Sunday Overnight Open Thread (7/24/22)

Quote I

“I made big mistakes in the past. I’ve learned and grown a lot in the last five years. I take responsibility for what I’ve done... I’ve started a new chapter of my life.” State of Idaho prisoner Miriah Vanlith

Quote II

“I believe in nature, and our society is scared of nature and scared of love. The things I’m doing, I’m not inventing, I didn’t invent any of it. I would love to take credit for all of it, but it’s not me unfortunately, it’s just me following nature.” Actress Alicia Silverstone

Quote III

“You’re not going in there cause you’ve got an earache. You’re going in there cause you’re like, ‘I got a baby in me, get it the fuck out of here.’ Right? You walk in with a baby, and you come out without one. What happened to the baby, right? Something fucking happened.”Comedian Bill Burr

Quote IV

“You know, the climate deniers are really in some ways similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door while the children were being massacred. They heard the screams, they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward.”Former VP Al Gore

The following story which contains the Quote of The Day V comes from a long time commenter. I will not identify this person. If they wish to speak about this they can comment but let's say it hits close to home.

Quote V

“Sir, I don’t want to hear any of your constitutionalist crap. Save it for somebody else who’s stupid and believes in that.” Spokane County Court Commissioner John Stine

This is of course bad. Well Duh!!!!

A robot broke a seven-year-old boy's finger during a chess match in Moscow last week, Russian news outlets report.

"The robot broke the child's finger," Sergey Lazarev, Moscow Chess Federation President, told Tass news agency. "This is of course bad."

A video shared on social media shows the robot taking one of the boy's pieces. The boy then makes his own move, and the robot grabs his finger.

Four adults rush to help the boy, who is eventually freed and ushered away.

Mr Lazarev said the machine had played many previous matches without incident.

The boy was able to finish the final days of the tournament in a cast, Tass report

Unfortunately Portland, OR resident Christina Hartnett is a nobody. If she were this filth would not be on her front lawn.

“I want to cry. I just want my house back,” Hartnett, who has lived in the area for about five years, said. “My lawn is now becoming a public bathroom.”

“It is scary. When you have grown men meth raging in your driveway, the last thing I feel safe doing is going out and saying ‘Hey, can you please move so I can go to work?’” she said.

City officials, including the police, do not respond, she and neighbor David Berkson said.

“So far no one has come to help us. No one has come to help us,” Berkson said, adding, “It’s really scary.’

Cold cases solved by an impaired driving stop.

DNA obtained through a traffic stop linked a 76-year-old man to two decades-old killings in California

"He comes across as just an elderly man, but sadly, unfortunately, looks can be deceiving,” a law enforcement official said.

An eye opening video......................

Elected and unelected bureaucrats are happiest when they muck things up. They should be ecstatic when they put food production back to 500 BC.

In just seven decades, America’s conventional (non-organic) farmers increased per-acre corn yields by an incredible 500% – while using steadily less water, fuel, fertilizer and pesticides – feeding millions more people. Among the many reasons for this miracle is their ability to control weeds that would otherwise steal moisture and nutrients from this vital food, animal feed and fuel (ethanol) crop.

Long-lasting herbicides don’t just control weeds. They also promote no-till farming, which helps farmers save costly tractor fuel and avoid breaking up soils – thereby reducing erosion, retaining soil moisture, safeguarding soil organisms, and locking carbon dioxide in the soil (reducing risks of “dangerous manmade climate change,” some say).

She pushed him to be POTUS. She should be heckled.

A heckler shouted something that many Americans are thinking these days – Joe Biden is the worst president ever. The heckler shouted his opinion to First Lady Jill Biden, though, so his action is noteworthy. It is not normal for Jill Biden to experience a hostile welcome when she travels.

Belated birthday: 22 Jul 1947
Don Henley, singer, songwriter, and drummer with the Eagles, who had the 1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Hotel California', plus 5 US No.1 albums. The Eagles 'Greatest Hits 1971-1975' is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m. Henley had the 1985 solo US No.5 & UK No.12 single 'The Boys of Summer'. via thisdayinmusic.com

Belated birthday: 22 Jul 1944
Rick Davies, vocalist and keyboardist with Supertramp, who had the 1979 UK No.7 and US No.6 single with 'The Logical Song' and the 1979 US No.1 and UK No.3 album Breakfast In America. Davies is the only member of Supertramp to have been with the group for their entire history, and has composed many of their most well-known songs, including 'Goodbye Stranger', and 'Bloody Well Right'. via thisdayinmusic.com

Putting a target on your back. Genius Award Winner.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has threatened to kidnap a social media influencer who earlier this month boasted about shutting down traffic on a busy Guadalajara bridge.

Rodolfo “Fofo” Márquez and unidentified accomplices blocked all three lanes of the Matute Remus bridge in the Jalisco capital by parking luxury cars across them. “Look, I closed … [the bridge] just for me, showing once again what money and power can do in Mexico,” he said in a TikTok video.

The word "Hero" is thrown about carelessly IMHO. Not tonight. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A HERO farmer saved his neighbour's home from a ferocious wildfire by fearlessly ploughing crops around the blaze.

As firefighters rushed to the scene, farmer Bill Alexander "rapidly stepped in" and tackled the inferno himself - creating a firebreak with his tractor.

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