Sunday Overnight Open Thread (9/15/24)

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“We are grateful the victim only sustained minor injuries, due to the mother’s quick actions and child’s resiliency,” WDFW Sergeant, Ken Balazs.

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“We understand that the legal process in the DRC allows for defendants to appeal the court’s decision,”
State Department spokesperson Matt Miller

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I'm simply not interested in electric cars. They are just white goods. They're washing machines, they're microwave ovens. And you can't review those, you can't enjoy them. They are just shit.” Jeremy Clarkson

Up to date assassination attempt coverage via Fox.

Why this man goes through all of the slings and arrows baffles me to no end.

Will "Big Bank" cave into the climate crazies?

Major banks are being urged to stop financing the global farming industry as part of an effort to force limits on the general public’s meat and dairy consumption.

A collective of over 100 climate groups, led by Friends of the Earth, is pressuring JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and other private banks to stop financing global meat and dairy companies.

According to a report from Agriculture Dive, the groups argue that the institutions’ lending activities undermine their environmental commitments.

An open letter from groups to some of the world’s biggest banks calls for a halt on any new financing that expands industrial livestock production.

The banks are being pressured to add requirements that meat, dairy, and feed clients disclose their climate action plans.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or something like that.

New Generation Postal Trucks May Look Goofy, But Mail Carriers Love Them
The electric trucks are larger, quieter and cooler than their predecessors

Speaking of EVs. My proposal to stop EV fires? Stop building them.

The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires
EVs can burn for days, firefighters have little or no training to deal with them, and conventional equipment isn’t effective. But new technology is being developed that should make all the difference.

Last month, a Mercedes Benz EQE 350 electric vehicle caught fire in a South Korean apartment building’s underground parking garage. Reportedly, 23 people were sent to the hospital and approximately 900 cars were damaged. The fire reached temperatures of more than 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celsius), and took firefighters almost eight hours to extinguish.

The incident led to a series of swift policy changes in the country, including the acceleration of a planned EV battery certification program and new rules in Seoul that should prevent owners from “overcharging” their vehicles in underground parking garages. It has also pushed automakers to do something they wouldn’t normally: reveal who makes the batteries inside their electric cars. (In early September, the South Korean government said it would require automakers to disclose this often secret information.)

There is nothing to see here. Move along no weaponization of Federal Agenices.

RFK Jr says he is being investigated over story that he decapitated beached whale
Kennedy's daughter said he transported a whale skull on the roof of his car

Better late than never.

GREAT BEND, Kan. -- More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing her.

The investigation into the Jan. 24, 1980, shooting death of Mary Robin Walter, 23, of Great Bend, had gone cold until 2022, when a detective persuaded Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir to reopen the case and use technology and techniques that weren't available at the time.

The new evidence pointed to Steven L. Hanks, who was 25 at the time and had been a suspect early on. The Kansas Attorney General's Office said in a statement Friday that it was Hanks' admission in new interviews that allowed authorities to charge him in 2022, when he was living in Burden, Kansas.

On this day: September 15, 2004 - Johnny Ramone
Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) died in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Founding member of The Ramones, major influence on many punk and 90’s bands. Scored the 1977 hit single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker' via thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this day: September 15, 1946 - Ola Brunkert
Ola Brunkert, drummer with the Swedish group ABBA. Was a member of the Slim Blues Gang, Science Poption and jazz-rock combo Opus III before joining ABBA. He played on every ABBA album and toured with the group. He was found dead with his throat cut at his home in Majorca, Spain on March 17th 2008 after he hit his head against a glass door in the dining room at his home. via thisdayinmusic.com

Talk about being a hero while off the clock. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Man Trapped In Submerged Truck On Live TV, Off-Duty ER Nurse Dives Into Floodwaters To Save Him

Amidst the chaos of Hurricane Francine, a dramatic rescue unfolded on live television. On the evening of Wednesday, September 11, Miles Crawford, an off-duty ER nurse in Lakeview, Louisiana, leaped into action when he learned someone was trapped in a submerged pickup truck, caught in floodwaters just 200 feet from his home.


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