Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (6/14/23)

Quote I

“I didn’t necessarily think I would be a leader or a CEO. I just loved the work. I think, in libraries, you feel like you make a difference every day.” Sarah Meilleur

Quote II

I’ve always tried to get 1% better. That’s kind of been our motto. That’s the road I’m on right now. And it just happened a little bit later. And we’re just going to keep doing it until I can’t go anymore.” Berry Henson

Quote III

“A lot of things are said during campaigns. But the Saudis took it seriously. MBS was offended by it. So there’s not a lot of goodwill there to begin with. I think it soured the relationship from the very beginning.” Steven Cook, a fellow in Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Quote IV

“The next Republican president is going to be under tremendous pressure to bring charges and indict Joe Biden, his family, his crackhead son, whoever. The pressure’s gonna be extraordinary.” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)

The Uni-Party is alive and well. Why should we vote (R) and donate money? Once again you can lie to the American people, cause division and waste millions of dollars without any type of consequence.

The House on Wednesday effectively killed a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), voting for a Democratic-led motion to table the measure.

The chamber voted 225-196-7 to table the resolution. Twenty Republicans voted with Democrats to table the measure, while seven lawmakers — five Democrats, two Republicans — voted present.

Listen here Sister. I'm not giving up The ONT anytime soon.

After more than two decades, natural wine writing pioneer Alice Feiring is no longer excited by writing about wine. “I had something important to tell the world 23 years ago,” she says. But these days, she finds her attention pulled, instead, to writing about design, to delving into memoir or fiction. Wine profiles, she says, “are kind of dull! They’re important information that we need, but as a writer, it ain’t interesting.”

It is cheaper than getting married. And all of that information to boot.

Guy Buys Physical Encyclopedia Set to Prepare for Information Doomsday
"...in case I'm wrong, a little voice in the back of my head reasoned that it would be nice to have a good summary of human knowledge in print..."

I94 in Michigan's lower peninsula was closed today for a while.

Beer kegs block Michigan highway after semi overturns

She really is a stupid twat isn't she?

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shut down a reporter asking about the safety of female athletes in high school being forced to compete with physically superior biological males who identify as female by claiming any such concern is to say “transgender kids are dangerous.”

President Biden’s spokesperson initially agreed it’s “a complicated issue” when asked in light of the administration’s proposed changes to Title IX if the White House worried about the physical safety of females competing against males, essentially deferring to the Department of Education.

The reporter pressed, “What would the President say to the parents out there who have daughters — say, in high school, for example — who are worried that their daughter may have to compete against a male, or a person born male, and there could be direct physical athletic competition?”

Dining in NYC just became more expensive.

New York City's food delivery workers are slated to make a minimum wage for the first time ever under new regulations announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday.

Tens of thousands of delivery workers are slated to make at least $17.96 per hour plus tips by July 12, and at least $19.96 an hour by 2025, city officials said.

That's a sharp increase from what delivery workers make now. Many take home less than the city's minimum wage of $15 an hour.

I wonder what the decrease in tips will be percentage wise.

I enjoyed..............

Third world undertaking leaves a lot to be desired.

‘Dead’ Woman Bangs on Coffin During Her Own Wake, Gets Rescued by Shocked Son

Unfortunately it won't be long until the USA is a carbon copy of Malaysia.

Malaysia is seeking Interpol's help in tracking down a New York-based comedian who joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Jocelyn Chia, a US national who grew up in Singapore, is being investigated under laws related to incitement and offensive online content, police say.

Her joke, posted online last week, prompted an official protest from Malaysia and an apology from Singapore.

MH370 went missing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur in March 2014.

United Health Care isn't having a good year. And it looks like the Kung Flu is being blamed.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. shares plunged the most in three years after CFO John Rex told an audience at the Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference that a recent surge in surgeries and other medical care might push expenses higher than previously forecasted. The exec's comments rippled through the S&P 500 Managed Care Index, sending Humana Inc. and Elevance Health Inc lower.

Rex's comments came late Tuesday at the Goldman healthcare event. He said the premium revenue spent on care for the second quarter might be "moderately above" the high end of expectations. This was enough to send UnitedHealth shares down as much as 9.3%.

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Gov. Hairspray's CA isn't all that safe with those encompassing gun laws.

CDC: Over 17% of All U.S Firearm Murders Occur in Gun-Controlled California

Recent data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that over 17 percent of America’s annual firearm murders occur in just one state – Democrat-controlled California.

The state is known for having some of the strictest gun-control laws in the nation

When Garrett buys a pair of these do you think he will say? "There, that will show them."

Finally, you can buy a pair of testicles for your Crocs

Well, you're in luck: because you finally buy a set of rubber testicles-in-a-scrotum to dangle off your Crocs, so that no one ever questions the gender of your recycled plastic shoes ever again! Plus, according to the description, they're highly personalized and unique—just like real nuts!

How about a dose of common sense with Paul Joseph Watson!

The Wokesters have even ducked up fishing.

You GO, girls! Half a British ladies fishing team walks off after trans allowed to join

If you allow your children to be instructed by this aberration you are guilty of child abuse.

If it is too difficult to tell people about the fees then it is too difficult for people to pay them and you should reduce your fees. Amirite Comcast?

Comcast is not happy about new federal rules that will require it to provide broadband customers with labels displaying exact prices and other information about Internet service plans.

In a filing last week, Comcast told the Federal Communications Commission that it is "working diligently to put in place the systems and processes necessary to create, maintain, and display the labels as required." But according to Comcast, "two aspects of the Commission's Order impose significant administrative burdens and unnecessary complexity in complying with the broadband label requirements."

Comcast noted that five major cable and telecom industry trade groups petitioned the FCC in January to change the rules. Comcast's new filing urged the FCC to grant the petition "as soon as possible before the rules become effective to help providers streamline and simplify their labeling processes, which will ultimately benefit consumers."

On this day: 14 Jun 1995
Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher died after a chest infection set in following a liver transplant. Had been a member of Taste before going solo, sold over 30m albums worldwide. Voted Melody Maker's Top Musician of the Year in 1972, auditioned for The Rolling Stones following the departure of Mick Taylor. Gallagher made his final performance on 10 January 1995 in the Netherlands. via thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this day: 14 Jun 1945
English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer Rod Argent who was a member of The Zombies who had the 1964 UK No.12 single 'She's Not There' and went on to form the band Argent Argent who had the 1972 UK No.5 single 'Hold Your Head Up'. via thisdayinmusic.com

In case you missed this particular link last night, here goes Round 2.

Because I do things my way.

For a change, Florida Man is not our Genius Award Winner.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A southern Illinois man was arrested in Nevada and is facing charges of theft in Williamson County after he allegedly stole a backhoe and drove it to the airport to catch his flight to the West Coast.

According to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Timothy J. Baggott, of Carbondale, was arrested in Elko County, Nevada on May 21 for charges related to the possession of a stolen vehicle. He was later released.

The sheriff’s office said Baggott was arrested again on May 22 in Wells, Nevada for charges related to the possession of an additional stolen vehicle

Follow that backhoe............

“It is clear you are a well-thought-of person both professionally and personally.” And Genius Award Winner.

Judge jails barrister who tried to buy drugs from two men he represented
Henry Hendron, whose clients have included the Earl of Cardigan and Nadine Dorries, sentenced to 14 months

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