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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Wisconsin man breaks into in-law's house, stabs them multiple times ‘to enact revenge': authorities
Stabbed 17 times.
Placement counts.

[FoxNews] A Wisconsin man has been arrested after authorities say he broke into the Illinois home of his estranged wife’s parents and stabbed them multiple times in an act of revenge.

The attack happened just days before Michael Liu, 36, was supposed to turn himself into custody at the Waukesha County Huber Detention Facility in Wisconsin on Sunday for a domestic battery conviction from July 2022 and a violation of an order of protection complaint, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said.

On Dec. 1, Liu traveled about 122 miles from Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the suburban town of Crete, Illinois, "to enact revenge on his soon-to-be ex-wife’s parents," the sheriff’s office said.

Liu parked his car down the block from his in-law’s home before allegedly firing several shots from outside in the direction of the couple as they sat in their living room.

He missed every shot and smashed his way into the home through a sliding glass door, according to authorities. He allegedly opened fire again but his gun malfunctioned.

Liu then stabbed the 66-year-old woman several times, deputies said. Her 68-year-old husband came to her defense and was also stabbed numerous times.

The husband was able to wrestle the suspect to the ground and take away the knife before stabbing Liu an estimated 17 times, the sheriff’s office said.

"My heart goes out to the victims in this senseless heinous attack," Sheriff Mike Kelley said. "It was clear what the offender’s intentions were, the minute he left the state of Wisconsin."

Responding deputies arrived at a bloody scene and performed life-saving measures on all three individuals. All three were rushed to a local hospital for treatment.

As of Tuesday, the 66-year-old woman has been released from the hospital while the 68-year-old husband was in stable condition and continued to recover from his injuries.

During an interview with detectives over the weekend, Liu made several incriminating statements, the sheriff’s office said. He was released from the hospital and taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility to await his initial court appearance.

Liu faces numerous charges, including two counts of attempted murder, five counts of home invasion, aggravated discharge of a firearm, residential burglary, two counts of aggravated domestic battery, four counts of aggravated battery and criminal trespass to a residence.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 10:44 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Stabbed 17 times.
Placement counts."


True, but so does size.

Maybe a combination of these is what led to the divorce?
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 12/07/2022 20:06 Comments || Top||

#2  The father-in-law needs some lessons in anatomy. Also use of the blade.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 12/07/2022 21:34 Comments || Top||


Elon Musk's Neuralink Faces Federal Probe After Killing 1,500 Animals in Testing
Had he used Republicans, it would have been a non-issue.
[Breitbart] Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink is reportedly under federal investigation for possible animal-welfare violations after 1,500 animals were allegedly killed during testing. The investigation was reportedly sparked by massive employee backlash [layoffs] to the mass death of animals.
Now about those 100 auto fatalities, daily...
Reuters reports that Neuralink, the brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, is being investigated by federal authorities for potential animal welfare violations. This investigation is reportedly the result of internal staff complaints that allege the company is rushing its animal testing, leading to unnecessary suffering and deaths. The information comes from documents reviewed by Reuters and from sources familiar with the investigation and the company’s operations. Despite Neuralink’s wholesale slaughter of test animals, Musk claims that the company’s brain chip will be ready to test on humans in six months.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Tell me, how does this square with the death of millions of 'humans' due to the decision to NOT thoroughly test COVID vaccines ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 6:37 Comments || Top||

#2  A lot more turkeys died prior to Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 7:01 Comments || Top||

#3  But nothing on the deaths of thousands of animals due to cosmetic and drug testing.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/07/2022 9:39 Comments || Top||

#4 
How many beagles did Dr. Anthony Fauci’s CDC/NIH/NIAID experiments Kill or Maim?

Even PETA called Dr. F's answers a lie.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 10:22 Comments || Top||

#5  BTW: regarding the turkeys for T-Day.

