Monday Overnight Open Thread (3/13/23)

Quote I

“I don’t want to get in the business of telling troops what they can and cannot watched. But,............ Democrat California Rep. Eric Swalwell

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“If enough of these kids get into the legal profession the rule of law will descend into barbarism.” Fifth Circuit appellate Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan

I still remember my parents saying to me, "If everyone you knew jumped off the bridge would you to?" Damn good advice.

A new viral trend on TikTok resulted in nearly 30 college students from the University of Massachusetts being taken to the hospital over the weekend. Officials said there were so many calls for alcohol-related incidents at off-campus parties that other neighboring agencies were called to assist.

Luckily, none of the incidents were considered life-threatening.

Officials at the school said that most of the cases were the result of people drinking "BORGs," which stands for blackout rage gallons.

"It's having a really bad impact on Tommy". So are you fvking like a rabbit. Interesting story of entitlement and no mention of a Daddy.

Mum squashed in one-bed council with her three children demands move
"We're all living on top of each other at the moment, and that's had a big strain on him."

Mondays? Ugh. Current events? Yuck.......An early feel good video.

My desire to visit Berlin continues to wane.

Women and “non-binary” people with breasts will be able to go topless at Berlin swimming pools after a ruling from the German capital’s diversity ombudsman.

The move follows an appeal to the Senate Department for Justice, Diversity, and Anti-Discrimination in Berlin by a woman who was not allowed to go topless at a pool in the city at the end of 2022, according to a CNN report emphasising the alleged “health benefits of communal open-air nudity”.

Bookmark this link the next time the shrill Swedish Lingonberry opens her pie hole.

Being the international spokesperson for a fake crisis can be tough, as the child actor who acts as the mouthpiece for the climate change industry has just been reminded. On Saturday, Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec tweeted at pint-sized climate scold Greta Thunberg, “Hi @GretaThunberg! Why did you delete this?” The deleted tweet in question had Greta quoting this: “A climate scientist is warning that climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years.” The date on Greta’s tweet? June 21, 2018. Either we have just over three months to live, or Greta’s tweet was juuuuust a trifle hysterical. Her deletion of the tweet suggests that even Greta knows that the sun is likely to rise on June 22, 2023.

I understand enjoying long weekends. But on a permanent basis? Lazy ass politician believes so.

California Congressman Mark Takano has reintroduced a bill that would make four-day workweeks a federal mandate, something that would bring about "a significant change which will increase the happiness of humankind," as Takano told CNBC.

"Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor — and our laws need to follow suit," Takano said in March 1 statement. "We have before us the opportunity to make common sense changes to work standards passed down from a different era.

Animal personalities can trip up science, but there’s a solution

Several years ago, Christian Rutz started to wonder whether he was giving his crows enough credit. Rutz, a biologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and his team were capturing wild New Caledonian crows and challenging them with puzzles made from natural materials before releasing them again. In one test, birds faced a log drilled with holes that contained hidden food, and could get the food out by bending a plant stem into a hook. If a bird didn’t try within 90 minutes, the researchers removed it from the dataset.

But, Rutz says, he soon began to realize he was not, in fact, studying the skills of New Caledonian crows. He was studying the skills of only a subset of New Caledonian crows that quickly approached a weird log they’d never seen before—maybe because they were especially brave, or reckless.

You're telling me they don't have compulsory training to teach them right from wrong? I find that hard to believe.

Eighteen female guards at 'Britain's cushiest jail' have been fired for having illicit affairs with inmates.

Figures discovered in Freedom of Information requests found that the relationships took place over the past six years at HMP Berwyn, Britain's biggest prison.

The information follows three of the women ending up in court following the illicit liaisons at the Wrexham jail in North Wales.

About Amazon Prime going the EV delivery route. Not so fast.

n exclusive agreement between Amazon and Rivian for 100,000 electric delivery vans is reportedly on its way to being scrapped. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Rivian is negotiating its way out of the deal after Amazon asked for only 10,000 electric vans this year, below the electric carmaker’s expectations. The WSJ cited sources familiar with the talks but who can’t speak publicly about ending the deal.

The original plan for 100,000 vans to be delivered to Amazon by 2030 was made in 2019 and buoyed Rivian’s prospects as a viable startup automaker before it delivered its first R1T electric pickup truck. Amazon is Rivian’s largest shareholder and owns nearly 20% of the company, according to reports.

This is why we can't have nice things. We can't take you damn kids anywhere.

Astonishing new dashcam footage has emerged of an enormous fight involving machetes, axes and hammers that interrupted mourners at a Welsh cemetery.

Nine funeral-goers were jailed last month, six months after a feud between two family factions boiled over into extreme violence at the Morriston Crematorium in Swansea.

Previous clips of the incident have shown large vans and white cars being driven over the grass at the graveyard.

But the new video, released by South Wales Police, goes inside the vehicles to show the participants in the fight wielding weapons like baseball bats and bricks.

On this day: 13 Mar 2006
The Sex Pistols refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Blondie, Herb Alpert and Black Sabbath were all inducted but the Pistols posted a handwritten note on their website, calling the institution 'urine in wine', adding 'We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention'. via thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this day: 13 Mar 1960
British-Irish musician Adam Clayton, U2, who had the 1984 UK No.3 single 'Pride, In The Name Of Love' plus over 25 other UK Top 20 singles. The 1987 UK and the world wide No.1 album The Joshua Tree spent 156 weeks on the UK chart. U2 scored five consecutive US No.1 albums from 1987. As a member of U2, Clayton has received 22 Grammy Awards. via thisdayinmusic.com

An instructor on how to win Genius Award.

Louisville PD: A Firearm Instructor Accidentally Shooting a Recruit Constitutes a ‘Serious Training Failure’

Duh.


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At the right place, at the right time. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A bystander rescued a child from the Santa Ana riverbed in the Fairview Street area of Santa Ana on Sunday after the boy was swept half a mile down the river, officials said.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Thanh Nguyen said the boy was playing with two other children near the riverbed before he was swept away after getting too close to the water’s edge. The child’s father jumped into the riverbed, along with another relative, but the two men were also swept down the riverbed.

Around 2:05 p.m., firefighters launched a swift water rescue response before a bystander jumped in and rescued the child. Nguyen said the boy was treated by firefighter paramedics, was sent to the hospital and was reported to be stable. The other two men swam safely back to shore.

Despite the break from rainfall, the OCFA said there may still be water flowing throughout waterways in the county.

It is stories like this that renew my faith in our fellow Americans.

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