36 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  4. I was taking part in a province-wide amateur radio net during last year’s observation of Butts’s Magic 60 Minutes, as I recall. It was interesting to see how many of the hams who checked in, including me, boasted about ignoring it.
    Sure enough, though, someone checked in and was appalled at our collective lack of foresight. I don’t remember what he said, but it was along the lines of “What about the future generations?”
    Oh, well, there’s no pleasing everybody, is there?

  5. *
    reading, writing… and red faces…
    gawd forbid they just lock up the crazies
    who advertise their deadly intentions on
    social media.
    yeah, j. edgar… i’m talkin’ about you.
    *

  6. Wait, that AR-15 was concealed in a backpack, and that is why the school wants clear backpacks now?
    Seriously, no one seems to address the real problems associated with that shooting:
    1. Long term problems
    1a. The FBI had warned about the shooter two years ago, nothing was done. His name was not entered into the background check database for guns.
    1b. The (now disgraced) school resource officer wanted to have him institutionalized. Nothing was done because the school district believed in Obama’s plea for leniency for minority miscreants.
    1c. That was why the shooter could legally buy the gun. The law does provide for safeguards. They were just ignored.
    2. Immediate problems
    Five, count them, five law enforcement officers were at the school at the time of the shooting. NONE of them entered the room where it took place.
    2a. The aforementioned school resource officer stood outside the door with his gun drawn during the shooting. But he never went in. He has resigned.
    2b. The deputy assigned to patrol the school apparently missed the whole thing. He slept in the squad car through the whole episode, until wakened up by a student. No, really. He has been suspended pending investigation.
    2c. Three, count them, deputies dispatched to the school went into the prescribed stance for a siege. They crouched behind the squad car with guns drawn, and remained there the whole time. The Broward county sheriff praised them afterwards for correctly following procedures.
    2d. Two SWAT team officers heard about the shooting and rushed to the school. They went into the room after the shooter had stopped shooting. They did apprehend him. They have been suspended for leaving their post without authorization.
    There were so many failures by people in authority. Correct response by just one of them might have stopped, or at least minimized the killing. The tragic consequence of all that incompetence is sickeningly macabre. But the school thinks clear plastic bags is how to solve the problem.

  7. Clear backpacks?
    They would tear just from the stitching. Bet they don’t exist.
    The parents will be buying new ones every month. If I were a student there I’d use a clear garbage bag! Yes a new one every day. This I gotta see!

  8. So many things that could have and should have worked, didn’t. Perhaps that’s why they think something that makes no sense, will.
    Faulty logic, of course. I think it’s the other way round. A society so disengaged from reality, and so enraptured by its artificial problems and issues, must be populated with people who will screw up all the things that could have worked.

  9. …_
    AGW RIP.
    “Human influences on the climate are a small (1%) perturbation to natural energy flows”
    …-
    “Easter 2018: BBC Weather warn of SNOW in UK as Easter weekend could be COLDEST on record” (express)
    …-
    “(Hot) Air Let Out of California’s Climate Change Lawsuit”
    “Anyway, California thought there might have been some kind of conspiracy by oil companies to hide secrets about global warming. We also saw that secrets of the kind hoped for by climate activists weren’t really possible.
    But Judge William Alsup didn’t know that and so ordered both sides to present to him a tutorial in the physics of externally heated fluids flowing over a rotating sphere. The class as scheduled to last a mere four hours. But, hey, what’s so hard? Activists, politicians, celebrities, even reporters know all about this simple subject.
    We’re Here to Help
    Aiding his honor were two friend-of-the-court briefs, one of which was led by Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Willie Soon, David Legates, Yours Truly, and others. The other was from scientists William Happer, Steven E. Koonin, and Richard S. Lindzen.
    Happer and the others provided a lovely summary.
    1. The climate is always changing; changes like those of the past half-century are common in the geologic record, driven by powerful natural phenomena
    2. Human influences on the climate are a small (1%) perturbation to natural energy flows
    3. It is not possible to tell how much of the modest recent warming can be ascribed to human influences
    4. There have been no detrimental changes observed in the most salient climate variables and today’s projections of future changes are highly uncertain
    Interested readers can explore the reasoning behind this four simple and true points at their leisure. Share them with every concerned citizen.
    Monckton’s (my) group had two straightforward points.”
    https://stream.org/hot-air-let-out-of-californias-climate-change-lawsuit/

  10. Hopefully, in the next mass shooting, the murderer carries his AK onto the subway tucked into his / her pants.
    Or full cape burka type concealing clothing.
    I’ll be there, proud as all get out in my clear Carhartt’s.