Our Family in Colorado Springs is telling us that so many were harvested, that the Supermarkets are overloaded and MarketPlace was selling them for $2 EACH over the weekend.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 10:25 Comments || Top||

#6  Everyone knows this is in retaliation for his twitter stuff.
Posted by: mossomo || 12/07/2022 12:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Fauci's Beagles and Gain of Function research.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/07/2022 14:35 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
New York poised to become sixth state to legalize 'human composting' - the latest $7,000 eco craze that sees people turned into soil and used to plant trees
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The only method in which some people will eventually become useful to society. Golf clap from the Foundation.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 1:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Some people are only fit to fertilize kudzu
Posted by: Frank G || 12/07/2022 6:35 Comments || Top||

#3  What? No interest in Soylent Green?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 7:04 Comments || Top||


#5  Ha ha ha, what Frank said. 😁
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/07/2022 10:10 Comments || Top||

#6  could have soylent soy
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/07/2022 15:31 Comments || Top||


Navy to begin accepting more recruits from lowest aptitude percentile amid deepening recruiting crisis
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...This is what happens when institutional memory gets wiped every few decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 12/07/2022 7:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Just more time dealing with UCMJ, AWOL, drugs and other behavioral problems than actually spending time training and preparing to fight.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 7:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems the services may have started a little earlier than reported.

DOD spends $91,000 on diversity seminars for Air Force Band
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 8:53 Comments || Top||

#4  So they're scraping the barrel and accepting Tier 3 Cat 4's and 5's now....wow.

I predict a lot 365/200's
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 10:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Marine Corps is waaaaay ahead on this subject.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 12/07/2022 12:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Functional illiterates with the IQ of a potted plant. What in Gods name are they going to do in a machinery-based military branch?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/07/2022 13:04 Comments || Top||

#7  Democrats readily available.
Posted by: Dale || 12/07/2022 14:49 Comments || Top||

#8  "Where is port?"

"Next to the Hennessy..whooouuuaahhhtt! Green smoking lamp on yet?"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/07/2022 15:49 Comments || Top||

#9  Hmmm....someone thinks Putin's recruiting model is working?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 16:31 Comments || Top||

#10  Functional illiterates with the IQ of a potted plant. What in Gods name are they going to do in a machinery-based military branch?

Turn the robots on and off. Gotta have a man person in the loop.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/07/2022 18:14 Comments || Top||

#11  What Is a Solenoid Switch?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 18:22 Comments || Top||


Providence launches $10M reparations program for black and Native American people - but poor white people may qualify because federal funds earmarked for budget can't exclude anyone based on race
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] That would buy a lot of school lunches.
  • Mayor Jorge Elorza signed the budget into law in November to deliver the funds to some of the city's black and Native American communities

  • But because the federal funds can't be earmarked for specific races, white residents who earn less than $50,000 and live in the city can also apply

  • The program is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, and under federal laws the money must be made available to people of all races

  • Providence is among a number of communities across the country now seeking to address reparations

  • In California, a nine-person reparation committee is urging that every descendant of slaves in the state be paid out a sum for 'housing discrimination'
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Going to surprise a lot of people to find out there are more poor white people than either blacks or native americans.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 6:58 Comments || Top||

#2 
Why should ANY CURRENT TAXPAYER foot the bill for issues that ended generations ago.

Why not instead a 2-3 year tax exemption on work/job related income capped at $65K? Taken from the State House operations & retirement budget. Make the elected officials pay for it, not the taxpayers.

Otherwise, the payoff is done using taxpayer $$$$ and would mean the people getting the $$$$ are also paying taxes to give what they get.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 7:16 Comments || Top||

#3  If I control your money, I control you!
Posted by: Chath Bonaparte7481 || 12/07/2022 11:58 Comments || Top||



-Short Attention Span Theater-
This C7 Corvette Ejected Its Whole Engine in a Highway Crash
[Road & Track] If you needed another reason not to drive recklessly on public roads, here's one. This C7 Corvette flung its engine, along with most of its body parts, along the side of the 10 Freeway after a crash in San Bernardino, California on Saturday night, according to OnScene TV.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 01:37 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...From a pure engineering standpoint, I wanna know how the hell that happened.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/07/2022 4:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Inertia meets carbon fiber
Posted by: Warthog || 12/07/2022 9:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Lightweight alloy motor mounts fail shear test.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 9:19 Comments || Top||

