Alstein
1716
After eating at a cracker barrel two weeks ago. I’m convinced of two things
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If fascists want to make that place sacred, it’s more proof of their bad taste. Same as Chik-Fil-A, which is also mid as hell. They deserve each other.
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My friends love shit food.
I thought I’d have to wait at least another decade to see a Breaking Bad reboot.
Following up on some April WTF: one of the defendants in the case where a couple of guys were arrested in DC (tipped off by a postal investigator) for pretending to be Federal officers in an apartment building full of real Federal officers has pled guilty. The other defendant is still pleading not guilty.
Ooh, one of those cases where one guy turns on the other to save his ass? (Insert popcorn.gif)
Someone tried to enter the FBI field office in Cincinnati armed and wearing body armor, then fled in a vehicle. The Feds and cops have chased this guy down and now there is apparently some kind of standoff in progress.
The WTF part is he apparently had an AR-15 type rifle and a nail gun, and it is the nail gun he fired at officers in the field office.
Someone’s been playing too much Call of Duty.
abrandt
1723
Clearly it’s because he’s an ANTIFA false flag artist and can’t tell the difference between a nail gun and a real gun.
Maybe he was planning to use the nail gun to build himself some quick fortifications, ala Fortnight?
I mean, there’s also a nailgun in CoD, so thanks? I guess?
American and British democracy have it pretty bad right now, but at least we’re not pardoning people who bribed the head of government on the basis that it will be good for the economy:
Heh, well, South Korea has had shall we say limited historical experience with modern democracy, and a lot more experience with more, um, traditional forms of governance. Though there is a certain refreshing candor to their openness about such things.
Not so much a “WTF?” moment as a kind of sad commentary on how our current society has made many people feel so isolated, anxious, lonely or invisible that they’re willing to hire a stranger just to be with them as they go about normal life tasks just so that they don’t have to be alone while doing them.
As strange and sad as the story is, it’s clear from the interview that Shoji has a great deal of empathy for his clients and is a good person providing a much needed service for them. He keeps talking about how he’s not doing anything productive, but I would argue that he’s extremely productive, providing a therapeutic, reassuring and comforting presence to his clients. The man is literally improving (and maybe even saving in some cases) the lives of his clients simply by being present and listening. There is a powerful message in that, and maybe the world needs thousands more Shojis.
This should not be a surprise. To get a paralyzing case of polio means that there needs to 100+ cases of polio-infected individuals.
True, but not even that. According to TWiV (drink), it shouldn’t be a surprise because it’s a major international hub, where people from all over circulate, it’s just no one was looking for it before.
