Sunday Overnight Open Thread (8/18/24)

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“Four kids shot between 11-14[years old] is outrageous. Everyone should be up in arms over it. The police are doing everything that we can in response to this, but we can’t keep responding after the fact. We can’t keep arresting these kids. More needs to be done to deter this type of activity in the first place.” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara

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“Just because you haven’t done anything wrong does not mean you’re safe from civil forfeiture, and it’s very costly and very difficult to fight the government.” University of Pennsylvania law professor Louis Rulli

The ONT here at AoS has the best commenters in the whole wide world. Period.

Color me shocked and call me surprised as all get up and go. IRS employees increasingly snooping on taxpayers but DOJ rarely prosecutes

IRS employees are increasingly poking into taxpayers’ secret information — a violation of the law — but prosecutors are refusing to go after them, the agency’s inspector general said in a new report.

Investigators at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration say they uncovered and referred to the Justice Department 648 cases of unauthorized attempts to access taxpayer data by IRS employees from 2018 through the middle of last year.

Federal prosecutors refused to bring charges in all but six of the cases.

6 cases? I wonder what their melanin was?

Pardon the sarcasm and cynicism this fine and glorious evening.

All's well that ends well or something like that. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

HEROIC RESCUE Watch heartstopping video of blind hiker and his dog’s aerial rescue after days lost in wilderness in scorching heat
Officials have also called the find of an 89-year-old hiker after 10 days in the wilderness 'miraculous'

FOOTAGE of the heartstopping moment a blind hiker and his guide dog were rescued after days of surviving in the scorching heat has been released.

The 55-year-old and his dog were hiking with a friend in Oregon last month when they became stranded.

That's a good way to end a vacation. Genius Award Winner.

A Virginia man is facing federal charges after allegedly stealing a Yellowstone National Park truck near Old Faithful while intoxicated on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.

According to documents filed in U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, Alan Bowling of Virginia attempted to buy beer at the Old Faithful Upper General Store around 4:40 p.m. on Saturday.

She saved 㾶,000. She won't be able to enjoy it. Yes, let's travel to a 3rd world shit pot and save money when it comes time for elective surgery.

Brit mum dies after flying to Turkey for Brazilian butt lift surgery to 'change her life'
Kaydell Brown, who had just turned 38, tragically died after travelling to Istanbul, Turkey, to undergo a so-called 'mummy MOT' - including a Brazilian butt lift - at a clinic

Yes indeedy, she changed her life.

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posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:58 PM

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