#4  It did as designed. It shed most of the mass of the car to protect the driver. Most high end sports cars, and all but NASCAR race car are designed to do this as well.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 12/07/2022 10:11 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ Yeah, I thought Mercedes Benz invented this technology or something like it years ago and shared it with other car makers in the interest of safety.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/07/2022 13:56 Comments || Top||

#6  Article says the driver walked away. Considering how fast the car was probably going, it would appear the feature worked as designed.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/07/2022 13:58 Comments || Top||

#7  He's gonna need a newer car, however.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/07/2022 14:39 Comments || Top||

#8  I learn a new thing everyday at the 'burg. Thanks, guys.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/07/2022 15:00 Comments || Top||

#9  He's gonna need a newer car, however.

Article says he was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol and "possible racing" so he'll probably need a lawyer too. At least he won't need a coffin.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/07/2022 15:09 Comments || Top||

#10  ABU, formula 1 cars started it in the early 70's. NHRA built the first top fueler that did this in the early 70's as well, CCE, California Chassie Engineering built it. Most of the racing community has followed suit, CART, Formula 5000, etc... NASCAR and off road racing are about the last hold outs of keeping all that kinetic energy with the driver during a crash.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 12/07/2022 15:10 Comments || Top||

#11  premature ejectulation we got pills for that!
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 || 12/07/2022 15:17 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Major Winter Storm Expected for Sierras this weekend
[Wunderground] Friday Night through the weekend:

Winds remain strong in the High Sierra with periods of stronger
winds surfacing in valley locations. Heavy Sierra snow with major travel impacts possible throughout the entire weekend. Storm totals will likely be measured in feet in the Sierra. Lower valleys may see a rain/snow mix Saturday, otherwise plan on light snow at all elevations into western Nevada with the worst travel conditions expected to be Friday and Saturday nights.

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There is already a deep snowpack so avalanches are possibe above 6000'. With the high winds, visibility will also be limited. All the mountain passes, e.g., Donner, Ebbetts, Carson will be dangerous.
Tahoe is at 6200'
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/07/2022 09:26 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


#2  December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm looking at the backside of the Taho Sierras as I type, all that white stuff will keep my well off the Carson River sink just fine next summer. Wind gusts along the valley floor can get sporty, are not uncommon up to 60 mph and do make for occasional Generac Appreciation Days
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/07/2022 12:57 Comments || Top||

#4  #2 I'll take that bet Skidmark. Farmers' Almanac and current snowfalls point to something entirely different. I'll take the Almanac over UKDM every frikkin' day.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 13:54 Comments || Top||

#5  But...but...Newsom says we're still in a drought.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/07/2022 14:00 Comments || Top||

#6  And the drought, of course, is due to global warming so we all have to give up our cars.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/07/2022 14:01 Comments || Top||

#7  for the Sierra, there has been 7 drought years in the past 10 and, of those, 4 of those have been pretty severe

and California reservoir capacity is about what it was 30 years ago

there have been a lot of water conservation initiatives but three relatively new activities are really water intensive

- growing marijuana
- washing recyclables
- massively expanded almond and pecan orchards

so far this year, in the Sierra, the snow pack is about double the normal but its still a long way to go until end of the precip season
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/07/2022 14:35 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ Now add to that: Resevoir capaticity - now that is interesting considering we (CA) haven't built any new resevoirs since the Great Plagues of Egypt. Combine that with legislating that X% of water MUST be allowed to flow to the Pacific. The failure of the Oroville Dam, and still talk of demolishing the Hetch-Hetchy Resevoir. The nut acreage has increased, but that plays into that hands of the Dems as all that water comes from NorCal and flows south. That is the real goal. Those tunnels under the Delta? Yep! Once NorCal (State of Jefferson) has been starved of enough water, then mission accomplished.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 15:14 Comments || Top||

#9  there has been 7 drought years in the past 10

Rainfall, drought and the solar cycle
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 18:41 Comments || Top||

