Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (3/20/24)

Quote I

“An expressed willingness by Israel to forge a new relationship between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank with non-Hamas-led Palestinians would at least give some hope to all sides that there would never be a round of bloodletting like this again,” Thomas Friedman of NYT

Quote II

"I don’t care what sex a firefighter is as long as they can carry a 200 pound Mayor out of a burning building." Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch

Quote III

“It’s not fair that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.” NYC Homeowner Adele Andaloro

Quote IV

“People are fed up with the quality of life. There’s a general sense of lawlessness. You go into the CVS and there’s shoplifting. People’s cars get vandalized.” Queens NY Councilman Robert Holden
I may be a deplorable bitter clinger rube to those who govern us. But, at least I am happy with my life and where The Fabulous and I reside.

Well this is certainly surprising. I'm amazed he wasn't jailed indefinitely while MushHead watches the USA burn. He's too addled with dementia to play the fiddle. Charges dropped against Gold Star father arrested for heckling Biden during SOTU address

Schwalb argued that despite the fact that, as the Capitol Police noted, "disrupting the Congress and demonstrating in Congressional Buildings is illegal," Nikoui should not be charged since countless other protestors in recent years weren't.

The father of a US soldier killed in Afghanistan during Biden’s disastrous withdrawal who was arrested after heckling the president during his State of the Union address earlier this month has had his charges dropped.

Gold Star father Steve Nikoui, 51, was cleared of all wrongdoing by Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb on Tuesday. He had been charged with a misdemeanor of "crowding, obstructing or incommoding," which carries a fine of up to $500 and 90 days in prison.

Don't care for your boss? Tell your significant other, whine to your Mommy and/or Daddy or share with your pet. Don't be telling the world wide web. ***SNORT***

User Horrified When Glassdoor, a Site for Trashing Your Boss, Starts Adding Real Names
"Glassdoor now requires your real name and will add it to older accounts without your consent...

Glassdoor's whole pitch has always been to anonymously trash talk their employers — but the site has now updated its policies and begun adding real names without consent, sparking outrage among users.

As Ars Technica reports, one Glassdoor user discovered this unfortunate change while trying to get her own information taken down.

Upon hearing about a real-name policy enacted since the company acquired the LinkedIn competitor Fishbowl, which requires user verification, Monica — a pseudonym Ars used to protect her identity — began looking into deleting her account or getting her information taken down to protect her real identity.

Monica contacted Glassdoor support, and was shocked to find that instead of helping her get her information down, the company populated her account with her real name instead, even though she repeatedly asked its customer support employees to do the exact opposite.

You will be made to believe in the climate crisis. And your tax dollars will be used to convert you.

This is another article about New York’s climate “leadership” that I fear will trickle down to a state near you. Ken Girardin from the Empire Center breaks the story of New York’s latest attempt to shore up public support for the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act). This article explains that the State “is especially concerned about certain areas of the climate program, noting they should be able to “immediately address emerging unforeseen events that draw media scrutiny”.

The Climate Act established a New York “Net Zero” target (85% reduction in GHG emissions and 15% offset of emissions) by 2050. Despite the enormous impacts to energy affordability, threats to electric system reliability, and mandates affecting personal energy choices I believe many New Yorkers are unaware of the law. In 2023 transition recommendations were supposed to be implemented through regulation, Public Service Commission orders, and legislation. Not surprisingly, the aspirational schedule of the Climate Act has proven to be more difficult to implement than planned.

NYS Seeks Spin Doctor To Fight Climate Law Critics

I have good news. And I have bad news. The good news? Pierre Delecto Mitt Romney isn't running for re-election to the US Senate. The bad news? A Romney wanna be is leading in the Maryland Senate race. Larry Hogan who aspired to be POTUS is now seeking to join the Senate.

Hogan leads Maryland Senate race by double digits, poll shows
The former governor unexpectedly entered the race last month and has been boosted by widespread name recognition in the state.

A serious question. Is there any faculty at Harvard that has an original thought?

Harvard professor Christina Cross is a rising star in the field of critical race studies. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, secured the support of the National Science Foundation, and garnered attention from the New York Times, where she published an influential article title “The Myth of the Two-Parent Home.”

Cross’s 2019 dissertation, “The Color, Class, and Context of Family Structure and Its Association with Children’s Educational Performance,” won a slate of awards, including the American Sociological Association Dissertation Award and the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, and helped catapult her onto the Harvard faculty.

According to a new complaint filed with Harvard’s office of research integrity, however, Cross’s work is compromised by multiple instances of plagiarism, including “verbatim plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, uncited paraphrasing, and uncited quotations from other sources.”

What do you do when the "Check Oil Light" comes on?:
1. [ ] Open glove box and look at owner's manual?
2. [ ] Contact the nearest vehicle dealer or your independent garage?
3. [ ] Call a friend for advice and/or a ride?
4. [ ] Just keep on driving?

If you marked boxes 1-3 you are correct. If you checked box 4 you're a dumbfvck.

Mexico is doing the job America won't. It is building the wall to keep illegal immigrants from coming back.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS — As the debate in the United States continued to rage over the ongoing migrant crisis along the southern border, Mexico announced plans to begin construction on a wall to keep illegal immigrants from coming back.

The idea to build a wall along its northern border, which Mexican leaders said they came up with all by themselves, will prevent unvetted and unidentified migrants from entering the country, thereby making Mexico a safer, more secure nation.

"It's going to be a big, beautiful wall," said Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. "We're going to build a wall and we're going to make the United States pay for it. If the U.S. thinks they can just send endless waves of Mexican gang members, criminals, rapists, and murderers into Mexico, they've got another thing coming. A nation without borders is not a nation. We've got to build a wall and make Mexico great again!"

On this day: March 20, 1969 - John Lennon
John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. They spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning for an international 'Bed-In' for peace. They planned another 'Bed-in' in the United States, but were denied entry. The couple then went to Montreal, and during a 'Bed-in' at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’. Lennon also detailed this period in The Beatles ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’, recorded by Lennon and McCartney on April 14, 1969. Via thisdayinmusic.com

You're welcome!

Born on this day: March 20, 1937 - Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed, US country guitarist who worked with Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley. His signature songs included 'Guitar Man,', 'East Bound and Down' (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit, and 'She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)'. Reed died on 1 Sept 2008. Via thisdayinmusic.com

There may be competency issues. However, that has never stopped us from awarding the Genius Award.

Diapers, seats, pajamas set on fire in string of arsons in East Boston

This woman would pass the Ed Koch test. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Beach Hero: Melbourne Woman Pulls Three Unconscious Men To Shore
March 20, 2024

Today's good news story comes from Victoria, Australia.

In a display of incredible bravery, 33-year-old Brianna Hurst risked her own safety to save the lives of three drowning strangers off the coast of south-western Victoria. The events unfolded near Apollo Bay at Marengo, south of Lorne, on Sunday afternoon, when a leisurely swim turned into a life-threatening situation for four men.

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Astute Observations.

Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. There were probably several hamsters injured, maimed and/or killed in the production of tonight's ONT. Those are the breaks.

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:02 PM

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