  15. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “World Meteorological Day 2018 encourages weather-ready, climate-smart societies” (accuwea)
    …-
    “Photos: Spring nor’easter buries DC to NYC, shatters snowfall records”
    “The first days of spring featured a major winter storm to the northeastern United States, bringing travel to a halt and leading to widespread school cancellations across the region.
    This was the fourth nor’easter to hit the region this March …”
    https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/photos-spring-noreaster-buries-dc-to-nyc-shatters-snowfall-records/70004474

  17. National Socialism with A&J: Saturday Night DOA.
    “Bring me the head of John Wayne: Stalin wanted the actor killed”
    …-
    “Adolf Hitler, Film Fanatic
    Nazi art never caught on, its architecture was unbuilt or destroyed, but its films were shot and seen by millions. The German dictator was a keen believer in the power of cinema and used it to spread the ideology of his murderous regime.” (HT)
    …-
    “Why Stalin loved Tarzan and wanted John Wayne shot”
    “… Stalin considered himself (in modern terms) Sam Goldwyn and Harvey Weinstein, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese, Joe Eszterhas and Richard Curtis, rolled into one.”
    “After late meetings in his office, Stalin would suggest a movie and then some dinner.
    Leading the way through Kremlin alleyways and courtyards, he took his seat in the front row of the Great Kremlin Palace cinema with Beria, Molotov and his cultural supremo, Andrei Zhdanov.”
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3618310/Why-Stalin-loved-Tarzan-and-wanted-John-Wayne-shot.html

  18. Justin famously made all the Liberal appointed Senators “independent” but they vote with his government on key issues, the latest one ensures the passing of his pot bill. That’s quite a deal, something like you’d expect in a commie state.

  19. Justin famously made all the Liberal appointed Senators “independent” but they vote with his government on key issues, the latest one ensures the passing of his pot bill. That’s quite a deal, something like you’d expect in a commie state.

  20. …_
    AGW RIP.
    “Throughout most of the Western world, governments are slashing subsidies to renewables”
    …-
    “Lawrence Solomon: Trudeau will learn a painful lesson — voters really dislike climate crusading
    Global warming is so yesterday. There’s pretty much nothing the public cares less about than climate change”
    “But no one is remarking on the Democratic cause that was thrown off the omnibus — climate change — because no one still considers it a Democratic priority.
    Nowhere in the bill’s 2,232 pages of spending goodies do the words “climate change” or “global warming” even appear.
    Global warming is so yesterday. The diehards aside, does any American still care?”
    http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/lawrence-solomon-trudeau-will-learn-a-painful-lesson-voters-really-dislike-climate-crusading

  21. Conversation between mother and teenage daughter at a continental breakfast…
    Daughter: Mom, I want toast. How do I get toast?
    Mom: Put the bread in the toaster, there.
    Daughter: Now what?
    Mom: Press down the button.
    Daughter: How will I know when its done?
    Mom: It pops up automatically.
    A few minutes later…
    Daughter: Mom, can you butter my toast?
    One day this teenage daughter will have a baby.

  22. LOL !!!
    back in the 80s I taught @ a private college (long gone, wonder why…) that got hit wit’ a virus on da notwerk. having some 15 yrs experience I attempted to outline a systematic method of expunging the infection and preventing a recurrence.
    the official response included putting a silver marker X on the brand spankin’ new 3 1/2″ floppy disks, thus the ‘clean’ designation.
    when I pointed out that the moment any said floppy got popped into the drive slot, it’s ‘virus clear’ status became uncertain. I got ignored.
    one day I scanned their mcafee ‘anti-virus’ floppy with my norton right in front of the class and . . . . it found a virus!! provided some wry humour that day.
    my constant picking apart mgmt policy regarding security issues got me sacked.
    but, like I say, they NO LONGER EXIST.

  25. *
    “wouldn’t mind having those rocks around”
    sorry, bro…
    i’m sticking with my glock… ‘cos i can’t
    throw a rock 1150 feet per second.
    *

  26. I also think the clear backpacks are silly. If you wanted to smuggle a gun in you could (in theory) just wrap it up in a sweater. Many girls will still have big purses. I also think they are not very durable.