#10  The Farmers’ Almanac 2022-2023 Extended Weather Forecast
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 18:43 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
On this day in history, Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII
[FoxNews]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 08:57 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Visiting Pearl Harbor and the Arizona is the only reason I would go back to Hawaii. My retirement flag flew over the ship.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 12/07/2022 11:41 Comments || Top||

#2  A pivotal moment in USA history that establishes US strategy. Never again allow any attack on our nation.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 12/07/2022 12:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Every Pearl Harbor Day they show the FDR speech to Congress on Dec 8, and I get to see my Dad. He was Secret Service and a part of the Presidential Detail from 1940-1946. He is the tall guy standing in the doorway to the right of the dais. He spent the entire war traveling with FDR who called him Red (hair) and was at Warm Springs when he died. His memory of Dec 7th was interesting, He was off duty and with my Mom at a Redskins game at old Griffith Stadium. In the days before pagers or cell phones, he said during the game the public address system started announcing the names of Generals and Admirals who were in the stands, asking them to report to their headquarters. Dad said it started with just a name, then several, then a list and the people in the stands became visibly aware. He said at that point he tried to call the White House switchboard, couldn't get through, and he knew something huge was going on.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/07/2022 12:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Had the great opportunity to be hosted by a USMC Col at Schofield while competing in a swim comp back in the late 70s. Visited Pearl which was stunning, and watched as some very pissed off USMC guards escorted disrespecting furriners off the tour. Definitely left an impression that remains to this day. As an aside, if anyone hasn't to been to Punchbowl on Oahu, definitely go.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 12:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Friendliest Pacific departure and reentry point to these United States. Visited often.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 14:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Gave the US a reason to save the world again. Ironically the only nation that doesn't resent us for it is Japan.
Posted by: Regular joe || 12/07/2022 14:21 Comments || Top||

#7  I understand there are still a few sealed doc's about how much advance knowledge the White House had of the attack. My dad was Yankee Div it saw it share
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 17:04 Comments || Top||


Philly Gas Station Owner Hires Security Guards with AR-15s: ‘We Are Tired of the BS'
[Breitbart] Philadelphia gas station owner Neil Patel hired security guards with AR-15s to deal with all the "nonsense, drug trafficking, hanging around, [and] gangs" endangering his employees.
A sanctioned model of vigilanteism?
Patel, who has a Karco gas station, hired "Pennsylvania S.I.T.E Agents clad with Kevlar vest and AR-15s or shotguns" to keep his employees safe, FOX 29 reports.

"They are forcing us to hire the security, high-level security, state level. We are tired of this nonsense: robbery, drug trafficking, hanging around, gangs," Patel said.

The guards he hired wear Kevlar vests and train regularly, maintaining firearm proficiency.

Prior to hiring the guards, Patel’s car was vandalized and an ATM was stolen from his gas station. But FOX News notes Patel’s observation that crimes—including loitering—ended once he hired security.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Too bad, on top of paying out of pocket for private security to do the job the police won't do, Patel still has to pay taxes for the police.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/07/2022 12:36 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
SHUT THEM DOWN: More Chinese secret police stations reportedly found, prompting call for consulate closures
[FOX] Countries should shut down Chinese consulates until the communist regime closes its network of illegal policing operations, a former deputy national security adviser said after nearly 50 additional stations were reportedly found.

"China’s overseas police stations are one of several ways Beijing is eroding our national sovereignty and depriving ethnic Chinese, in particular, of their rights as citizens of democracies," China program chair at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Matt Pottinger, told Fox News. "Democracies should shutter China's consulates until Beijing withdraws its illegal and extraterritorial law enforcers in our borders."

Safeguard Defenders, a pan-Asian human rights organization, published an investigation Monday, called "Patrol and Persuade," reporting that another 48 Chinese police service stations were operating abroad in addition to the 54 the group had identified in September. The reported locations span 53 countries, including four U.S.-based stations: two in New York City, one in Los Angeles and one set up by the Nantong Public Security Bureau in an undisclosed location.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  two in New York City, one in Los Angeles

Subsidized through USG funding by chance? An FBI/OGA collaborative effort? Free employee tuition ?

Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 1:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Just identify assets and kill them via Wakandan proxies. Pay them well and they'll do it. Make a fuss about 'asian hate' and posture in the news about 'coming down hard' on crime as usual and wag your heads in press briefings some.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/07/2022 3:23 Comments || Top||

#3  In my fan fiction, I like to think there was a time in America's past, that a communist chinese police station on American Soil would be fire bombed and burnt down to ashes in the wind.
Posted by: mossomo || 12/07/2022 12:46 Comments || Top||

#4  If this were still the actual United States of memory, the real EFFBEYE would have these mutts perp walking. Instead, in transformed USSA, they have agreed to a form of concurrent jurisdiction?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/07/2022 13:09 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 || 12/07/2022 15:18 Comments || Top||

#6  Losing a World War has consequences. Sucks, but there it is.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 16:02 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Gmail creator predicts 'total disruption' for Google as new chatbot ChatGPT challenges tech giant's monopoly on internet searches: 'AI will eliminate the search engine result page'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Last week ChatGPT was released by OpenAI, a company co-founded by Elon Musk in 2015.
  • The release of the artificial intelligence chatbot led to speculation it could replace Google’s search engine within two years

  • Like Google, ChatGPT responds to text prompts to answer wide-ranging queries

  • Its ability to answer complex questions has led some to wonder if it could challenge Google's search engine monopoly

  • Critics feel Google has too many ads and is too cautious about incorporating AI

  • ChatGPT makes it easier and potentially more intuitive for users to search for information using natural language, rather than specific keywords or phrases
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  See Cerebras
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 11:34 Comments || Top||

#2  My friend is in OpenAI. He researches neural computing... mimicking neurons and what have you. It's all very intriguing. Especially the ramifications for a severely dumbed down human race, over-systematized governments, and the hive mind NWO types seeking to control thought and profile all of us.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/07/2022 11:44 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Not to be critical, but what more is there to research in reference to "dumbing down."
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 11:49 Comments || Top||

#4  I, for one, welcome our new ChatGPT overlords.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal || 12/07/2022 12:56 Comments || Top||


Europe
Far-right group 'led by Prince Heinrich XIII' planned to build a new German ARMY after coup: Ex-military members of terrorists foiled by police 'wanted to bring the nation under their rule'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Heinrich XIII, Prince of Reuss, 71, arrested in far-right German anti-terror raids

  • Prosecutors say Heinrich and 25 others plotted to overthrow the government and rule via an unelected Council with himself at the head of it

  • Plot included military arm tasked with establishing new army, officials allege
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 10:54 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 11:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Did they have a manifesto?
Was this impromptu reaction to the likely freezing winter and lack of fuel to keep people warm? Or the likely upcoming foot shortage?

If you are going to build an army you create a mercenary group and you train and fight wars in Africa and the middle east until you are ready. You don't train in Europe or the US, that's daft.
Posted by: ruprecht || 12/07/2022 15:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, they're German. So at least they had a plan beyond taking selfies on a politician's desk.
Posted by: Secret Master || 12/07/2022 15:15 Comments || Top||

#4  All I can say is "Reichsburger" is pretty close to Rantburger.
Posted by: Alex Jones || 12/07/2022 15:55 Comments || Top||

#5  Well, this does appear to be a global template and that's our epitaph. Socialism is a global movement and there is no credible global movement to oppose them. This is a very recent development and it will fall to future historians (if such a thing is ever allowed again) to parse out how this all happened.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 16:00 Comments || Top||

#6  and it will fall to future historians (if such a thing is ever allowed again) to parse out how this all happened.

That 'history' has already been written by our elites Rex, and you better not question it.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/07/2022 16:23 Comments || Top||

#7  Klaus Schwab doesn't tolerate third rate imitators.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 18:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Vollidioten...
Posted by: European Conservative || 12/07/2022 19:03 Comments || Top||

#9  Lucky 13?
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/07/2022 19:15 Comments || Top||

#10  Who is Heinrich XIII? Aristocrat, 71, 'behind far-right plot to overthrow German government' has called for a return of the monarchy... but his family say he’s 'a confused old man caught up in conspiracy theories'
[Daily Mail] Heinrich is a descendant of the House of Reuss - a noble family who ruled a part of imperial Germany - and has called for a return to a monarchical state
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/07/2022 21:54 Comments || Top||


Thousands protest teen's shooting in Greece
[Iraq News] Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities on Tuesday against police violence, a day after a Roma youth was shot in the head in a police pursuit.

