Sunday Overnight Open Thread (1/28/24)

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“I know folks may question my style, but don’t question my leadership,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

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“First of all, technology fails. These limiters are GPS based, or use cameras to read speed signs, or similar things. There are already incidents where people had limiters placed in their cars, and instead of complying, they ripped out road signs or cracked open the car and destroyed the device or the GPS unit," Automotive legal expert, Herschel Williams

Not only are the Commenters smart, they are funny and clever as well. Thank you.

PA Sen. John Fetterman may be a Democrat. But lately, I'm enjoying his style.

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Showed Up at John Fetterman's House. His Reaction Was Priceless.

As we noted this morning, Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) penchant for bucking the Democratic Party line might no longer be a one-off thing. It could be a trend. We now have a handful of issues where he is decidedly against the brass, and it’s refreshing. While I wish the GOP had supermajorities in both chambers, that’s not the case, and we need some Democrats to do stuff.

We really are boned.

U.S. Navy Drops High School Diploma, GED Requirement for Recruits — What Could Possibly Go Wrong

No Diploma? No Problem! The U.S. Navy has again lowered enlistment requirements as it struggles to meet self-inflicted recruiting goals. We'll get to the latter in a bit. Spoiler: Perhaps Navy brass should have dropped Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals instead.

Up to 15 years of prison for a cop who fails to turn on body camera. How about the Tennessee legislature require district attorneys to fully prosecute gun charges? And while you are at it, make sure the judiciary can't agree to plea deals on those charges.

Just a few days after I published “It’s Never Enough,” that discussed the never ending demands on law enforcement, I discovered one of the most sinister demands that has taken the form of a legislative bill in the state of Tennessee.

Before I discuss the most hateful and anti-police legislation attempts I have ever seen, you need some context on body cameras.

Bad Intentions…Terrible Results

The idea of body cameras seemed like a Star Trek episode a decade ago and today, 85% of the cops in America are wearing one and the industry boasts a 7.5 billion dollar value that is expected to double in five years.

But the idea of demanding body cameras for law enforcement was not driven by a quest to make a multi-billion dollar industry by providing that “free” body camera attached to a lifetime of monthly data storage costs but rather the cries of racist cops.

It's noble you want healthy and sustainable food. Your actions will hurt your cause more than it helps. I want to smack them.

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (around 1503-19) was attacked at the Musée du Louvre, in Paris, today by environmental activists who threw soup over the world's most-recognised and most-viewed painting. The celebrated portrait, which has been protected by security glass for the past 70 years, was not damaged in the attack.

In a video posted on X by the French news agency CLPRESS, two women members of the food protest group Riposte Alimentaire ("food response") are seen approaching the semi-circular wooden barrier in front of the painting, before throwing soup at it and climbing under the barriers. They stand in front of the canvas, and are heard demanding, in French, the right to "healthy and sustainable food", saying "our agricultural system is sick". Security guards are then seen erecting black screens in front of the portrait and its soup-splattered protective glazing.

The “Salle des Etats”, the room housing the Mona Lisa, was evacuated but subsequently reopened

There's a sucker born every minute.
Since this is the Kinder, Gentler Sunday ONT I won't print what I think of this c***t.

Alyssa Milano is spotted driving her $200k electric Porsche Taycan with son Milo to pet store - days after asking for $10k donation for his baseball team trip
Multimillionaire Charmed star was seen driving her fully-loaded and customized 2023 electric Porsche Taycan 4S just days after she was slammed on the Internet for sharing a GoFundMe for son's baseball trip
DailyMail.com learned the British Racing Green paint job is custom and costs $14k - more than the donation she asked for son Milo's trip; Milano defended herself, saying she bought 'uniforms for the entire team'
Alyssa, 51, and her 12-year-old son spent their Saturday afternoon cuddling up with rescue puppies at a PetSmart in Los Angeles - and it looks like they even took a couple home

Obviously this moron has not been reading The ONT or any Rants by Mr. Buck Throckmorton.

Tesla battery explodes in Cary home after being removed and charged inside
Police say a Tesla car battery caught fire in a Cary home Saturday afternoon.

While charging, the battery experienced a short circuit.

Broadcastify radio traffic reveals what exactly happened inside the house.

"It looks like it's the smaller of the two batteries from the car, in the kitchen charging it up, and then it exploded," the dispatcher said.

On this day: January 28, 1978 - Van Halen
Van Halen released their first single, a cover of The Kinks' ‘You Really Got Me’. The Kinks' Dave Davies has claimed to dislike Van Halen's rendition of the song and stated of how a concert-goer once approached him after a live Kinks show and congratulated him on performing a "great cover of the Van Halen song." via thisdayinmusic.com

No word if Davies refuses the royalty checks........

On this day: January 28, 1978 - 2015 - Sly Stone
Funk legend Sly Stone was awarded $5m (£3.3m) in missed royalties by a Los Angeles court. The singer claimed his former manager, Gerald Goldstein, and lawyer, Glenn Stone, had cheated him out of earnings dating back more than 20 years. In 2011, it was reported he was homeless and living in a camper van after falling on hard times and fighting drug addiction problems."via thisdayinmusic.com

Harming animals is a great way to become: Tonight's Genius Award Winner.

JANUARY 25--A West Virginia woman was charged with animal cruelty after she placed a pet gecko into a garbage disposal and turned the appliance on during a violent confrontation yesterday with her boyfriend, police report.

After receiving an anonymous 911 call about a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex in Hurricane, a Charleston suburb, cops spoke with a man identified as a domestic battery victim in a criminal complaint.

The man told cops that he and Hannah Jones, 19, “were going to have sex when they got home but it did not work out as planned.” A “verbal argument” followed, during which he called Jones a “slut,” the man stated.

Jones, seen at right, allegedly then struck the man twice with a curtain rod, leaving him with a knot and laceration on his forearm.

Living the dream. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A warehouse worker who entertained friends with his spot-on Elvis impersonations is now earning $500 a night as a tribute act after they sneaked a video of him to a showbiz agent.

Danny Turney worked as a warehouse supervisor for 15 years in Bedfordshire, England, stacking and moving palettes of goods.

During the COVID pandemic, he was singing in his kitchen while making a cup of tea and wife, Laura, discreetly recorded him, uploading it to Facebook.

Weekly commenter stats for week of 01-28-2024


Top 10 commenters:
1 [584 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra' [81.98 posts/day]
2 [469 comments] 'Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)'
3 [446 comments] 'Bulgaroctonus'
4 [404 comments] 'Ciampino - treachery needs a gallows??'
5 [357 comments] 'andycanuck (2yu8s)'
6 [352 comments] 'Skip'
7 [316 comments] 'Braenyard'
8 [315 comments] 'Archimedes'
9 [311 comments] 'Don Black'
10 [308 comments] 'rickb223'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [383 names] 'Ciampino - treachery needs a gallows??' [53.76 unique names/day]
2 [152 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
3 [72 names] 'Miklos'
4 [59 names] 'Air-cooled Guy'
5 [49 names] 'browndog takes a dose regularly'
6 [47 names] 'pookysgirl, ready for naptime'
7 [46 names] 'Moron Analyst'
8 [45 names] 'Count de Monet'
9 [39 names] 'crisis management firm spitballing tweets'
10 [34 names] 'Duncanthrax'

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