas Stinkfinger is offering a plea bargain deal to Mr. Black.

Dominick Black, who purchased the AR-15 rifle carried and used by Kyle Rittenhouse during the protests in Kenosha last August, could walk out of court a free man later today without any criminal charges hanging over his head. Black has been facing felony charges of illegally buying the gun for the teen, but the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that Black, who was 18-years old at the time of the purchase, has been offered a deal allowing him to plead no contest to just one charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; an offense that is punishable by a citation and fine rather than a lifetime felony conviction.

For some odd reason this cracked me up.......................

Thinking about Starlink Satellite Internet dish? You may have problems of the furry kind.

SpaceX’s Starlink has been making steady gains with its fledgling satellite internet service, surpassing 100,000 terminals shipped in 2021 and showing promising improvements in performance after initial speed tests produced lackluster results. However, the company’s run into an unforeseen hiccup with its dishes: Cats love them.

“Starlink works great until the cats find out that the dish gives off a little heat on cold days,” tweeted Starlink user Aaron Taylor.

Stunning? Good grief Mitch, you really think we are a bunch of rubes don't you?

Mitch McConnell must be trying to save his career with this recent statement

McConnell stated that it’s “stunning to see some Washington Democrats try to exploit this anniversary to advance partisan policy goals that long predated this event.”

Dana Finley Morrison may want to change her name to Karen Woke Morrison.

Dana is an ‘elite status’ member with an AA credit card

American Airlines was mocked by the internet after responding to Twitter user Dana Finley Morrison Saturday who complained about a pilot because he had a “Let’s Go Brandon” sticker on his luggage.

The Democrat who has since made her Twitter account private took a picture of the sticker and sent it to the airline, asking if they accept “cowardly rhetoric on their crew luggage when they’re in uniform.”

Suck it up Buttercup, not everyone sees the world you do.

If you are a reptilian Washington DC swamp creature, one thing is true. The ends justifies the means of the swamp's desires.

Have you ever wondered what disgraced former deputy FBI directors do after trying to stage a coup and lying under oath? Apparently, they give talks about “protecting democracy” at top-rated institutions of higher learning. Indeed, this last Thursday the University of Chicago invited former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe to join a panel of partisans to discuss the Jan 6 “insurrection.”

McCabe was fired as the deputy FBI director for leaking sensitive information about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation and then lying about it under oath. He also took part in spying on the Donald Trump campaign through a secret warrant granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court.

This walking, talking, breathing Piece of Scum should be in a federal prison serving time.

And after I saw the story on McCabe I came across this piece by Victor Davis Hanson.

What Makes Riots, Conspiracies, Cabals, and Insurrections ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’?
Shut up and keep quiet; that is all ye need to know.

All Ye Need to Know
The point of these hypotheticals is that there is no point, no consistent theme, no constant principle concerning riots, conspiracies, cabals, and insurrections—except one.

There is only the left-wing desire through any means necessary to obtain, increase, and use power to alter the Constitution and our long-held traditions and customs of governance, especially when the majority in a constitutional republic opposes such efforts. The lesson then is that all means are justified to obtain morally superior ends—with the caveat that only leftists can be morally superior.

I've never been a big fan of seniority. It brings many problems to the forefront. Some of those problems include but are not limited to lack of enthusiasm, lack of creativity, keeping the status quo. Is Rep. Kevin McCarthy up to being Speaker of The House? He says he is. I have my doubts. Serious doubts.

Exclusive — Kevin McCarthy Lays Out GOP ‘Commitment to America’: ‘A Clear Contrast’ Between Republicans, Democrats for Midterms

On this day:10 Jan 1976
Blues artist Howlin Wolf, (Chester Burnett), died in hospital of cancer aged 66. The guitarist, singer and harmonica player's well known songs included 'Smoke Stack Lightning', 'Little Red Rooster' and 'Spoonful. via thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this day: 10 Jan 1955
German rock guitarist, Michael Schenker. Nicknamed the "Blonde Bomber", he first rose to fame as an early member of Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid-1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the Michael Schenker Group. via thisdayinmusic.com

Several excuses and none of them believable. Genius Award Winner - Runner Up.

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ)– A Clarence man faces charges after he allegedly shot two trophy bull elk out of season but claims he mistook them as doe.

Just a little before 7 p.m. on Dec. 4, 39-year old Christopher Brooks reported that he shot two elk in Boggs Township right after dusk, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Applying for a job? Good. Stealing from a store? Bad. Stealing from a store that you applied for a job at? Genius Award Winner.

ANUARY 6--When planning to rob sex toys from an adult store, it is best to avoid establishments at which you recently applied for a job.

A 29-year-old man is behind bars on multiple criminal charges after allegedly stealing $350 worth of items from a Pennsylvania business and threatening to stab a clerk who sought to stop him.

According to a criminal complaint, Jacob McFarland last week entered the Adult World emporium in North Wales, a Philadelphia suburb, and walked out with a pair of masturbators, a $95.99 Fleshlight model and the Autoblow A.I. (which retails for about $250).

When an Adult World worker confronted McFarland in the store’s parking lot, the accused masturbator thief allegedly threatened to stab the man.

Never to walk again. Not so Doc. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

'Doctors Are Not God—Our Daughter Is Proof’: Paralyzed Girl Learns to Walk Again

It was the longest, darkest night for Margaret Bentos-Pereira. Waiting in hospital as doctors did tests trying to work out what was wrong with her daughter felt agonizing. Little did she know, during those endless hours, of the astounding journey ahead destined to test their faith and resilience.

Natalie was just 11 years old when her carefree, sunny life in South Carolina was interrupted by a medical emergency. Waking in mid-January 2017 with pain between her shoulders, she skipped off to school as usual, imagining she’d slept awkwardly, and the discomfort would go. She was wrong.

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