The demonstrations were part of planned annual commemorations to mark the 2008 death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old fatally shot by police.

His death shocked the nation and sparked days of youth riots in major cities at the time.

Police estimated more than 11,000 protesters turned out across the country on Tuesday.

Around 4,000 police were deployed in Athens with tensions running high after Monday’s shooting.

A police motorcyclist in Greece’s second city Thessaloniki early on Monday shot a 16-year-old Roma boy after he drove away from a petrol station without paying.

The teenager was hospitalised and in a critical condition, according to media reports.

Some of the most violent mostly peaceful protests Tuesday were in Thessaloniki, where police fired tear gas after protesters set fire to rubbish bins and threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at riot police.

Some 6,500 rallied in Athens where a banner referenced the unpaid 20-euro ($21) petrol bill, saying "A life is worth 20 euros".
Posted by: Fred || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Great White North
Canada now euthanizing 10,000 of its citizens a year - and some of the horrific stories of its ultra-permissive policy will horrify you
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Related: Grieving father, who lost son to cancer, in blistering attack on Canadian government as it considers offering euthanasia to sick kids: 'It's like telling them your life isn't worth living'
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
breaks doctors' Hippocratic Oath as the principal purpose of medicine

That Oath has been irrelevant for centuries. However, the spirit behind it
("the principal purpose of medicine is to prolong life")
has continued, up until the present.
Posted by: Elmaper McGurque1612 || 12/07/2022 2:23 Comments || Top||

#2  No mention made of where Canada will find 'replacement people' who are able to work, pay taxes, reproduce, and contribute to society. Purely a private, government matter I suppose.

(sarcasm off)

Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 6:07 Comments || Top||

#3  If only the Prime Minister would set a good example and participate in the program.
Posted by: Airandee || 12/07/2022 6:52 Comments || Top||

#4  Isn't national bean counting health care just to die for?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/07/2022 7:06 Comments || Top||

#5  So there really are death panels in Canada.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/07/2022 8:49 Comments || Top||

#6  where Canada will find 'replacement people'

Chinese permanent residents: the second largest group admitted in 2019
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 9:49 Comments || Top||

#7  "Logan's Run" was not intended as a how-to manual...
Posted by: HeavyG || 12/07/2022 10:08 Comments || Top||

#8  May God help the Canadians overcome The Culture of Death!
Posted by: Ulotch Glerelet2657 || 12/07/2022 13:38 Comments || Top||

#9  #5 Yes, pretty much required under the authority. Wondering where Sarah Palin goes to get her apology.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 13:48 Comments || Top||

#10  Let me guess.
The stress caused by not getting the covid shot is chronic and incurable except by getting the shot..
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/07/2022 16:40 Comments || Top||

#11  I live here and the situation is actually worse than you read about.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 12/07/2022 22:07 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
FBI Ramps Up Spending to Fight MAGA Terrorism
[Newsweek] The FBI is conducting three times as many domestic terrorism investigations than it was five years ago, with 70 percent of its open cases focused on "civil unrest" and anti-government activity, according to FBI documents and government specialists. The Bureau has also quietly changed the general classification of white supremacy, antisemitism, abortion-, and anti-LGBTQI+-related extremism to "hate crimes" rather than "terrorism." Since terrorism remains the top national security priority, this has lowered the visibility and resources dedicated to those issues.