  27. …_
    Our Anglosphere reigns.
    …-
    “Australia Defies ‘Crazy Lefties’, Confirms Promise to Aid White Minority South African Farmers
    Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has dismissed claims of racism over his plan to resettle South African white minority farmers in Australia, saying he ignores the confected outrage “from some of the crazy lefties at the Guardian and Huffington Post.”
    Mr. Dutton faced a backlash after he first announced the farmers needed “special attention” because of the epidemic of violence engulfing them.
    As Breitbart News reported, Mr. Dutton noted Australia has refugee, humanitarian and other visa programs which have the “potential to help some of these people”. He said he had asked his department to look at the options “because from what I have seen they do do need help from a civilised country like ours”.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/22/australia-defies-crazy-lefties-promises-to-aid-white-minority-south-african-farmers/

  28. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    “The threat of steel and aluminum tariffs is back on.”
    …-
    “Trump steel tariff threat back on for Canada, Mexico after U.S. sets deadline on NAFTA talks” (FP)
    …-
    “Canada’s exclusion from steel, aluminum tariffs could expire May 1”
    “The United States has just applied some deadline pressure, amid its hurry to get a new NAFTA agreement over the next few weeks.”
    “The threat of steel and aluminum tariffs is back on.”
    https://globalnews.ca/news/4102069/canada-steel-aluminum-tariff-deadline/

  31. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “In New York, March Has Been Colder Than February”
    “East Coast shivers with lower temperatures than mid-winter
    Outlook doesn’t call for warmth anytime soon, forecasts say”
    “You probably already knew this, but March has been colder than February, at least at New York’s Central Park through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
    The same is true for weather stations at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports and in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington.”
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/new-york-march-temperature-running-colder-than-february-so-far

  33. FAIRFIELD (CBS) – There was a security breach at Travis Air Force Base Wednesday night when a car loaded with propane tanks crashed through a gate and an explosion tore through the vehicle.
    Military personnel ran up to the burning car that exploded in flame after breaching the security gates at the base.
    In a video posted on an Air Force forum on Facebook, firefighters are seen attempting to put out the flames.
    Law enforcement sources say the car carried propane tanks and the driver deliberately ignited the fire. He died inside the car which drove off the road into a ditch. There are no reports of shots fired during the incident. The driver has been identified by law enforcement but not been named. Since he ignited himself investigators are treating this as an act of terrorism.
    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/03/22/terrorism-investigation-travis-air-force-base/

  34. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    “… RCMP have charged a man from the community” “God’s Lake Narrows First Nation” “with her slaying.”
    …-
    “Trudeau to formally exonerate Tsilhqot’in war chiefs hanged 1864/65” (bcnews)
    …-
    “After years of community frustration, Mounties make arrest in death of young God’s Lake mother”
    “Two-and-a-half years after the body of Crystal Andrews was found beneath a canopy of birch and spruce trees, near the edge of the garbage dump in God’s Lake Narrows First Nation, Manitoba RCMP have charged a man from the community with her slaying.”
    https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/after-years-of-community-frustration-mounties-make-arrest-in-death-of-young-gods-lake-mother-477694283.html

  35. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “Delayed spring means delayed crops
    Most of Romania covered by snow – A “very rare event.”
    “From what I’ve noticed spring is delayed by a month this year, which is not a joke,” says reader. “It will subsequently affect the crops that will be delayed.”
    “March was another winter month in most of Europe, which is extremely unusual. Myself I can’t remember such a thick snow by this day in many areas.
    “Most of Romania is covered by snow at 24th March. Very rare event, I’m not sure if it happened before since the weather is recorded.
    “Even if the winter started mild due to a strong Gulf Stream the cold spells became more frequent and longer in February and the beginning of March .”
    https://www.iceagenow.info/delayed-spring-means-delayed-crops/
    …-
    “Easter weather forecast: UK set for coldest April on record” (express)
    …-
    “Winter”
    “When all around the wind doth blow, 10
    And coughing drowns the parson’s saw,
    And birds sit brooding in the snow,
    And Marian’s nose looks red and raw;
    When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl—
    Then nightly sings the staring owl 15
    Tu-whoo!
    Tu-whit! tu-whoo! A merry note!
    While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.” (Will Shakespeare)

  36. “Why Stalin loved Tarzan and wanted John Wayne shot”
    I wonder if he new that Edgar Rice Burroughs detested Communism and Stalin.

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