The FBI considers all violent acts (and threats of violence) with a political motive to be terrorism, a senior government official explains to Newsweek. But not all acts of extremism are considered terrorism. "If an act is focused on the government, it's terrorism," the source says. "But if extremism is focused on private individuals or institutions, it's considered just a crime or classified as a hate crime." The source was granted anonymity to speak about classified matters.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 14:37 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "MAGA Terrorism". That's you n I, folks, whether you voted for Cheeto Jeebus or not. Good luck!
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 15:05 Comments || Top||

#2  SO 50% of Americans are either terrorists or supporters of terrorism.... HMMM>>>>
Posted by: 49 Pan || 12/07/2022 15:07 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Well, yes. The Dems have been crystal clear on this.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/07/2022 15:16 Comments || Top||

#4  Well a terrorist state thinking the people opposing it are terrorists.
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/07/2022 15:32 Comments || Top||

#5  ^See Iran
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 18:34 Comments || Top||

#6  ^See Flash Mobs
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 18:35 Comments || Top||

#7  To be American is to be dangerous.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/07/2022 18:38 Comments || Top||

#8  Since the FBI can't get any normal people to commit this terrorism and are basically doing it themselves to set the narrative, shouldn't the headline be "FBI ramps up spending to fight FBI terrorists"
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/07/2022 20:31 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel to track tourism visit patterns via cellphone data to avoid congestion
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 11:39 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good to refine the technique for allies, also interested in tourism.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 14:18 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside marriage

There goes tourism.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Indonesia's new sex laws and what they could mean for tourism
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 0:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Hello Thailand! Watch out for Ladyboys...
Posted by: Frank G || 12/07/2022 6:34 Comments || Top||


#4  I think the Ladyboys were why George Clooney made trips to Indonesia. Guess that is out, too.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/07/2022 15:47 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
This New Electric Buoy Doubles as a Floating Charging Station for Your Boat
[Robb Report] Magonis has found a clever new way to extend the range of electric yachts at sea.

The Spanish yard, which has established itself as a pioneer of green technologies over the past five years, has just unveiled what it claims is the first "charging buoy." The new MagBuoy will officially debut at Boot Dusseldorf next January, but Magonis has decided to preview it and two other sustainable innovations ahead of the show.

Developed in-house by the research and development team in Figueres, the MagBuoy is compatible with electric boats and yachts by all yards. Equipped with a built-in battery, the buoy receives power via an underwater cable that is connected to the chosen city’s grid. To charge, seafarers can simply pull up to the buoy and plug its charging cable into their vessel.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 12:35 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What could possibly go wrong with this setup ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 12:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Shouldn’t it be pronouned as MagThingThatFloats so as not to cause microaggression…….?
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 12/07/2022 13:01 Comments || Top||

#3  What could possibly go wrong with this setup ?

I'm pretty sure that the higher levels of sodium and magnesium (along with other 'impurities') in seawater might become an issue when exposed (by whatever reason) to electricity.

Dead sea creatures and charred human bodies, B?
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/07/2022 13:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Electric Boy
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 14:13 Comments || Top||

#5  @#4: His "real" name, as concoted by some 20's marketing department, is/was "Reddy Kilowatt."

I kid you not.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 12/07/2022 20:09 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Yep. He was still around in the early 60's, but I don't remember him appearing in the later 60's.
Posted by: James || 12/07/2022 22:23 Comments || Top||


Cerebras Unveils Wafer Scale Engine Two (WSE2): 2.6 Trillion Transistors, 100% Yield
[ANANDTECH]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Biden's Chip Goes Awry During Visit to Arizona
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 0:01 Comments || Top||

#2  At around $2.5M, I don't think I'll be owning one soon.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 6:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Likely.
But one(1) may very well drive 1000 minor satellite robot AIs.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 11:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Fascinating.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/07/2022 11:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Did Uncle Joe say banano chips?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/07/2022 13:55 Comments || Top||

#6  Re #2. In 5 years, a used one will go for $200 or so.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/07/2022 17:24 Comments || Top||

#7  "No one needs more than 64K of memory"__ Bill Gates
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/07/2022 19:11 Comments || Top||

#8  "I have these AOL Signup Disks Coasters for free sale"
Posted by: Frank G || 12/07/2022 19:36 Comments || Top||


Sony says it has technology for humanoid robots, needs to find usage

Taxi/carpool/delivery drivers?
Grocery stockers/clerks/baggers?
Roomba toilet/shower/vacumm/cinema/hotel cleaners?
Park/concert/cinema ticket takers?
Amazon warehouse workers?
Gas station attendants?
Concierge/bartenders?
Flight ticket agents/stewards/baggage handlers

"Girlfriend"?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We all know the end game is likely WAR usage.

Terminator Warriors, even now in battle we are seeing the initial deployment of robot dogs, mules, attack drone swarms and chair climbing robots used by police to kill humans.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 7:03 Comments || Top||


#3  I don't know about you but I'd like a terminatrix to fulfill my fetishes and be Bonnie to my Clyde.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/07/2022 9:54 Comments || Top||

#4  How about an intelligent PotUS or Democrat?
Posted by: AlanC || 12/07/2022 10:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Might be fewer 'ballot' readers in the vote booth.

Congress Gets Serious About Artificial Intelligence

Can Artificial Intelligence help us with our voting decisions?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 10:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Well said, Dron. I'll have a brace of youthful Selma Hayek twins programmed for all appropriate self maintenance, 4 star Michelin cooking, good wing shooting/trout fishing, and a handy remote with a prominent mute button.
Posted by: Cesare || 12/07/2022 14:06 Comments || Top||

#7  Johnnie Cab and the Bishop knife trick would be fun...

We all know the end game is likely WAR usage.

I believe the current sales line is Search and Rescue.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/07/2022 16:08 Comments || Top||


NASA's Orion spacecraft offers last breathtaking views of the moon as it begins journey home

Pretty expensive test flight.
Wonder what they did on the dark side?

Play Pink Floyd?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How tough would it be for Musk to put some orbital repeaters up there? No more LOS.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/06/2022 10:13 Comments || Top||


#3  War from China at the border from Fentanyl. War from China via tech theft. War from China from Space. Bio-War from China from Wuhan. War from China from recruited USG politicians and tech moguls.

Is there no one who will call the bastids out ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/07/2022 0:55 Comments || Top||

#4  ...Of course, as you well know, there is no Dark Side, really.

As a matter of fact, it's all dark.

;)

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 12/07/2022 6:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Join the dark side. We have cookies.
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/07/2022 8:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Skidmark - You dig up some great stuff...
Thanks for the reads today.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/07/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#7  It cost so much! Sob. Musk will do it cheaper (maybe).
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/07/2022 17:25 Comments || Top||


Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered pickup and SUV
[FoxNews] Note, Hydrogen tanks adjacent to passengers and outside the frame rails. Remember the Ford Pinto?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/07/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Pinto, Hell! How about the Hindenberg?
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 12/07/2022 8:15 Comments || Top||

#2  For a particular sideways hit, that tank placement might make a serious Corvette crash seem like a minor scratch.

Of course, those tanks are under the passenger side in Japan.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/07/2022 8:26 Comments || Top||

#3  I read about hydrogen engines long ago and you can use powdered hydrogen which is much safer than liquid but it doesn't have as much stored energy. Makes refueling much safer.

My question is why hydrogen now when its a step back from electric. Still takes a ton of power to make the hydrogen.

Is it because the lithium mining being an environmental nightmare or the fires?
Posted by: ruprecht || 12/07/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

#4  toyota has been working on a hydrogen "Fuel Cel" now for a number of years
Posted by: 746 || 12/07/2022 15:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Why hydrogen? Because it theoretically fuels an engine that only has water as an exhaust. The practical process of how that hydrogen gets to the engine is an exercise left to the suffering engineers that are supposed to make it happen.
Posted by: magpie || 12/07/2022 17:19 Comments || Top||

#6  So instead of a car that catches fire and burns for a couple days at temps high enough to turn people into charcoal, they made a car that simply pink mists everyone inside and nukes the surrounding area.

Are we sure these people have safety in mind?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/07/2022 20:33 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ LOL
Posted by: Frank G || 12/07/2022 21:05 Comments || Top||

#8  What happens when a hydrogen-powered vehicle crashing into a lithium battery vehicle? I bet you can see that from space!
Posted by: SteveS || 12/07/2022 21:21 Comments || Top||



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